I am mainly just writing for moral support... I am trying to progress through denial and face up to the fact that I'll have to send my new SE/30 right back to the ebay seller. It started up once okay, but the second time it looked like the picture here
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html#SimasiMac
...like the "early symptoms" on the left. It doesn't bong, there are vertical stripy patterns like the ones in the picture, and it doesn't start up.
Stuart replied:
While you're no doubt entitled to have the seller sort it out, the $64,000 question for you is whether it might be easier for you at least to check if it's a problem with badly seated RAM or ROM - which could have happened in transit. IMHO, it'd be worth looking inside and reseating RAM and ROM before all the hassle of returning it. Of course, if that doesn't solve it, you've no alternative.
Stuart
Thanks, Stuart! Actually, this morning it almost started up...got to the floppy with the flashing question mark, which of course is not a big deal as soon as I can get a system floppy. The SE/30 came with nada, no floppies at all. But, I should probably open it up and check. Being ignorant and a hardware idiot to boot (no pun intended) I have a million questions for anyone with time to advise me:
I have never opened a compact Mac, and I'm a bit scared of the voltage. I would basically like advice on not hurting myself.
1. I see instructions here
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html#TakeApart
on discharging the CRT. Will I be okay, do you think, with the homemade discharge tool mentioned of an allligator clip with a screwdriver?
2. The same page says
"The high voltage (1,500 Volts) on the anode of the CRT is supplied by the flyback transformer on the analog board. Do not touch the flyback transformer. Do not touch the yoke assembly, yoke cable/connector, high voltage cable and anode connector, either." I know from the Apple Service Manual picture what the yoke assembly is, but I don't know the location or appearance of the high voltage cable, anode connector, or flyback transformer (other than it being on the analog board) are. I'm a little worried that I might touch them by accident! Anyone know of a picture somewhere showing these items?
Okay, those are the safety questions. (I think I had better wait to tackle this until I have a friend with me, just in case someone needs to call an ambulance!)
3. Then I'm supposed to "Check and clean connections between SIMMs (ROM-SIMM) and SIMM (ROM-SIMM) slots". How do I clean the connections, can anyone tell me? Some special cleaning substance? Friction? Rubbing or scrubbing something?
And, gee, I might as well acquire an ethernet card I can install while I'm at it, and replace the battery too.
4. Anyone know where I should look for a battery? Radio Shack,...?
Thanks for all your help,
Jessi
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