Aaah man, it looks delicious. Yum yum. #batteryleakage

So, a PowerBook 190cs fell into my lap today (no, that wasn’t the cause of the damage) and needless to say, I couldn’t say no. I mean, what if it had already been upgraded to a 5300cs, or its hard drive contained rare unarchived software on it? Perhaps its destiny is to become an awe inspiring frankenMac. Thankfully, at the very least, parts.
#vintageapple #macintosh #powerbook #batteryleakage #retrocomputing

New video! Trying to fix a Digitech Bad Monkey guitar effect pedal that suffered some nasty battery leakage.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z5k7ZhunRX4
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/dUfDiVnNvJtEf7xtDshyDm

#BadMonkey #Stompbox #GuitarFX #Digitech #Pedal #Repair #BatteryLeakage #Corrosion #Overdrive #TubeScreamer

Digitech Bad Monkey Guitar Overdrive Pedal Repair

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/68795d3b-71e2-4c7f-8271-1c7a3f0d1376

More from my vintage Casio Personal M-1 Calculator reconditioning after a bunch of cleaning partly because of the alkaline battery leakage that leaked very badly, that luckily won't get all the way into the PCB, but there were some crystallized acid pieces inside the case all the way underneath the VFD (vacuum fluorescent) display I managed to get rid of the mess that the leakage caused.

#vintageelectronics #vintagecalculator #casio #casiocalculator #batteryleakage

The Casio Personal M-1 calculator had some damaged traces on it's PCB that needed to be replaced with some wires, but before that I have scraped with an exacto knife the damaged parts of the traces and prepared a small amount to be able to solder on the wires into. It was definitely repaired before by someone, there was one trace that was replaced with some kynar wire.

#vintageelectronics #vintagecalculator #casio #casiocalculator #batteryleakage

Finally I have found my vintage calculator that I have searched for years around the house that needed badly to be cleaned and repaired. I have found it in the attic the poor thing have been in ruff shape after it was exposed to extreme heat and cold up there. To make thing worst I forgot to take the two AA alkaline batteries off that I have put into them years before to test it out to see if it turns on and it did.

#vintageelectronics #vintagecalculator #casio #casiocalculator #batteryleakage

How this #Psion5 was still fully functional, is beyond me.... 🤯
#BatteryLeakage , broken hinge retainer, etc 🙈
cc\ @thelastpsion

#Amiga4000 #BatteryLeakage #Repair update: it still just black screens on me despite checking all my bodge connections again. I think I might have missed a broken trace somewhere. To be continued.

This is (going to be) fun. "Some" bodge wires are needed to bring this one back to life! #Amiga #Amiga4000 #Repair #Restoration #BatteryLeakage #VartaDestroyerOfWorlds

Massive Cleaning Effort Saves Acid-Drenched Atari

Anyone who's ever had to deal with the aftermath of a leaking battery knows how much damage such a failure can cause. Degrading batteries leak corrosive chemicals that eat away PCB traces, clog up connectors and generally leave everything looking nasty. Getting your gadget working again usually calls for lots of scrubbing, followed by patiently tracing suspect connections and restoring any broken ones.

We doubt, however, that anyone has ever gone through as much effort as [Lee Smith] has on his Atari 800 XL. This example was listed on eBay in a severely damaged state, having been stored under an entire box of leaking batteries. [Lee] put in a bid and, to his own bemusement, won the auction. He was now the proud owner of a classic gaming machine which was covered in a thick brown crust of battery residue.

A first inspection showed that the damage was more than skin-deep: even inside the computer's case it was one big mess of crusty brown junk. [Lee] first spent several hours on the plastic case, using different cleaning agents and an ultrasonic bath, and managed to get the case almost spotless again. The keyboard presented a larger challenge however: not only did it require thorough cleaning of every single switch and keycap, the keyboard's matrix on the PCB had several connections missing, which had to be restored using bodge wires.

With the keyboard working again, [Lee] turned to the mainboard. This turned out to be an even greater challenge, with several components (including a few custom chips) damaged beyond repair. With the help of a few eBay replacements parts and (again) countless hours of scrubbing, the mainboard started to look healthy again. After a few tests, [Lee] felt confident enough to hook up the entire system and turn it on. And his efforts had paid off: the battered Atari dutifully displayed its BASIC prompt, ready for its second lease of life.

We've seen before what kind of damage a leaking battery can do to an Amiga, or faulty caps to an Xbox. But both of these seem minor inconveniences compared to what happened to this poor Atari. Thanks to [Simon] for the tip.

#repairhacks #atari800xl #batteryleakage #cleaning