appleg33k85
Active member
Good Morning - I have a Macintosh SE that I recently acquired, it has a 40MB Apple Quantum drive, when powered on, the disk spins but does not attempt to read. I opened the drive and made sure that the head isn't stuck and fixed the sticky head stops (they weren't very sticky but still worked on them anyway to ensure it wasn't an issue). I also purchased a Blue SCSI which powers on when connected but also does not attempt to read. Unfortunately for my troubleshooting purposes, I don't have another computer that is SCSI capable (at least not a desktop, I have a Powermac 180 that works). The computer reads and boots from a floppy but says no SCSI device present when trying to use a detection utility.
The motherboard is fairly clean, the battery was still intact (now removed) and I don't see any leaking capacitors. I feel like I have a bit too many variables for troubleshooting but was hoping I could start here and it might be something with the motherboard before purchasing any additional equipment.
The motherboard is fairly clean, the battery was still intact (now removed) and I don't see any leaking capacitors. I feel like I have a bit too many variables for troubleshooting but was hoping I could start here and it might be something with the motherboard before purchasing any additional equipment.