Macintosh Plus Issues — #5

Post #5 by JawhnL5

Source Forum	Macintosh Plus Issues — #5
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Wed, 22 Jan 2014 - 04:58
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-plus-issues.29716/

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Step 1 is getting the thing open, in which first I gotta find a screwdriver that will extend into the handle to get the two screws out. Second obstacle is that I have no soldering experience, like at all, never touched a soldering iron in my life. I know I'd mess something up. On top of that, I know removing the analog board requires CRT discharging, which again, I have no experience with or the equipment so I could damage something or myself, and that's never fun. I think I am the last person who should own one of the compact Macs, but they're so neat I couldn't pass it up for $5. I may leave it to sit until I can get the thing repaired by someone who knows how to, because that is definitely not me.
This video was the very last time I could get it to loop resetting, after this it never did it again.

Nah, I'd definitely like to get this thing up and running. If I can get past the CRT and get the analog board out, then I can probably dive into fixing it. The thing powers up no problem now, it never resets anymore, so getting the screen to come up to pull the plug would be simple. My dad can solder better than I can, I could leave the job to him, but until I can get it apart I have no way knowing if it's cracked solder joints, bad capacitors or both. Could be both, the capacitors aren't surface mount on the analog board right?