IIciNov90
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All of this recent talk of Maxell massacres and other battery explosion induced motherboard desolation prodded me into action over the last 2 days.
I have 2 SE/30s. One with an almost pristine outer shell and another that is deeply sunburnt and has a small chunk of the rear case missing. The sunburnt one always booted but the pristine looking one would make sounds but the screen would never energize. My plan has always been to recap both boards and then scrap out the burnt shell and then keep a set of spare innards for the one left.
All of these recent Maxell massacres woke me up to the potential danger my future SE/30s were in. So I broke out the T-15 with extension and got to case cracking!
(BTW, these pics are all pretty good resolution so you can click on them individually for a better look!)
SE30Board1.jpg[/attachment]
This board is out of the burnt one but I think that it is actually a newer board as seen from the better quality white plastic RAM tabs.
Safe1.jpg[/attachment]
December 1988! - Reagan was still the Prez when this guy got its start.
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June 1990, While this battery is not as old but it is pretty darned close but all the more scary being a Maxell time bomb. The extended anode side of the battery is pretty weird on this guy. Hey! there's a UXO on my SE/30!
It appears the limit is (5) pics so I will continue this breakdown in a reply post.
Coming up: Capacitor status & a bonus PDS board!
Brian
I have 2 SE/30s. One with an almost pristine outer shell and another that is deeply sunburnt and has a small chunk of the rear case missing. The sunburnt one always booted but the pristine looking one would make sounds but the screen would never energize. My plan has always been to recap both boards and then scrap out the burnt shell and then keep a set of spare innards for the one left.
All of these recent Maxell massacres woke me up to the potential danger my future SE/30s were in. So I broke out the T-15 with extension and got to case cracking!
(BTW, these pics are all pretty good resolution so you can click on them individually for a better look!)
SE30Board1.jpg[/attachment]
This board is out of the burnt one but I think that it is actually a newer board as seen from the better quality white plastic RAM tabs.
Safe1.jpg[/attachment]
December 1988! - Reagan was still the Prez when this guy got its start.
[attachment=1]Safe2.jpg[/attachment]
June 1990, While this battery is not as old but it is pretty darned close but all the more scary being a Maxell time bomb. The extended anode side of the battery is pretty weird on this guy. Hey! there's a UXO on my SE/30!
It appears the limit is (5) pics so I will continue this breakdown in a reply post.
Coming up: Capacitor status & a bonus PDS board!
Brian
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