3lectr1cPPC
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Got myself in an LC III today. Needs a recap but hopefully that’s all.
Board looks great. Caps leaked a bit but it’s all good after a clean. I test booted and it chimed (surprisingly), and began to boot off the HDD. The RAM wasn’t in properly though so I was booting with just the soldered RAM and it didn’t have enough to boot.
Strangely, ADB appears dead. No mouse or keyboard function.
After cleaning the board again, it no longer starts. No chime, no video.
PSU works great, tested 5 and 12v rails and they’re spot on. PSU is Astec.
I threw a working PRAM batt in too and reseated the ROM
I know of course that it needs new caps, and that’s step one. But I do find it strange that it would die suddenly like this, when it was just working and even still chiming. Does anyone know any other potential cause of that besides the caps?
Will update again once I’ve recapped the board.
Board looks great. Caps leaked a bit but it’s all good after a clean. I test booted and it chimed (surprisingly), and began to boot off the HDD. The RAM wasn’t in properly though so I was booting with just the soldered RAM and it didn’t have enough to boot.
Strangely, ADB appears dead. No mouse or keyboard function.
After cleaning the board again, it no longer starts. No chime, no video.
PSU works great, tested 5 and 12v rails and they’re spot on. PSU is Astec.
I threw a working PRAM batt in too and reseated the ROM
I know of course that it needs new caps, and that’s step one. But I do find it strange that it would die suddenly like this, when it was just working and even still chiming. Does anyone know any other potential cause of that besides the caps?
Will update again once I’ve recapped the board.