I learned today that that there is a known issue with the heat sink on this vintage of MBA. I’m going to try the mod and see what happens.

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Thanks for the video. I pulled the trigger and ordered one, not because I NEED it, but because I’m gratefully they put together such a useful and nice product.

That was one of my favorites as a kid because it was easy to sit down and play a quick run or two. That still makes it great today.

Good to know. I hope it doesn’t come to that. Thank you.

I’m sure I checked the clock signal earlier, but the problem was intermittent and strange, so I guess the crystal finally gave up and died completely.

Is the right pad soldered on the 33uF cap?

Cool! I’m interested if you’re going to put some of these up for sale somewhere. 🤩

I’ve got a springy long metal pin that came with mine. Of course, the spring is just something to hold onto since the rest of the pin shaft gets hot.

I’ll keep an eye out for that. That little board is a world of hurt.

You’re going to inspire me to get back to my collection of misfit IIsi.

It has felt like a bundle of frustrations just waiting to pull me in.

I took one apart years ago to prepare it for a new polarizer since it suffered from vinegar syndrome, then I never bought the polarizer material, so it has sat deconstructed. I now doubt my abilities to put it back together.

“There are those that look at things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" — George Bernard Shaw