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If I remember right, I originally needed it for the metal frame that held the LCD panel in the laptop lid of an old Dell, so, I bought the version that worked with metal. Since then, though, I've used it on many different surfaces, including plastic. Worked great, every time.

This is the one I used: https://www.jbweld.com/collections/all/products/j-b-weld-twin-tube

I've used this stuff (https://www.jbweld.com/collections/all) in the past, for similar issues on a laptop lid, and it's worked great. You could also rough up the surface around the break, on the bezel, and flood some of the epoxy around the post, to add a bit of extra strength to the bond.

That looks somewhat nasty. I'd just buy a replacement analog board on Ebay. There are deals to be had there, every so often. BTW, with this level of damage on your analog board, I can only wonder what condition the logic board, and the monitor neck and yoke are in?...

Looks quite normal to me. The internal drives on all the older Macs I've ever used behaved just like yours does. They always had that "strained" sound, even back in the 80's.

Dug up some of the pics that I took when I did mine (over 13 years ago!). Have you completely disassembled and cleaned the entire eject assembly (pictured)? As I recall, the grease there on mine was pretty gunked up. If that's all moving freely, and you can manually actuate the assembly to...

Last time I did this (which admittedly was quite a few years ago), I used a clear silicone based grease, primarily because I felt lithium was going to be too heavy. And at that, I used it very sparingly. As for the inject mechanism, mine was failing to inject, as a spring had snapped. Once...

Hi all, I've got a few resistors to replace on a 512K board, but a quick look on DigiKey shows that even for a given resistance, wattage, and tolerance, there are still quite a few different types. Initially, I was just going to use carbon film, 1/4W, 5% tolerance, from a combo-pack I already...

Correction to my above post: I was (erroneously) looking at the original Mac schematics, not the Mac Plus.  Looks like it's R22 on the Plus.

If you're getting solid, expected volume audio out the audio jack, then the circuit that's amplifying the audio is likely fine, and it's just your speaker. The schematic I have shows R1 (27Ohm) between the audio jack, and the pin going to the analog board that's connected to the speaker, so I'd...

OK, it gets interesting. I had previously noticed a bit of corrosion (silver migration, perhaps?) between R18 and CR3.  I had cleaned it up pretty well, and replaced R18, just in case. Started thinking about that part again, and resoldered the diode this time. Low and behold, I get a nice...

Very nice. The floppies can be a pain to tear down and clean up. Takes a bit of patience. But, I did the one on my Mac 512K a few years ago. Works like new now, so it's definitely worth the effort.

Inspected it previously and it looked fine. Just reflowed it now, to be safe. Same results.

Hi all, I've got a Mac 512K which is having sound issues with the speaker. Tried hooking up a speaker to the external audio jack, and while I do get audio, it's somewhat attenuated, and I have to crank up the volume on the speakers to hear it. Unplugging from the jack, I'm able to hear sound...