memcdowell1s
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Hello all! I'm not entirely new to the compact Mac world, but it's been a looooong time.
I recently won an auction with two SE/30s described as one not powering on, and one booting, but no other info. Unfortunately, they were shipped to me with no packing whatsoever and disaster ensued. Both cases had damage, especially the bezels which were crumbled to bits. Upon cracking them open, I found they were jostled so hard that the video neck boards were dislodged on both, as well as the logic board power connector on one.
After reseating all connectors and the neck boards, I attempted to power them on. One seems to have hard drive activity as if it's booting, but no startup chime and no video at all. I can see the neck of the CRT faintly glowing in the dark, so I think it's on but the screen is black. The other one just has a fan and floppy seek, but no video or chime either. I swapped logic boards between the two (which appear sparkling clean by the way, no battery leaking or otherwise) with the same results on both machines.
What should I pursue next? Thank you for any guidance!
I recently won an auction with two SE/30s described as one not powering on, and one booting, but no other info. Unfortunately, they were shipped to me with no packing whatsoever and disaster ensued. Both cases had damage, especially the bezels which were crumbled to bits. Upon cracking them open, I found they were jostled so hard that the video neck boards were dislodged on both, as well as the logic board power connector on one.
After reseating all connectors and the neck boards, I attempted to power them on. One seems to have hard drive activity as if it's booting, but no startup chime and no video at all. I can see the neck of the CRT faintly glowing in the dark, so I think it's on but the screen is black. The other one just has a fan and floppy seek, but no video or chime either. I swapped logic boards between the two (which appear sparkling clean by the way, no battery leaking or otherwise) with the same results on both machines.
What should I pursue next? Thank you for any guidance!