VMSZealot
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I'm very attached to my LCIII. It was the first Mac that I purchased brand new, back when I was at Uni. I bought it to 'replace' my SE/30 (it didn't replace the SE/30 - I still have my SE/30. But I fancied a spot of colour.) The LC475 had just been launched and Computer Warehouse (ol' CW) had a spread in MacUser advertising LCs at £250. Oooh, I thought. I can afford that. It might be slower than the SE/30 - but colour. I'll have a punt. But wait! How much for an LCII? £350. Hey - I can afford that too. I'll buy… No wait. What about an LCIII? £500 - but for £700, we'll throw in a trinitron Apple monitor - and for £800 you can have a special bundle with a Stylewriter II. £800? Shite. That busts my budget… But I want. Badly. One loan later, and I had my Mac. And I still have it - except that it doesn't seem to work at the moment.
The LCIII does boot. From the floppy disks that it came with. It refuses to believe that there might be a hard drive connected though. Troubleshooting time.
1. Try another hard drive (no dice on any of the four I tried)
2. Plug hard drive into my Quadra (works - all four do). So the hard disks aren't at fault.
3. Try a different logic board. Yes, I have a spare LCIII logic board. Same result.
4. Try a different PSU (in case the PSU isn't producing enough current to power logic board and hard disk - still no luck)
The caps on both boards are immaculate. No sign of bulging, no sign of 'oiliness' on or around the caps.
The batteries are dead - but would that cause a problem on a restart (even after restarting the hard disk won't come to life)? I haven't tried anything on the external port yet, mainly because I can't find the PSU for my zip drive.
I'm keen to get my old pal up and running again. Has anyone seen anything similar or got any cunning plans?
The SE/30? That works just fine (but I have recapped it).
The LCIII does boot. From the floppy disks that it came with. It refuses to believe that there might be a hard drive connected though. Troubleshooting time.
1. Try another hard drive (no dice on any of the four I tried)
2. Plug hard drive into my Quadra (works - all four do). So the hard disks aren't at fault.
3. Try a different logic board. Yes, I have a spare LCIII logic board. Same result.
4. Try a different PSU (in case the PSU isn't producing enough current to power logic board and hard disk - still no luck)
The caps on both boards are immaculate. No sign of bulging, no sign of 'oiliness' on or around the caps.
The batteries are dead - but would that cause a problem on a restart (even after restarting the hard disk won't come to life)? I haven't tried anything on the external port yet, mainly because I can't find the PSU for my zip drive.
I'm keen to get my old pal up and running again. Has anyone seen anything similar or got any cunning plans?
The SE/30? That works just fine (but I have recapped it).