Re: [NTLK] eMate overclocked

Sonny,

Clumsy hackers such as myself have received stern lectures in the past
( check archives ), but that hasn't stopped me. But if you don't have
truly dead logic boards to practice on you may not want to try this.!.

I use a pair of small horizontal nippers to grasp the crystal firmly
but gently. Rock gently along the long axis of the crystal to break
the bond of the plastic spacer to the logic board. Apply hot fine
pointed soldering iron to one contact and lift that end with the
nippers. A fraction of a second should do the job. Then the other
end, again very brief application of iron, the mission is to melt
solder with minimal transfer of heat.

I found the pads to be solder starved so I lightly tinned them.

I used a rather large SPDT switch and long wires as space permits, but
Stephanie's switch solution is much much better if you have a small
switch.

<http://planetstephanie.net/hi-tech-fun/newton/emate-overclock/>

Woody

On Jun 11, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Sonny Hung wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Woody Smith
> <woodysmith@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Thank you Ed and Sonny,
>>
>> I am going to over clock my other eMate and see how it works.
>> That little speed boost is kind of nice, and my technique for
>> removing
>> the Crystal has improved courtesy of a couple of corroded logic
>> boards.
>>
>
> Hi Woody,
>
> I'm glad through your efforts your removal technique is improving.
> That is one area that I'm still IFY about...
> The removal process was delicate and I tried a few times a noticed the
> lifting up of the traces which cause much concern for me...
>
> Thanks Ed for your input.
> I've done a few and I've never experienced it in the 5 or so
> installs I've
> done on the MP2x00's
>
> Sonny
>

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