Recent content by memcdowell1s

Long-overdue update on this: I was recently able to purchase a fairly clean SE/30 minus the logic board. I needed all the case parts, and this made it easy. I installed one of mine, booted it up, and… Success! However, it was short lived, as subsequent boot attempts resulted in zebra-stripe...

Replaced RAM, and the problem persisted. Next, I ordered an “enhanced” kit from ReActiveMicro to kill a few birds with one stone. Bingo, working IIe! Thanks, all!

Thanks. It has the Motorola chips, but with multiple date codes. It won't even run the self-test, so I presume several must be bad? Thankfully, they're all socketed so swapping is no big deal. I'll track down some replacements.

Hello folks, Just picked up a very clean IIe to give my IIGS company. However, it boots to a garbled screen. The garbled pattern changes slightly each time it’s powered on. No beep or drive seek upon boot. Reset key doesn’t do anything. I checked the power supply and all voltages are within 5%...

Worse than Fleabay, I’d be getting my money back if it was there. Regardless, I’ll check voltages next. Hard drive noises sound like actual booting… they start after being powered on for a while, not immediately. Hard drive indicator lights up as well.

Hello all! I'm not entirely new to the compact Mac world, but it's been a looooong time. I recently won an auction with two SE/30s described as one not powering on, and one booting, but no other info. Unfortunately, they were shipped to me with no packing whatsoever and disaster ensued. Both...