First post, by robbiesz
Hi
In an attempt to save a botched repair job, I am looking to identify (and somehow find a replacement to purchase of) this component: MHD5322 or MHD5322C
TL;DR: see pictures.
Backstory:
The laptop was/is a rare Raven RNC-3SX 386SX 20MHz machine (4MB RAM/60MB HDD). I found grand total of 1 link on google mentioning the brand and model. I have not been able to find anything more out about it.
It came to me broken. There were a ton of leaked smd caps on it. Unfortunately (and I have been banging my head against the wall since) I used a hot airgun to remove one of the caps. It was too tightly packed, and in the process, I applied too much heat to a hybrid/analog looking circuitry right next to the cap (see pics). The laptop has been even more broken since, not even a flash of lights.
After long months of google image searching I discovered that the laptop is a rebranded Panasonic Business Partner CF-370H6. Luckily, I found one for sale on ebay. I paid a fortune for that salvage laptop, and hoped that I could make 1 working out of the 2 broken laptops. After opening the Panasonic, I discovered that the mainboard is a different revision. I replaced the leaked caps and voila, the Panasonic booted.
Now I had a dilemma, leave the Panasonic working, take my winnings and go home.
Or unsolder that circuitry and see if that would make the Raven work again.
After much comtemplating I decided on the latter. I removed it gently and put it into the Raven (the component matched to other one exactly).
To my greatest surprise the Raven booted up just fine. I am extremely happy and sour at the same time. I need to find that component so both laptops can live again.
Sorry for lengthy story.
Would anyone happen to know what component this is and where on Earth I could get one? (I cant keep buying Ravens and Panasonic laptops for $$$ hoping that one would only have that part working)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for your interest and reading this!
Rob