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Board did touch, hence the reason the computer randomly rebooted. In any case, once the failed component (or components) is found and replaced, it might come back to life.

Mine survived. Is currently installed in my SE FDHD. Works fine.

Make sure nothing is intermittently grounding out against the chassis. That exact situation was occuring with my last Plus when I was testing it with a known good floppy drive. If I dare let the drive touch the frame above the board, it would cause the computer to shut down then reboot.

I'd keep looking. A couple weeks ago, there were a bunch that were in the $60-$80 range. Another option is to get in touch with Herb Johnson. https://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/m_parts.html $90, plus shipping and PayPal for serviced FDHD drives as well as the correct black label...

@RetroJack, grab a couple MP-F75W drives from a later Mac. Install them in place of the 800K drives that are damaged. On a M5010 SE, they will emulate the 800K drives. Then, if you decide to update to the newer ROMs and the SWIM chip, you'll be able to read/write 1.4MB disks.

Today, won an iOmega Bernoulli 150MB drive for $10, plus sales tax. Will be picking it up this week.

Looks like the Centris 650's 230MB drive went tits up. So, just conquested a LPS270S on the 'bay from sunnking. Will be installing that as soon as it arrives.

Pretty cool. On my MBP, it seems to be running at Mac Plus speed, at least under FF 78. @Drake with respect to recycling all your old Macs, I think not... lol

Nice haul. Makes my 2012 Conquest seem rather paltry in the amount of items... lol I'd be interested in a few things when you've gone through everything.

@NJRoadfan Do you know the specific early NuBus video cards that don't work without sync separation with VGA to Mac adapters?

Aaand, even more RAM on the IIci... lol Takes a LONGGG time to display video.

Welp... A few things over the past month... Received the necessary bracketry for the SE to finish the dual FDHD install. Also did a couple upgrades on the IIci. -J

A Dell UltraSharp 1908FP. Works great on my G3, but doesn't work well with either the IIci or the Centris 650. Adapter is a Sony MacView LX.

Even the Centris 650, Quadra 650, and Quadra 800 are sync on green machines.

Yeah, only the later //c, IIc+, and IIgs can daisychain floppy drives, since they have the smartport setup. ][, ][+, and //e can have two drives off each controller card, if OEM Apple cards are used. The Macs need to have each floppy drive connected to its own port, kinda like a disk ][...

It happens... Right now, the second drive in my SE makes a loud chattering noise when it's plugged in. Head assembly is pushed forward all the way pretty much all the time. If you get the updated ROM chips and the SWIM floppy controller chip, plus a couple FDHD mechanisms, you can turn it...

That right there was my original Mac. A Plus 1/0 with the platinum case. Came with an A9M0106 floppy drive and an ImageWriter II printer, plus the cases for the computer system and the printer. If you can find a non-ADB Kensington Turbo Mouse 3.0, grab it... A nice little upgrade for the...

Adjustment controls are below the tube on the back of the monitor... It should easily return to normal... They're no longer a dime a dozen, so it's worth fixing.

Hard to say. Almost looks like they might've been for an anti-glare screen accessory.

That is kinda amusing. Wonder if my old PowerBook G3 was the same way. Never tried it, though.