on 12/15/02 12:12 PM, Jeff Walther at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Did it develop a problem powering on? The capacitors on the IIci > board eventually leak corrosive on the board. The corrosive eats > through nearby traces and solder. Because the leaking caps are in > the vicinity of the power-on circuitry, this is the function of the > computer usually affected. > > Mine developed this problem about seven years ago. Fortunately, > there was a fellow in the news groups offering to fix IIci's and > giving the above explanation and from that I was able to figure out > how to fix it myself.
Exactly Jeff! Had I only known this back then. The lousy repair shop I took it to, gave up on it. They claimed to fix Macs, yet all I saw were PC's on their shelves. It was a frustrating experience. I eventually traded it away for parts. Sniffle. -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
