The left side of the power supply is a little warm, and there is a very slight "electric" smell. Click to expand... Unless it's burning. I would take everything apart, then…

Well, I guess it's been plugged in an hour, maybe a little more. The only thing installed is the power supply and ram. Still nothing. The left side of the power supply is a little…

I will try disconnecting everything. How long should I leave it plugged in before I try to start it? Click to expand... Say an hour? The idea is to make sure the circuitry that…

I will try disconnecting everything. How long should I leave it plugged in before I try to start it?

You can do that I guess, I would just solder in replacement batteries (the leads are fairly long so you will not heat up the battery much unless you are using a blowtorch. I think…

Is there a clicking noise? Any signs of capacitors leaking? Swap power supplies between units.

Have you left them for a while connected to the mains to power on? Have you tried the keyboard poweron button? Have you disconnected floppies and hard disks?

New battery was installed, still *nothing*

Start with the CMOS batteries. My IIx won't start if the batteries are dead.

Can I just snip the leads off near the battery, and leave them attached to the board so I can reuse them to solder to the battery holders? Click to expand... Sounds like a very…

Skylab FTW

It should handle audio work just fine I would think. Since you've already got 1Gb of RAM in it and a decent sized hard drive, I would definitely use it instead of an old Dell. As…

Oh yes! The Daystar Genesis is the Holy Grail of PPC Mac clones IMO. I'd likely kill for one of those... (OK, maybe just a few mosquitoes but nothing more... )

Thanks for all the advice. I think I'm gong to try replacing the batteries in the II and see if that does the trick. I know the IIx is a slightly better machine, but the II was m…

Back in the day, both the Mac II and Mac IIx machines were exceptionally reliable - in my experience, anyway. The only common problems were the PRAM batteries going flat (and then…

bittorrent machine?

Nice score Byrd. As for the "really quiet 40GB HDDs"...I'm assuming they're Seagate U series drives? (the ones with the rubber covering around them) I've got a couple of those, …

I have a PowerTower Pro 200 and a PowerCenter 150 (minitower model). I only got the PowerCenter recently (as in within the last few years) from 4seasonphoto. I overclocked the bu…

a battery holder is not a bad idea, batteries are sometimes hard to solder, even if your a self proclaimed expert (like me) and once heat starts to actually soak into the battery t…

If you don't prefer one machine over the other: Get the battery holder and battery for the Mac II, and fix up that one. Don't bother trying to solder a new battery on. Not only …

Nice score Byrd. As for the "really quiet 40GB HDDs"...I'm assuming they're Seagate U series drives? (the ones with the rubber covering around them) I've got a couple of those, …

I've soldiered before, but never delicate electronics... Click to expand... So you weren't in the Corps of Signals or Engineers? Depends what you want to do with it, with the …

I don't have a II but I have a couple IIx systems and a spare IIx motherboard and all needed the aluminum can capacitors replaced. Other then that the big box II's seems reliable (…

ahaha, who in their right mind would turn down a maxxboxx? Click to expand... People who have no use and don't like one I would guess. I turned down a free local Apple II+ beca…

ahaha, who in their right mind would turn down a maxxboxx?. I've always had a special place in my heart for one. If it ever gets filled, I guess we'll find out. If anyone here has …