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Post #1 by waynestewart
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateThu, 1 Mar 2012 - 16:22
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/128k-mac.24859/
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I picked up another 128k Mac, this one from the 29th week of 1984. It was in good cosmetic shape but wouldn't boot and gave an odd error code. I guessed that it was more than one bad RAM chip. On examining the motherboard I found a badly done chip replacement. I took care of that but that wasn't the problem. Bad workmanship just bothers me sometimes. Replaced two RAM chips and it started asking for a floppy. Connected the floppy drive back up and was getting clicking sounds and the drive wasn't reading. Cleaned the limit switch. Now it's booting fine.

I picked this up cheap with the idea of repairing it and selling it. I've never done any selling. Maybe I'll try my local craigslist first. If that doesn't work then I guess I'll have to get paypal and try ebay.

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