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    My Battery Bombed IIci needs some new parts

    Thank you so much! I installed the new oscillator today. But the system behaves the same still. Waiting for the ROMinator…
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    My Battery Bombed IIci needs some new parts

    Hi all, I just got a Mac IIci that was battery bombed. I cleaned up the motherboard and found out - next to the corrosion and salts here and there, it looks not too bad. I think the rom is damaged, so I ordered a ROMinator II as a replacement The oscillator on Y6 fell off and was super...
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    IIci gives sad chimes with SE/30 ROM, silence with ROMinator and onboard ROM

    Thank you and sorry for highjacking. Will open a separate thread as suggested.
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    IIci gives sad chimes with SE/30 ROM, silence with ROMinator and onboard ROM

    I got a IIci board with battery damage, too. Just cleaned it up a lot and replaced some caps and got it to the point where it powers on (no chime). Screen turns on but no disk icon is coming. Maybe the onboard ROM is bad, too. Thinking about getting a ROMinator. Does that make sense? And the...
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    IIci shutdown issue (It is now safe to switch off... message)

    My IIci showed the same odd 'Safe to turn off' message and I could not power it off with the power button - all that started after my recapping which I am a rookie in. Reset Button worked all the time. After scrubbing the UD13 chip's legs with a toothbrush and IPA it immediately started working...
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