-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Walther Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:20 AM To: Vintage Macs Subject: Re: Macintosh SE 30 + Powerbooks
On Aug 29, 12:22 am, Dylan McDermond <[email protected]> wrote: > In my opinion, you guys who are thinking these things are all a little crazy. > That SE/30 is going to need repair regardless of whether or not it's > ever been plugged in and the hard drive is the least of the worries. > If you leave it as is, the electrolyte from leaking capacitors will > eat through the logic board or the battery will explode both of which > will leave the machine completely destroyed. Just because it's "new" > doesn't mean it's perfect by any measure. Not opening it up is a death > sentence. No way would I ever be willing to pay $500 for that. I second this opinion. I had a number of Macs stored. Later, I opened one of them, only to find that the battery had started leaking. Doofus me. I removed all the batteries from all my stored Macs several years ago. I bought a couple of beautiful SE/30s with near perfect (no perceptible yellowing) cases from a nice fellow. I opened them up to remove the batteries and every single surface mount electrolytic capacitor had clear fluid on top which had leaked from the capacitors. Any longer, and that fluid would have been all over the logic board, and the stuff is corrosive. Now days, I remove the batteries **and** the SM electrolytic caps before storing an old Mac. If you do it any other way, you have a substantial probability of having a corroded mess on your hands when you revisit the machine. Ideally, I'd replace the caps with tantalums, but often I just don't have time, but there's no point in storing them with the electrolytics in place, so I make the time to remove them. Jeff Walther -- What Jeff said. I lost some Mac II FX boards to leaky batteries. Not easily repairable. The battery acid ate the legs off some of the components by it. It was a nice motherboard too. RIP. johnsn ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
