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three cables in a Macintosh XL — #6

1st of all you don't have a Macintosh XL (AKA a Lisa2/10), you have an original Lisa ( Lisa 1 or converted Lisa 2).  The two 26 pin ribbon cables are for the upper and lower twiggy…
68kMLA Hardware by lisa2 Mon, 4 May 2015 - 21:56

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #15

it could also be the 74ls244's all the ram is connected to, When i assembled and installed a MacGusto II upgrade board onto one of my 512k boards i got something similar and the in…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by max1zzz Mon, 4 May 2015 - 19:44

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #14

uniserver said: yes all of the ram is bad… its all no good.…  you can screw around and replace one or 2… only 6 months later to have another one or two go bad... that ram is…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by gooddi Mon, 4 May 2015 - 18:13

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #13

McD replaced my ram and it changed nothing then changed it back since it was the apple branded ram for me, which as a 128 is kinda cool for me.  I have 2 working 128's but both upg…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Macdrone Mon, 4 May 2015 - 18:09

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #12

yes all of the ram is bad… its all no good.…  you can screw around and replace one or 2… only 6 months later to have another one or two go bad... that ram is is the worst.  the ap…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Mon, 4 May 2015 - 17:54

Powerbook 1400 cs lcd repair — #8

Too bad. I have a Simasima 1400, and it turns out that the 1400 is OK, its the LCD Screen that is Simasima. I would love to fix that one day. 
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Elfen Mon, 4 May 2015 - 17:49

PowerBook 190 strange behavior — #6

Too bad you "HAD" that 5300, Bibilit. Not only is there problems with the power connection on the 190/5300 but sometimes when the battery leaks, the PSU Area (under the trackpad) i…
68kMLA Hardware by Elfen Mon, 4 May 2015 - 17:45

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #11

I looked at your pics (it did not load the first time I posted but that is on my end). Sad news. Looking at the bottom board, I saw several of the solder joints from the capacitor…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Elfen Mon, 4 May 2015 - 17:32

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #10

Elfen said: The "006c" is the chip location, so changes are its F11 + the one next to it. A"4264" is a 4164 DRAM Chip. Back then they were sensitive to static and heat (comp…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by gooddi Mon, 4 May 2015 - 17:09

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #9

The "006c" is the chip location, so changes are its F11 + the one next to it. A"4264" is a 4164 DRAM Chip. Back then they were sensitive to static and heat (compared to today's ch…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Elfen Mon, 4 May 2015 - 17:01

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #8

uniserver said: video artifacts and sadmac code is all bad ram.   who swapped your ram chips for no charge grandpa? Click to expand... all bad ram?? you mean i have to r…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by gooddi Mon, 4 May 2015 - 16:58

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #7

unity said: RAM failure, location F-11. Or a trap error depending on the site one reads I guess... lol Are you trying to boot from a floppy? You dont say you do. Click t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by gooddi Mon, 4 May 2015 - 16:52

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #6

i found some trace on the back side of board. that looks like someone had tryed to resoldering or replace ram. but every ram has thext "4264" with apple mark. so i thought someo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by gooddi Mon, 4 May 2015 - 16:40

three cables in a Macintosh XL — #5

You're missing the Widget's power harness. That three pin power cable is for a Twiggy floppy drive and indicates that your Lisa did not start out originally as a Lisa 2/10 or an XL…
68kMLA Hardware by CelGen Mon, 4 May 2015 - 16:31

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #4

Just FYI my ram was swapped with new chips and no change. If you have video artifacts with the error code another chip may be at fault. I have yet to figure it out. Now that I a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Macdrone Mon, 4 May 2015 - 15:12

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #2

RAM failure, location F-11. Or a trap error depending on the site one reads I guess... lol Are you trying to boot from a floppy? You dont say you do.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by unity Mon, 4 May 2015 - 15:02

please look at this sadmac error code!! — #1

hello. today i got a 128k logic board. but it came with sad mac code "04006c". when i turn it on i heard bong and that code came up. i had serched the code through internet "goo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by gooddi Mon, 4 May 2015 - 14:50

Powerbook 1400 cs lcd repair — #7

PB 1400c use Sharp LQ1142 11.3" screen. You can find some alone on the bay, but not cheap. Don't know in what other machine it's been used...
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Mon, 4 May 2015 - 13:33

Powerbook 1400 cs lcd repair — #6

Not possible sorry - the connectors, timings, etc are all different across most LCDs.  Do you have a part no for the LCD, it might glean more info if it was also used say in a Tosh…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Mon, 4 May 2015 - 11:51

SE/30 Pad (et al) repair — #9

if you can clean up the metal then solder will stick... so you can take some flux and some wick,  and with your iron,  rub what ever surfaces that are eaten up,  and maybe those su…
68kMLA Hardware by uniserver Mon, 4 May 2015 - 05:31

SE/30 Pad (et al) repair — #8

w/e - where am i going to find a better most likely irreparable practice board for pad repair... seriously though I tried a lot of stuff... is there any tip you can think of of how…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Mon, 4 May 2015 - 05:15

SE/30 Pad (et al) repair — #7

i wouldn't say its anything about skill level with this board... i would just say that working on it might not be healthy for one's sanity... that board is F'ed up man.
68kMLA Hardware by uniserver Mon, 4 May 2015 - 04:49
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