Ha!!! Thank you very much my friend! It now works! I turned the Mac Classic II on and left it running for about 30 minutes. Then I power cycled and wow it booted!!!! This baby is now running again! Wow I'm impressed! Thanks Again!
Sylvain leonardo cerliani wrote: > Hi Sylvain > > I had a problem similar to yours, and I worked out fine fixing my classic > II. Let's start from the beginning. > > A year ago or something a friend of mine in Rome (I'm from italy, so please > excuse me for my english...) told me he had bought 20 non-working Classic > II. I had one of them, but I didn't have the time to try to fix it before 2 > months ago. I switched it on and had sometimes checkered sometimes striped > b/w screen. On the repair reference manual of the classic II/performa 200 > the diagnosis was catastrophic: replace power/sweep board or logic board. > But I couldn't believe something made by apple didn't work that way :O)) I > removed the mobo and saw some oily loss in some locations on the mobo, > expecially around the capacitors. I heard from a friend of mine (electronic > engineer) that this could be a problem, and to control moreover for > interrupted circuits and to replace the 3,6V lithium battery. On sale you > can find some specific products to clean the electronic circuits, but I'm > used to the sturdiness of apple computers, and I decided to clean it with > pure dishes detergent and a light-strong brush. After that, I washed the > mobo in flowing water for 1-2 minutes, and then I dried it with the > hair-drier (only cold air). I waited 3 days so that every small particle of > water was dried (in particular inside the holes of the external adapters), > and then I put it back in the case. I also changed the battery. In the > beginning I saw no more b/w screen, but a white screen with light thin black > horizontal lines. I leave it on for two or three hours while I was working > on another computer, and around midnight, it came back to life :O)) From > that moment, I had no more problems with my classic II. > I suggest at first to replace battery and see if that's the only problem. > After that, if it still doesn't work, you can proceed to clean the mobo. > > let me know! > > leonardo > -- > "I guess only things with souls live forever" > Marten van der Kraats on > http://lowendmac.com/myturn/2k1129.html > > > >>Hello everyone! >> >>I have a Mac Classic II that hasen't work for some time. The last time >>I turned it on was last summer just before I put it up for sale in my >>garage. At that time it was still booting fine. After the garage sale >>was over I tried booting the Mac once more but since then it never >>booted! I get a checkered black and white screen and then after a few >>seconds the normal white screen shows up with the normal mac ding sound >>but after that I get two more sounds: The first is a happy sound and the >>second a sad sound! >>Any idea what's going on here? I removed the motherboard tonight and >>also the RAM then reconnected everyting but it still won't boot! > > > > -- > 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
