Macintosh IIci - no life even after recap

[Kai Robinson]

At this point I'd order replacement chips and transistors, they're pennies each.

 

[Glitch]

At this point I'd order replacement chips and transistors, they're pennies each.

That's fair. Is there a guide or list online somewhere for what modern replacements to use??

 

[Hugotronics]

I would personally buy a hot air station — they're pretty cheap nowadays, around $40 on Amazon. Then desolder the entire chip, clean underneath, and check for any open traces. Bodge wires are fortunately your only option to repair a broken trace, but you can route them on the underside of the board, if possible of course.

 

[Hugotronics]

You’re pretty close to getting the machine working — I’ve already dealt with worse cap damage here.

 

[mchineboy]

I'm working on a IIci as well. I had it working last night, then I tried to put the cache card back in and dead. Gone. No more power on.

I think I'm looking for a "troubleshooting guide" that walks you through a series of "check this, then check that". Does such a guide exist?