Huxley
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I mentioned recently that I found and saved a Mac IIci from a local e-waste recycler. Last night I finally spent some time with it - I used my electric air compressor to really clean the hell out of it, it was PACKED with dust, having spent its life in some sort of industrial setting. Once it was mostly dust-free, I tried plugging it in and hitting the power button. Initially it turned on okay (the power LED lit up, the PSU fan spun up and the red LED on the Ethernet board lit up, but I didn't hear any chimes), but when I tried again with a monitor hooked up an hour or two later, I found the whole machine completely, utterly dead. No response at all to multiple attempts to power it on - no LED's, no fan, no clicks, no nuthin. Prompted by some folks on Twitter, I did a more careful inspection of the motherboard and sure enough, found at least a few tiny metal capacitors ("SMD's"?) with a crusty exterior I'd previously missed due to the extreme dust situation inside the machine. Given my own observations + what I'm reading online, it seems 99% likely that the machine needs to be recapped. However, I'm a total novice with recapping work, so I'm both excited to learn and unsure where to start. I'd like to order a healthy supply of replacement capacitors of the correct varieties, but I'm not sure what search terms to be using.
TL;DR: Can someone help me build a 'shopping list' of the specific parts I'll need to recap a Mac IIci? Bonus points for any tips / tricks / guidance a first-timer would find helpful.
Thanks!
Huxley
TL;DR: Can someone help me build a 'shopping list' of the specific parts I'll need to recap a Mac IIci? Bonus points for any tips / tricks / guidance a first-timer would find helpful.
Thanks!
Huxley