On the bench for recapping today is a Mac Classic II, the last of the b&w compact Macs (1991). I forgot how small the motherboard was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gnarly leaking caps. Luckily the battery did not leak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13 old caps removed. It looks worse before it gets better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flux and copper braid clean the pads and alcohol and swabs clean up the mess. Alas, I have to pause here. Out of the (seemingly) 1,000,000 caps I have, I\u2019m short a few. So we order and wait. To be continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 5, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caps are in, let\u2019s continue with the Mac Classic II! New tantalum caps installed. I opted for smaller packages of 10uF and 1uF caps than normal. It made soldering easier. C3 is in a tight spot and crooked, but it\u2019s in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board needs cleaning but let\u2019s see if it blends. Sad trombone. Into the ultrasonic cleaner and then a scrub to get the electrolyte and dust off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scrub scrub scrub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Progress! It now chimes and gives a good screen but goes no further. Chime, white screen, grey screen, small speaker pop, then nothing. No corner crop, no mouse pointer, no disk\/question mark. Something failing to initialize?<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/biosrhythm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1542560981703868417-FWhHB6wWIAAKwQg.jpg\")
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