elemenoh
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I have a Macintosh TV that has power, but will not chime or boot with its MLB. With a known-good Color Classic MLB installed, it will chime and boot okay, though there is an intermittent fluttering sound coming from the speakers. That might just be an issue with the CC board though. I cleaned it up but it needs caps replaced too.
There wasn't obvious cap leakage, but I cleaned the board and replaced the MLB caps anyway. The symptom remained the same. On flick of the power switch you can hear the display power on, but when the power key is pressed, no LED on the keyboard and no chime or boot on the computer.
I installed a new PRAM battery on the original board, but that didn't change the symptom. And the machine boots with the CC board without a PRAM battery installed.
The analog board also looks okay at first inspection. No obvious cap leaks.
So, what should be checked next?
There wasn't obvious cap leakage, but I cleaned the board and replaced the MLB caps anyway. The symptom remained the same. On flick of the power switch you can hear the display power on, but when the power key is pressed, no LED on the keyboard and no chime or boot on the computer.
I installed a new PRAM battery on the original board, but that didn't change the symptom. And the machine boots with the CC board without a PRAM battery installed.
The analog board also looks okay at first inspection. No obvious cap leaks.
So, what should be checked next?
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