Thank you for the photo.
There are a number of differences between the older and newer boards, so one need not be worried about the green wire soldered to the Xtal. Such wires just show that the engineers made a little goof, which they then fixed at a later time in a new circuit board revision. So long as you don't desolder such wires, you will be okay.
I also found it interesting that Apple used a different kind of fuse in F1, F2 and F3. Those circular blue parts almost look like a modern day MOV. Later boards have a silver SMD fuse.
Nothing too remarkable about the video ROM either. Early edition circuit boards can often be considered "a work in progress" so windowed EPROMs are not something that would get me excited. If anything, they require a little more care. Don't remove that sticker and the leave that EPROM in the sun for extended periods of time. UV light will wipe it clean!
Many sing praises over these early boards due to the socketed CPU. I myself no longer get excited about this point because, after having been an active member of EBAY for many years now, I've never ever seen any SE/30 CPU socket upgrades pop-up for sale. So unless that miraculously changes, you basically have a "feature" that you can make no use of (which makes it no more of a "feature" than my soldered-in CPU). Sorry to be so pessimistic about this point. But in all honesty, there is more hope of securing a rather expensive grayscale video setup for the SE/30 than a socketed CPU upgrade at any price. You cannot buy what's never available for sale.
Here are photos so everyone can compare (noting that mine is rotated 180° from the other photo):
Now get to work on re-capping that board and enjoy your SE/30!
There are a number of differences between the older and newer boards, so one need not be worried about the green wire soldered to the Xtal. Such wires just show that the engineers made a little goof, which they then fixed at a later time in a new circuit board revision. So long as you don't desolder such wires, you will be okay.
I also found it interesting that Apple used a different kind of fuse in F1, F2 and F3. Those circular blue parts almost look like a modern day MOV. Later boards have a silver SMD fuse.
Nothing too remarkable about the video ROM either. Early edition circuit boards can often be considered "a work in progress" so windowed EPROMs are not something that would get me excited. If anything, they require a little more care. Don't remove that sticker and the leave that EPROM in the sun for extended periods of time. UV light will wipe it clean!
Many sing praises over these early boards due to the socketed CPU. I myself no longer get excited about this point because, after having been an active member of EBAY for many years now, I've never ever seen any SE/30 CPU socket upgrades pop-up for sale. So unless that miraculously changes, you basically have a "feature" that you can make no use of (which makes it no more of a "feature" than my soldered-in CPU). Sorry to be so pessimistic about this point. But in all honesty, there is more hope of securing a rather expensive grayscale video setup for the SE/30 than a socketed CPU upgrade at any price. You cannot buy what's never available for sale.
Here are photos so everyone can compare (noting that mine is rotated 180° from the other photo):
Now get to work on re-capping that board and enjoy your SE/30!