Hi. I just got my hands on a Macintosh Classic II, shipped to me for free from a guy who said it worked fine.
I plugged in the keyboard, mouse, and power, and flipped the switch, and voila! A nice black and white checkerboard on display. I restarted it many times, and it mainly sticked with the checkerboard, but occasionally went to thick vertical lines, and only a couple times showed a white screen. It also occasionally emitted a quiet, but high pitch noise.
I opened up the computer (thank God I had a torx screwdriver that fit) and cleaned the contacts on the RAM as suggested from another forum: didn't work. What now? I'm hearing advice such as "replace the capacitors" to crazy stuff like "wash the motherboard in the sink". I REALLY want to have this classic Mac to play with; but is it doomed to become a Macquarium instead?
Thanks ahead for your valuable help.
I plugged in the keyboard, mouse, and power, and flipped the switch, and voila! A nice black and white checkerboard on display. I restarted it many times, and it mainly sticked with the checkerboard, but occasionally went to thick vertical lines, and only a couple times showed a white screen. It also occasionally emitted a quiet, but high pitch noise.
I opened up the computer (thank God I had a torx screwdriver that fit) and cleaned the contacts on the RAM as suggested from another forum: didn't work. What now? I'm hearing advice such as "replace the capacitors" to crazy stuff like "wash the motherboard in the sink". I REALLY want to have this classic Mac to play with; but is it doomed to become a Macquarium instead?
Thanks ahead for your valuable help.