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| RIP Macintosh IIci :( 1989-2009 |
Posted by: System7 on 2009-01-22 15:19:50
Well today, January 22,2009, the Macintosh IIci, Serial #10441BU737 has had a catastrophic failure of the logic board power system. Before then, there were bus errors and instability. The caps are indeed bad, as the system failed too boot. I got it to boot to Mac OS one last time, with a sad mac without an error # appearing within minutes. Now the system does nothing, even when stripped of all but the logic and smallest amount of RAM.
This IIci clearly went through a hard life, with corrosion and dirt, and a spider that lived in it (ICK). The floppy included was bad, and it was dismal.
By the time it was partly restored, the system only had one half of its sound channels working.
And 3 Months later, the IIci decides its time is done serving its owner.
I will burry it in the Computer Crypt in the basement, where it will join my first computer, a Packard Bell PI that had its chipset explode, and a IIvx that just went lifeless.
RIP
Mac Made in 1989-Freemont CA.
:'(
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Posted by: Dennis Nedry on 2009-01-23 08:17:46
Don't give up! Buy a new set of caps for it and get it back into perfect condition!
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Posted by: joshc on 2009-01-23 08:40:25
Have you thought about sending it to Mike for bad capacitor replacements?
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Posted by: z180 on 2009-01-23 08:41:30
Don't give it up.
You can sell or loan it to someone else for repair.
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Posted by: Mike Richardson on 2009-01-23 09:42:06
It sounds pretty messed up. I don't think even capacitor replacement would fix it.
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Posted by: MacMan on 2009-01-23 12:38:53
My IIcx did exactly this shortly after I got it and a motherboard wash cleaned up the capacitor gunk and got it on it's feet again. It is still working after 2 years...
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Posted by: Dennis Nedry on 2009-01-23 18:45:51
It sounds pretty messed up. I don't think even capacitor replacement would fix it. You could try though. I think if the bigger caps went bad, the voltage could fluctuate and become noisy which could confuse chips and the processor that are potentially still perfectly fine. This also could explain your floppy problems.
I think it's worth a try. You don't have anything to loose and new caps are really cheap. Give the board a good washing at least. Why not.
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Posted by: jroger on 2009-01-24 01:10:23
OMG you have a IIvx :-O
That's was my first Mac, I'm dying for getting one...
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