I recently got my first Classic II. The case is in great condition but unfortunately it has a few issues that I'm now trying to diagnose.
When I turn it on I can hear the hard drive, fan and processor running. However the screen remains black. When I let it run for a while and turn it off and on again, the screen starts working again but output is completely scrambled (see attached photo). From what I've read this would indicate bad capacitors on the analog board, is that right? I also noticed a quite suspicious looking capacitor (gray, 0030 all the way at the bottom on the picture) on the analog board, see here. Is this normal?
The logic board itself appears to be in very good shape. The battery hasn't leaked and I couldn't find any traces of leaking capacitors either. I did notice some differences in how the ROM chips sit on the board, see below:
The two left-most chips have a bit of space between the chips and the board. Could this be an issue? I removed the second chip from the left and re-seated it, but it doesn't seem to get any closer to the board than this.
The logic board itself appears to be in really good shape:
Any insights would be greatly appreciated
When I turn it on I can hear the hard drive, fan and processor running. However the screen remains black. When I let it run for a while and turn it off and on again, the screen starts working again but output is completely scrambled (see attached photo). From what I've read this would indicate bad capacitors on the analog board, is that right? I also noticed a quite suspicious looking capacitor (gray, 0030 all the way at the bottom on the picture) on the analog board, see here. Is this normal?
The logic board itself appears to be in very good shape. The battery hasn't leaked and I couldn't find any traces of leaking capacitors either. I did notice some differences in how the ROM chips sit on the board, see below:
The two left-most chips have a bit of space between the chips and the board. Could this be an issue? I removed the second chip from the left and re-seated it, but it doesn't seem to get any closer to the board than this.
The logic board itself appears to be in really good shape:
Any insights would be greatly appreciated