On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 08:22 PM, Snook, John R wrote: > Who knows what the long term fix is for this? > johnsn
Replacement capacitors. Stuart > -------------------------- > Patrick, > > That is EXACTLY how my SE/30 behaves when the motherboard needs > cleaning (again). It's apparently caused by a sticky chemical > substance leaking from the old capacitors, mixing with ambient dust, > and causing an undesirable capacitance effect on the board. I'd be > willing to bet that if you removed the motherboard, cleaned the entire > surface carefully with alcohol-moistened Q-Tips (especially around the > small metal can-shaped capacitors), your SE/30 would come back to > "life" when you re-assembled it. I have to clean mine about every six > months. I'm sure that some day, the capacitors will have to be > replaced. -- 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:compact.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:compact.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:compact.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
