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Post #16 by Mk.558
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateWed, 2 Nov 2011 - 16:33
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/classic-battery-explosion-pics.24107/
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Man those SE/30s are taking some beatings out there!

Comrades, Attack!

I'm hoping you didn't buy that machine looking for a good motherboard. I'm beginning to conclude that if you need a new motherboard, you need another machine. That's what I had to do to get a backup motherboard. (Only lifted one solder pad this time, good thing it only goes to ground so I'll have a wire rigged up to finish it. That's if the small chips behind Bank 2 of the RAM chips and the 470uF capacitor aren't toasted. The board smelled nicely of burning circuit boards before it froze when I last used it. The one in the machine now works fine...just gives me some checkerboard real quick when it boots. I already cleaned the RAM slots with 99% alcohol.)

mp.ls