Sorry, Forgot to mention that.
There's no bong, although the speaker does seem to whimper out a little
buzz. The drive mechanism seems to be broken, in that it is stuck in
the down (disk-in) position, and won't stay up when a paper clip is used
(either by the button-hole or simply by pulling it up. It offers no
resistance either way to indicate that it's actually locked in that
position, as you'd expect if there were actually a disk in it). There
is no startup disk inserted, which strikes me as particularly odd due to
the happy mac.
The screen is completely black, other than startup/shutdown when the
tube flashes to life (then goes black), and when the interrupt button is
held (showing that the tube itself is fine). I'm pretty sure that I'm
going to have to replace a capacitor, I'm just not sure which one. I
doubt the SE/30 repair site applies to my model.
The drive does have a red light, and I can't be sure that it has 512,
but it's badged as such. I didn't realize it wasn't an original 512
untill I put the serial number into the serial number decoder.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sure you'll appreciate that more information is needed. First, is there
a startup bong? Second, if it flashes the happy Mac, that means there is a
disk in it -- I presume it is also preceded by a flashing disk icon? Third,
when you say the screen goes blank, do you mean the gray desktop background
pattern or do you mean black, as in nothing at all? Chances are it has a bad
startup disk which is causing it to hang as the system loads so you never
get to the actual desktop. Take that paperclip and eject the system disk and
try another one. If you don't have another one and it comes up with a
flashing disk, then all is probably well with your little $15 investment. If
not report back. Either way, from your limited description, I would say your
analogue board capacitors are fine and if there is a problem with the
hardware, it's on the logic board. A 128k upgraded to a 512k might also have
had the 800k disk upgrade. Check to see if there is a red light in the disk
drive after you eject the disk. If there's a red light you'll need a 400k
startup disk. If not, 800k. BTW -- How do you know if it actually has 512k
if you have not been able to get to the desktop and have no mouse?
From: Jack Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The screen flashes
the happy mac and then goes blank. The drive looks like it's trying to
work but I can't really tell, and there's no beep. I find a paperclip
and hit the interrupt switch, and first I get the happy mac, then I get
the 0f000d code ("hey stop pressing that button there's nothing wrong").
Now, after I let go of the switch, the screen goes blank again.
Brightness isn't the problem, and the display itself clearly works fine.
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