Picked up a NeXTSTation with matching monitor, keyboard and mouse this weekend -- only $250 complete. Seller reported that it worked last time he used it but that it was showing "diagonal lines" when he tested before the sale. I got it home, checked the logic board and clock battery, then fired it up. This is what I got. Image is stationary and stable...just useless.
Someone in a FB group suggested RAM, so I cleaned it up with contact cleaner and re-seated half (a full set of 4), then tried the other half. I noticed some white gunk around the RAM slots, but no obvious cap leakage. I do plan to re-cap, but I thought I'd check for signs of life after a bath (a trick that works on Color Classic logic boards that leak.) After thoroughly drying I re-assembled and powered back up -- no change. Same image on the screen. Finally I tried booting without RAM...same thing.
It seems like all of that should at least have changed the symptoms if the problem was on the logic board. Now I'm starting to wonder if the issue is in the monitor. Anyone have any ideas?
Someone in a FB group suggested RAM, so I cleaned it up with contact cleaner and re-seated half (a full set of 4), then tried the other half. I noticed some white gunk around the RAM slots, but no obvious cap leakage. I do plan to re-cap, but I thought I'd check for signs of life after a bath (a trick that works on Color Classic logic boards that leak.) After thoroughly drying I re-assembled and powered back up -- no change. Same image on the screen. Finally I tried booting without RAM...same thing.
It seems like all of that should at least have changed the symptoms if the problem was on the logic board. Now I'm starting to wonder if the issue is in the monitor. Anyone have any ideas?
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