Color Classic Success! (recapped)

[massiverobot]

Thanks again to Uni for the recapping, my Color Classic is now back and working great.

I moved over the AztecMonster 2.5 to CF into it, because the internal SCSi drive was just dead. Side note: how on earth do you remove those? Luckily, with the 2.5" Aztec i can just put it in a static bag and stuff it into the MB space, next to the ethernet card.

It purrs along now, and now that I'm actually using it a bit (I've moved aside my SE/30 to deal with the analog board capping / screen issues) I realize I need to max out the Ram. It only has 6megs, and that just won't cut it with 7.5.5.

It may become my main classic machine, it's super quite now and the screen is nice- I've forgotten how nice those Sony Triniton screens are. Too many years of LCD.


Boostrapping the CC- I needed the modern mac to lookup how to boot from alternate SCSI Ids. I'm so out of practice.
 
 

Humming along with 7.5.5

 

[markyb86]

Your basement looks just like mine! Do you have a low ceiling and knob&tube wiring running throughout also?

Glad to hear the CC is operational again!

 

[bibilit]

the internal SCSi drive was just dead. Side note: how on earth do you remove those?

there is the hard way and the easy way, removing most of the innards is the hard way, the easy is to remove the rear casing, the SCSI cable, moving the hard drive center tab upwards and sliding the hard drive caddy away from the casing (not forgetting to remove the power cable)

 

[Elfen]

Congrats on the CC-Revive!

 

[massiverobot]

Your basement looks just like mine! Do you have a low ceiling and knob&tube wiring running throughout also?

Glad to hear the CC is operational again!

I have some K&T up in the attic still. This is a old (100+ years) Philly-Twin... The ceiling isn't too low. Soon the kids will be old enough to justify finishing the front 1/2 of the basement- and then I get to sneak in a 'storage room' for my horde. Until then, it's constant dusting.

 

[massiverobot]

there is the hard way and the easy way, removing most of the innards is the hard way, the easy is to remove the rear casing, the SCSI cable, moving the hard drive center tab upwards and sliding the hard drive caddy away from the casing (not forgetting to remove the power cable)

Oh that seems reasonable- I guess I didn't look hard enough down the hole to see what was going on w/ the carrier. I'll try that.

 

[massiverobot]

CC setup and using the new portable style writer I got from ebay.

 

[Denus]

Nice! I didn't recap my CC yet: it's working fine, and the caps don't show traces of leakage (yet).

But I have the required components just in case....

 

[uniserver]

at-least re-cap your Color Classic MB now.  that cap goo once it starts to leak can go and cause significant issues.

Techknight and I both have a Dead Color Classic Board sitting on the shelf that either of us don't want to deal with right now

you run a color classic till it dies from bad caps... there is a chance it maybe still be dead after a recap.

LIkewise with the Q840av... You run that till it dies from bad caps... its More then likely dead. Those VIA's and traces on the 840av are mini micro tiny tiny tiny.

if you got the caps, you really should just do it and get it over with.

plus if they are not leaking as you say.. then removal will be easier!

 

[Denus]

True.... I should do it before the main board get damaged.