centris 650

  1. wottle

    Battery bombed Centris 650’- corrupt video out

    So, I’ve been working on a few of the last of the machines I picked up late last year. One of them was a battery bombed 650 that had a damaged SIMM slot. Unfortunately, I think I used too much heat and damaged some traces trying to remove that 72 pin socket. I did finally get it out, and...
  2. B

    Cap list for Astec AA16870

    Greetings all. I recently got a Q700 case with the motherboard and the PSU from a Quadra 650. The caps in the PSU looked really toasted from a hard life with a million hours in at least soft-power-"on". I couldn't find a parts list for the caps in this specific one, so I thought I'd do the...
  3. P

    Centris 650 Upgrades

    I picked up a Centris 650 a few weeks back and have been making a few upgrades. So far I have done the following : Upgraded the RAM to 104MB Added an AudioMedia II sound card Added the missing Reset / Interrupt buttons Added a Stage II Rocket Fitted a tray loading CD bezel Fitted a 600i CD...