Today I was able to dismantle the 840AV, and see if I could bring it back to life. A few parts of better condition (eg. floppy, CD, hard disk) were switched from my donor 8500/120, and the 840AV blasted with an air compressor to clean out years of dust within.
The front bezel is in poor condition, all the tabs on one side are snapped clean off, so I'll have to use some hot glue to secure the bezel back in place.
Once cleaned and reassmbled, the Quadra would only boot one out of ten times. I checked RAM, replaced PRAM and all connections. It didn't appear to do much, however after a while it seems to have attained reliability again, and now boots reliably.
Now it's specced to:
- 128MB RAM/4.5 + 18GB HDs
- Nubus 10/100, Rasterops Prism 12" graphics card
- 24X CD-ROM
It's by far the fastest 68K Mac I've ever used - much better than a LC630@40Mhz and Colour Classic @ 33Mhz (both full '040s) - in fact, seemingly twice as fast!
Once I get the front bezel sorted, it's well on the way to becoming my favourite 68K beast.
JB
The front bezel is in poor condition, all the tabs on one side are snapped clean off, so I'll have to use some hot glue to secure the bezel back in place.
Once cleaned and reassmbled, the Quadra would only boot one out of ten times. I checked RAM, replaced PRAM and all connections. It didn't appear to do much, however after a while it seems to have attained reliability again, and now boots reliably.
Now it's specced to:
- 128MB RAM/4.5 + 18GB HDs
- Nubus 10/100, Rasterops Prism 12" graphics card
- 24X CD-ROM
It's by far the fastest 68K Mac I've ever used - much better than a LC630@40Mhz and Colour Classic @ 33Mhz (both full '040s) - in fact, seemingly twice as fast!
Once I get the front bezel sorted, it's well on the way to becoming my favourite 68K beast.
JB