Repair SID pixels

spngbobis4me · Jul 10, 2014

I bought a new ribbon for my SID 2 to fix the pixel. My problem is that in a previous repair I used super glue to attatch the broken ribbon, does anyone know how I should go about removing the bad ribbon without damaging it more so that I can replace it with the new ribbon? In other words what will remove super glue without damaging the ribbon? Will heating it up with a het gun work? I'm afraid acetone will ruin it? Thank you for any suggestions. And yes I know super glue was a stupid move.

acecarrot · Jul 11, 2014

Maybe a Stanley blade could slice the glue from the ribbon? I once sent my SID off to a online company who offer to replace the ribbon, screen and other bits to permanently fix the pixels but within 6 months the pixels were missing again so you probably cant do much worse.
I gave up trying after that.
Although that was on my00 95 (orange pixels) so I'm hoping the later Green Pixel SID don't suffer the same fault.

spngbobis4me · Jul 14, 2014

Thank you. I was able to scrape it of with a razor blade. The new ribbon seems to work, but I am still missing a few pixels. Better than what I had before which was nothing.

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