My IIsi finally arrived today. I had to wait almost a month to get it because I accidentally gave the wrong address and it got returned to Canada, which was totally my fault.
I love how easy it is to take the case apart. I didn't even need a screwdriver to get the motherboard out. I wish all machines were this nice to work on.
I noticed that the capacitors have some residue around them on the motherboard. I guess that means they leaked and need replacing? Also, the residue obviously needs to be cleaned off. Should I use the dishwasher method, or just clean around them with q-tips and alcohol?
The caps are surface-mount, silver colored, and say this on them:
12
47
16v
Where is a good place to get more of these?
I don't even know if it works at the moment, since one of the caps has actually fallen off the board. I'm scared to start it up without that attached. The previous owner said that it booted just before the cap fell off, which happened while he was shipping it.
It has 9mb of ram according to the sender and I need to get a hard drive for it. I'd post pics, but it's not particularly interesting.
Also, on another note, I got my stimulus check today. I didn't think I was going to get one at all because HR at work accidentally entered the wrong exemption status into the computers and no taxes were taken out last year.
I'm pretty happy right now. $300 can do a lot to better my quality of life at the moment. On top of those 2 things, there was a King Crimson song playing on the radio on the way home from the post office. Awesome.
I love how easy it is to take the case apart. I didn't even need a screwdriver to get the motherboard out. I wish all machines were this nice to work on.
I noticed that the capacitors have some residue around them on the motherboard. I guess that means they leaked and need replacing? Also, the residue obviously needs to be cleaned off. Should I use the dishwasher method, or just clean around them with q-tips and alcohol?
The caps are surface-mount, silver colored, and say this on them:
12
47
16v
Where is a good place to get more of these?
I don't even know if it works at the moment, since one of the caps has actually fallen off the board. I'm scared to start it up without that attached. The previous owner said that it booted just before the cap fell off, which happened while he was shipping it.
It has 9mb of ram according to the sender and I need to get a hard drive for it. I'd post pics, but it's not particularly interesting.
Also, on another note, I got my stimulus check today. I didn't think I was going to get one at all because HR at work accidentally entered the wrong exemption status into the computers and no taxes were taken out last year.
I'm pretty happy right now. $300 can do a lot to better my quality of life at the moment. On top of those 2 things, there was a King Crimson song playing on the radio on the way home from the post office. Awesome.