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Yeah I hear that classic was on the cheaper end so was slower and has long term issues like bad capacitors. Do you usually just go on ebay? I was able to get a good deal on mine, but the shipping fee was horrible.

Sounds great! Thanks for help!

I found this: https://console5.com/store/macintosh-classic-analog-pcb-cap-kit.html for the anaolg board capacitors. Do you recommend other places for the caps?

I had to change the voltage from the analog board to get it out of the checkerboard. Could you recommend where I could get the capacitor to replace the old ones? I found https://console5.com/store/macintosh-classic-smd-tantalum-main-pcb-cap-kit.html and was wondering if there are other/better...

This worked! The voltage from the port was significantly lower than the numbers I found online, and now my macintosh is booting into a question mark floppy disk. Thanks! Is there any reason why the voltage got so lower than what its supposed to or is it just analog board getting old?

Hello everyone, I recently got my hands on a Macintosh Classic and it has the infamous checkerboard. When I opened up, the previous owner removed the logic board battery and the hard drive (but left the hard drive connector), and there wasn't a visible corrosion. This being my first time...