Reasons a TF1230 (or any expansion card) may not work

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Reasons a TF1230 (or any expansion card) may not work

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A few weeks ago @alenppc got a report of a 1D1 A1200 that wouldnt work with the TF1230. It was also an NTSC board so i was curious and bought the board from the person with the issue. I will not say who this was.

Anyways i got the board this morning and I found that many of the data bus traces between the edge connector and the CPU were physically cut.
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Its the sort of thing you will not see unless you have a microscope. It looks like it was done by someone who recapped the board judging by similar gouges near the caps.

The A1200 will work fine without a card in but simply will not work with one in.
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After a bit of work ...
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1D1 NTSC works fine.
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Sell it back to him for double now :D
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This is why I never try recapping my own boards. :D
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Looks like a sticker or something was stuck on the board from the mask in the background and the track may have come away when it was removed.
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Danoo wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:35 pm.
The new catch phrase "I'll just watch a Utube clip "easy peasy :roll: "", we now have so called experts presenting content after watching another so called expert etc ...., talk about Chinese whispers :lol:
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Yeah I've winced at videos of people snipping off old caps with side cutters.
It's asking for trouble, and seems commonplace. It's another reason I never touch 'recrapped' boards unless I am salvaging them for spare parts.
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To be fair, A1200 and A600 PCBs are quite fragile.
So you need some experience to handle them properly.
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Nicely worked out =D I have seen a couple of 1200's with corrosion around there (strangely) - not sure how it gets there...
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