Thanks 3583,
I did notice that the Mac's in the wiki are pretty much 1989/1990 on wards so maybe that's when the less stable caps were used?
I decided to leave it for now and look more into it. Like I said, I desoldered the battery and took it out to be safe, but other than that it was just the hard drive and ram for now. I've placed the original apple branded drive and ram in ES bags and locked them up in an old toolbox I use to store old tech safely.
I couldn't believe how much nicer it looked reassembling it after a really good clean down! And the best news - the fan is no where near as annoying now it's been disassembled and cleaned! Still replacing it with a newer one will happen soon though; I'm basically replacing what I can with newer parts to limit the damage and aging my use of the Mac causes - if it moves, it's outta there!
It all went back together just fine to be honest, can't quite believe I was so daunted when the cover first came off! All went back and powered first time, with all screws accounted for. The new HDD took a bit of fiddling because it needed an adapter and then to be partitioned down to sizes system 6 could read! But all in all well pleased! My three day treatment of the case and bezel with alternating natural cleaner and warm water baths have gone up a treat (previous owner definitely a smoker) just got the good old Mac ABS yellowing now, but not going to retro it.
Thanks for all the help guys! I'll definitely be back in touch about those caps if I find anything!
I did notice that the Mac's in the wiki are pretty much 1989/1990 on wards so maybe that's when the less stable caps were used?
I decided to leave it for now and look more into it. Like I said, I desoldered the battery and took it out to be safe, but other than that it was just the hard drive and ram for now. I've placed the original apple branded drive and ram in ES bags and locked them up in an old toolbox I use to store old tech safely.
I couldn't believe how much nicer it looked reassembling it after a really good clean down! And the best news - the fan is no where near as annoying now it's been disassembled and cleaned! Still replacing it with a newer one will happen soon though; I'm basically replacing what I can with newer parts to limit the damage and aging my use of the Mac causes - if it moves, it's outta there!
It all went back together just fine to be honest, can't quite believe I was so daunted when the cover first came off! All went back and powered first time, with all screws accounted for. The new HDD took a bit of fiddling because it needed an adapter and then to be partitioned down to sizes system 6 could read! But all in all well pleased! My three day treatment of the case and bezel with alternating natural cleaner and warm water baths have gone up a treat (previous owner definitely a smoker) just got the good old Mac ABS yellowing now, but not going to retro it.
Thanks for all the help guys! I'll definitely be back in touch about those caps if I find anything!