05-11-2023, 03:20 PM
Don't give up on it, and don't chuck it out.
Even if you learn to solder, I wouldn't recommend working on it yourself unless you get a lot of practice on some disposable bullshit circuit boards first. An inexperienced solderer could damage the circuit board.
It's really not a major repair job otherwise. It could be time consuming if there are a lot of electrolytic caps in the unit, but removing the old caps and putting new ones in is easy. I spent hours replacing 50+ caps in an old mixer, and that was just the four group bus cards. That fixed the problem I had, so I didn't bother with the eight channel cards or the master bus card.
Even if you learn to solder, I wouldn't recommend working on it yourself unless you get a lot of practice on some disposable bullshit circuit boards first. An inexperienced solderer could damage the circuit board.
It's really not a major repair job otherwise. It could be time consuming if there are a lot of electrolytic caps in the unit, but removing the old caps and putting new ones in is easy. I spent hours replacing 50+ caps in an old mixer, and that was just the four group bus cards. That fixed the problem I had, so I didn't bother with the eight channel cards or the master bus card.
