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Post #7 by adric22
Source ForumHelp with dead Mac Plus — #7
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateSun, 17 Mar 2013 - 17:19
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/help-with-dead-mac-plus.27605/
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OK. I managed to replace 10 capacitors. I would have done them all, but couldn't find several at any local stores. One odd thing is that most of the capacitors I used were actually smaller than the originals, even though they boasted the same specs, and some of them even higher. Quite a few I used higher voltage rated caps than the originals simply because I couldn't find the exact matches. Two of the caps were considerably smaller, to the point they didn't fit very well on the board. But I triple-checked that the specs matched.. I'm wondering if there is some other value I haven't taken into consideration such as ESR or something like that.

ANYWAY... I decided to replace the 10 I had and boot it up. There is a definite improvement. I now get a screen showing the disk with a question mark, but it is very faint, and off center. Below is a picture I took.

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