Hello everybody, I've been a longtime lurker of these forums as I dream about collecting vintage macs but I've finally made an account now that I actually have one 
So last Friday when I'm walking back to the dorms I see a compact sitting out on the curb in the snow and rain. I briskly picked it up and carried back to campus with me. Upon first inspection its an SE Superdrive with no serial number sticker. The case is pretty badly scuffed up and was bending out of the left side.
Knowing that it almost certainly wouldn't boot, I didn't even attempt to turn it on before I had the back cover off and begin disassembling the components. Things inside are incredibly dirty but it seems that everything is intact.
Analog board and power supply don't look too bad, and look theres the serial number so here's the breakdown
CRT is out and is in great physical shape, though it may still have other issues. Note that is just tape on the front and it's already been removed.
Hard drive(left) and floppy out(right). Hard drive is 20mb and looks like it might be ok, still looks to be sealed. However the floppy is almost certainly toast on account of the rust.
Now for the logic board, the underside doesn't look too bad with some evidence of mold in places
But the top side is a completely different story. Good thing is some previous owner removed the PRAM battery, but also took out whatever chip goes in the socket. If anyone knows which chip this is let me know, as I have yet to find a good diagram yet. The ports are fairly rusty and will likely need to be replaced if I can salvage this board.
So my plan is to fully restore this SE to complete functioning condition, although I am learning as I go so please let me know which things I should be checking for leaks/functionality. I've already done some preliminary cleaning of the case/chassis and CRT, though I will be going back in more detail to really make things look nice. My next step will be to start cleaning the individual components, such as the logic board. I was thinking of carefully going over the board with a vacuum to remove as much dirt as I can, then give distilled water and alcohol baths. How does this sound?
So last Friday when I'm walking back to the dorms I see a compact sitting out on the curb in the snow and rain. I briskly picked it up and carried back to campus with me. Upon first inspection its an SE Superdrive with no serial number sticker. The case is pretty badly scuffed up and was bending out of the left side.
Knowing that it almost certainly wouldn't boot, I didn't even attempt to turn it on before I had the back cover off and begin disassembling the components. Things inside are incredibly dirty but it seems that everything is intact.
Analog board and power supply don't look too bad, and look theres the serial number so here's the breakdown
CRT is out and is in great physical shape, though it may still have other issues. Note that is just tape on the front and it's already been removed.
Hard drive(left) and floppy out(right). Hard drive is 20mb and looks like it might be ok, still looks to be sealed. However the floppy is almost certainly toast on account of the rust.
Now for the logic board, the underside doesn't look too bad with some evidence of mold in places
But the top side is a completely different story. Good thing is some previous owner removed the PRAM battery, but also took out whatever chip goes in the socket. If anyone knows which chip this is let me know, as I have yet to find a good diagram yet. The ports are fairly rusty and will likely need to be replaced if I can salvage this board.
So my plan is to fully restore this SE to complete functioning condition, although I am learning as I go so please let me know which things I should be checking for leaks/functionality. I've already done some preliminary cleaning of the case/chassis and CRT, though I will be going back in more detail to really make things look nice. My next step will be to start cleaning the individual components, such as the logic board. I was thinking of carefully going over the board with a vacuum to remove as much dirt as I can, then give distilled water and alcohol baths. How does this sound?