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that means the average IIfx owner has the LOUD power supply :( very sad!

xmas treat from @al kossow I guess! schematics bill o' materials cc @3lectr1cPPC

just make sure the board is completely dry before powering it up

you likely have capacitor juice under the LCD driver ribbon connections. you need to flush it all out with isopropyl or something similar

can't say i've ever heard of this issue so there's definitely no fix

all pci powermacs have open firmware iirc most (all?) old world pci powermacs will default to serial output for the open firmware prompt

realbasic detected

no. wrong. you are wasting your time here. your boards are full of leaking capacitors, the electrolytic fluid is sitting on the boards slowly damaging everything in their immediate area. without recapping them, the bad capacitors could be causing any number of problems. your boards are...

any colour classic that has not been recapped should be considered broken and and in need of repair. period. recap your machines and come back to this later. I sure hope your LC III has been recapped

are you sure that particular floppy will boot a Colour Classic? are you using the same floppy cable on both machines? have you recapped the colour classic?

you're beeping it out with a multimeter... right? visual inspections aren't enough

it's been "recapped" but I can see plenty of grime. personally I don't trust anything that isn't worked on by me or someone I trust (like @cheesestraws ). i would consider it not recapped, and start by removing all the capacitors and cleaning it thoroughly. screen isn't really garbled, that's...

presumably scsi