Evie's Conquests

[EvieSigma]

Updated the Bondi to OS 9.2.2 today and installed Office 2001 on it for the hell of it. Someone upgraded the RAM to 256MB but it still has the original 233MHz processor card and a 4(!!!)GB hard drive. Gonna have to fix that post haste...

Of course, what might need fixing first is the analog board, as the CRT pops occasionally (especially when turning the machine on after leaving it sit awhile). Also, just as comparison, here's the system specs of my B&W G3.

 

[EvieSigma]

I got my SE yesterday and today I finally had a chance to take a good look at the thing...I noticed the CRT isn't flush with the front panel of the case. And even worse, it turns out my worst fears were realized, as the standoffs that hold the CRT to the front of the case are sheared off on the right side.

Is it even worth trying to fix these? At the very least I have to remove both the analog board and the CRT to glue the standoffs back into place, and I don't even have any kind of discharging tools so I'd probably get electrocuted trying to do it.

 

[Reasons.]

I wouldn't worry too much about discharging. My impression is that the SE has auto-discharging circuitry that will keep you more or less protected, especially if you leave it for a few days before attempting anything. I took apart a few SE/30s to do some cleaning earlier this year with no formal discharge protection and I did just fine. YMMV, though.

 

[Scott Squires]

I never know if the flyback transformer has been swapped for one without a bleeder resistor, or if it is still in working condition. And I don't like getting electrocuted. Even if it's not going to kill me. Just a personal quirk of mine, I guess. So whenever I need to mess with connections on the analog board, I discharge the tube. It only takes a moment to make sure.

 

[IlikeTech]

I second what anthon said.

 

[EvieSigma]

I have no idea either, but the thick coating of dust on the logic board tells me this SE hadn't been cracked open in quite a while.

 

[EvieSigma]

Warning: Graphic images of extreme violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

I place the blame on FedEx for this one. The guy put together some fairly decent packing and even put Glass on the box but FedEx pulverized this Performa.

 

[Carboy7]

Wow. I only hope you got a refund.

The Performa 5xx series is going to go extinct in the wild with all this nonsense going on.

 

[joethezombie]

HOLEY SMOKES!  I am so sorry!   :O

However, if all there was for packaging was that styrofoam, its fate was sealed.  That thing needs to be encapsulated in a good double wrapping of large bubble-wrap, with packaging tape securing it tightly together around the computer.   Place that in a double walled box.  Empty space filled with peanuts.  No way is random pieces of styrofoam going to protect a heavy brittle LC AiO.

 

[IlikeTech]

Owwwwww.

Try to get a case and see if the electronics survived.

 

[EvieSigma]

I was hoping to scavenge the drives and the logic board, but apparently for the seller to get his money back from FedEx, FedEx has to pick it up.

I did take the front and rear bezels and have them sitting here after being glued back together, maybe FedEx won't notice...

I KNEW I should have made an offer on that LC 520 that guy who sold me my Compaq LTE laptop had, but I wanted to hold out for a 550 or a 57x!

 

[CC_333]

Wow. That hurts.... 

If you needed a 520 or 550 logic board, I have one that I don't need.

PM me if interested.

c

 

[EvieSigma]

Well if FedEx lets me keep the broken 580 I'll have a 580 logic board that could upgrade a 520 or 550...

 

[EvilCapitalist]

Ouch!  That really sucks, but at least you'll get your money back.  The times I've had to file damage claims with FedEx or UPS they don't keep the item, they just pick it up to verify damages and then it comes back to you.

However, if all there was for packaging was that styrofoam, its fate was sealed.  That thing needs to be encapsulated in a good double wrapping of large bubble-wrap, with packaging tape securing it tightly together around the computer.   Place that in a double walled box.  Empty space filled with peanuts.  No way is random pieces of styrofoam going to protect a heavy brittle LC AiO.

Echoing this right here.  Even in the best case scenario (the instant foam FedEx/UPS use if you have them pack it in store) it's still a crapshoot as to whether these machines will arrive intact.  Couple the not-so-great packing job with literally the busiest time of year for shipping things and you've got a recipe for disaster.

 

[EvieSigma]

Should I have even tried to test and see if it still worked after that pummeling? I was worried about getting electrocuted and the fact that I can't even hook the fan back up.

 

[Carboy7]

You should probably not try and test it, as there is probably more damage to the inside then you may realize.

But you can try. Just don't get hurt!

 

[EvilCapitalist]

Apart from popping the motherboard in another machine I wouldn't chance the rest of it.  The HD and floppy should be fine as well.  Anything relating to the screen and analog board I'd just leave alone.

 

[EvieSigma]

That's what I thought.

I don't have a Color Classic or another LC 500 series so I don't have anything to test the mobo in, but it certainly looks like nothing happened to it. I guess the steel bottom half of the machine protected the mobo and the drives from destruction.

 

[MJ313]

That's horrific. The seller did an unbelievably poor job with packaging that. I mean, *some* common sense is required, in addition to some knowledge these things are already pretty fragile.

I hate to say, but you can't just drop in a 580 logic board into a CC or 520/550/575. The 580 board is different. A Color Classic would require the Takky modification to handle a 580 board.  

 

[EvieSigma]

Huh, I honestly had no idea it was different. I guess it's not going to do me much good then, unless I find another 580 somewhere...