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alphamatrix
New Member
USA
60 Posts |
 Posted - 15 Jul 2002 : 18:51:49
Got any ideas? I picked the whole thing up, it was missing its floppy drives and hard drive and video card, it looks as thought the power supply is good but the logic board is most defiantly dead, killed by a power surge. I can see the burnt spots ):
So i have a case thats taking up room, what should i do with it? other than throw it away.=======================
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USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2002 : 19:05:28
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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2002 : 19:06:38
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Got any ideas? I picked the whole thing up, it was missing its floppy drives and hard drive and video card, it looks as thought the power supply is good but the logic board is most defiantly dead, killed by a power surge. I can see the burnt spots ):
So i have a case thats taking up room, what should i do with it? other than throw it away.
First, clean it so's it liberated...  seriously though, I wonder if it's possible to use that good-sized power supply for a scsi case of some form. I have a II and IIx here that have the same problems - the II is simply so old almost all the capacitors have leaked and corroded parts of the motherboard, and the IIx has been soldered all over in what looks like an attempt to fix it... I know the PSU's need a signal from the motherboard to start up, but would anyone know just what this would be? I'm guessing just pulling a pin high or low somehow. the 12/5v parts wouldn't be hard to figure out, and with a few connectors - there's all the power y'd ever need for a box chockas with disks :D. I'm thinking this over as much for my own benefit, cos I have a caseless drive hanging around at the moment, that would fit just nicely in a II box! dana
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2002 : 20:39:31
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seriously though, I wonder if it's possible to use that good-sized power supply for a scsi case of some form. I have a II and IIx here that have the same problems - the II is simply so old almost all the capacitors have leaked and corroded parts of the motherboard, and the IIx has been soldered all over in what looks like an attempt to fix it... I know the PSU's need a signal from the motherboard to start up, but would anyone know just what this would be? I'm guessing just pulling a pin high or low somehow. the 12/5v parts wouldn't be hard to figure out, and with a few connectors - there's all the power y'd ever need for a box chockas with disks :D.
Hmm...i'm not sure how hard that would be. First you'd need to find the pinouts for the mobo connector, to see what pin starts it up. This is probably possible, but i wouldn't put my money on it, as its a software controlled power supply. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2002 : 06:10:58
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strip out the metal part, sand down the little plastic bits, and store CDs in it!
Or put a plastic liner in it and a bit of compost and plant a few houseplants in it and keep it in your room. Until recently I had a massive cactus in my room (It's outside for the summer  ) - plants are very peaceful. --
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AnubisTTP
Junior Member
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2002 : 13:50:35
You could screw a handle on the front and put hinges along the back, pad the inside, and make a laptop carrying case out of it. It would be bulky, but I can just imagine the comments you would get from other people.AnubisTTP, Tank Commander, Bolo Division
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2002 : 14:20:25
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You could screw a handle on the front and put hinges along the back, pad the inside, and make a laptop carrying case out of it. It would be bulky, but I can just imagine the comments you would get from other people.
ROTFLMAO! And if you are really geeky, create a port extender so that the laptop's ports connect through to the back of the Mac II. Its the original Mac II Duo Dock!G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2002 : 14:24:37
For a psu, you could use the switched ones like in my performa 476 . That could power a drive or two. Hmmm...you could easily mount up to 7 drives on their side and make a sweet external raid box, but would it be worth it since the external bus on newer macs is only 5 Mbs? I don't know what slower machines were.
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mattminserlg15
New Member
70 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2002 : 23:54:28
As I was aware, for the psu to start, it only needed a load from the connecter which supplies power to the motherboard. This is how some pc cases are anyways. When I turned an old minitower pc case in to a scsi box for my macs, All I did was cut off the mobo connecter, find the positive and negative 12v wires and hook up one of the hard drives to it. Anyways, just my 2 cents on what worked for me
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QuadraJets
Junior Member
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2002 : 19:58:03
As for the psu, if nothing else works, just take it apart, find the main power-on relay, and solder a jumper in, or if you would like, a switch. Those relays suck anyway. I have 2 dead II power supplies that have burnt relays in them.  I am pretty sure there is just a simple power on signal lead on the mobo connector....If all else fails, get a cheap 300 watt atx psu. I know that on an ATX psu, grounding the light gauge gray wire to the light gauge green wire makes it power up, which could be useful for a 300 watt super scsi case.  Artillery Commander/Engineer, 68kMLA
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