Thanks Jerry - I'd be buying a 7000 series time base off feabay for
that one IC if not for you! I'd be very curious as to the version
difference too.
With all the mention of 'touch as little as possible' it's changed my
thinking and I'm thankful to hear it after realizing what's involved
with just moving one board out of the way yesterday. A lot different
than the servers I manage that are meant to have parts swapped - no
soldering irons there.
What has people's experience been with the giant power filter caps?
Do they tend to be bad after this many decades from age? Or is it
really dependent on chance and hours on the unit?
Can these be tested 'in-circuit'? I'm guessing that excessive ripple
would point to needing to focus on these but saw on a rehab thread it
seemed someone had swapped a few and was curious why or if it's a
matter of course.
