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..curious if you've made progress on this? update please! :)

...yeah finding that each of the "classic" Macs had a strength or two and a weakness or two!

Thanks!

This may be a stupid question, but can you not connect a microphone to a Mac SE?  (My Mac Classic II has a microphone jack, my SE does not).   thanks,

-thanks, that looks to have the same spec's as the one I was looking at from Mouser. :)

-Hey, C15 is what I was going to look at next, but didn't have to.  However I would like to have a replacement on hand for C15 as I hear that this one goes out often on the SE's. Do you recall what type of cap' you used to replace C15? Would this be suitable...

Yes, it was the 4 joints on the analog board.  Basically all I had to do was open up the computer, take off that white cover on the AB then inspect the back of the board's solder joints w/ a magnifying glass.  I found quite a bit of bad joints on that board actually and resoldered all the ones...

Apple disk tools are kind of useless in my opinion, can you try using Lido? One of my drives could not be recognized and apple disk tools were no help. It wasn't until imised Lido that I was able to see the drive and format it.

-Thanks! :)

Opened up the SE today, wow, 2 of the 4 solder joints had significant cracks all around, one seemed to have a thin/hair line crack that made a full circle around the joint.  This was all visible w/ just my reading glasses.  Under the magnifying glass it looked horrendous.  So that was good to...

2mb or RAM? ...you need to up that.  My Classic II has 10mb or RAM and runs really nicely with it.

Thanks Schmoburger! I like your alternative suggestion as well.  

Would this cap be suitable for C15, http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=ULD2G3R9MPD1TDvirtualkey64700000virtualkey647-ULD2G3R9MPD1TD

The problem is still present but much less.  Which leads me to believe it could be as simple as cracks/band solder connection of the CRT to AB connection. So still looking into this... The PSU I believe is good, -I have tried 2, the original one and one that is verified to be working in another...

I love that someone has not stopped using their classic Mac on a regular basis from back when it was manufactured.  Awesome! 

I am not an expert, but having brought my Classic II back from the dead (and having re-capped the AB and motherboards) I know first hand that at least the Classic II will have no display if a cap' associated w/ the display is bad. Personally i'd start w/ a re-cap ...even if that doesn't solve...

okay, i am a total dumb a@@! when I swapped power supplies I did not fully engage the cable that connects the CRT to the AB.  Upon opening the machine this evening (I was going to located cap C15 and replace), I noticed that the cable was not connected and just dangling.  I plugged back in...

thanks, i'll start w/ a re-cap of the analog board then. :)

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Re-cap the analog board, that is GREAT news ...that is easy for me to do, i've re-capped my Mac Classic II analog and motherboard w/ 100% success and have soldering experience on many other non Mac related projects...I actually find re-capping fun (call me nuts).  Its slow but easy and...