It helps to have some dedicated rework tools like a heat gun.
Luckily, the Q133 is one of the more common CMI cards.
Joe
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:25 AM, WT <waveterm@telia.com> wrote:
Well....let me put it this way :If the card looks anything like my card did, forget it. It was impossible to desolder components. Legs and tracks desintegrated just by touching them with a screwdriver. Some would not come of the card no matter how much heat. It was impossible.Remove your batteries !!!WT----- Original Message -----From: Gordon JC PearceSent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:19 AMSubject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Parting out spare Fairlight IIx *revisedOn 18/01/12 22:34, Clayton wrote:
> Hello everyone-
> I am planning on parting out my spare Fairlight IIx.
> It is pretty much a complete unit with a bad Processor Control Card Q133.
>
How hard would it be to repair the card?
Is there much in the way of service information out there? They can't
be *that* complicated, surely?
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Gordon MM0YEQ