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Now that I have the logic board removed, I can see that the add-on board is a Mac Rescue. I did a search on "MacRescue" in this forum and found a prior thread that addressed this board removal problem and solution.

Thanks for the tips, guys. First of all I carefully lowered the logic board to relieve any stress I had induced in trying to remove it the wrong way. I checked the edges of the logic board for any notches (if I understand correctly) but both edges are straight corner to corner with no...

I have a 128K Macintosh that I have had since new. Some time in the late 1980s I had it modified--added RAM (expanded to 512K ?) and added SCSI--I think. I haven't used it since the early 1990s and it has been in storage since then. After reading postings in this forum about compact Macs, I...

I have a Performa 475 with a bad original 160MB hard drive. It exhibits the spin up / spin down symptom. From reading the forums, that seems to be a problem with a rubber bumper inside the hard drive case. I will deal with that another day. (I bought this Performa 475 new way back when. It has...

It looks like this has generally not been a problem. Anyway, I reinstalled my recapped Performa 475 logic board into the case. Then pushed the PSU connector back onto the board. Then immediately attempted to pull it off again. Plenty of friction but I disconnected it by hand more easily this...

I recently removed the logic board from a Performa 475 for recapping. The hardest part of removing the board was disconnecting the power supply connector. I could not get a good grip on it. And I did not have a pliers that opened wide enough to grip it. I used a putty knife to try to pry back...