At 04:24 -0400 on 20/07/01, Craig Baker wrote:
>1. I completely disassembled the fan on my newly purchased Mac SE because
>it was too loud, hoping to find dirt to be the culprit. Unfortunately,
>after removing all dirt with a toothbrush and removing and lubricating the
>two bearings, I still find that it is too loud, though it seems to spin
>freely. The fan is so loud that the spinning of the internal 20MB HD(which
>is quite loud) can't be discerned over it. Has the SE always been this
>loud? Is there any way to quiet it that won't compromise cooling? Would an
>SE/30 be quieter?
Depends greatly on the individual machine, as Marten noted. If you have
one of the reed fans instead of one of the standard bladed fans, though,
that could be part of it. There was a sort-of recall on these back in '87
when people started complaining about how loud they were. Apple replaced
the reed fans with the more normal units and noise complaints stopped.
>2. Has anyone done any measurements of the power consumptions of the
>compacts? I've found the power consumptions listed in Apple's spec
>database, but was hoping to find some measurements based on actual usage.or
>do they always consume the listed power? Is there any way to turn off the
>CRT? I'm trying to figure the price of running one as a server 24/7, with
>content about classic Macs (I'll post the URL if I ever decide to run it
>full time:)
Best Mac to use for that would be a Q605 with that little 20W power supply.
The Compacts are all around 100W or so IIRC, but I have no idea about
real-world figures. The figures I (and most others) are most familiar with
are the rated power consumption figures, which probably don't mean a whole
lot.
The CRT cannot be turned off, and indeed, doing so would probably be
dangerous in that it would underload the power supply. You can, however,
turn the brightness all the way down, which effectively does the same
thing. Brightness control knob is under the left front of the screen.
>3. Is it bad to use undiluted clorox bleach to unfade beige (platinum)
>cases? Someone posted that they use Clorox Cleanup Gel, saying that bleach
>was too harsh. I used pure bleach on my extremely suntanned SE, then
>covered it with cling wrap so it wouldn't evaporate, and it took about
>48hrs to bring it to the original platinum color. It came out great looking
>(even the tanline where something was sitting on the case is gone), but I'm
>hoping it won't eventually cause discoloration/disintegration. Has anyone
>else ever tried this?
I think the original reason for staying away from bleach was not only
strength concerns but also the fact that it's liquid and harder to deal
with than gel. If it works for you, great!
>4. Do new SCSI internal hard drives support activity indicator diodes
>like the little red light on my SE's HD? No way I'm using a bigger HD with
>no indicator light;)
Some do but some don't. Most that do use a smaller connector than the
original one so you'd have to do some soldering or find a smaller connector.
>5. This question is probably more appropriate for another list, but does
>anyone still have an older version of MPW that will run on an SE 2.5/20?
>I'm interested in doing some 68000 assembly programming, but only have
>Macintosh Development System 1.0, which doesn't even seem to know about or
>be able to handle HFS (it runs under system 1.1).
Try MacGyver's Mac Page (google search). Chris has some good stuff there.
>6. Is there/will there ever be a way to fix CRT burn in?
No.
>7. I'm interested in the SE/30 grayscale upgrade, I've always known about
>those cards but they've always been too much $$ on ebay. Sounds like it
>needs an SE/30 video card, which I'm probably not going to be able to get.
...and which won't work unless you have an SE/30, which you currently don't
if I read the message correctly :)
p
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