Re: IIgs won't start up -- ZipGS dead?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"BluPhoenyx" <bluphoenyx@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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: Mitchell Spector wrote:
: >     Another update: I decided to have a closer inspection at the solder
: > joints on the backside of my ZipGS, so I used my flatbed scanner as
: > a sort of digital magnify glass.
: >
: >     I spotted what appears to be a bad solder joint on one of the lower
: > oscillator socket pins (by no coincidence, this is also the area where
: > when touched, will cause the cache LED to flicker on and off). It looks
: > like all the solder around the pin dried out and is missing.
: >
: > Here's a shot, showing the backside of the oscillator socket:
: > http://www.digitalsparkles.com/student_a/ZipGS1.jpg
: >
: > Here's an close up of that suspect pin:
: > http://www.digitalsparkles.com/student_a/ZipGS2.jpg
: >
: >     My only concern is why pressing on it (to temporarily rebridge the
: > connection) still leaves the GS in a dead state. I'll try it in another
: > motherboard tomorrow but I think getting someone to resolder this
: > pin will be the first step.
:
: Perhaps the oscillator is dead. It's also possible that the connection
: isn't that good during this "bridging". I would suggest that someone
: carefully examine the other connections as well.
:
: Cheers,
: Mike T.

Looks to me like the other connections aren't so good either.
Seems from just these connections that the whole card may have
been spiked heavily. Possibly a static charge from the PSU while
powering down, or up even.

Bill Garber