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If you go with aluminum polymer, there is no risk of putting one in backwards and having it burn up like there is with tantalum. When they fail, they fail open. I’ve done two tantalum recaps myself, thinking about going poly for the next vintage mac I have queued up (which is, coincidentially...

Maybe you've got a pinched ground wire somewhere, or something similar.

Amazing haul, I would have considered $100 a fair price for just the SE/30 or one of the Color Classics alone!

Can I just say, excellent troubleshooting and work so far! Looking forward to seeing your progress with this.

You’re approaching SE/30 nirvana there. Great work!

Interesting that the company that made the PSU is based in Vista, California. That’s less than half an hour from where I am originally from and have lived most of my life (Escondido, CA).

I found a TI-83 for $6 a few years ago. I wasn’t able to pass it up either! Definitely a cool device.

Interesting.  What makes this model so particularly irritating to recap?  And do you have a picture of the sticker?

While we're on the subject, do you know what the value for RL1 is?

I had those exact fuzzies on my SE/30, though not to the extent that you do.  Mine came off when I washed the board and the computer has worked great after a recap.

Looking good! I think fan swaps in this machine are a very pleasing mod. Also easy—any fan will do as long as the CFM is sufficient and the noise level/type of noise is agreeable to you. When I restored my LC 550 (extremely similar to the CC, link to the thread is in my signature) I used a...

^This has worked for me.  Let HD SC make its 20mb partition, then delete it and create a bigger partition.

I am also a fan of CRTs, particularly Trinitron displays. I had an XBR960 back in the day. Got it free, changed out the two ICs in the power supply and watched it for a few years. Stunning picture, amazing sound with the built-in subwoofer. Sold it for $100 when I moved and it couldn't come...

Absolutely worth saving IMO

I've had mixed luck with Quantum drives, good luck with IBM drives.... excellent luck with SCSI2SD  [8D]

Three updates on this machine:   Update one: the screen flickering issue has been resolved!  It turns out that there were bad solder joints on the CRT neck board.   Update two: I picked up a IIsi Radius Pivot card that I will eventually use to drive a small external color display.  These are...

I haven't had any issues, and we're a few months in with lots of hours and power cycles put on the machine since the recap. If you're really worried about it, it would probably be best to wait for the opinion of someone who understands electronics theory (techknight, et. al.). But 60uf is less...

Check out my SE/30 thread to see a potential solution to the filter capacitor problem in the Sony CR-44 PSU: Full Recap Thread

My preferred method of removing caps.  Cheap, effortless once you get the hang of it, and leaves your solder pads pristine...

Do you have any SCSI2SDs? Those are fun too  8-)