From the photos, this board does have some battery leak damage, and it looks
like quite a bit of repairs have been done already. The original board only
has 3 IC chips that are in sockets (CPU and the two 13600 chips). Somebody
has removed quite a few others and put them in sockets. The orange battery
might be okay (still at approximately 3.6v ?) but the old leak might
continue to cause the board to deteriorate.
Don B.
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From:
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pechnatunkagain
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:50 AM
To:
PolySix@yahoogroups.comSubject: [PolySix] Please don't tell me battery leak.
Hi,
I'm also new here - so Hello Everybody!
I've been overseas - away from my Poly for almost 2 years...
I went to a lot of trouble when storing it - wrapped in plastic with
moisture absorber sachets then lots of foam, bubble wrap and cardboard box.
Before I left I was going to take the battery out but was told on Gearslutz
that it wasn't necessary as my Poly had already got the Orange safe Varta
battery installed.
I've now returned and my Poly doesn't seem to respond to any knob movements
and button presses - sometimes patch lights change by themselves - I read
this is a symptom of battery leak.
Even before I left I vaguely remember having similar issues, but it would
fix itself after a while. So there is a chance that the leak was there and
the previous owner just replaced the battery without cleaning before selling
to me.
1. Does this sound like battery leak?
2. Can the orange (is it Ni-Cad?) battery also leak?
3. Or could it be from an initial leak and has deteriated more while in
storage.
I have some photos but can't see how to post in this message - I'll try and
put them in the photo section under "Battery Corrosion?"
Thanks in advance for any help.
Vic
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