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    Battery bombed SE/30 logic board, can it be saved?

    Just a quick update to say that I installed D1 and D2 and now have 5V on my RTC pin 8 but still can't boot past about 15% on the progress bar of the Mac OS Starting Up splash screen. I tried doing a PRAM reset and that seemed to work but still no joy. I tried loading System 6.0.8 onto my...
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    Battery bombed SE/30 logic board, can it be saved?

    I'm a 70's kid too and never missed an episode! :cool: I just hope my SE/30 doesn't end up running in slow motion like Steve Austin! :giggle:
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    Battery bombed SE/30 logic board, can it be saved?

    Thanks! 🙏 My D1 and D2 diodes just arrived 5 mins ago so I'm hoping to get them fitted this evening and see if I can get it to boot a bit further. 🤞
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    Battery bombed SE/30 logic board, can it be saved?

    Haha, I think you‘re absolutely right….but I had a secret weapon….naivety! 😅 Also, I had no idea that anyone was creating new PCBs so I did the natural thing by buying a stereoscopic microscope that cost almost twice what I paid for the SE/30 and a bunch of soldering tips and parts that cost...
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    Battery bombed SE/30 logic board, can it be saved?

    Hi - I’m tackling a very similar, battery bombed SE/30 and have managed to get it to boot to the “Welcome to Macintosh…” splash screen after many hours repairing tracks and vias, not to mention cleaning up corrosion damage. The worst thing is that the corrosion renders the solder “unmeltable” if...
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