ARGGHHHH I think my postings are doomed -- That time the "cut" at the end didn't work <sigh>.... I hate PC's...
Oh well -- at least the MAC gods are smiling: Took the advice of this newsgroups exalted wizards and use the contact cleaner ALL over the area around caps C4, C5, C6.... and voila -- the thing works.... As much as I (an engineer with a minor in Electrical) really want to know WHY this worked, I don't intend to anger those on high <grin>.... If it goes again, I will contact cleaner the WHOLE board.... Thanks to all for their help. -ed cetron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- First off -- sorry for the WTB -- should have gone to LEM-Swap but I'm a terrible typist.... as you can see from the SE/20 in the subject <sigh> Latest status: Replaced the caps decoupling caps (figured that is what they were -- from +5 to GND) with no difference Put in a motherboard from a working SE/30 -- boots fine, so Power Supply and Analog board are fine Put in RAM and ROM-SIMM from other board -- bad board still gives weird pattern Used a block to to press ROM-SIMM forward -- nada (but a cool idea) Screamed and sacrificed several PC's with no luck....... Will look at the other caps next...... Thanks for all the help though -- looks like the RAM/ROM is still the place to look. -ed cetron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
