Macintosh SE FDHD — #3

Post #3 by Arths

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Thu, 23 Feb 2012 - 08:58
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-se-fdhd.24805/

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Wow, thanks for all these answers! :O

Was the "wavy" screen with or without a "herringbone" pattern?

Well, it was not kind of waving after reflexion but more like showing glitches, artefacts. But slapping it a little bit revives it so I guess it would be cold solder joints. And nope, no pattern at all.

Is the vertical line wide or narrow?

It is wide, well I'll check out everything you told me, going to pull appart the beast today.

I'm suspecting due to the symptoms, that the RAM is at fault. What you can try is re-seating the RAM sticks

Another possibility is the hard drive. Sometimes these old drives can wear out and yours may have kicked the bucket. But then again, it could be working, just has some bad sectors or otherwise. I would try using Disk First Aid from Apple. It should work under System 6 and later. If you have trouble finding a copy, let us know and we'll get you it one way or another.

Might be the RAM or the HDD, again I'll check this out today.

Thanks 73s de Phreakout, you're awesome and very helpful here :-*