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That would feel peculiar, the odds of all of that occurring at the same time. Was it uneventful otherwise, or did they at least lose your luggage? :)

Thanks so much! It was Friday the 13th when I spotted this SE/30 for sale, the grand total for this one was $313.13. I'm not a superstitious person, by any means, but it did add to the suspense. :) Didn't get a steal of a deal, but based on the condition overall, I'm extremely pleased.

Looks like I may have a winner here. Pretty certain that this one had not been opened before. The way I pulled it out of there. Schrodinger's batt. still has all nine lives, no leak from the battery. But the SMD electrolytic caps are physically leaking, can't wait any longer to get...

Thanks for the reply, and the good luck! 🙂 Instead of having the seller who's unfamiliar with vintage electronics, just plug that in and wing it, and just in case there is a serious problem with it, I'd rather open it first and inspect it before the power on. The main board is both battery...

This SE/30 wasn't far from me, so the shipping was cheap. The seller is not a tech, more of an estate hunter/flipper, with a 100% feedback rating. Took a chance on this one (seller's pics, should be here Wednesday). It looks pretty good on the outside, but you never know what's lurking...

Much thanks! I was finally able to get the Noctua fan from Amazon, for $15, it took about a month to get here, but it looks like they're fully stocked atm. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VXTANZ4 Have to be sure to get the 12V model.

Noctua fan is really quiet, and has great flow. Worth the peace of mind. The 12% peroxide hair creme, and 10W UV LED worked really well on this project, thanks again for the hair creme tip @Fred1212! Before: Today: Works like new. This restoration is now 100% completed. Thanks for...

M0115 completed. Used a cardboard box with aluminum foil inside, with an inexpensive 10W UV LED, the results are so much better than trying to do this outdoors. Put the front bezel in there for two hours now, it should be more even and match the KB when it's done. Got the Noctua fan...

The Hakko FR-301 made removing the 90° 50-pin connector easy, once again. Straight 50-pin box header installed. Cable fits without touching the top floppy now. 3D printed tray fits well as a result. Put the stock fan back in as it seemed the Noctua would never get here. Got an email...

The little KB badge is pretty fragile, I think I put a pin head poke in it, not too bad. Used this flow station on the lowest setting and far away enough to heat the rear up. Now I can get the peroxide creme on uniformly, and be done with these KB's. Thanks guys!

Got the bottom half of the M0115 whitened today, Just need to whiten the top half. The M0115 I did a while back. But I burned through the badge again, before I knew it was happening. The newly acquired badge is perfect still. The problem is I can't get the badge to pop out of either...

Nicely done! Saw that feature and was wondering how to set the jumpers in order to scavenge data from an old drive. That video helped. Glad to hear it absolutely works, will give it a try soon. Thanks for posting this.

Stains between the keys that couldn't be easily wiped away. Recapped the M0115 and used a 10W UV LED on the space bar, with the 12% hair creme, indoors, and it was much easier to control the process this way. Was able to stop the whitening before it became a different shade than the rest of...

Rather than editing the BlueSCSI tray STL file, I ordered a 50-pin Box Header that is not 90° angled. That should have the right amount of clearance if the cable connects from the top of the board instead of the edge. Still no Noctua AF-6X25 PWM 12V fan anywhere in site.

There was a good video posted somewhere of the Noctua fan's CFM and acoustics versus a stock fan, can't find that YT vid now, but the results were pretty definitive. That might be why the 12v version is hard to get at the moment.

Those keys had some grime that soaking wouldn't remove, had to physically rub all (5) sides of each key with a paper towel, and there still looks to be stains. The board was covered in fine dust, almost like sand. What's with the salmon colored Caps Lock key? Getting ready to replace the (3)...

Got the PDS support bracket today, for use with BlueSCSI. Would fit absolutely perfect - - if I didn't have the top floppy. I need to adjust the printed tray, to allow for the extra length of the 50-pin SCSI cable. Don't need much more room, but going to have to figure it out, and edit the...

Very true! The pictures made it look worse than it appeared in person. Was still filthy though. Took it apart and cleaned it immediately. The best part is there were no spilled drinks, and 0 corrosion anywhere. Stoked! Need to pull all the keys to get the grime in between, but a surface clean...

Fixed above. [EDIT] looked up my Hakko FX-888D, it only does 899°F or 480°C. FR-301 is max 500°C.

Sorry for the confusion, my eyes seem to be getting worse, my Hakko station goes to 899°F, my FR-301, 500°C, which is what I was using.