Recent content by mitchW

Thanks! I checked my parts bin, and I actually have 18 of 41256 ICs (not tested though) and a 74F253! Other missing parts, I can order :) But now I found some photos of the fully populated Dove MacSnap 5.0 on ebay, but it seems it has and additional snap connector for one chip on top of the...

Here, I snapped few pics of the card :)

Thanks, I did use a special "gentle" rust remover cleaning product that I usually use for corroded stuff and it turned all green corrosion into dull grey metal. I will try white vinegar if it will make it any better

I am restoring a Mac 512K with a 512K Dove MacSnap 5.0 RAM Upgrade card + SCSI. This upgrade card brings the Mac RAM to 1MB. But I've seen some other Dove MacSnap RAM Upgrade cards that contain 1MB or 2MB of RAM. Is it possible to upgrade my upgrade card to 1MB or even 2MB? Also, one of the...

I got my Mac Plus this way. A 120V unit was brought over to Europe and plugged into 230V. If I remember correctly, it blew one of the 100uF 200V caps and a fuse. So after 5$ of parts, it was all happy again (with step-down transformer of course). I did end up replacing both 100uF 200V caps and...

Hey can anyone please provide me with the value for the R36 NTC inrush thermistor? Thanks

I also replaced UC3843 on mine, but it didn't help. Possibly it was also fried.

If you have +5VSB and nothing happens when you connect it to the PS_ON pin, then it could be the LM339 chip - it was dead on my PSU. Also worth checking all diodes and transistors for shorts. YMMV

This is the first thing to check... if you have experience in electronics repair, then this will be easy for you

Are you getting +5VSB? If not, this is the first thing to get sorted then. Those units don't get bad caps as such, my two PSUs both still run perfectly with all original caps. Sadly not much is known about common failure points on those. One of mine had blown standby power circuit and also a...

I am using 8500 PSU on 8100 and it doesn't work :) And not one, but two!

What is the part number and manufacturer of that PSU? I am stumped as two PSUs (with same P/N) exhibit the same behavior...

Yes, exactly, good catch! Hope you get it working. I recapped a similar unit back in 2015 and I remember it had quite a lot of leaky cap damage

Exactly. Just few weeks ago I recapped a LC 475 PSU. I changed every cap, except the main smoother (rated at 180uF 400V I think). When I plugged it in, I saw on the wattmeter that the wattage was very high (around 25W-30W with NO load). I quickly disconnected it, and tried it again, then the...

I just recapped it, and yes, those 3 capacitors were all 1uF 63V units. As I said, I used 1uF 35V tantalum caps to replace them, and the keyboard now works great. Old caps were all looking fine, but the one that was causing the problem, measured almost twice the capacitance, which is to be...