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I just bought an NOS MC68030RC33B, for an SE/30, from here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/371776928912 I offered him $30 and he took it - might try offering less and see if he'll haggle. Fast shipping, no complaints.

I saw that one for sale yesterday, you got the hardest to find part with an old SE/30, a working/restored logic board (y). That makes up for the case not matching, imo. Great upgrades too for the floppy and HDD. Congrats!

There looks to be a lot of spots on your board that could be a problem. The RPx chips are the Resistor Packs, if these have rotted traces it can cause all sorts of issues. On any trace where you see black or discoloration, it could be a broken trace. You'll need to verify continuity with a...

It sounds like you now have what's known as the fast-chime, not the regular speed, or slow-chime. From watching CayMac Vintage repair videos on YT, he found issues with memory with the fast-chime condition. There is an SMD cap that leaks below the first memory slot, might be worth inspecting...

In looking at your logic board pictures on the first page, that's some serious oxidation/rust. It would be a good idea to soak the board in vinegar, or use an ultrasonic cleaner with detergent specifically for electronics, to stop that corrosion. The pictures appear to show broken traces on...

Nice work! That's exactly what I'm seeing on mine too, missing pin 4 on UD8, A0 - but also pin 12, A1, a new F253 will be here Monday . Congrats!

I had (4) broken traces on my UE10 ASC, including Pin 35 +5V, repaired and verified them all and still get no sound. Socketed UB10 and 11 and verified every connection, still no chime with speaker or Line out - running out of causes to troubleshoot. The new Se/30 will be here this Friday...

I had heard that just one ROM connection missing will take down the entire system, but I was thinking the chime would still offer a diagnostics in such a scenario. Would you happen to remember how many of the pins or traces were not connecting properly from your ROM, in order to produce this...

I should've said that I was testing the ROM slot by connecting the scope to the pins themselves, without the ROM in the slot - I'm seeing problems with the wave forms at the pins. Update: I found that UD8 is missing signals entirely, thanks to the Simasima Repair Guide. I've ordered (4) of...

I have not tried to tighten the pins, I have wiggled the ROM in the slot and never get any change. Did you have a chime with loose pins, or ever get it to chime in that condition?

Thanks for that! Y3 seemed good to me too, but I was having some strange clock signals and intermittency with the square waves in the ROM socket, which I'll need to identify where the problem is actually coming from. I bought another Se/30 that works that will be here late next week, hopefully...

What's unpredictable are the components and traces that are rotted from electrolytic fluid and the corrosive vapors that accompany them, from the leaking caps found on an SE/30. Clock signals, Reset signals and voltages should all be repeatable from unit to unit, if there's nothing actually...

Thanks! I have a brand new Reloaded V5 board here, I'm trying to figure out what components may have been affected by the cap leaking; this is why I am asking about Y3, it was very close to UE10 which has had all of the traces toned out and is confirmed to be working, yet still no chime. I have...

I'm working from this guide step by step: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/macintosh-se-30-vertical-horizontal-bars-on-display-simasima-repair-guide.4705/ That's what I'm following and still have questions. I've done everything you've asked, UE10 Pin 14 is solid, yet I get no chime and...

Yes, that's correct, Pin 14 is unaffected. UE10 Pin 24 and 25 are Xtal in and Xtal out, which are the legs of Y3 if you look at the schematic above. What does make a difference in the wave form, is the physical switch on the probe, with a setting of either 1x or 10x; thanks to JDW at...

I am seeing the correct 15.667 MHz at UE10 Pin14. But at Y3, Pin 24 and 25, I'm only able to see Pin 24 has a wave form now, Pin 25 has no solid wave form and the speed is varying. Not sure why Y3 is behaving this way, this is backwards from yesterday, where I was seeing Pin 25 correctly and...

Thank you so much for looking in to that, that gives me the confirmation I was hoping for. There seems to be other errors in the Guide, which I'm also very thankful for but I'd like to help them revise the errors to improve the accuracy for everyone using it, myself included :) Just a small...

Thanks for the reply. I was able to get square waves on all of the ROM Address lines at this point, with the XC chip, it is walking the bus now but intermittently. It will need to be reset on occasion to get the square waves working. The speed values aren't lining up to the Simasima Repair...

I do have a scope, it is showing me that the Address lines of the XC chip are missing between A2-A31, many of them. The most concerning thing at the moment is Xtal Y3, it was near UE10 that was damaged by a leaking cap and Y3 also looks to be damaged. Leg farthest from UE10 - normal: Leg...

Found an issue with my Y3 Xtal, and was wondering if this is normal. On the Y1 Xtal I get a matching wave form on both legs with a clock of 32kHz: But on Y3, that is close to the UE10 chip that was corroded badly from the cap leak, I get a strange looking waveform on one of the legs: The...