[geeks] Recapping a Mac IIci

[J. Alexander Jacocks]

Mark,

The re-capping isn't nearly as hard as you think, especially if you replace
the SMT caps with through-hole equivalents, and flatten them to the board.
However, if you are sure that you can't do it, this guy re-capped a IIfx
board that I have, before I got it:

http://maccaps.com/MacCaps/Repair_Service.html

It work perfectly, and the job was done well.

Where are you located?  If you're anywhere on the east coast of the US, I
can probably find someone who could do the job for you, while teaching.

- Alex

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I pulled my Mac IIci out of storage this week only to find, sadly, all the
> electrolytic caps have spewed on it.
>
> I'd like to know if there's anywhere I can gamble on sending the board,
> getting it cleaned up and recapped, and having it sent back. I'm
> semi-hopeful as it's not had a battery on the board most of it's life so
> there's no battery leakage, and the corrosion looks relatively localised.
>
> Short and long if it is I can't do it myself, as my hands aren't steady
> enough (medical) and I have no SMTY soldering experience or a good enough
> iron. I'm pretty crap at soldering anyway, frankly.
>
> I'd *like* to revive it as it had a full deck of cards in including a
> Daystar 040 accelerator, 10/100 LAN card, Radius Thunder IV GX 1600
> graphics board and a ATTO SEIV SCSI card. It was my favourite 68k desktop.
>
> Thankfully my SE/30 (which was recapped 10 years ago) still works fine in
> spite of not being turned on in ages.
>
> So, any suggestions are welcome. Recapped machines/boards are rare and
> expensive, seemingly, but I confess I haven't looked that hard.
>
> --
>
> Mark Benson
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