Macintosh SE hisses/whistles when turned on. No video
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, All.
I ordered a Macintosh SE from eBay the other day in working condition. As I'm sure you've all experienced before, USPS really doesn't care about your packages, so when I saw the USPS guy throw it off the truck I had a feeling it wasn't going to work... and I was right.
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When I connect power and flip the switch, the computer makes a fairly loud hissing/whistling sound. I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Here's the sound: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt3pfBtfoU|Video 1] [video|737]
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When I connect power and flip the switch, the computer makes a fairly loud hissing/whistling sound. I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Here's the sound: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt3pfBtfoU|Video 1]
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[video|737]
The screen doesn't display anything, it doesn't even seem to be turning on (I haven't felt any static on it afterwards). The first time I turned it on it made a bunch of clicking sounds as well. After trying a few more times, it doesn't make the clicking sounds anymore and it does successfully play the boot chime, although without a screen I'm not sure whether it's actually booting or not. I'm hoping the hard drive still works, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I took the case off, and I don't see anything that looks specifically broken. There don't appear to be any burst caps, although I wasn't able to remove the logic board, so I couldn't really check that.
And lastly, I recorded a video with the case off while turning it on. I couldn't figure out where the sound was coming from, but when I turned off all of the lights I noticed that the very tip of the picture tube seems to be flickering (only barely visible at the very end).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsgJyLOSNiE|Power Up Without Case]
I'm really hoping I'm able to fix this because I've wanted an SE since I was quite young.
Macintosh SE hisses/whistles when turned on. No video
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, All.
I ordered a Macintosh SE from eBay the other day in working condition. As I'm sure you've all experienced before, USPS really doesn't care about your packages, so when I saw the USPS guy throw it off the truck I had a feeling it wasn't going to work... and I was right.
-
When I connect power and flip the switch, the computer makes a fairly loud hissing/whistling sound. I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Here's the sound: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt3pfBtfoU|Video 1]
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When I connect power and flip the switch, the computer makes a fairly loud hissing/whistling sound. I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Here's the sound: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt3pfBtfoU|Video 1] [video|737]
The screen doesn't display anything, it doesn't even seem to be turning on (I haven't felt any static on it afterwards). The first time I turned it on it made a bunch of clicking sounds as well. After trying a few more times, it doesn't make the clicking sounds anymore and it does successfully play the boot chime, although without a screen I'm not sure whether it's actually booting or not. I'm hoping the hard drive still works, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I took the case off, and I don't see anything that looks specifically broken. There don't appear to be any burst caps, although I wasn't able to remove the logic board, so I couldn't really check that.
And lastly, I recorded a video with the case off while turning it on. I couldn't figure out where the sound was coming from, but when I turned off all of the lights I noticed that the very tip of the picture tube seems to be flickering (only barely visible at the very end).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsgJyLOSNiE|Power Up Without Case]
I'm really hoping I'm able to fix this because I've wanted an SE since I was quite young.
Macintosh SE hisses/whistles when turned on. No video
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, All.
I ordered a Macintosh SE from eBay the other day in working condition. As I'm sure you've all experienced before, USPS really doesn't care about your packages, so when I saw the USPS guy throw it off the truck I had a feeling it wasn't going to work... and I was right.
When I connect power and flip the switch, the computer makes a fairly loud hissing/whistling sound. I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Here's the sound: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt3pfBtfoU|Video 1]
The screen doesn't display anything, it doesn't even seem to be turning on (I haven't felt any static on it afterwards). The first time I turned it on it made a bunch of clicking sounds as well. After trying a few more times, it doesn't make the clicking sounds anymore and it does successfully play the boot chime, although without a screen I'm not sure whether it's actually booting or not. I'm hoping the hard drive still works, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I took the case off, and I don't see anything that looks specifically broken. There don't appear to be any burst caps, although I wasn't able to remove the logic board, so I couldn't really check that.
Here's some pictures I took with the case off:
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7016.JPG|Image 1]
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7017.JPG|Image 2]
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7019.JPG|Image 3]
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7020.JPG|Image 4]
And here's some fly-by videos I took of the case, one is with an extra light, one is without:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-3s6EPkkE|Video 1]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZnd8lV3-2g|Video 2]
And lastly, I recorded a video with the case off while turning it on. I couldn't figure out where the sound was coming from, but when I turned off all of the lights I noticed that the very tip of the picture tube seems to be flickering (only barely visible at the very end).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsgJyLOSNiE|Power Up Without Case]
I'm really hoping I'm able to fix this because I've wanted an SE since I was quite young.
Macintosh SE hisses/whistles when turned on. No video
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, All.
I ordered a Macintosh SE from eBay the other day in working condition. As I'm sure you've all experienced before, USPS really doesn't care about your packages, so when I saw the USPS guy throw it off the truck I had a feeling it wasn't going to work... and I was right.
When I connect power and flip the switch, the computer makes a fairly loud hissing/whistling sound. I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Here's the sound: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt3pfBtfoU|Video 1]
The screen doesn't display anything, it doesn't even seem to be turning on (I haven't felt any static on it afterwards). The first time I turned it on it made a bunch of clicking sounds as well. After trying a few more times, it doesn't make the clicking sounds anymore and it does successfully play the boot chime, although without a screen I'm not sure whether it's actually booting or not. I'm hoping the hard drive still works, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I took the case off, and I don't see anything that looks specifically broken. There don't appear to be any burst caps, although I wasn't able to remove the logic board, so I couldn't really check that.
Here's some pictures I took with the case off:
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7016.JPG|Image 1]
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7017.JPG|Image 2]
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7019.JPG|Image 3]
[http://dl.ericwhitehead.org/macse/IMG_7020.JPG|Image 4]
And here's some fly-by videos I took of the case, one is with an extra light, one is without:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-3s6EPkkE|Video 1]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZnd8lV3-2g|Video 2]
And lastly, I recorded a video with the case off while turning it on. I couldn't figure out where the sound was coming from, but when I turned off all of the lights I noticed that the very tip of the picture tube seems to be flickering (only barely visible at the very end).
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsgJyLOSNiE|Power Up Without Case]
I'm really hoping I'm able to fix this because I've wanted an SE since I was quite young.