Re: HELP - Can't resurrect VP6 - Warning 56k beware
Actually I think I do have a hot enough iron, maybe the exception is that I wasn't using a chisel tip. The iron that I was using for the job was a 60W pencil tip, and trying to suck up the solder using solder wick. I couldn't find any chisel tips at my local electronics shops, so I figured I take a go at it, didn't think it would have made that big of a difference. But I guess it does.
Considering the state that it is in right now, would you guys recommend that I desolder and remove all the caps and solder. Or should...
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HELP - Can't resurrect VP6 - Warning 56k beware
Well, I decided recently to take on the task in building up a web server and went out to buy a used VP6 board and a pair of 1GHz CPUs. I figured with all the problems plagued with the Abit boards, that I recap the motherboard.
I made the mistake of not testing the board prior to recapping it. Yes, yes, yes I should have known better. Now after recapping the board, the problem I have is that the system will not POST and the PC speakers do not even beep at all.
I have tried booting the system with literally the bare minimum: one and two CPUs, 1 stick...
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