LCGuy
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
I have a Performa 5260 logic board that I have been running in my LC630 shell for the past 4 years. As I think I posted before, a few weeks ago I picked up some cheap 4.3GB Seagate Barracudas, all excited about getting big ass SCSI drives for dirt cheap. I get them home and test them on the Performa. One was completely dead, which is beyond the scope of this thread. The other one, on the other hand, was not only dead, but also killed my SCSI bus. Prior to that, the machine was flawless, solid as a rock, especially under OS 8.6. Since that incident, if the machine has NO devices connected to the SCSI bus (not even the internal CD-ROM, it must be removed), the machine will continue to run without a problem, and basically still works like new. However, if any device is connected to the SCSI bus, whether it be the internal CD-ROM, an external CD-ROM, an external CD-R, an external hard drive, or a PowerBook in SCSI Disk Mode, the machine will either play the death chimes on a grey screen after the machine boots up, or will proceed to boot up, and then crash with a bus error just before loading extensions.
I'm now running a 630 board in the machine, so thats not a problem, but the thing is, vintage Mac parts are getting harder to find by the day. Therefore, we should be aiming to repair, rather than replace. Is there anything that can be done to salvage this logic board? Is there even a slight chance that washing it may do something to help?
I'm now running a 630 board in the machine, so thats not a problem, but the thing is, vintage Mac parts are getting harder to find by the day. Therefore, we should be aiming to repair, rather than replace. Is there anything that can be done to salvage this logic board? Is there even a slight chance that washing it may do something to help?
