I recently acquired a known dead SE/30 (my first such machine) and, as expected, the battery has done a thorough job on the logic board.


Usual suspects, from what I can tell: Rotted out VIAs, some of the '030 pins have been corroded through the board and who knows what else. And, oh yes, very sad caps.
So: any opinions? My first impression is that it probably isn't even worth cleaning the board. I don't (currently) have time to do a SE/30 reloaded.
The rest of the machine looks in okay condition, asides from the expected corrosion around the EMI shield and logic board slot. It even came with what looks like an Interware VDR-2A (1.00 ROM) in reasonable nick.
Apologies for the obscure reference to Star Trek's Dr McCoy in the title.


Usual suspects, from what I can tell: Rotted out VIAs, some of the '030 pins have been corroded through the board and who knows what else. And, oh yes, very sad caps.
So: any opinions? My first impression is that it probably isn't even worth cleaning the board. I don't (currently) have time to do a SE/30 reloaded.
The rest of the machine looks in okay condition, asides from the expected corrosion around the EMI shield and logic board slot. It even came with what looks like an Interware VDR-2A (1.00 ROM) in reasonable nick.
Apologies for the obscure reference to Star Trek's Dr McCoy in the title.