Alright, It displays nothing and has no "Beep". it occasionally displays this:In a perfect world, that decoupling cap shouldn't stop it from booting as indicated above, but being on the EF ROM I'd still replace it and then get to RAM checking / logic probe etc. next.
Any "104" (.1 uf) ceramic cap should be fine, most folks don't keep axial capacitors around but a normal ceramic cap is fine. Most of the time a .1uf 50v would be something I'd grab from my spares in this case.
So being lit means it passed or failed?From Understanding the Apple IIe
A self-test LED is connected across the speaker jack in the Apple Ile to give a firmware diagnostic pass indication when the motherboard is powered up with no keyboard or speaker connected.
That looks like your computer is working, but you have a horizontal sync issue. Not sure if it's your monitor. Look for the hsync adjustment on the monitor. That or you could get one of those apple to vga cards and just run it on a vga monitorHere's a video that might help:
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I've always used this monitor, so it should be fine.That looks like your computer is working, but you have a horizontal sync issue. Not sure if it's your monitor. Look for the hsync adjustment on the monitor. That or you could get one of those apple to vga cards and just run it on a vga monitor
and I have 2 //e'sI've always used this monitor, so it should be fine.
The beeper speaker doesn't work as well.
And the other works fine on this monitor?and I have 2 //e's
You and Callan were right, The PVM's horizontal sync was off. I'm going to adjust.That video looks like it's working but the monitor can't sync to it.
The other II is the first one with the broken capacitor.And the other works fine on this monitor?