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    Mac SE/30 general crashes (Bus error, Address Error, etc) recap done years ago.

    Either that or this PSU is on its way out. It is an old ATX supply. And I noticed the screen would shake when I used the floppy disk, but it doesn't now after running for half an hour or so. Lots of ripple until bad caps in the PSU "warm up," so to speak. So....next step is a new internal PSU...
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    Mac SE/30 general crashes (Bus error, Address Error, etc) recap done years ago.

    I think I will try that if this keeps up. That said, I gave it some more cleaning today. No dice. but then, I removed the internal scsi drive from the motherboard entirely, since I was getting bus errors and things. Now I can boot into 7.5.5 on BlueSCSI. Without MODE32 installed, it only sees...
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    Mac SE/30 general crashes (Bus error, Address Error, etc) recap done years ago.

    I did now, but not then. Too little too late I'm guessing. After I'm done with some personal life stuff, I do plan on just full on probing traces all around the caps, getting a better scope, etc.
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    Mac SE/30 general crashes (Bus error, Address Error, etc) recap done years ago.

    Hello all! Just want to see if some more experienced people have some ideas of where to look or experience with any of this. So, I have a Mac SE/30 which sat for a bit, I changed the PRAM battery, and now the computer doesn't work. I recapped the board in 2016, so I know it's been awhile. But...
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