Recent content by Steve Rieck

I had an extra SE 800k that I took a 3430045A off of... they only have one of course since they're not stereo but it's there in case you have an extra SE board by chance.

My take would be to do a cursory cleaning with IPA of each of the logic boards and then put them aside (to be recapped after) and obviously lose the batteries. - Then take care of (clean, recap and reflow) the Analog Boards and Yoke board., Clean, lube (and replace the eject gear in) the Floppy...

Hey good luck! Amazing score!

Did that fix it? I've restored several of these myself and a couple of mine have me perplexed at the moment. Such interesting devices from a design standpoint. Good luck.

If it were me, I'd start by redoing or reflowing the solder joints on the analog board. Then do an analog board and maybe PSU recap. That way you're at least getting the preventative maintenance out of the way. That normally fixes jittery screens for me but if not, you can dive into testing...