RedJacketPress
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I spent the weekend disassembling my Mac SE for a thorough cleaning -- clean and retrobrite the case, remove a small amount of rust on the chassis, clean dust from the Logic Board and Analog Board, et cetera. (Everything but recapping, which will wait for another day.)
When reassembling it, I find the case doesn't quite fit at the bottom, and there's a gap of just a few millimeters between the case and the ports on the rear. If I press on it, it will fit at the front, but it flexes back when pressure is released. (It seems to fit properly at the top.) I tried removing a few components I thought might be getting in the way -- I ended up removing everything except the CRT, and then reassembling everything, but I still haven't spotted the source of the problem.
I'll go through the process of disassembling and reassembling it, step by step, to try to spot the error. But I was hoping perhaps someone had encountered a similar issue with a compact Mac, and might have useful advice.
When reassembling it, I find the case doesn't quite fit at the bottom, and there's a gap of just a few millimeters between the case and the ports on the rear. If I press on it, it will fit at the front, but it flexes back when pressure is released. (It seems to fit properly at the top.) I tried removing a few components I thought might be getting in the way -- I ended up removing everything except the CRT, and then reassembling everything, but I still haven't spotted the source of the problem.
I'll go through the process of disassembling and reassembling it, step by step, to try to spot the error. But I was hoping perhaps someone had encountered a similar issue with a compact Mac, and might have useful advice.