Seeking advice on bombed SE/30

[Anonymous]

Heyo!
As per usual, I got an SE/30, the battery has leaked and rusted everywhere. Any expert opinions on saving the board, getting a recreation board, reusing the chips, etc? Thanks!

 

[Durosity]

I wouldn’t bother trying to save the board, it’s multilayer and the traces running under it will almost certainly have been damaged. Doing a reloaded board is fairly easy.. time consuming and annoying at times (some parts are a PITA to remove). You’ll want to at the very least get replacements for the chips that show corrosion. As best I can remember they’re all still available today and cheap as.. uh.. chips.. you can still get some NOS clock chips too. I can’t quite tell if the ROM slot is intact or not, and that can be a problem as they’re unobtanium now.

I think if you look at the reloaded project there’s a google sheets page that has links for the parts that you’ll need to get.

 

[Durosity]

Oh and I’d also suggest replacing UE8, UF8, and UG8 as they often fail and again pretty damn cheap

 

[Anonymous]

Awesome! Thanks. If I wanted to get a Synchr030, could I leave out the ram slots entirely?

 

[Durosity]

If that board doesn't require the slots to be populated, I don't see why they would need to be there.. other than probably would be good to have them available for diagnostics before you start adding on external components.

 

[ymk]

Awesome! Thanks. If I wanted to get a Synchr030, could I leave out the ram slots entirely?

Yes. The cards are currently sold out, but a Rev B run is in progress.

 

[funkytoad]

Oof. That's some gore. I once dealt with an SE/30 that was similar. To echo what Durosity said, dealing with the traces beneath the surface would be near impossible. Best of luck with your project!