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I don't know if I have posted any finds before, but I thought this one was worth posting. Not for any positive reason, but to commiserate about the stupidity of those who don't know what hell they are doing, yet proceed without education. This is the worst case I have ever come accross. I...

Hi everyone, I have been interested in giving solder paste a shot for a while, but have been able to get by with wire solder, and been put off by the cost and shelf life of the paste. I bought a hot air station a few months ago for cap removal, and got plenty if good advice from the forum. I...

I am placing a cap order and have been looking for the list of what a Macintosh II requires for a while with no luck. Does anyone have a list handy?  The machine is in storage, so unfortunately I can't just go look.

I recently received a 512k that suffered a cracks case from a combination if poor packing and USPS abuse. Is there a proper method to fix a crack in the front case? There are no pieces broken off or missing, but there are three stress cracks that I Would like to make sure dont get worse and...

Picked up a CC today with KB and Mouse. The case is in excellent shape. I think the logic board needs to be capped, doesn't want to boot, but it looks pretty clean. It fired right up with an LC520 board in it 8-)

I recently acquired two Mac 512k with the original 400k floppy drives. One of the machines had a jammed floppy drive so I did some searching and learned how to remove the crusty grease and lubricate the eject mechanism. I have the eject mechanism moving freely, but I am unable to boot the...

My SE/30 is showing a very strange garbled image on the screen. The caps have been replaced, and the computer works as expected otherwise. The screen and other componants work fine with a different SE/30 board. I looked through this web page on common problems, and didn't see a match...

I recently aquired an LC475 with a IIe card. The card had one of the two caps missing. A friend on the forum was kind enough to help me out and replace the caps. The board still isn't working. Traces and cap contacts have been checked, but the computer continues to give the error that the...