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Picked up a Quadra 650, keyboard, mouse, software, monitor and laserwriter all for $100.
Ooo, very nice. Even have the boxes!
remove the battery!
Nice. Though I think you meant to say Centris 650 according to how it's labeled on the box.
Cool find. Nice to have something complete like that. 
You are correct, I meant Centris, not Quadra.
The first thing I did was pop out the battery, it was a red Maxwell :O (no signs of corrosion thankfully).
Not a collection item for me though, have a practical for it, building a console to run some Virtual World Entertainment 3.0 pods (cockpit simulators that run Battletech and Red Planet).
I do have one question though, at what point should I have the caps replaced on these old Macs? Where there are signs of issues or should I just do it as a preventative measure?
The first thing I did was pop out the battery, it was a red Maxwell :O (no signs of corrosion thankfully).
Not a collection item for me though, have a practical for it, building a console to run some Virtual World Entertainment 3.0 pods (cockpit simulators that run Battletech and Red Planet).
I do have one question though, at what point should I have the caps replaced on these old Macs? Where there are signs of issues or should I just do it as a preventative measure?
The Centris 650 logic board has tantalum caps...so no need to worry about those.
You should probably still check out the PSU though, as those use electrolytics pretty much universally.
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