SE/30 with SimasiMac: Will someone fix for a fee?

[ditabeardmemo]

Hi everyone:

I'm a new member here, and I came across this forum while searching for information about my Macintosh SE/30's debilitating SimasiMac condition.

I've been reading the various threads about this issue with some curiosity, and began the process of dismantling the SE/30. While I've successfully removed the logic board from my SE/30, and confirmed that some of the surface mount capacitors are leaking, I have decided that the soldering task at hand is far beyond my current abilities. I generally work on cables, not PCBs, and I don't want to take any risks with my machine.

Which brings me to my question: Are there any forum members who would be willing to recap my logic board for a fee, or who know of a computer technician who would be willing to do so? I live in Brooklyn but have come up with few to no leads here. I would love to find someone up to the task, preferably based in the United States on the east coast.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Mars478]

I'm in NYC, but I wouldn't dare do it until I am more experienced. You don't wanna trust me. Try washing the board with alcohol and water and leave it to dry for 1-2 weeks and that should temporarily remedy the problem. :simasimac:

 

[JRL]

I've been reading the various threads about this issue with some curiosity, and began the process of dismantling the SE/30. While I've successfully removed the logic board from my SE/30, and confirmed that some of the surface mount capacitors are leaking, I have decided that the soldering task at hand is far beyond my current abilities. I generally work on cables, not PCBs, and I don't want to take any risks with my machine.

Any soldering skill is a good start.

A easy way to remove caps from fellow forum member Trag:

In my experience, the easiest way to remove the old caps is to use two soldering pencils at one time. That way you do not put mechanical stress on the circuit board (as you do when you heat one side at a time). A grounded 15 watt soldering pencil is available from Radio Shack for under $10. So, if you already have one soldering pencil, go pick up a second one and make this job easy for yourself.
If you try to use just one pencil, by the time you can heat the second pad, the first will have cooled. With the one-pencil-method you are forced to either get the entire cap and board so hot that the solder will stay melted while you move the pencil from side to side, or you end up bending the cold solder on one side, while lifting the other side. That over-heating and/or bending is what typically leads to lifted pads on the circuit board.

With the two pencil method, you just apply a pencil to each end of the cap to be removed and wait until you can gently lift the cap with little to no resistance. It's useful to have a damp sponge on hand, as sometimes the cap sticks to one pencil tip or the other and it can be wiped off on the sponge.

It is also a good idea to practice removing caps from a junk board if you have any lying around.

http://450.servehttp.com/reference/caps/

The above is also another good guide.

Trag also sells quality cap replacements for the SE/30 here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4884&start=0

 

[ken27238]

before you try using alcohol, try distilled water and regular dish soap. and let it dry for a week

 

[phreakout]

Hi everyone:
I'm a new member here, and I came across this forum while searching for information about my Macintosh SE/30's debilitating SimasiMac condition.

I've been reading the various threads about this issue with some curiosity, and began the process of dismantling the SE/30. While I've successfully removed the logic board from my SE/30, and confirmed that some of the surface mount capacitors are leaking, I have decided that the soldering task at hand is far beyond my current abilities. I generally work on cables, not PCBs, and I don't want to take any risks with my machine.

Which brings me to my question: Are there any forum members who would be willing to recap my logic board for a fee, or who know of a computer technician who would be willing to do so? I live in Brooklyn but have come up with few to no leads here. I would love to find someone up to the task, preferably based in the United States on the east coast.

Thanks in advance for your help!

I can do it, but I'm way up here in northern Michigan. 2 things, though:

(1) You would need to send just the board itself to me along with its ROM SIMM. And

(2) I would need to know what caps to replace, including their values and where to get the surface mount caps from.

Let me know if you are interested via a PM.

73 de Phreakout. :rambo:

 

[ditabeardmemo]

Brilliant, thanks Phreakout. Sent you a PM.

And thanks to everyone else for your input.