Clock Capacitor Removal
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Low
$50
Avg
$65
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$80
The tech desolders the clock supercapacitor and cleans off any electrolyte it has leaked onto the board. The leak-prone barrel cap is on revisions 1.0-1.4. Those consoles run fine without it, or a new non-leaking part keeps the clock when unplugged. 1.6/1.6b boards use a gold cap that is less prone to leaking but cannot simply be removed, because the console will not power on without it, so the tech replaces or bypasses it instead.
