pufferfish
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I'm finally getting around to fixing my SMSL SU-6. It had the intermittent popping noise issue. I have a replacement PLL clock generator Si5351A that I want to install. See the thread at bottom for reference.
I'm having trouble removing the PCB. I've managed to loosten the PCB from around the coaxial outputs. However, the side of the PCB at the power entry module (panel mount, snap in) is more stubborn. Do I need to desolder the 4 pads? Or are there likely to be quick connect pins, similar to how you install RAM. If worse came to worse, I suppose I could dremel the top of the enclosure to create an access panel. That would be ugly, but I'd like to to break this.
Here's a pic of the PCB with a close-up of the power entry module.
And here's a pic from the thread below where someone more savy than myself has managed to remove the PCB. However in the picture, the power entry module appears to be (re?)-connected, perhaps to bench test the heat sink install.
Thanks!
(My guess is that I need to desolder the pads)
I'm having trouble removing the PCB. I've managed to loosten the PCB from around the coaxial outputs. However, the side of the PCB at the power entry module (panel mount, snap in) is more stubborn. Do I need to desolder the 4 pads? Or are there likely to be quick connect pins, similar to how you install RAM. If worse came to worse, I suppose I could dremel the top of the enclosure to create an access panel. That would be ugly, but I'd like to to break this.
Here's a pic of the PCB with a close-up of the power entry module.
And here's a pic from the thread below where someone more savy than myself has managed to remove the PCB. However in the picture, the power entry module appears to be (re?)-connected, perhaps to bench test the heat sink install.
Thanks!
(My guess is that I need to desolder the pads)
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