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OK, I now have two fully functioning machines. My crash when booting from HD issue was resolved by swapping in different RAM salvaged from the battery explosion machine. All good now.

My whole goal is to not trash things. Battery explosion unit was really bad with 15-20 traces corroded away and a couple chips that just fell off board as did the battery holder. I gave that unit and the zebra screen one to a local who likely will combine them to make one from the two and...

I'm still working on these and have managed to get to below point, seeking any helpful input: I brought home all 4 SE/30's from storage. One had very bad, unsalvageable battery damage. For the other 3 units I recapped main boards and serviced floppies then commenced playing musical component...

Thanks LaPorta, that makes sense. Is there a fairly straightforward affordable implementation people here like? Again, my goal is to have a little fun rebuilding and get all 4 of the machines functional enough to check and remove any 30 year old data before finding new owners for them. Doesn't...

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Well, never mind. HD is a Miniscribe brand and found a Reddit suggesting lubricating the stepper motor. It boots from HD now (man had forgotten how noisy those old drives were...) but freezes after loading most of the apps. Will reformat and likely good to go.

Hello, first post, lot's of great information here thanks. I have 4x SE-30s that were used in my business in the mid-late 80's that have been in storage for 30+ years. Decided to get them cleaned up and running with goal being to check there is no residual data on the HDs before selling them...