se30

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...

Hello, I'm looking for advice on closing my SE/30 case. The bottom of the case near the ports is OK, but the top of the case above the monitor just won't fit together. I've tried repositioning the motherboard and even closing it without the RF shield to ensure that's not obstructing it, but to...

I need schematics or matrix's I have seen used by many of you to troubleshoot broken traces. I have a IIci that gives sad Mac, portable with non-working SCSI and SE30 crashes on making sound. Any info to help troubleshoot these issues is appreciated Roger

Hi, I noticed that my Mac SE/30 doesn't play any sound. Here are the tests I carried: Checked the control panel to set the volume to max Managed to get the built-in speaker to work when connecting it to a different Mac SE When I use the audio output by connecting speakers or headphones, I can...

Hello! First post, pleased to meet you. I am the caretaker of a Macintosh SE/30 from 1989, and a lovely girl she is. Next time I have hand surgery (uh... tomorrow actually), I am blocking eBay on my router, because I have low impulse control when bored and on pain meds. Petey (Pencil Test, or...

I recently went in on a group order with @rdmark of @Bolle's SE/30 Reloaded board, in purple. Here's the donor board along with the new. As you can see the bombed area is pretty bombed... but it seems like the important chips survived. Here's my first look over for replacements I need and a...