Looking forward to a new run (I missed the first run because I was expecting this forum to email me thread updates, which inexplicably didn't happen for a few months!) I can confirm that USPS is unreliable right now, I have a cable en route that shipped out of CA a month ago and is finally in MA...
Thanks for the confirmation that I should do the analog boards too. I've heard of "Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets" - while Alibris has somone selling a new copy for $96.11, Amazon has a seller with a new copy for the low, low price of just $1,188.39. Wow. (I ordered a used copy for...
So I did a little more searching, and here are the motherboard capacitors used in a 128k:
33µF 16V, 2 pieces
4.7µF 35V, 1 piece
Got that info from here: http://retromaccast.ning.com/profiles/blogs/compact-mac-analog-board
He also lists the analog board components, which I found some other...
Thanks for the tips! I'll contact trag regarding the SE/30 caps.
However, that still leaves the Mac 128k, and capacitors in power supplies/analog boards in these compact Macs. I've read that until the late era Mac Plus, the power supplies were equipped with capacitors that weren't really up...
Hi,
This is my first time posting here... I've been a Mac user for a long time, and have a few classic systems in my collection that are running fine now, but I know that someday I'll have to replace failed capacitors in them. I would rather re-cap them pre-emptively than wait until they fail...