olliec420
Active member
I acquired this Quadra 950 from a guy on reddit who cleans out warehouses and he posted on reddit, I made an offer to ship it after some preliminary photos. It was a good deal so I got it. Its quite clean considering it was stored for many years in what I believe was non climate controlled. Some spider webs (a couple spiders, dead) inside. Has the residue all over which indicates its been in humidity for a while. But other than that, good condition. You may have seen my other thread about when I fired it up, a cap blew and I'm in the process if information and part finding to fix that. I have it totally apart now so Im going to give it a shot to retrobrite it and clean the rest.
The Case:
The case is in good shape, minimal dings and such. A couple parts have yellowed but not too badly, the main part of the case isn't that bad. One of these days I'm going to use 8-bit guys method to bring the color back. But before I do that I'd like to clean it up good. I was thinking dishwasher for the plastic parts but I'm afraid the heat could melt the plastic. Does anyone have any experience or recommendation on cleaning the case and case alone in the dishwasher or otherwise?
The Boards:
I have some photos for specific questions related to the boards. I started trying to clean it with alcohol and toothbrush but its really hard to get in all the nooks. A lot of components are really tight on this board. I searched but found a lot of conflicting evidence on putting the boards in the dishwasher.
I don't know how much risk I want to take with this board. I feel like I got a great computer for a good price and I really want to get it working. I cut my teeth on a Quadra 950 video editing and some (very basic) 3d modeling in middle school. It really felt like we were coming in to the future and I want this computer to be my throw back to that.
Attached are some close up pictures of the dirtiest spots on the board for reference. Pics of the case are not needed. Worst case I'm gonna hit those with the hose if the dish washer isn't recommended.
Thanks in advance for any direction.
The Case:
The case is in good shape, minimal dings and such. A couple parts have yellowed but not too badly, the main part of the case isn't that bad. One of these days I'm going to use 8-bit guys method to bring the color back. But before I do that I'd like to clean it up good. I was thinking dishwasher for the plastic parts but I'm afraid the heat could melt the plastic. Does anyone have any experience or recommendation on cleaning the case and case alone in the dishwasher or otherwise?
The Boards:
I have some photos for specific questions related to the boards. I started trying to clean it with alcohol and toothbrush but its really hard to get in all the nooks. A lot of components are really tight on this board. I searched but found a lot of conflicting evidence on putting the boards in the dishwasher.
I don't know how much risk I want to take with this board. I feel like I got a great computer for a good price and I really want to get it working. I cut my teeth on a Quadra 950 video editing and some (very basic) 3d modeling in middle school. It really felt like we were coming in to the future and I want this computer to be my throw back to that.
Attached are some close up pictures of the dirtiest spots on the board for reference. Pics of the case are not needed. Worst case I'm gonna hit those with the hose if the dish washer isn't recommended.
Thanks in advance for any direction.