Hi,
At first, I tried to use the smooth side of a kitchen knife to pry it open. When that didn't have much effect, I just tugged--and it came loose. So then I positioned it CRT down and removed the case. It was actually in remarkable condition, with barely any dust, so I think that if the 'long loading' is actually a problem, then it's coming from the HDD. As I said before, I'll just run a Disk Tools floppy on it (once I find one).
As I took off the case, a piece of aluminum foil-like material fell from the bottom of the case, which was covering up a circuit board. It turns out it was held on by two pieces of Scotch tape. Needless to say, after 20 years, the tape was no longer sticky, so I used Duct tape and re-positioned it the way it was before.
When you say 'don't over-tighten the screws'...what I did was, as I tightened each screw, at one point, the screw seemed to 'stop', and so I generally just made sure that it was in that 'stopped' position...does that make any sense? So I didn't really over-tighten it, but just enough to make sure the case stayed on.
Well, this little opening has taught me two things:
A. This Mac is in like-new condition with barely any dust.
B. Now I know how to open a Compact Mac!
In a second I'll turn it on to make sure I didn't damage anything while I had it open...
I just had to make sure that nothing was wrong with any components. So does anyone know where I can get a Disk Tools floppy disk without having to spend over 5 dollars?
-Apostrophe
At first, I tried to use the smooth side of a kitchen knife to pry it open. When that didn't have much effect, I just tugged--and it came loose. So then I positioned it CRT down and removed the case. It was actually in remarkable condition, with barely any dust, so I think that if the 'long loading' is actually a problem, then it's coming from the HDD. As I said before, I'll just run a Disk Tools floppy on it (once I find one).
As I took off the case, a piece of aluminum foil-like material fell from the bottom of the case, which was covering up a circuit board. It turns out it was held on by two pieces of Scotch tape. Needless to say, after 20 years, the tape was no longer sticky, so I used Duct tape and re-positioned it the way it was before.
When you say 'don't over-tighten the screws'...what I did was, as I tightened each screw, at one point, the screw seemed to 'stop', and so I generally just made sure that it was in that 'stopped' position...does that make any sense? So I didn't really over-tighten it, but just enough to make sure the case stayed on.
Well, this little opening has taught me two things:
A. This Mac is in like-new condition with barely any dust.
B. Now I know how to open a Compact Mac!
In a second I'll turn it on to make sure I didn't damage anything while I had it open...
I just had to make sure that nothing was wrong with any components. So does anyone know where I can get a Disk Tools floppy disk without having to spend over 5 dollars?
-Apostrophe