erichelgeson
Well-known member
Hello all,
Another restore thread (I like following these for other people, so I hope you do too)
Picked up a Mac Classic (1) from craigslist for $40 (they were asking $100, but accepted my offer right away, worth it to haggle - untested, dirty, yellow:
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Had some interesting stickers/post it note (that must have been on there for 20 years, seems "original" and survived all this time lol)
You can see too how yellow/dirty/discolored the case is here too.
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Inside was "ok" lots of dirt in the fan, but just a bit everywhere else.
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Motherboard has expected cap leakage - along with a memory riser card which I've never seen in person, neat!
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I cleaned the motherboard with 99% IPA - let dry and booted up, but had some really "weird" results!
My assumption is the analog board needs a recap. Something probably got warm enough to work and eventually was able to boot up.
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Next Steps:
I can say after working on the CC and SE/30 the past week, the insides of the Classic 1 are much easier to work with.
Another restore thread (I like following these for other people, so I hope you do too)
Picked up a Mac Classic (1) from craigslist for $40 (they were asking $100, but accepted my offer right away, worth it to haggle - untested, dirty, yellow:
/monthly_2020_07/large.00p0p_9hMwLRznKkS_0oo0ii_1200x900.jpg.6fd52c238220f41c5f15c2e9665289c0.jpg
Had some interesting stickers/post it note (that must have been on there for 20 years, seems "original" and survived all this time lol)
You can see too how yellow/dirty/discolored the case is here too.
/monthly_2020_07/large.IMG_20200715_204109.jpg.a563e909d9f37842412e255ccc8bd074.jpg/monthly_2020_07/large.IMG_20200715_204112.jpg.2abfb1e86036a56794c0e0e1cf490f9d.jpg/monthly_2020_07/large.IMG_20200715_204118.jpg.d9c648ba1d66a081f413af0d99fdae69.jpg
Inside was "ok" lots of dirt in the fan, but just a bit everywhere else.
/monthly_2020_07/large.MVIMG_20200715_204444.jpg.e7afefe98e7c2415dafff6a083c906a7.jpg/monthly_2020_07/large.IMG_20200715_204500.jpg.4e102af57f6381b96878cda1021bd071.jpg
Motherboard has expected cap leakage - along with a memory riser card which I've never seen in person, neat!
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I cleaned the motherboard with 99% IPA - let dry and booted up, but had some really "weird" results!
- First power on i heard some crackle from the speaker, but nothing. Flipped the switch a few times, same thing.
- Then I left it on for a second and all of a sudden the HDD spun up (scaring the crap out of me)
- Then I see a faint checker board pattern
- Then a "soft" reboot
- Then the normal screen but "wavy" eg, the left/right side of the screen was waving in and out
- The screen got brighter and brighter as time went on, then I got the question mark
- As time went on the waves slowed and stopped.
- Internal fan randomly started after a few minutes, again startling me!
My assumption is the analog board needs a recap. Something probably got warm enough to work and eventually was able to boot up.
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Next Steps:
- Recap Motherboard
- Recap Analog board
- Service floppy (wont eject)
- Find a solution for HDD, it sounds like it's on it's last legs
- Clean outside and try my 40% bottle of hair product method
I can say after working on the CC and SE/30 the past week, the insides of the Classic 1 are much easier to work with.