PacificState
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I grabbed an SE/30 from Craigslist tonight which was sold as dead. Returning home, I found a couple of things:
- The motherboard was actually in good shape, with no obvious major battery or capacitor leakage. That said, one of the vias by the battery (just one!) was green and corroded, although this is easy to fix.
- The more major problem is that the machine doesn't power up at all - there's no fan activity, and I can't see any voltage at the floppy connector.
Before I tear it all down - the power supply is made by Sony, and I can't seem to find any reference online to actually repairing it. I'm also assuming it's a switched model - is it fixable, or should I be hunting for a working unit?
- The motherboard was actually in good shape, with no obvious major battery or capacitor leakage. That said, one of the vias by the battery (just one!) was green and corroded, although this is easy to fix.
- The more major problem is that the machine doesn't power up at all - there's no fan activity, and I can't see any voltage at the floppy connector.
Before I tear it all down - the power supply is made by Sony, and I can't seem to find any reference online to actually repairing it. I'm also assuming it's a switched model - is it fixable, or should I be hunting for a working unit?