Another newbie thread. I might take on a non-functioning Color Classic from a friend, for about $50 or so.
When he dug it out of storage, he found the battery holder rusted/corroded off, and the board looks pretty iffy to me. That said, I don't really know if the board is beyond repair or not – I figure some of you may know at a glance. Certainly, this is new to me, so repairable to me is not the same as repairable to those with experience. I'm basically trying to decide if I'm OK spending $50 for what would probably be just a piece of decoration at my work office (design department), since it may have additional issues other than the logic board. I certainly don't want to spend $200+ on a new board, only to find out there are further issues, so it's unlikely I'd try buying another board. My gut tells me that this board is probably in need of too much to be considered reasonably salvageable.
Here's the only image of the logic board I have, I haven't seen it in person. I didn't think to ask for a pic of the underside. But I could pull it out easy enough if I decide to see it in person.
Other than the battery holder, looks like some corrosion at the rear ports, and the "math coprocessor" area looks iffy to me, I'm not sure if it didn't have one installed, or if it was removed, or what. And of course, looks like some corrosion up around the RAM as well. And otherwise generally dirty/possible corroded connections.
When he dug it out of storage, he found the battery holder rusted/corroded off, and the board looks pretty iffy to me. That said, I don't really know if the board is beyond repair or not – I figure some of you may know at a glance. Certainly, this is new to me, so repairable to me is not the same as repairable to those with experience. I'm basically trying to decide if I'm OK spending $50 for what would probably be just a piece of decoration at my work office (design department), since it may have additional issues other than the logic board. I certainly don't want to spend $200+ on a new board, only to find out there are further issues, so it's unlikely I'd try buying another board. My gut tells me that this board is probably in need of too much to be considered reasonably salvageable.
Here's the only image of the logic board I have, I haven't seen it in person. I didn't think to ask for a pic of the underside. But I could pull it out easy enough if I decide to see it in person.
Other than the battery holder, looks like some corrosion at the rear ports, and the "math coprocessor" area looks iffy to me, I'm not sure if it didn't have one installed, or if it was removed, or what. And of course, looks like some corrosion up around the RAM as well. And otherwise generally dirty/possible corroded connections.
