Hello! Recently I tried to turn on my Mac SE30 and got hit with a bad surprise... Monitor failing to turn on, raster of horizontal lines, and other errors. Took the board apart, and found this VLSI VC2982-0002 chip with a crack:
It may be hard to see, but there's definitely a crack (you can feel it with the finger). I must guess this is what is causing these weird issues.
I am afraid this could have been caused by a faulty power supply giving the wrong voltages, thus I am going to check that first before plugging it on again.
I am also taking this chance to recap the last two axial capacitors that I did not replace at the time.
About this chip... How easy is it to find a replacement? Also, if you have any information to share about it, please do! I'm interested into knowing what it's purpose is. Thanks!
It may be hard to see, but there's definitely a crack (you can feel it with the finger). I must guess this is what is causing these weird issues.
I am afraid this could have been caused by a faulty power supply giving the wrong voltages, thus I am going to check that first before plugging it on again.
I am also taking this chance to recap the last two axial capacitors that I did not replace at the time.
About this chip... How easy is it to find a replacement? Also, if you have any information to share about it, please do! I'm interested into knowing what it's purpose is. Thanks!