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From: matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73550000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac SE problem
Summary: tin-plated SIMMs
Keywords: erase your rams :-)
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Date: 30 Apr 88 04:32:30 GMT
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Reply-To: matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU ((Matthew T. Kaufman))
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I just fixed a Mac SE which was displaying the following symptom:

 Turn on the Mac...
 and you get a Sad Mac with a low-numbered hex number

The total repair cost was quoted to be over $150 by several different
people, when the person having this problem came to me.

The solution was to remove the main logic board,... remove all of
the RAM memory (in SIMMs) and erase the edge connectors using a
high quality eraser. Then replace the SIMMs.

The Mac now works fine.

If you experience a similar problem, you may wish to attempt
this before spending 'lots of money' (college students don't have this)

(The opinions herein are my own (sometimes). Warrenty may not be valid after
this operation (but it should be). Have fun.)

Matthew Kaufman
matthew@ucsck.ucsc.edu, matthew@ucscb.ucsc.edu, ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucsck!matthew
(flames are unnecessary,... direct via e-mail if required)