My Macintosh Classic II First Boot after repair

[pixlexic]

I don't think that this fix has anything to do with washing the board as I just fixed my Classic II, i think its more because I removed the motherboard and reseated the battery and the chips, and also cleaned the dust off with a cotton tip. Re-seating the rom chips on my ensoniq eps sampler is a fix for a flickering malfunctioning LCD screen, so maybe it is a similar thing. At first i thought it hadn't worked , but after a few more seconds the screen came back to normal :) Happy mac, Thanks!

[macman2256]

@pixlexic Actually in this case it was washing the board that fixed it, one of the caps had leaked slightly, washing it cleaned it up & got it to function :)

[sparkyblaster]

@pixlexic no. the caps leak and for some reason washing the mother board cleens all the tracks. is an amazingly comon fix

[slicker41]

PLEASE REPLY if you turn it on do you need a booting floppy disk to pick the setstem or does it have a hard drive of its own that doesn't need a floppy to run off of? sorry auto correct

[macman2256]

@slicker41 No, these do not need a Floppy to boot from, any AIO Mac had a HDD from the Mac SE. Also the Macintosh Classics could be booted from the rom to run a very plain OS 6. Can't quite remember how to boot into it.

[manhattanhusky]

You sir, are awesome! :)

[EuroNeet]

I got the checkerboard screen when I booted it up last night but then my brother was touching the side buttons on the left of the machine and now we only get a black screen when we turn it on. It is really safe to open a machine like this if it is connected to the CRT cause I heard its real dangerous to open a CRT screen.

[macman2256]

@EuroNeet Leave it unplugged overnight so there is less charge in the machine, Just don't touch the CRT, they do carry a very high voltage. Since you will be dealing with the logic board, its quite easy to get to without touching the crt.

[YoshiProgrammer]

OK then, Thanks for the help, but I am determined to get this to work . I bought this on E-Bay for 40.00 and the guy said it was working too. Anyway, thanks for the help!

[YoshiProgrammer]

Well, mine just gives me a blank screen with black lines being filled in randomly

I have washed it 4 times in the dishwasher. (NO RAM NO ROM NO BATTERY) AND IT STILL DOESENT WORK? What do you think I should do.

[macman2256]

@YoshiProgrammer I would junk it and get another one. It was just luck that this worked for me. I wasn't expecting it to work lol.

[Bblloobbss]

@YoshiProgrammer

Mine had the same problem with the lines but it eventually started up, I just left it on for long enough. I'm told some capacitors can go bad over time and they cause a delay at start up - but I guess the situation can be so bad that nothing helps. But mine stars if I give it some time.

[TeckyGeek]

my uncles giving me one

[mars478maximus]

Watch out the CRT is moving. It might break!

[macman2256]

The CRT is fine. i have never broken a crt accendently, i smashed a couple other crts a few years back for fun lol.

[mars478maximus]

:) In the video it looked like it was moving :)

[macman2256]

my digital camera had some issues with the SD card i was using and it spewed out part of the video.

[computergeeknerd01]

i like your cat and your videos are awsome im your #1 fan

[Florhusband]

I remember my Classic II, the first Mac I bought. Updated it with external CD drive, loudspeakers, more memory and a new, 360MB hard drive. Still miss it, even after no less than five newer Macs. Question: what do you do for printing, with the serially-ported printers long discontinued?

[kargaroc386]

i use my PC

[macman2256]

Sorry about the top of the video being a bit glitchy when my camera batt gets a bit low it goes a bit funny LOL

[SuperMario811]

That was cool! I wish I had one! My cousin used to have this YEARS ago, and she had the exact same problem. I wanted to fix it for her, but never had the chance. When I've finally found out how to fix it, she moved from her old house, and I never saw it again....;(. I will ask her about it.