On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, T. Hackett wrote:
> What follows is admittedly a "Fix my Mac" letter, concerning a
> repair attempt gone horribly awry. I am a self-taught Mac hobbyist
> and have tinkered without mishap on several desktop boxes and even my
> Powerbook. I'm stuck here and looking for help. TIA.
> Got an SE/30 from my sis. When switched on it showed alternately a
> screenful of disjointed vertical lines OR the desktop and some open
> windows; in the latter case it would not respond to keyb or mouse
> (both known-good).
> The plan was to make this SE/30 into an ethernet router.
> I figured the first step was a new pram battery. Armed with some
> service docs I took the machine apart and brought the old batt (dated
> 1989!) to Rat Shack for replacement. Another issue was an old floppy
> stuck in the drive; had a spare drive handy. Popped it in, popped in
> the batt., and also installed an ethernet card in the PDS slot.
> Cleaned the case with ChainBrite (looks great! Thanks Kyle Hansen).
> Reconnected ALL the cables, plugged her in, quick prayer, deep
> breath, swiched on...
> Dead. Nothing. Lifeless.
> Re-disassembled, re-checked, re-assembled, still dead.
> IS MY NEXT STEP:
> --Replace power supply? It was working when I started...
> --Replace logic board? Are they that fragile that I wrecked it? I
> used my usual reasonable care in handling (OK, no ESD protection).
> --Seek out another SE/30?
>
Hmm. I don't know that much about the Mac hardware my self, but perhaps
you have a burned fuse? or some other component. I once had a dead PeeCee
that was fixed by replacing a burned fuse. When the fuse went nothing
worked on it. It might allso be the power supply that is gone. Try to
replace it.
-Wolf
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