JC8080
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I just installed a MacSD internally in my IIsi and have some strange audio interference. The speaker makes noises corresponding with SCSI/CPU activity. It is hard to describe the noises, but it is like a combination of squeals and clicks. The noises line up with the SCSI activity, and moving the mouse around causes a buzzing sound. There is also a quiet hum when the CPU is idling. These noises aren't loud, but they are loud enough to hear with the top on the machine. I swapped the HD back in and could very faintly hear these sounds when I put my ear by the speaker, but not nearly loud enough that I had ever noticed. Has anyone run across anything like this? Here are the troubleshooting steps I have done:
None of these had any affect on the noises. The floppy drive is not installed, and there are no PDS cards installed. This board is recapped and rather clean, the only rework needed was to bridge the leg/trace on two pins of one of the ALS245s where cap goo had corroded the connection with the pads. There was no battery damage.
- I originally bodged internal termination power from the external SCSI connector, since the IIsi does not have term power on the internal SCSI connector.
- Powered the MacSD via the mini USB port (after removing the term power bodge to ensure there was no interference from the bodge running across the bottom of the board.
- Used a long (18" or so) SCSI ribbon cable to move the drive away from the machine to see if there was some sort of RF interference. I also tried with a shorter cable, no change.
None of these had any affect on the noises. The floppy drive is not installed, and there are no PDS cards installed. This board is recapped and rather clean, the only rework needed was to bridge the leg/trace on two pins of one of the ALS245s where cap goo had corroded the connection with the pads. There was no battery damage.