Apostrophe
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Hi,
Recently I've had one of my SE's display an error code identifying an illegal action. It also displays the number 1000, but I'm not sure how to find out what chip that refers to.
Anyway, yesterday a replacement Miniscribe HDD that I ordered arrived. I installed it into the SE, turned it on...and I get the ever-so-lovely error code. But, despite that being the bad news, the hard drive made its hard drive noises!!! So despite the HDD not being able to do anything about the error code, it makes its noises upon boot-up, whereas the previous HDD just flashed randomly without making noises at all.
So I have two more parts in that SE to either fix or replace: the floppy drive and the logic board. And I have a couple of questions for each.
The Floppy Drive
The floppy drive seems jammed, when previously it worked just fine. I think it has something to do with my putting it in wrong, and I tripped some sort of mechanism...whatever. At any rate, it's jammed and needs replacing. The problem is, the model number I recorded was the one engraved on top rather the one printed on the bottom. The number I recorded was 805-5050 A. It hasn't turned up any online references. My question is, can I go on eBay and get any 800k drive, or do I need to go back into the SE and record the exact model number?
The Logic Board
It is a suggestion from some members of this forum that dust may have gotten on one of the chips, causing it to malfunction. The logic board, too, worked fine when I first got this SE. But the SE started exhibiting the Sad Mac after I had opened it. Further strengthening the 'dust theory.' Also, the perfectly working internal HDD that I installed did nothing to solve the problem, meaning that it's another part that's problematic, in this case the logic board. Furthermore, the logic board was dusty upon close inspection. So all these clues point to the dust on the logic board.
And I have a couple of questions:
1) What type of canned air would you recommend to safely blow the dust off of the SE's logic board?
2) The error code reads the following:
00000003
00001000
where the 3 indicates an illegal action and the 1000 identifies the chip in question. How can I tell which chip the '1000' refers to?
Thanks for any help on this matter,
-Apostrophe
Recently I've had one of my SE's display an error code identifying an illegal action. It also displays the number 1000, but I'm not sure how to find out what chip that refers to.
Anyway, yesterday a replacement Miniscribe HDD that I ordered arrived. I installed it into the SE, turned it on...and I get the ever-so-lovely error code. But, despite that being the bad news, the hard drive made its hard drive noises!!! So despite the HDD not being able to do anything about the error code, it makes its noises upon boot-up, whereas the previous HDD just flashed randomly without making noises at all.
So I have two more parts in that SE to either fix or replace: the floppy drive and the logic board. And I have a couple of questions for each.
The Floppy Drive
The floppy drive seems jammed, when previously it worked just fine. I think it has something to do with my putting it in wrong, and I tripped some sort of mechanism...whatever. At any rate, it's jammed and needs replacing. The problem is, the model number I recorded was the one engraved on top rather the one printed on the bottom. The number I recorded was 805-5050 A. It hasn't turned up any online references. My question is, can I go on eBay and get any 800k drive, or do I need to go back into the SE and record the exact model number?
The Logic Board
It is a suggestion from some members of this forum that dust may have gotten on one of the chips, causing it to malfunction. The logic board, too, worked fine when I first got this SE. But the SE started exhibiting the Sad Mac after I had opened it. Further strengthening the 'dust theory.' Also, the perfectly working internal HDD that I installed did nothing to solve the problem, meaning that it's another part that's problematic, in this case the logic board. Furthermore, the logic board was dusty upon close inspection. So all these clues point to the dust on the logic board.
And I have a couple of questions:
1) What type of canned air would you recommend to safely blow the dust off of the SE's logic board?
2) The error code reads the following:
00000003
00001000
where the 3 indicates an illegal action and the 1000 identifies the chip in question. How can I tell which chip the '1000' refers to?
Thanks for any help on this matter,
-Apostrophe
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