[Coco] I've killed my CoCo3

[Steve Strowbridge]

It's a tragic thing to hear when we lose a good CoCo, and I'm very sorry
for your loss.
I'm not sure if there is a "way back" from that, but if there is, I'm sure
someone here will be able to share that.

While at Tandy Assembly, I was able to video tape Richard Lorbiesky perform
a full CPU transplant, and the process is fasinating, and he did use a
"solder sucker gun", not sure if that's the official name, but that made
the process go very quick and easy.

I will try and get this video uploaded today, because it's a pretty cool
project to do, but way beyond my current physical skill set.



Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Roy Justus via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Hello  Paul
>     Every time you heat and cool a pad or trace it
> lowers the integrity of the pad.   This is why I socket
> everything I have to replace.   This way
> it doesn't need to be done again and minimizes
> board trama
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> Roy Justus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Shoemaker <paulfe3 at swbell.net>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Oct 19, 2017 4:23 am
> Subject: [Coco] I've killed my CoCo3
>
> Hi everyone,Yesterday evening I decided to replace the 6809 with a 6309 in
> my CoCo 3.  Although I am still an amateur with a soldering iron, I've been
> practicing and recently completed this same process on one of my CoCo 2
> systems where I clipped out the 6809, desoldered the remaining pins, and
> soldered in a socket.  However, when I tried this same approach on my CoCo
> 3, as soon as I started using solder wick, I noticed some of the solder
> pads began to come off.  I don't think I was using excessive heat (same
> iron, same heat settings as before).  Even the traces on the board began to
> lift up.  It became clear to me after this happened to a few pads that I
> had destroyed the board.If anything I was more gentle with the CoCo 3 board
> than I was with the CoCo 2 board before.  It was evident that the CoCo3
> board was more "weathered" than any of my other systems...  more dust and
> dirt inside, a lot of oxidation on the RF modulator box, etc.  It may be
> that this CoCo 3 spent many years in a garage or shed prior to me rescuing
> it from eBay last year.Any advice on how to avoid from happening again this
> in the future?  -Paul-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://
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