Actually, it's not that hard to replace the capacitors. It could be easily done with two hours work at the most.
Eric --- On Sun, 6/26/11, Wesley Furr <wes...@megley.com> wrote: From: Wesley Furr <wes...@megley.com> Subject: RE: Strange Sound after Startup Chime (Dying Capacitors) To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 12:40 PM Ugh...that doesn't bode well! I guess emulation will be the way to "use" our vintage computers in the future... Wesley They all go bad after a long lifetime. The plaugue happened when I was working at a computer repair shop. I went from seeing very few problems caused by capacitors to resoldering caps and replacing motherboards almost daily. The formula messup might have been bad for consumers, but it certainly was good for repair shops. Anything recent from around 04-07 would have this specific problem, but yeah overall after 10-15 years capacitors are just done. Good example of this is my Sega Game Gear. Got one for christmas back in 1994 and played it daily. After many years of it sitting in a closet, I went to use it and realized the sound was gone. Turns out I just have to replace those capacitors too. Same issue with my Macintosh Portable stuff. -- ----- 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/ -- ----- 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/
