[sdiy] Question regarding IC replacement in Akai AX80 (was: Akai AX80 weird PWM behaviour . . . )

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On 15/07/12 12:08, Doug Terrebonne wrote:

> I have to chime in and say that is horrible advice. I've had to repair a lot of
> synths and drum machines that used standard AA or other alkaline batteries where
> they leaked all over the place... Stick with the lithium coin cell. :)

Ah, they're all about as bad as each other.

My project for this week is repairing a stack of controller boards from 
a trunked radio system that have had their lithium batteries piddle 
themselves and rot the tracks around the RAM and CPU.  They look like 
old Polysixes that have been stored in a shed.

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Gordonjcp MM0YEQ