I recently got this Macintosh SE/30 from a friend. It had no signs of life prior to me opening it, besides the fan turning on. When I opened it, I found the CRT was unplugged, I plugged it back in, only to find the horizontal scan was not working, just had one line going down the screen. No biggie. Reflowed the analog board, put it all together, now I have a full display. This is where things take a step for the strange.
The hard drive appears to be dead, shocker, I know. And when I start it for the first time within a ten minute span it has this garbbled screen, stays until you turn the machine off. When you turn it on a second time, it all works as should, with some exceptions. I don't hear a startup chime, but occasionally will hear crackles through the front speaker, not sure if that's a speaker issue, but it seems common, as my other Mac SE and Mac SE/30 also have no sound of any kind from said speaker. also maybe of interest, the hard drive sounds like it is trying to work. I have no indication of this, as the status LED doesn't illuminate at all. But I can hear it spinning and I can hear the heads moving, but it reaches the floppy disk with a question mark.
I have not done any recaps as none of my caps are leaking or pregnant, could it be that they're out of spec?
Any advice is appreciated
The hard drive appears to be dead, shocker, I know. And when I start it for the first time within a ten minute span it has this garbbled screen, stays until you turn the machine off. When you turn it on a second time, it all works as should, with some exceptions. I don't hear a startup chime, but occasionally will hear crackles through the front speaker, not sure if that's a speaker issue, but it seems common, as my other Mac SE and Mac SE/30 also have no sound of any kind from said speaker. also maybe of interest, the hard drive sounds like it is trying to work. I have no indication of this, as the status LED doesn't illuminate at all. But I can hear it spinning and I can hear the heads moving, but it reaches the floppy disk with a question mark.
I have not done any recaps as none of my caps are leaking or pregnant, could it be that they're out of spec?
Any advice is appreciated