Thanks to some tools borrowed from my friend, I finally managed to get the case open on my Plus (never again will I ever screw in those handle screws!).
Like any 25 year old computer, the Plus has suffered some damage. The case body has some substantial rust stains that my friend described as acid stains - they're white deposits. They're mainly concentrated on the case body (specifically around the logic board tray) and have damaged the power board (around the mains power connector) somewhat.
On the brighter side, the logic board appears to have been completely spared from any sort of rust damage, or even cap damage. The power board, outside of that one damaged area, looks fine too; even the caps aren't bulging.
Anyways, when I turn it on I get a distorted bong and then a black screen covered in white rasters and a Sad Mac in the dead center - screen is too garbled to get an error code.
What do I do next?
Like any 25 year old computer, the Plus has suffered some damage. The case body has some substantial rust stains that my friend described as acid stains - they're white deposits. They're mainly concentrated on the case body (specifically around the logic board tray) and have damaged the power board (around the mains power connector) somewhat.
On the brighter side, the logic board appears to have been completely spared from any sort of rust damage, or even cap damage. The power board, outside of that one damaged area, looks fine too; even the caps aren't bulging.
Anyways, when I turn it on I get a distorted bong and then a black screen covered in white rasters and a Sad Mac in the dead center - screen is too garbled to get an error code.
What do I do next?
