Recent content by blturner

Hello fellow Seattleite! Coincidentally, I have a Desktop G3 300 I was thinking about just today. I found it on CL, the previous owner also picked it up from RE-PC. It came with 768MB of RAM, 6MB VRAM, DVD, and the AV IO card (which is the main reason I picked it up). I used it recently with a...

I replaced the SMD electrolytics with tantalum caps on this Macintosh II board 820-0228-A. The board boots, and sound is good, but the video appears with a scrambled pattern. I can see the cursor move between the broken up columns. I'm using a known good Macintosh Display Card with correct DIP...

i know what you mean, i recently found 4 LC475 boards that all chime when powered on but need VRAM and recapping!

It's got a different chip number, 5000112-00-01. I blew some compressed air on the slot connector and the pins tonight, there was a sneaky cobweb in there, tried it again but no change. I'll give the oxidizer a try when I have a chance to pick some up. As far as I can see from a visual...

I've also got a flaky IIsi PSU I was considering re-capping, but this looks like it might be a tempting alternative:

I’m attempting to setup a Farallon LC PDS card with an RJ-45 connector I had lying around in a Performa 637CD I recently obtained. I originally picked up the card for an LCII that’s in storage. The card installs fine, and powers on with a green LED, but so far I have not been able to get a...

Some good news to report: last night I sat down and began removing corrosion from the pads with an xacto knife. They cleaned up well enough to take some new solder and I was able to reattach the HC132 components that had fallen off. @KennyPowers was kind enough to mail me some extras from his...

How's a dishwasher compare to the ultrasonic cleaner? 🙃

Okay, well I just found a re-capping video from @Branchus where he fixes these exact chips! Not sure how I missed it before, doesn’t look too daunting so I’ll give it a go once I collect all the materials. 🙏

That‘s encouraging, thanks!

I received a IIci recently and I was planning to attempt my first re-cap with it. When I opened the case, everything looked good except I noticed two components which had broken off during shipping. Luckily, I found them inside the case with a fair bit of corrosion. Upon further inspection, I...

I put one of these enclosures with a 128GB SSD in a Lombard G3 with 9.2.2 installed. It’s wild how quiet it is.

thanks for the suggestions! i reached out to a few people so hopefully will have the LCII back in action soon!

Unearthed my first family computer recently and discovered the capacitors leaked. Hoping this can be cleaned up and re-capped. Not sure I have the tools or skills to do it myself, any suggestions on where to have it repaired?