wkp@beta.lanl.gov (Bill Peter) (09/01/88)
Someone here has an old 512K Macintosh whose power board has just gone out (according to the local dealer who will charge $200 to fix it). My question is, is it worth it to have the dealer do it, or can power boards be bought and simply replaced by a Mac user? Who sells them? Do they also come with new motherboards carrying the new (128) ROM? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance for any help.
werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (09/01/88)
In article <21317@beta.lanl.gov>, wkp@beta.lanl.gov (Bill Peter) writes: > Keywords: Where can I buy them cheaply with instructions? you don't buy them, you repair them > Someone here has an old 512K Macintosh whose power board has > just gone out (according to the local dealer who will > charge $200 to fix it). don't pay that! > My question is, is it worth it to have the dealer do it, or > can power boards be bought and simply replaced by a Mac user? call 1-800-874-2288 (Total Systems Integration, Eugene OR) they fix boards at $65 fixed cost. they also sell parts, if you can figure out the board; often boards need no more than reheating some solder or replacing a few parts ... > Who sells them? noone I know .... (I used to know some place once...) > Do they also come with new motherboards you mean an upgrade to a Plus? ask them... > carrying the new (128) ROM? Any recommendations? ROMs are a dealer item and only come in a ROM-drive upgrade package (if still available). actually, one can pick up a used Plus cheap enough that a broken old 128k or 512k is hardly worth the trouble ... $200 max ... -- --------------------> PREFERED-RETURN-ADDRESS-FOLLOWS <--------------------- (ARPA) werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Internet: 128.83.144.1) (INTERNET) werner%rascal.ics.utexas.edu@cs.utexas.edu (UUCP) ..!utastro!werner or ..!uunet!rascal.ics.utexas.edu!werner
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (09/02/88)
I had mine done and it cost $169. It can not be done by a non-dealer, and if it could I doubt they would sell it to you. It also seems to have added about a pound to the weight of my Mac.... Only took an hour to install though.... Mark Cookson