rcphillips
Member
Hi guys,
like many other MOTU 828mkii units, mine finally burned the lm1117 voltage regulator up (resulting in intermittent dropouts); I've started to replace the lm1117 (thanks, mouser!), but it looks like MOTU glued or otherwise affixed the regulator to the pcb. To be more clear, the bottom of the lm1117 is its heat sink, and that is what specifically is not wanting to come off of the pcb. At this point, I've destroyed the bad lm1117, so just the heat sink is left on the board (the picture shows the bad regulator intact, prior to destruction), and I've tried an xacto knife and a flathead screwdriver to pry it up, but no luck. Do any of you guys have better suggestions?
like many other MOTU 828mkii units, mine finally burned the lm1117 voltage regulator up (resulting in intermittent dropouts); I've started to replace the lm1117 (thanks, mouser!), but it looks like MOTU glued or otherwise affixed the regulator to the pcb. To be more clear, the bottom of the lm1117 is its heat sink, and that is what specifically is not wanting to come off of the pcb. At this point, I've destroyed the bad lm1117, so just the heat sink is left on the board (the picture shows the bad regulator intact, prior to destruction), and I've tried an xacto knife and a flathead screwdriver to pry it up, but no luck. Do any of you guys have better suggestions?