Macintosh IIci won't start up — #4

Post #4 by tanuki65

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 - 18:26
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-iici-wont-start-up.1667/

Post

olePigeon said:
The motherboard could use a recap if it hasn't been recapped already.

I think the capacitors look pretty good (I may post an image tomorrow morning). Is there any chance a video card would help?

olePigeon said:
The floppy drive probably needs to be cleaned and lubed.

Or perhaps a bit of dust in the ROM select jumper. Would taking the floppy drive apart, removing the dust, and then using a floppy disk cleaner disk work?

Could a broken/dusty floppy drive with a floppy in it stop boot?

P.S. The post above was my first!

Edit: I may do https://wiki.68kmla.org/Floppy_Drive_Lubrication.