Need help bringing a Quadra 610 back to life

[SantaFe]

BTW moving the CPU over from the bad board to the Centris will make it a Quadra

So long as it works, I don't care what it's called.

Yes?

[tomlee59]

It seems to me that replacing all the capacitors is going to be a long and difficult process. I don't know how much the replacements caps would be, but the labor alone doesn't seem worth it. You'd probably be better getting a replacement board or a complete machine. Even if you only valued your time at $25 an hour, and it only took an hour, you could buy an early G3 iMac or Powermac for that.

Well, "worth" often involves more than a purely monetary calculation. One could argue that most hobbies are not worth the time, especially if one factors in opportunity cost. But they're FUN. So, the value of a hobby is very much a personal affair.

For me, I rarely do a full capacitor replacement. If the dishwasher trick brings it back to life, I leave it as is because I'm lazy, and replacing all the caps is not as fun for me (I feel no guilt; I've done enough soldering for several lifetimes). However, others with more dedication to the craft feel differently and diligently replace all caps, properly taking pride in a job well done.

[Quadraman]

It seems to me that replacing all the capacitors is going to be a long and difficult process. I don't know how much the replacements caps would be, but the labor alone doesn't seem worth it. You'd probably be better getting a replacement board or a complete machine. Even if you only valued your time at $25 an hour, and it only took an hour, you could buy an early G3 iMac or Powermac for that.

Well, "worth" often involves more than a purely monetary calculation. One could argue that most hobbies are not worth the time, especially if one factors in opportunity cost. But they're FUN. So, the value of a hobby is very much a personal affair.

For me, I rarely do a full capacitor replacement. If the dishwasher trick brings it back to life, I leave it as is because I'm lazy, and replacing all the caps is not as fun for me (I feel no guilt; I've done enough soldering for several lifetimes). However, others with more dedication to the craft feel differently and diligently replace all caps, properly taking pride in a job well done.

You have to consider that the object of this exercise is to provide a computer to someone who doesn't have one, so I think it would be better if he is going to go to the time and expense of repairing an old computer, that the family that will be receiving it would get better use out of a newer machine.