I bit the bullet and extracted the decaying SID and used a biro to press the contacts of the ribbon to the PCB. A little better but not much.
On eBay there are some offers to fix these pesky SIDs. I'm near London. Has anyone done the deed and posted off their SID and got it back restored to full life?
Mine was a 9-3 one. I've just dug out the invoice and the number was
5263223, which now shows "superseded" with a price of 305 quid! The website is a bit crap really. I think the only way to find out if they're still competitive is to phone them up.
I think I was charged for half an hour's labour at a specialist. Main dealers seem to have one hour as the minimum charge, but if you're good at blagging and they're in a good mood, they might do it for nothing.
I suppose the danger is that they just follow one of those procedures involving insulating tape/foam etc. If they really do change the cable (which is the *only* thing that would have fixed mine, and I guess most others) then it's a bargain. I'd ask them if they change the cable, and give it a go if they say they do. An extra bonus, if you can be sure of getting your own one back, is that you won't need to get it programmed.
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