Recent content by victor.muc

Good to know! If the connection should have worked with just the cable, then a preexisting fault in the IC does seem plausible. What I’m trying to understand is whether a partially failing IC could later progress into a catastrophic failure like this, and whether such a failure could...

Thanks for the correction! Regarding the serial ports: a few days before the failure, I briefly connected an Apple RS-422 cable to the printer port while attempting a LocalTalk connection to a PowerBook. It didn’t work (I later learned I was missing the proper LocalTalk adapter), and the cable...

Hey y’all, a few weeks ago I posted about my Macintosh SE that suddenly died while it was running. I briefly left the room, and when I came back the machine was completely dead. The fan was not spinning and the entire room smelled very strongly of burnt electronics. I immediately unplugged the...

I’ll add some pictures as well, maybe they’ll help someone else someday as reference. I forgot to take photos after the final cleaning and lubrication since it got pretty late, but at least I have some in progress shots to show the disassembly and general layout.

Thank you both so much for the kind and valuable comments! I actually did overcome my CRT fear today and finally fixed the floppy successfully (without getting shocked)!! @GreenBar0n: your videos helped a LOT. I used the second video you sent as my walkthrough. The floppy drive itself and...

Thank you so much! I definitely will be cautious.

Hey everyone, I’ve repaired a lot of Apple hardware over the years (PowerBooks, iBooks, iMacs, Intel Macs, etc.). Over the last couple of months I’ve been doing at least one repair per week, even if it’s just something minor, so I’m usually not afraid of taking things apart. That said, I’ve...