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QuadraJets
Junior Member
USA
344 Posts |
 Posted - 19 Aug 2003 : 14:12:37
I was over at my brother's frat house last weekend, and tried to fire up my 840av he had on loan, and it is totally dead now (with or without pram battery).It was on crack anyhow, since it would not start with a pram battery, but now it is just dead.   Artillery Commander/Engineer, 68kMLA
Liberated:
LCII , III+, IIci, Q700, 800, and 840av, P550, 410
Contraband: Beige G3/300 MT o/c 400mhz, (2) 6100's
Hotline mirror server:
68k.dyndns.org |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2003 : 16:12:07
DAMN! Sucks dude.....     Rest in peace, 840AV... "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective 
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2003 : 16:37:01
I feel sad, very sad.
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Derekcat
Junior Member
USA
342 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2003 : 03:03:35
No Apple product has ever totally failed while it was with me…
our SE/30 was at my grandma's when the screen died… my old PB165 was sold to my cousin just before it died…
I don't really trust other people with my stuff…**///|||R.I.P. 840av|||\\\** If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac!
Mac Portable
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SE/30
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Quadras: 660av, 950
PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300
PB 5300ce
SuperMac C600 180, 240 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2003 : 03:19:44
quote:
I don't really trust other people with my stuff…\
Eek, i know what you mean. One time in grade 8 i had a fairly new, really nice pair of walkman speakers out on loan to a "friend". When i got them back, they were dead. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 Edit - Oh and btw, I haven't loaned a thing out to a friend since that.  Since my bad experiences in school, its rather hard for me to get to trust someone these days. Edited by - maclover5 on 20 Aug 2003 03:20:43 |
SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2003 : 14:27:04
EEEKKK!! Heathen - hand me the crowbar and I'll go talk to him about it ;)Seriously though, that's a real shame. I don't think there is anything that really ever fails as a routine on 840avs either, neither are they delicate either, mine has been all over and been thrown about a lot in it's time with me (yet is still in near mint condition - how does that work!!??). Shame :( --
Mark Benson FlatPackMacs http://fpm.gotdns.com 2nd Lieutenant - 68kMLA, LC Quartermaster
Holder of the Crowbar of Persistant Crate Opening
"Never send a human to do a machine's job" - The Matrix |
QuadraJets
Junior Member
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2003 : 18:10:32
After a quick look at the mobo, there are some capacitors that appear to have leaked, so if I find time, I *might* try to clean up the corrosion and solder some new caps on it from a dead 6100 mobo, just to see what happens to the poor thing. Maybe this capacitor aneurysm has just put it in a coma, as long as nothing was fried by the many shorts from the corrosion. Artillery Commander/Engineer, 68kMLA
Liberated:
LCII , III+, IIci, Q700, 800, and 840av, P550, 410
Contraband: Beige G3/300 MT o/c 400mhz, (2) 6100's
Hotline mirror server:
68k.dyndns.org
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2003 : 02:05:01
quote:
After a quick look at the mobo, there are some capacitors that appear to have leaked
SH**E! Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
Metrophage
New Member
Tonga
54 Posts |
Posted - 21 Aug 2003 : 04:21:38
Yikes!
I'd recommend not using the caps from another board which you know to be dead. Caps really cost only a few cents, using new caps could save you much diagnostic and logistic confusion.
Good luck!
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QuadraJets
Junior Member
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2003 : 17:23:06
Now I really believe in the power of bathing a dead motherboard...It fixed my powerbook 5300cs, and now it fixed my 840av.I washed the motherboard under warm tap water and scrubbed it with an old toothbrush, then rinsed it with distilled water. After that, I took it out to the garage and dried it with 125psi compressed air. Then I put the motherboard in the case and fired it up, and it worked! It still has the pram battery issue: the power supply wont even click with a pram battery installed, but the mac works fine if the battery is removed, only if I do the power switch trick. Artillery Commander/Engineer, 68kMLA
Liberated:
LCII , III+, IIci, Q700, 800, and 840av, P550, 410
Contraband: Beige G3/300 MT o/c 400mhz, (2) 6100's
Hotline mirror server:
68k.dyndns.org
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2003 : 18:31:33
I thought you had dodgy tap water that caused all this corrosion and stuff??? But yeah...cool. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
840av on crack again: its dead...
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.