Q950 restoration project — #10

Post #10 by Schmoburger

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Thu, 21 May 2015 - 17:34
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/q950-restoration-project.1975/

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Elfen said:
Maybe I should send you my LC475 board, CelGlen - It bongs and then nothing! I so want that LC up and running! LOL...

But seriously, like CelGlen stated, test the Q950 buck naked - no drives, no cards, nothing but RAM. See if it bongs and gives video.

I have that exact same card (probably came from the Q950), and that daughter board is a video compressor, as the car can run without it but without compression. It also came with a separate NuBus card for sound (6 channels) but they look like they need a recapping. And maybe I should take my Q950 out of storage and test it. I'm still worried about the case as it is cracked through in many places as it was dropped out of a 4 story window long ago. You need software for these card, which I do not have; but since they add function to the Q950, you can run the Q950 without them.

I hope you can get it fixed, even with help.

I had a 475 that did the same thing Elfen, and it turned out to be bad pin rot from leaking caps on a fairly significant chip (can't remember which one but suffice to say it was stuffed. At that particular time I had no real interest in the 475 and had one that worked fine so I beleive I just threw the board away. unfortunately, that one that worked was the same one that I posted in the battery explosion thread some time ago now which had a cataclysmic explosion under the lid during a period of storage, which would have made that junked board seem a breeze to repair in hindsight...