Hi all,
I am in the process of restoring two model F XTs. Both are type 2 and had water damage to both of them. I am wondering if I should reuse the PCBs.
The top one with gold traces worked well. All keys worked and only sometimes it would glitch out using a Soarers converter before I took it apart.
Extent of damage:
The bottom one with dark green traces would spam random keys and lock up frequently:
However the springs were rusty in the dark green traces one and the flipper would stick commonly causing some of the key spams. I am wondering if I can reuse any of this or I shouldn't bother.
Does anyone know where can I source these PCBs? Additionally, who here knows the difference from the gold trace and dark green trace one?
I am also wondering if these are repairable at all? I have some Deoxit D5 I can soak these PCBs in. I tried for a few minutes already before wiping with minimal results though. Any other suggestions in fixing? Could I reflow it with solder or lay some wire? These boards are coated with something so idk how feasible is this.
Thanks!
EDIT: Scrapping the surface reveals copper underneath, so maybe it's safe to reuse as it's just surface coat discoloration/oxidation? Any input on this?