Hobbyist or repairer
Acorn RISC PC 600 battery damage repairs
What has a leaking battery done to an Acorn RISC PC 600? TheRetroChannel works through the damage it has left and sets about repairing it.
Topic
battery leak
18 videos.
White or green crust around a battery holder often points to a leak, and so can a board that died after years in storage. The residue is corrosive and mostly alkaline. It creeps along tracks and under chips, so the first job is to take the cell out and see how far it has spread.
For cleaning, one video compares several chemicals on leaked alkaline cells. Terminal damage on a handheld is the subject of this Game Gear corrosion case. Several repairs go on to replace eaten copper, which means soldering, as in the Casio VX-4 circuit repair. A leaking NiCd cell on an Amiga 3000 is the cause in the flicker fixer finale, the last part of a series pitched at advanced repairers.
Wear gloves and eye protection. Take an old NiCd cell out before it leaks, and never recharge one that is swollen or leaking. Soldering means burns and fumes to vent, and the old solder holds lead.
Hobbyist or repairer
This Dead Game Boy Was Hiding a Nasty Surprise…
Dead vertical lines on the LCD and corroded battery terminals are among the faults on a Game Boy DMG that arrived dead, before a recap, reflow and shell restoration.
Hobbyist or repairer
Amiga 3000 "Flicker Fixer" repair strategies
The Amiga 3000's Flicker Fixer circuitry was damaged by a leaking NiCd battery, and this finale sets out how the maker plans to repair it, citing a linked article.
Hobbyist or repairer
Amiga 3000T Restoration Part 2: Removing Battery Corrosion
Neutralising and washing away battery leakage from the Amiga 3000T board and its expansion cards is the job in part 2 of a restoration series, with timestamps for each stage.
Hobbyist or repairer
Australian Varta Death Amiga 3000 repair 336 P1
Part 1 of a two part series follows an Australian Amiga 3000 that arrives for a small job and turns into a long repair of corrosion and electrolytic damage.
Hobbyist or repairer
Richards Childhood Amiga 500 With Original Varta!
An Amiga 500 with original Varta battery damage gets a new CIA, ROM work, a resistor removed and an LS157N mouse controller chip, followed by a deep clean and repainted metal.
Hobbyist or repairer
Let's fix a dead VARTA ravaged 486 motherboard
A 486 motherboard damaged by a leaking NiCd Varta battery is the patient, and Adrian Black tries to bring it back. An earlier video where it first appeared is linked.
Hobbyist or repairer
Nintendo Punch Out Arcade PCB Repair
Overcurrent damage to a Nintendo Punch-Out arcade board is narrowed to the audio amplifier circuit and an LA324 chip, with repairs to battery leakage damage as well.
Hobbyist or repairer
Commodore 386SX-16 battery damage repairs feat. @MrLurchsThings
The Retro Channel works through battery damage on a Commodore 386SX-16 board, covering disassembly, cleaning and trace restoration, with the board described as needing minor repairs.
Hobbyist or repairer
When a battery leaks, does the motherboard make a sound?
Four old boards from a junk box, a 286, two 386DX and a 486DX with an overdrive CPU, are powered up to see which still work, with battery leaks in mind.
Hobbyist or repairer
286 motherboard repair - VARTA battery leaked
A 12MHz 286 motherboard with 1MB of RAM has damage from a leaking Varta battery, and Adrian's Digital Basement sets out the repair of the board.
Hobbyist or repairer
Tandy 102 Turmoil Pt.1 - Battery corrosion repair, hidden damage, LCD corruption fix
Why did a Tandy 102 stop working after storage? Hidden battery corrosion damage is tracked down until it boots, and an LCD corruption problem comes next.
Hobbyist or repairer
Casio VX-4 Repair 2 - Extreme PCB repair of battery leak damage. Can we save this Pokécon?
A second Casio VX-4 Pokécon has a keyboard circuit board badly eaten by leaked battery residue, and the video works through a Pace Cir-Kit repair and a new battery contact spring.
Hobbyist or repairer
Acid Test!! Chemicals for cleaning up after leaking alkaline batteries.
The video compares several chemicals for cleaning a board after alkaline batteries have leaked, and explains why the electrolyte is corrosive.
Hobbyist or repairer
The WORST Game Gear Corrosion Ever
How bad can battery terminal corrosion get on a Game Gear? This one came from an online listing that showed damage, and the maker asks viewers for ideas on cleaning it.
Hobbyist or repairer
Repairing a Commodore Amiga A501 Memory Expansion battery leak. Removal, clean up and games testing!
Mark Fixes Stuff takes the leaking battery out of an A501 memory expansion for the Amiga 500, treats the alkaline leakage with vinegar, cleans the board, then checks SysInfo and tries cover disc demos.
Hobbyist or repairer
Gameboy Color Power Switch and Corrosion Repair
Cleaning the battery terminals and the power switch revives a yellow Game Boy Color that would not start, make sound or show a picture, according to the maker.
Hobbyist or repairer
Game Gear - No Power - Fixing eBay Junk
Old batteries left inside a Game Gear have corroded its terminals, and the console will not power up. The maker opens it, cleans the damage and gets it working.
