Sunlight damage and electronics

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Tue Aug 21 11:41:26 2001

I'm curious about what people think about the following. I was supposed to
be buying a Neo Geo Arcade cartridge from a dealer I trust. Unfortuantly
just before we finalized the deal the cart quite working on him. The only
thing he can think of is that he was gone for a week with the blinds open
and the California sun shinning down on the cart.

A Neo Geo MVS cart is typically two circuit boards in a large black plastic
case (larger than a VHS tape). What I'm wondering is did the heat melt the
solder, or could it have baked some components.

                                Zane
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