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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Parting out spare Fairlight IIx *revised

2012-01-18 by Joe Sleator

Yes, some of the parts of a Q133 are harder to work on than others.

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 -----
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Parting out spare Fairlight IIx *revised

On 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?

--
Gordon MM0YEQ


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