fallemarg
Experienced Member
Hello everyone. I found a Tandy 1000HX on ebay for a price that I was willing to pay and it was listed as having corroded terminals on the back but powered on okay. I was worried but I thought since it's coming from a computer and electronics reseller, they at least opened it up and looked. No. This machine was clearly sitting in water for an indeterminate amount of time. Various areas of this machine are completely rusted. There appears to be rust on a part of the power supply as well, a wire wrapped part a transistor, maybe? The bottom shell is stained with rust, and the inside part of the bottom shell took three hours of cleaning to get to what you see. I understand the machine was sold as is and it said it would need cleaning, but I'm terrified to even try to turn it on and test it. It looks absolutely dangerous. Look at the bottom shield! There's barely any metal left! The bottom case has been cleaned 4 passes of cleaning solution (I use scrubbing bubbles because a friend of mine that repairs and cleans old electronics swears by it. As long as you rinse the residue off afterwards it's fantastic) and it's still pretty bad. I sent a message to the seller and I will wait to see what he says, but if I had know the level of corrosion on the system I would not have bought it. I don't want to leave the seller bad feedback and if he can assist me with this I won't, but I don't think this machine should have been resold without pictures of the interior. At least he said there was corrosion on it. But there was severe indications of extreme corrosion and rust on the bottom of the case and there is no picture of the bottom of the case. My hope is that it can be salvaged. The piece of material between the bottom shield and the motherboard is toast and there is rust on the motherboard. I will attach some pictures below. If anyone has any suggestions and tips on cleaning everything, I would be very appreciative. Thank you for any information and assistance.
Regards,
Nathan
Regards,
Nathan