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Is this board repairable?

By ShootForSlrValue

6 years ago


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#13 6 years ago

I don't think lamp boards are really worthwhile to repair when they have any significant battery damage. Maybe save the large chips if possible (if they're clean), and then recycle it.

The MPU isn't the worst I've seen. It's reparable. The header pins would need to go, though. If you do (or can do) the work yourself, it may be worthwhile. If you can't, it's probably not economical to send it out for repair since it's not a particularly expensive (aftermarket) board.

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#33 6 years ago
Quoted from ShootForSlrValue:

The bubbled up traces on the backside of the MPU and LDB; is all of that corrosion? If so, how would I get to it to neutralize it? Scrape off the masking and expose the leads? Could I just sand off the masking around the ground plane at TP4 as well?

The wrinkled masking on the traces on the entire board is normal.

Quoted from pacmanretro:

There are some decent repair tips in vinegar, water, alcohol rinses to neutralize the acid as well floating around out there in repair guides.

Vinegar doesn't actually do much of anything. I use Zep now. It's more acidic and you can actually see a chemical reaction with the alkaline leakage, which actually removes most of it.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stripping-battery-corrosion-with-a-strong-acid

#35 6 years ago
Quoted from ShootForSlrValue:

Thanks for the info. By the way, that lamp driver board looks phenomenal! I hope I can get the old one to look anywhere near that!

Thanks, glad you're happy with it

#38 6 years ago
Quoted from pacmanretro:

Interesting, I believe it was a clay guide that had the method I mentioned. I'll have to check out your suggestion. Thanks F.F.

It was mentioned in a lot of places. I used it too because it was pretty much the go-to approach. But I always kind of wondered how effective it actually was since I could never see the vinegar actually do much of anything.

Once I saw zep work and clean off the alkaline residue, it was obvious that vinegar was not very effective. It simply wasn't acidic enough to counteract the alkaline.

So, as time goes on, people try new things, and better techniques sometimes surface to replace older ones.

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