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  1. glay78

    Duo 280c capacitor short

    Yes I ever recapped a duo board (can’t remember which) and it exploded twice, the 3rd time I soldered the caps in and I did not power up, I gave the board a wash and it works thereafter. There could be still flux underneath certain chips or caps I guess.
  2. glay78

    Building an internal grayscale card for the SE/30

    Watched, ok where do I get hold of one? Hehe
  3. glay78

    Color Classic Mystic Software mod?

    Hi nope, I think it could be my board. I removed some caps and re soldered but this time it does not chime anymore.
  4. glay78

    Mac Classic Analog Board Completely Dead

    Hi let me check, it should be available.
  5. glay78

    SE30, desk picture, decor etc

    I tried on 7.5.3 and it works anyway.
  6. glay78

    SE30, desk picture, decor etc

    Did you copy ColorDesk into Control Panel folder? Then it should work
  7. glay78

    SE30, desk picture, decor etc

    All My Macs works with ColorDesk. The trick is to get the correct .PICT file. I used online converter to convert JPEGs to PICT.
  8. glay78

    Can SE/30 use floppy drive from 6100?

    yup I thought of it too, use something to push it in, since I don’t have a drive for my SE/30
  9. glay78

    Can SE/30 use floppy drive from 6100?

    But functionality wise it should read and write right?
  10. glay78

    Can SE/30 use floppy drive from 6100?

    But reading it again it seems able to work, since a manual inject works on Mac IIsi.
  11. glay78

    Can SE/30 use floppy drive from 6100?

    Oh nice to know and thank you so much.
  12. glay78

    Can SE/30 use floppy drive from 6100?

    Hi, as the title says, my SE/30 does not come with a floppy drive, I have a spare drive from 6100 and can I use it?
  13. glay78

    My Mac Portable fun

    Hi! I’ve got the exact same problem after recapping my M5126. Try the below methods cos it works for me. 1. make sure your logic board isn’t touching the base of the case due to slight bent. So also make sure your axial caps aren’t too big to cause the board to bend. 2. check both sides of...
  14. glay78

    Tunnel Vision On Monochrome Active Matrix Powerbooks

    Great! Nice to “see” you here. Indeed that’s gonna give some hope and help to many of us here.
  15. glay78

    Tunnel Vision On Monochrome Active Matrix Powerbooks

    Check out this video, seems like baking the LCD panel only with 85deg Celsius for 9 hours did help.
  16. glay78

    Macintosh Portable Sad Mac

    After buzzing all 32 pieces of rams they are no issues. Sadly it’s still shows 0000 0003 0000 FFFF when starts
  17. glay78

    2300c Duo Adapter Alternatives?

    If I’m not wrong the following adapter are pretty much the same voltage and connector PowerBook 3400c PowerBook 2400c PowerBook Duos iBook G3 Clamshells
  18. glay78

    Macintosh Portable Sad Mac

    Ok sure
  19. glay78

    Macintosh Portable Sad Mac

    Wow thanks mate! This should keep me busy for the coming weekend. If all fails are u keen to buy? Shoot me a PM. It’s recapped but just the sad Mac M5120. I’ve got another M5126 which I’ve recapped and restored working well, I’ll just keep that will do.
  20. glay78

    Macintosh Portable Sad Mac

    Ahh good way to try too. Doesn’t hurt to buzz around connectivity, rather than changing them blind.
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