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Post #4 by clc
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateSat, 26 Nov 2011 - 03:33
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/re-capped-se-30-still-with-bad-video.24282/
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So far, I haven't found a short. The board looks clean (any corrosion from the leaked caps appears to be superficial and cleaned up nicely) and I don't know enough about the board to try to track down a short with an ohmmeter.

The board has 4 4 MB SIMMs (in banks 1 and 2) and 4 1 MB SIMMs. I have tried using only the 4MBs, and then only the 1MBs (each time, having the 4 SIMMs in the first two banks). The bad video remained unchanged. I also tried reseating the 5 PALs (UI6, UG6, UE6, and two others whose labels I can't see right now) next to the SIMMs.

The video "badness" seems very digital in nature, so I've been looking on the motherboard. Is there any common problem I should check for with the vertically-oriented power/video PCB?

Sadly, I don't have another SE/30 to swap parts with. :'(

Thanks for the hints! :beige:

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