Recent content by harryk

Fuse is fine, unless there is more than one to check. I'm in Denver.

So despite my best attempts, I cannot find any obvious faults with the PSU. I can't see any visual signs of leakage though I probably washed those away. Now the plan is to replace it, so if you've got one that works and want to sell it let me know.

Do you know how I can test them?

Spent some time this morning and its all back together minus the floppy drive. Plugged it in, and prepared to flip the switch not knowing if it will magically boot up or possibly short and catch on fire. So I flip the power switch and... absolutely nothing. No sounds, no movement, no sign of...

Finished cleaning the power supply and its reassembled and ready to go. Also put the hard drive back together, though I'm still skeptical that its going to work. Took the floppy mostly apart to clean but stopped after I stripped a heavily corroded screw. Not sure about the fate of the floppy...

Thanks, I'll be more careful of those

Could you elaborate on what you mean by the "termination resistors being bent"?

Little Update: Spent some time this weekend to clean the logic board and hard drive. Vacuum/compressed air did next to nothing for the logic board so I quickly moved on to washing with water and a toothbrush, followed by a good soaking in a distilled water+alcohol mix, and lastly a pure alcohol...

Hopefully the hard drive is still functional and it can answer some questions about this computer's past. Though wouldn't it be kinda odd to use an SE as a headless unit, since the monitor is built in?

Thanks guys :D I probably won't get around to working on it again til Friday, but for now here's a list of what I know I need to get -Keyboard -Mouse -Speaker -PRAM Battery -The VLSI "Bob Bailey Unit" chip -Some floppy disks Any good sources for these parts besides ebay?

Hello everybody, I've been a longtime lurker of these forums as I dream about collecting vintage macs but I've finally made an account now that I actually have one :) So last Friday when I'm walking back to the dorms I see a compact sitting out on the curb in the snow and rain. I briskly...