I took some pictures of the mess today if anyone's interested:
The logic board underside
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3513.jpg
Where the blackbox was burnt off
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3520.jpg
The black box
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3521.jpg
Another shot of the black box burnt onto the bottom
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3523.jpg
So yeah. I really wish I could find a schematic of the logic board so I could figure out what that little black box is, and stop feeling like such a noob amongst seasoned vintage mac aficionados
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As for the rest of the machine, everything else was seeming to work fine – except for the fact that it only seemed to work off of the power on the battery and not from the power supply. At this point I'm asking myself, is it worth it to invest in an entire new logic board? Or should I just look for a new (old) machine altogether?
The logic board underside
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3513.jpg
Where the blackbox was burnt off
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3520.jpg
The black box
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3521.jpg
Another shot of the black box burnt onto the bottom
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3523.jpg
So yeah. I really wish I could find a schematic of the logic board so I could figure out what that little black box is, and stop feeling like such a noob amongst seasoned vintage mac aficionados
.As for the rest of the machine, everything else was seeming to work fine – except for the fact that it only seemed to work off of the power on the battery and not from the power supply. At this point I'm asking myself, is it worth it to invest in an entire new logic board? Or should I just look for a new (old) machine altogether?