Incredible haul!  The XPS appears nice - I haven't seen older Macs (like the LC) show up on a doorstep (outside of eBay or here) in some time, here in downstate IL.

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.

Charge light doesn't seem to work but it does seem to be charging.

Fairly sure the pad repair is beyond my skill level.  Tried a bit tonight.  I'll have to clean it before/if I try again.

I live near a e-recycle drop off. The stuff I find there is unbelievable, I often wonder why would people toss this stuff. Never a retro Mac though. Lots of iPods old iPhones po…

you know this was perfectly good stuff, seems one would rather sell some of this stuff then toss it

Maybe There is a way for adapting an easier to find part, since this laptop is hard to find parts. Anyone have tried?

Probably unlikely... anyone have a 3400c logic board out that they'd be willing to take a picture of?  Specifically the underside right below the power adapter port and next to the…

Nice haul, that's a lot of stuff. It's a shame someone tossed that iPad, I'd like to get a first gen some time.

I just did this, I actually just popped it open with a screwdriver and radioshack sells a 6v 4.5AH battery that fits snugly into the old battery for 20 dollars...

The biggest I have tried as 20 gigabyte (used a  powermac laptop hard disk with adaptor) .  Only issue is having 10 partitions as that fills up the screen with drives.  The Mac is …

Very good! Now all you need to do is retrobright the space bar, and you can get it looking even better! c

I would suspect that these machines can accept drives up to 128 GB, like they're contemporary PC counterparts (I'm not 100% certain of this, but it seems logical that it would EDIT…

I did not look close at connector. I may be wrong, but there may be two different style connectors. I know not all widgets are the same. Not sure on power. Also it may be an after…

Any ideas when the WIKI is fixed? Maybe a repair of the database necessary?  Need any help?

Aha! I tried it on a widget drive I have (wrapped in plastic) and ...yes...it fits! Not sure what the power like cable is for. I see the widget drive needs a more complex power pl…

mactjaap said: OK. How rare are they in the Netherlands? No so. I see one for around 40 dollar offered. A genuine with two disk drives. http://link.marktplaats.nl/m922304692…

Great suggestions everyone. I'd like to dispose of the current cells so will open up, but I also have a replacement battery that is rated exactly the same as the original so may w…

Do you guys have a link for a site with a junk one? Could not find on eBay and we love macs won't ship to Brazil

For the Widget hard drive. Mac XLs usually came with a 10Mb internal drive.

nice job!

The image is even more clear now. I adjusted the image on the back of the PSU. Now the screen is crystal clear! View attachment 6314

Yep, unlikely you will find a brand new replacement part... best bet is to find a stuffed 1400 on the cheap with a good LCD and scavenge parts.

... from another junker 1400cs or 1400c, they are a straight swap.  No other easy way to source the part.

So last night, I pulled the logic board board back out of the SE/30 to have a closer look for damage and ascertain it's general condition prior to sending it for a recap. I beleive…