http://images.quickblogcast.com/7274...9/070530_1.jpg

now a keyboard (working) looking like this would be an instant hit

I wonder if putting it in the toaster would have the same effect... :hmmm:

Or there's this:

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/directron/ces03cs03.jpg

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/directron/ces03cs01.jpg

The most likely possibility of recovering a circuit by 'baking' is the changing of the values of components espically electrolytic capacitors.

You probably get the same results by letting them sit out in the sun for a while.

Trust me you arent melting any solder :03:

I have restored old radios by removing certain components, removing the faceplates and knobs and running them in a dishwasher :88)

A thorough drying in the sun for a day or two is in order.

Oberon, there's an idea

I thought the idea was to keep the darn thing cooler... :hmmm::O:





Second pic is sheer awesomeness. :yep:

Solder doesn't even get soft until 400F. Lead free solder in Europe even hotter.

Go ahead and put it in the oven. I'll laugh as hard as the guy who posted that on the internet and sat back. :haha:

Not its actually an old trick not a joke. But I dont recommend it unless you have nothing to loose. Often the 'fault' is cured simply by removing and re-assembling things and the oven thing had little to do with it.

Just so you know nearly all solder is lead free now commonly using copper and tin. Solder containing lead is extremly hard to find.

:yep:

I have "fixed" many things simply by taking them apart to see if I can figure out what's wrong and, finding nothing obviously broken/disconnected/etc., putting them back together again. I think sometimes the technology just wants a little attention. It also helps to let it know you don't fear it and have no qualms about digging into its guts if it misbehaves. :O:

This is why whenever I buy a new computer, I set it up and get it running and then disassemble/cannibalize/trash the components of old rig right in front of it. Just so it knows what happens to machines I don't like any more. :D

Chicken:haha:

I'm just the opposite, many things I've broken by taking them apart to see if I can figure out how it works! :hmmm:

Oh, what's this screw left over - meh, can't be important! :nope:

Chicken?

20 minutes per pound plus a final 20 for finishing it off :DL