Trying to resurrect a badly battery corroded A501 Amiga RAM expansion. // Kindly sponsored by my favorite PCB manufacturer PCBWay! https://www.pcbway.com/

A501 Schematics for this Revision: https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Schematic/A501%20-%20Schematics.pdf

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Kontakt Plastik 70 Coating: https://www.kontaktchemie.com/KOC/KOCproductdetailV2.csp?product=PLASTIK%2070

TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 2:20 Opening the RF Shield 4:04 Inspecting the Board 6:09 Removing the Battery 6:46 Sponsor Message 7:29 Neutralizing the Leakage 12:50 Schematics! 17:14 Removing the Real Time Clock 20:14 Removing remaining Corrosion 22:14 Function Test 25:06 Recapping & Sealing the PCB 29:23 Thank you & Good night

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