Hiya Art, Alan, Scott, and Nico, Thanks for your replies guys. I appreciate your time, effort and experience.
Nico: Oh, I know only too well that there is going no (or very little) payback in getting this Classic II up and running again. But right now it's just the challenge of the project that's got me. I'm one of those guys who just can't stand to have something broken. Always have to fix things so they operate as designed. Just me and kinda anal I guess. Scott: I do believe you are correct about the booting procedure. In any event I am now trying to locate a 7.6.1 OS on floppy discs. I am currently asking the local Mac Users group if they can help me with this. Do you have any ideas of where I might be able to lay hands on a 7.6.1 (in floppies) if this pans out for me? Alan: You were right on about the flat battery. Got that changed out and I washed my motherboard. The little beast start right up now - but still goes to the question mark disc icon. Once I get it up and going I will definitely use Disc First Aid. As I recall, it is on my hard drive. Art: I'll try leaving it on overnight and see if that spurs on the hard drive. Do I have to take out the hard drive to install the OS. Isn't that just a matter of feeding it in through the floppy drive? Thanks again guys! On Oct 30, 1:46 am, "Nico Vanden Eynde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wouldn't make too much expenses on the Classic II. Chances are 9/10 the > logic board is faulty due to leaking or shorted capacitors. > > You can easily check this: remove the logic board check for fluid near the > the capacitors or if it smells awfull then you have leaking capacitors. I > have no doubt that the capacitors are faulty. > > One could replace them like most people do with the SE/30 but the Classic II > has so little value, both on the marketplace as from a collector's > perspective, that it's not worth the time & money to repair the logic board. > > I repaired my Classic II to complete collecton of Compact Macs but it's very > hard to repair, more difficult than the SE/30 logic board as it's much > smaller and the capacitors are very close together. > > As for the PRAM battery: you don't need it if the logic board works. You can > boot without a battery installed. > It's best to remove the old flat one. > > If you want to start with collecting Vintage Compact Macs: I would start > with a Mac SE FDHD. Just because this model has in my opinion the least > problems. > > Good Luck, > > Nico --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
