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Picked up 2 Mac IIci machines on CL

Posted by: reallyrandy on 2017-08-08 17:37:45 $50 for both One of them just clicks from the PSU when I plug it in. The other clicks quietly and flashes the light on the front of the case but starts up after a few button pushes. Both of them show some logic board gunk so they will need recaps. Do I need to find new Power supplies or can they be fixed? Do you even think it's the PSU? The last IIci I had was in 1993 so I just don't know. Thanks This is what they looked like before cleaning

Posted by: reallyrandy on 2017-08-08 18:56:57 Just turned on a Plus I had in storage, same sound, WTF?

Posted by: omidimo on 2017-08-08 19:04:11 With the IIcis, you will have to get the motherboards recapped. I have gotten FIVE of them for the cards, & parts, and they all had the same problem. You can easily see the goo around the same caps.  The power supplies luckily are more tank like.

Posted by: omidimo on 2017-08-08 19:04:59 re😛lus, the solder joints might need a little TLC, others can chime in with better knowledge on the needed help.

Posted by: reallyrandy on 2017-08-08 19:18:42 Yea, those IIcis were nasty. Maybe I'll try and recap one myself. If I botch it, I still have the other one I can send out. I may make the plus a project, It needs some Retr0bright as well. I picked it up for $30 with a working SCSI 20SC, mouse, keyboard and an ImageWriter.

Posted by: omidimo on 2017-08-08 20:01:35 Iici recaps look easy enough if you are good with a solder iron. Here are the locations. That Plus package is a nice bargain, those SC HD boxes are too expensive on eBay, hence why I still dont have one even though its on the want list.

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