Maybe you should go hunting for a SCSI to IDE and IDE to CF adapter and get a compact flash card. Although for that you'd need one of these --> http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/portable_scsi.htm too and the loads of patience in getting such a thing setup.
On Aug 4, 3:13 am, "Nico Vanden Eynde" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The high-frequency wheening and clicking sounds are from your hard drive. I > guess it's dead now. > Probably due to age or frequent power loss. > > The logic board of the Mac Portable has the same issues as seen with SE/30 > and Classic II logic boards: failing SMD capacitors. They need to be > replaced. > However I had mixed results with just replacing all the capacitors only as > in this case the voltage regulators and diodes also seem to fail. > > Eventhough you don't see any fluid leaking from the capacitors yet, some of > them will probably already be shorted with is causing the board to fail. > > Nico > > _____ > > Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Namens Britt Dodd > Verzonden: dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 5:14 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: Re: Mac Portable Problems > > Thats one of the issue im having with 80% of my boards -- due to 20 years of > old capacitors. I'm gathering parts now to rebuild mine. I have two systems > and a handful of boards. Is yours backlit or non-backlit? > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:12 PM, platnicat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Britt! My board isn't leaking at all, your PMU reset worked > great! But... Now I've got another problem. My 40MB internal HDD > (40SC) and previously dead 1.44/800K Floppy drive are both gone. A > working mac... with no boot media! What Now? The HDD makes a noise > that sounds like *high pitched squeal* click, *high pitched squeal* > click, *high pitched squeal* click, etc. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
