Recent content by TechEdison

Ah nevermind... For some reason it wouldn't take my 10.2 disc. Upgraded to 1gb of ram and replaced the battery. Putting 10.4 on it :)

So much for trying to make space.... But for $15 I couldn't pass it up.

These two spots jump out at me. 

IT LIVES!

SUCCESS!!! Well sort of... it has gone back to the state it was before, but it did work for a short few minutes!!

MAN! I’m on a roll tonight! What next!

FOUND OUR PROBLEM! thanks to reading the thread posted by @techknight I did some poking around and sure enough, L14 is completely missing! Gonna grab that off the other SE/30 board and see if I can get this one fired up.  im also missing c74 and r35 (though r35 looks like it was never there...

Yes it’s missing quite a few components. Not too worried about that.  After cleaning  off most of the garbage the traces are actually not as bad as I expected. It’s still got a long way to go but it’s getting there. At the moment I actually have more hope for that board than the other one lol. 

Got this one from Johnnya101. Had only a vertical line on the screen.  I snapped the connector on the red wire so I had to replace that... the rest was pretty straightforward. Just used a solder-sucker and got rid of the old stuff around the problem areas and re-soldered. 

There isn’t much else to explain except that literally nothing happens when powered on. I know the analog board and crt are good because I tested it with another board.  Picture of the board can be seen below.  Where  do I start? I’m sure even if the caps were bad it would do *something*

Figured I should make a proper thread for the future of my conquests.  Got some items today in the mail. 

Not sure how I end  up with such nice items for free. Some friends were getting rid of it and knew that I collected such things, but man I've been using it as my daily machine now! Upgrade to 8gb and a nice SSD and it should last a few more years.

Only $40! Had all the goodies (box, plastic container for the watch, documentation, charger). Just needs a new display but is fully functional including force touch. Works just fine with a protective case to uhh.... keep it together.

This is part 2 of a haul from the same person. They have graciously donated these items to my collection free of charge.  The first two items were a PowerMac 7200/75 and a PowerMac g4. The second two items: a powerbook 1400cs/166 with 48mb ram and last east but certainly not least, a boxed...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-10-Apple-iBook-G3-M8758LL-A-Laptops-12-1-G3-800GHz-256MB-30GB-HDD-A1005/232944524657?hash=item363c935d71:g:X0oAAOSwuMZbhbKh:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!03431!US!-1 10 iBook G3s with mid specs. Around $130. Someone could buy the lot and sell for $30 a piece no problem...