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Thanks for the answers. I'm planning on selling the Macintosh on ebay after restoration (I'm quite broke and need some profit quick) but how will I post it? The thing is huge and I don't know what kind of box I'll have to put it in. And will postage cost a lot as a result?

BTW is it easy to replace capacitors? I've never done that before, but I have done some soldering on other stuff before. Is it as easy as taking out a cap, put the new one in and simply solder?

Thank you. They're both pretty cheap on ebay. Just bought them, a Panasonic 'M Series Ultra Low ESR'

Hey everyone. I was busy with other stuff in real life but now is the time to finally fix my Classic! I attempted to open it with my Torx-15 screwdriver but it was too short to reach the screws, so I ordered a long one from Amazon. I then also ordered a UNiROSS 3.6v 1/2 AA Lithium Thionyl...

I see. But I didn't expect the battery to be able to do the total damage without the actual power being on... In other words, I have a ticking time bomb in my room! Alright I will have to remove that battery like today if I can.

Thanks to all for the replies! Looks like I have quite a job to do. Knowing that it could be completely damaged with its failing components, I will no longer turn the machine on until I fix everything. When I have the time for this I will definitely restore this Macintosh. Once again, thank you!

I managed to buy a Classic from a boot sale with the standard Keyboard II and the mouse and 40MB HDD, and it works! Boots up normally and seems fine. This is the first time I've gotten a computer this old, and I have been mostly using Windows all my life, so I've got some questions to ask about...