I found the suggestion to turn the machine on with logic board removed, then hot plug the board to turn it on - not bc of a missing keyboard, just if it failed to soft boot normally. I can't find the original suggestion (this was months ago).
My board has a SCSI problem. I think (/am pretty confident) it's trace rot from caps. But I am curious if there are thoughts on the safety of this hot booting method. I didn't think about it at the time, but in theory so long as it's stable, you aren't unplugging, you're just applying power. I don't think it'd spike, though it might decrease slightly under the load - then maybe spike?
I'm not an expert (clearly). Any thoughts?
[Also, I think the need to hot boot is basically due to dirty contacts anyway.]
My board has a SCSI problem. I think (/am pretty confident) it's trace rot from caps. But I am curious if there are thoughts on the safety of this hot booting method. I didn't think about it at the time, but in theory so long as it's stable, you aren't unplugging, you're just applying power. I don't think it'd spike, though it might decrease slightly under the load - then maybe spike?
I'm not an expert (clearly). Any thoughts?
[Also, I think the need to hot boot is basically due to dirty contacts anyway.]
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