Thanks!
I won't quite consider them saved until both are shown to boot up but hey, it's a start!
The Alconox never fails! It is great as a grease & chemical residue removing soap as well as having the ability to remove oxidation. If you use it in a heated ultrasonic bath it can even remove deep rust from steel leaving behind a silver gray albeit pocked finish though that takes considerably longer than the 2 minutes or so each that was needed for the motherboards by hand in the 5 gallon bucket. As the name implies, it is alkaline so I made it a point to really thoroughly rinse with the DI water.
Of the two, I especially love how pristine the newer white SIMM board looks. It is definitely a beautiful thing.
Unless I could somehow score a really nice intact and non-sunburnt Platinum case, I still plan to just have one SE/30 with all of the remaining inner parts from the second unit as backups. The sunburnt, chunks missing, cracked case is just too awful to use though its inside was much better. It just goes to show, appearances can be deceiving!
I will definitely test both boards, and assuming they both will work, I can't decide on whether to use "Glossy" (the newer white SIMM slot board) or "Satin" (the older board with the black SIMM slots). I could "use" Satin for all she's worth while keeping "Glossy" in an antistatic bag inside a steel box with desiccants for the long haul. Satin's SIMM clips are harder and more brittle and will definitely break before Glossy's will. I was lucky to get all of the SIMMs out of Satin without any breaks. Metal retaining clips like the ones on my Iici would be so much better but I could never imagine soldering one of these guys (let alone 8 of these beasts) in!
I will ultimately decide which one to use based upon what happens after recapping when I install the new RAM prior to booting.
Hey! I just heard from trag. He still sells the CAPs! It's on!
Brian
I won't quite consider them saved until both are shown to boot up but hey, it's a start!
The Alconox never fails! It is great as a grease & chemical residue removing soap as well as having the ability to remove oxidation. If you use it in a heated ultrasonic bath it can even remove deep rust from steel leaving behind a silver gray albeit pocked finish though that takes considerably longer than the 2 minutes or so each that was needed for the motherboards by hand in the 5 gallon bucket. As the name implies, it is alkaline so I made it a point to really thoroughly rinse with the DI water.
Of the two, I especially love how pristine the newer white SIMM board looks. It is definitely a beautiful thing.
Unless I could somehow score a really nice intact and non-sunburnt Platinum case, I still plan to just have one SE/30 with all of the remaining inner parts from the second unit as backups. The sunburnt, chunks missing, cracked case is just too awful to use though its inside was much better. It just goes to show, appearances can be deceiving!
I will definitely test both boards, and assuming they both will work, I can't decide on whether to use "Glossy" (the newer white SIMM slot board) or "Satin" (the older board with the black SIMM slots). I could "use" Satin for all she's worth while keeping "Glossy" in an antistatic bag inside a steel box with desiccants for the long haul. Satin's SIMM clips are harder and more brittle and will definitely break before Glossy's will. I was lucky to get all of the SIMMs out of Satin without any breaks. Metal retaining clips like the ones on my Iici would be so much better but I could never imagine soldering one of these guys (let alone 8 of these beasts) in!
I will ultimately decide which one to use based upon what happens after recapping when I install the new RAM prior to booting.
Hey! I just heard from trag. He still sells the CAPs! It's on!
Brian