Subject: Power Macintosh 7300 stops working after tantalum recap
Hi Everyone
I decided to replace the electrolytic caps on my favourite Power Macintosh 7300 computer and unfortunately it hasn’t turned on since! I’m writing for help on what to check or do, as I exhausted all checks that I can think of.
The problem is power supply fan spins up, power LED on but nothing else - no video output, no chime or sad Mac sounds etc.
I did make a mistake that has never happened before but was due to the multi platform nature of this logic board - I added