Re: Sick SE/30 :(

[Bill Sheehan]

Don't do what I did and presume that the battery is OK.  My SimasiMac  
was (almost) cured by the replacement of the PRAM battery.  Your local  
Radio Shack has 'em: Lithium 3.6V, part # 23-026.

I say *almost* cured because I find I have to double-clutch my SE/30 -  
flip the power switch on, then off, then on again, and it chimes and  
starts right up.  I don't know exactly why - I suspect it may be the  
power draw of the 128 MB of RAM I installed.

-- Bill

On Mar 17, 2004, at 8:47 AM, Matt Jordan wrote:

* It plays a jingly little tune (Not the Mac bong)
* Something whirry comes on, a fan or an HD, can't tell which
* The screen display white and black horizontal stripes, about three
pixels high each.
Unfortunately that is a condition known as "SimasiMac".  There is more
information on it here:
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html#SimasiMac

Try the simple fixes first (such as re-seating the RAM chips) but my  
SE/30
suffered from this and in the end it meant having to replace its logic
board.

Sadly, many SE/30's are thrown away after this happens because they are
effectively "dead".  The site does detail some repair proceedures that  
are
very involved so read the information and decide what you wish to do.

Matt

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