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    SE/30 simasimac - beyond recapping

    Back to the original topic. So after the wash the Mac worked fine for 2 days then started giving the simasimac increasingly frequently and now it's back to not booting any longer, sitting at the zebra screen. I went around my new caps and resoldered a few, also I did solder the replacement RP2...
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    SE/30 simasimac - beyond recapping

    Btw, regarding supplies of the RP2 Bourn filter 4120R-601-250/201, I saw Quest Components appear to have them for $3/pce (2-8 units), minimum order $25. I didn't order since I could recycle one from my old board but probably worth it if you plan on servicing a couple of Macs.
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    SE/30 simasimac - beyond recapping

    Update. This is a good one. I ended up replacing the Bourn filter RP2 with a replacement I plucked from a dead SE/30 board (my first experiment with replacing the caps a couple years ago...) pretty much like Phreakout described. Excruciating process, took me a good hour just to extract it. It...
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    SE/30 simasimac - beyond recapping

    No luck. All the caps are solidly soldered and I checked there's good contact with a continuity tester between the cap and the back of the board. Has anybody experience replacing the Bourn network filter RP2 and successfully cure simasimac?
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    SE/30 simasimac - beyond recapping

    Hi. I'd like to get some input from the experts out there. I got a SE/30 showing terminal simasimac symptoms (horizontal zebra stripes). Following the common advice I replaced *all* the caps C1,...,C13 on the motherboard and still get the simasimac. Pursuing further based on the recommendations...
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    SE/30 reset not working

    Victory! I got the problem fixed. The schematics got me started scrutinizing the motherboard and I found out that capacitors C6,C9 and C10 had been leaking. I replaced the 3 of them and, miracle, the reset is now fully working again. Thanks for all the pointers and the schematics, it helped...
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    SE/30 reset not working

    That's what I feared... this one will get solved the hard way... I was secretly hoping somebody would post a reply like "it-happens-to-me-all-the-time-all-you-need-to-do-is-replace-component-xy34" I'm torn. Since this is the only (and minor) problem I have, I'm not sure I feel like raiding all...
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    SE/30 reset not working

    I've been using the switch regularly (like a couple times every week, mostly because of Netscape 2.0.2 hanging now and then). So I immediately noticed when the switch stopped working. Initially I suspected the switch itself. I desoldered it, measured the resistance across the pins of the...
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    SE/30 reset not working

    Hi. I signed up to the forum as I could not find any cue on the web for the following problem. I have an SE/30 that has worked perfectly well for many years until recently when I noticed that the Reset button (next to the Programmer's switch on the left side) had no effect anymore. In details...
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