Hi, It can be a loose connection on the neck of the CRT. Sometimes the small board that fits on the neck of the CRT comes loose during transport. As long as the neck of the CRT tube is not broken off it's no problem. You will have to open the Mac to identify the problem.
As for the floppy drive: - Boot your Mac with the mouse button pushed in: if the FDD it tries to eject the disk, then you can most likely fix the floppy drive by cleaning it ( = remove all the dust that has build-up in the drive ) and lubricate the mechanism of the drive so everything goes smooth again. - If you don't hear the eject motor of the floppy drive at power on with mouse button down then the FDD is likely faulty. - Another, eventhough unlikely, possibility is that the floppy drive is not connected to the logic board. Open up the Mac and keep us posted with what you find inside so we can provide you with more detailed info and help you out. Good Luck, Nico > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Otsiam43095 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I just purchased a Macintosh SE from eBay. > > The description: > > Literally saved from the grave, I found this old SE by the side of > > the road in the little town of Elora, Tennessee. It was wet and > > covered in mud, but since I have a soft spot for old Macs I took it > > home, cleaned it, and to my surprise it booted right up. Even more > > curious is how it ended up by the side of the road in Tennessee. > > While reviewing the data on the hard drive, I discovered it belonged > > to a rocket engineer for Martin Marietta in Huntsville, Alabama. > > There's several house plans and an interesting presentation by the > > previous owner pertaining to Martin Marietta's attempt to win a government contract. > > > If your looking for a top shelf Mac SE, this isn't it. The case is > > rough and it gives the occasional Sad Mac on start-up. I no longer > > have room for it, so if you would like to give this little guy a > > home, the bidding starts low. > > > Here's my problem: 1) A floppy was put into the disk drive (by me, > > when doing a routine post-transaction test of the slots) and now it > > won't come out. Is there a way to get the floppy out without opening > > the Mac? I am new to this style of machine, so please help! > > 2)The screen will not turn on. (I can hear the machine turning on.) > > What should I do? (I believe that the monitor was disconnected from > > the rest of the inner workings during standard flat rate shipping.) > > > Any help appreciated! > > > Otsiam43095- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
