Rebuilding the GI

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Rebuilding the GI

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so ... on the basic 101 pin repair, you are SURE to someday have to deal with ... this
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... never fear! the previous "repair dude" fixed it right?! it's easy !! just melt a shit load of solder !!
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stick it where it's supposed to go and DONE!?
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err.. nope.

why ? cause you didn't change the pins AND the connector.

so .. remove the pins
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put new ones and since the entire trace is
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you have to use stich wire
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and voila. Better ( but hey, not perfect! I'm also just "a repair dude" right!?)
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what's left? the female connector in the head ... but it's time to eat so probably tomorrow ;)
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Thanks for reading "The repair dude" :roll:
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Nice repair !!
On dirais que t'a fait ca en 5 minutes :-)
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Le connecteur prêt pour le remplacement... demain matin
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connect to the old Gi wires. make sure you don't cut too close to the "burned section"
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in place
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Last but not least, in the adjustements, change A.1 30 and 29 to power level 4 and gi power saver 2 minutes.
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all fixed!

if done right, you shouldn't ever do this again on that machine.
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Now you just have to get those batteries off the board.

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des fois c'est plus subtil, quelqu'un a fait son possible mais sans changer les pins encore, le résultats est le même !

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et finalement, de retour en lumière :)
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Horrors. Just sell me that and be done with it. :)
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necro_nemesis wrote:Horrors. Just sell me that and be done with it. :)

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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That's poolman's gig. Either that or they preserved him in three layers of his high quality clear coat and are parading him around like Weekend at Bernie's.
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