Nope. High Voltage in there my friend. If the screen is black, then some of the notoriously underpowered components in the video circuitry have fried. It's all easily repairable, but you will need to be handy with a soldering iron.
If you are serious about becoming a vintage Mac collector, you should pick up a copy of Larry Pina's book Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets You can pick up properly formatted boot disks at http://macbootdisk.com for sale, or contact list members platni...@gmail.com, or d.col...@online.ie who will make you whatever you need for free. On Mar 2, 10:42 pm, Patrick Miller <phatpatric...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The screen on the 512k is not coming on do you think I could just open > it up and clean it out? -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/