Jinnai
Well-known member
I got a large lot of Macs for $225, but I don't have time right now to post about the whole lot. But I got this SE/30 - it's really gross and rusty inside, and if I fix it, I'm going to post it here.
It came with an odd hard drive sled, I don't know why. It's bright pink, and you screw the HDD to one sled, then slide it into the other sled, and tighten it with the screw on the side. It's very weird, but high quality!
So here's a pic of the outside. It's not stellar, but I think it might be good enough to restore, what do you guys think?
Picture of the inside:
Motherboard is in bad condition, caps leaked though not the battery. The metal part is very rusty. I'm going to try to get it back to working by replacing the caps, though.
Analog board actually is visually fine, though I haven't tested it yet. The PSU had a rusted out switch so I'm waiting to get a new one of those.
HDD was horribly rusted inside:
FDD looked similar. Corroded together, a couple bug nests in it, and the top head had broken off.
CRT emitted a purple glow from the end and killed the CRT board within a couple seconds, so I have to try to fix that. I think it blew a cap. How a CRT can do that I have no idea, but my CRT board worked fine with a different monitor, so I guess it's a deadly CRT.
So overall, I think I can bring it back if I can get the motherboard to work.
It came with an odd hard drive sled, I don't know why. It's bright pink, and you screw the HDD to one sled, then slide it into the other sled, and tighten it with the screw on the side. It's very weird, but high quality!
So here's a pic of the outside. It's not stellar, but I think it might be good enough to restore, what do you guys think?
Picture of the inside:
Motherboard is in bad condition, caps leaked though not the battery. The metal part is very rusty. I'm going to try to get it back to working by replacing the caps, though.
Analog board actually is visually fine, though I haven't tested it yet. The PSU had a rusted out switch so I'm waiting to get a new one of those.
HDD was horribly rusted inside:
FDD looked similar. Corroded together, a couple bug nests in it, and the top head had broken off.
CRT emitted a purple glow from the end and killed the CRT board within a couple seconds, so I have to try to fix that. I think it blew a cap. How a CRT can do that I have no idea, but my CRT board worked fine with a different monitor, so I guess it's a deadly CRT.
So overall, I think I can bring it back if I can get the motherboard to work.