carter@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Thomas J. Carter) (01/10/90)
The power supply on my SE died and I replaced it myself. Consequently, I still have the old one. Does anyone know what the cause of power supply death usually is and how it might be fixed? If it's usually just a simple capacitor replacement or something like that then I'd like to do that and then sell it as a functional power supply. If nobody has any ideas of how to fix the old one, what can I do with it? Can I sell it to someone who can fix it or use it for something else? Thanks. Tom Carter carter@neon.stanford.edu
MARCELO@phoenix.princeton.edu (MARCELO) (01/11/90)
In article <1990Jan9.214357.29911@Neon.Stanford.EDU> carter@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Thomas J. Carter) writes: > it? Can I sell it to someone who can fix it or use it for something > else? .. As it turns out Apple is the one that repairs them .. Usually (when something goes wrong with a Mac) the dealer will send in the bad part for a replacement part .. Apple then sends a reworked part back to the dealer and then you have a "new" part .. Now you can also just go and purchase the part from the dealer (or whomever) at a slightly higher price .. As far as I know Apple is the only one that fiddles with these parts .. Then again I could be wrong .. .. Marcelo ..
RBAUER@oregon.uoregon.edu (Robert Bauer) (01/11/90)
In article <12844@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, MARCELO@phoenix.princeton.edu (MARCELO) writes: > In article <1990Jan9.214357.29911@Neon.Stanford.EDU> > carter@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Thomas J. Carter) writes: >> it? Can I sell it to someone who can fix it or use it for something >> else? > > .. As it turns out Apple is the one that repairs them .. Usually > (when something goes wrong with a Mac) the dealer will send in the bad > part for a replacement part .. Apple then sends a reworked part back to > the dealer and then you have a "new" part .. Now you can also just go and > purchase the part from the dealer (or whomever) at a slightly higher price > ... As far as I know Apple is the only one that fiddles with these parts .. > Then again I could be wrong .. > > .. Marcelo .. Soft Solutions in Eugene, Oregon repairs motherboards and power supplies for everything from a 128K to Mac II (but none of the 68030 Macs) in addition to repair parts. They're at 503-461-1136. Disclaimer: I work for the University of Oregon but do some technical consulting for Soft Solutions.
ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) (01/12/90)
In article <1990Jan9.214357.29911@Neon.Stanford.EDU> carter@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Thomas J. Carter) writes: >The power supply on my SE died and I replaced it myself. Consequently, >I still have the old one. Does anyone know what the cause of power >supply death usually is and how it might be fixed? > I just got a packet of information for a place called Soft Solutions, which calls itself "THE Alternative Source for Macintosh Service and Parts". They are located at 907 River Road, Suite #98, Eugene OR 97404, (503) 485-4529. They offer a number of "kits" and supplies for do-it-yourself repairs, for example the "Plus/512K/128K Upgrade/Repair Kit" inlcudes a new flyback transformer, capacitors, rectifiers, plugs, etc for $51. A similar "SE Analog Board Repair Kit" which they claim "Provides parts to repair 95% of failed boards..." sells for $41. They also sell the individual components as well as cases, complete analog boards and will do repairs. BTW, they included a schematic of the SE analog board with all this info at no cost "...provided for educational purposes only...." (with LOTS of disclaimers :-). They sell similar schematics for the plus, etc. ANYWAY, I have absolutely no personal experience with these guys, so DON'T TAKE THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION!!! I just thought it was interesting, and that other people might make use of the information. For more details, contact Soft Solutions at the address/phone above (don't ask me, 'cause I don''t know anything more than I've already written :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd Ostroff, Technical Director ||||||| System Administrator, "The CallBoard" Theatre Department, SUNY Oswego ||||||| Serving the performing arts since 1986 (315) 341-2987 ||||||| (315) 947-6414 300/1200/2400 baud 8N1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!gizzmo!cboard!ostroff
RBAUER@oregon.uoregon.edu (Robert Bauer) (01/13/90)
In article <1990Jan11.162536.4502@oswego.Oswego.EDU>, ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) writes: > In article <1990Jan9.214357.29911@Neon.Stanford.EDU> carter@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Thomas J. Carter) writes: >>The power supply on my SE died and I replaced it myself. Consequently, >>I still have the old one. Does anyone know what the cause of power >>supply death usually is and how it might be fixed? >> > > I just got a packet of information for a place called Soft Solutions, > which calls itself "THE Alternative Source for Macintosh Service and Parts". > They are located at 907 River Road, Suite #98, Eugene OR 97404, > (503) 485-4529. > > They offer a number of "kits" and supplies for do-it-yourself repairs, > for example the "Plus/512K/128K Upgrade/Repair Kit" inlcudes a new flyback > transformer, capacitors, rectifiers, plugs, etc for $51. A similar > "SE Analog Board Repair Kit" which they claim "Provides parts to repair > 95% of failed boards..." sells for $41. They also sell the individual > components as well as cases, complete analog boards and will do repairs. > BTW, they included a schematic of the SE analog board with all this info > at no cost "...provided for educational purposes only...." (with LOTS of > disclaimers :-). They sell similar schematics for the plus, etc. > > ANYWAY, I have absolutely no personal experience with these guys, so > DON'T TAKE THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION!!! I just thought it was interesting, > and that other people might make use of the information. For more details, > contact Soft Solutions at the address/phone above (don't ask me, 'cause > I don''t know anything more than I've already written :-) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Boyd Ostroff, Technical Director ||||||| System Administrator, "The CallBoard" > Theatre Department, SUNY Oswego ||||||| Serving the performing arts since 1986 > (315) 341-2987 ||||||| (315) 947-6414 300/1200/2400 baud 8N1 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!gizzmo!cboard!ostroff That's their FAX #. Their voice line is 503 461 1136