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se/30
Posted by: imactheknife on 2022-12-13 10:57:04
I just grabbed another se/30. Pulled board, out in different chassis, works perfectly besides needing a clean and recap. No battery explosion thankfully. The other chassis powers up but screen stays black. Tried adjusting the brightness, nothing. It still boots, just screen stays black. Is this a bad crt or possibly just an analog needing recapping as well as PSU? I do have a spare analog I might try with the crt to rule out bad crt.
Posted by: joshc on 2022-12-13 11:53:56
Reflow the yoke connector solder joints on the analog board
Posted by: imactheknife on 2022-12-13 15:25:57
Well, logic board is recapped.. cant believe how clean this one was. Even ue8 had zero corrosion on its legs..
Posted by: Concorde1993 on 2022-12-13 18:23:32
Was this the SE/30 in Brantford by any chance?
Posted by: imactheknife on 2022-12-13 19:00:22
Was this the SE/30 in Brantford by any chance?
No, got it from a gentleman in Edmonton.
Posted by: mari3311 on 2022-12-24 00:34:38
If the screen is black even though the power supply unit is on and the cooling fan is spinning, there is a possibility that +4.7V or more power is not being supplied to the 5V terminal.

If you have a SONY CR-44 or AcBel power supply unit, you can adjust the voltage with the internal trimmer potentiometer.
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