Building a Brand New Macintosh SE/30 Logic Board, continued!

[@danielcalvo1337]

Nice to see that your persistence on getting this old system working paid off! That was a cool journey -- thank you for taking us along.

[@OddObsolete]

Thanks for watching!

[@dave4shmups]

I agree! That was a lot of work and took some serious dedication!

[@erichkohl9317]

That new logic board is a work of art IMO.

[@CralexKokiri]

Great to see this ancient one saved from the landfill. Even if it results in a shorter video, I’d be interested to see any future updates to this unit. (New RTC chip, BlueSCSI, etc )

[@OddObsolete]

Thanks, I’ll probably do a follow-up video with some upgrades at some point!

[@IOSam]

One more vintage SE/30 saved from ending in a landfill... Keep doing the Lord's work my friend! I'll sure be here watching!!

[@OddObsolete]

Awesome! 😎

[@reallyryan_]

fantastic stuff mate love seeing vintage tech restored rather than sitting in a landfill somewhere, you deserve mre subs!!

[@TAGMedia7]

I miss this channel.

[@bryans8656]

I was truly impressed to see what you were able to do with that old Mac.

[@jamiecruickshank9697]

I found your channel at the start of this series and I am shocked you don't have as much subscribers as your audio and video editing is up there with the 1M subscriber KZbin channels. I hope to see your channel grow!

[@OddObsolete]

Wow, thank you!

[@dkmillares]

A therapeutic video!

[@FrankConforti]

If it’s about having a working computer, just go buy one. If you want that rush when the all-but-dead, ready for the e-waste pile returns from the dead then just do it. BTW, on the rust issue for the chassis parts I HIGHLY recommend buying a gallon of Evaporust and soak the parts in a shallow plastic tray. It does a stellar job of removing all of the rust and, believe it or not, seems to minimize the pitting that occurs when you grind off the loose rust. It’s non-toxic and reusable until it turns a very ugly color of dark brown. I’ve used it on computer chassis’s and old tools I like to restore. It does come in a gel if you have a small job but it isn’t cost effective for bigger jobs. I’ve experimented with it on corroded PCBs with minimal luck. It’s chemical makeup works mostly on anything with iron in it, not copper. It does, however, get rid of rust from corroded steel in close contact with pcbs. Great job BTW.

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

What an outstanding project. I bet it was very rewarding to finally get it booting

[@felinegoatzapper]

awesome work ! looking forward to seeing more videos like this.

[@spenmac]

I now own solder/de-soldering and hot-air station/bench PSU and have started doing little repairs here and there. One of these days I am going to do a proper full computer repair like this.

[@OddObsolete]

Nice!

[@ryan-zv6xp]

It's neat that we can remanufacture things like this! Thank you for the video, nice work!

[@OddObsolete]

Thanks for watching!

[@hbarcellos76]

You’re the king of soldering!

[@dennisud]

You have more heart and skill than me. Good luck in bringing these old ones back to life!

[@jakubpouzar3365]

This is the first video featuring the Bolle board I've ever seen. Great work!

Back in my poor-mans amiga days (only A600 w 2MB of RAM and later A1200 with an HDD) I'd consider a 68030 a pretty powerful CPU - it's kind of weird seeing it in a machine that can only do black and white graphics ;) Anyway, nice restoration, glad to see you doing videos again!

[@OddObsolete]

Yeah, despite the monochrome display, the SE/30 was a performance beast when it came out in ‘88!

[@draggonhedd]

@@OddObsolete Isn't it amazing what HD video lets you see these days?

[@tronicit]

Great job! Congratulations on bringing your Mac back to life.

[@DKJones96]

Couldn't agree more with the conclusion. If you count time, we could get away with fully working stuff much cheaper than we do but the repair adventure is a big part of the experience! I'm very guilty of spending tons of time, effort, and money on a repair and then hardly ever using the device again. I'm also sure I have an ATTINY85 in the stash somewhere...

[@OddObsolete]

Hehe, same here! I did manage to get some tiny85s after all, but thanks for offering! ❤️

[@Fred_Raimer]

Absolutely brilliant. Congratulations on a job well done!

[@MrLurchsThings]

Beautiful work mate 👍

[@OddObsolete]

Thank you!

[@KrishnaDraws]

Excellent revival. I really enjoyed seeing the process.

[@jpkoskimaa]

Gräjt jobb! ..but seriously, great two-parter video and super informative, makes me want to bring home an untested SE/30 myself right away...

[@succtoe5536]

cool

[@chrisdunderdale]

Amazing work!

[@valentine_puppy]

Where are you at? Are you coming back? I like your videos so far.

[@OddObsolete]

Glad to hear it! I do have backlog of videos that I’d still like to do, but have just been super busy with other stuff, and now I’ve lost so much momentum in video making that it’ll take some effort to pick it back up. But that said, I totally have the ambition to get back on it! :)

[@gentle285]

Very nice job!

[@X-OR_]

Great Job !!!!

[@mufeedco]

Nice work.

[@insanelydigitalvids]

Yup, it's the "journey" that is the important part... as well as playing Dark Castle. 🙂

[@Hellocrafting]

2:13 idk if it matters but you forgot to tin a leg on the Ram sockets (if you look one/two pin's up and slightly to the left from d13 you'll see it)

[@OddObsolete]

Well spotted! :D I think I must have gotten that one later, but I’ll have to double check next time I have the board out. Both banks pass the tests in Snooper in any case.

[@mesterak]

Nice work. You have some mad skills!

[@BENDER_TECH]

totally worth it

[@LeChucklas]

Awesome work...an SE/30 has fallen into my hands only this week (and for free!!). Upon opening it up (didn't even try to power it on thankfully!) its got some pretty bad corrosion, some traces have been eaten away and my RTC chip looks unsalvageable. Have stopped the corrosion and started cleaning it up/removing destroyed components and I'm currently trying to decide if the board can be saved, which would take me months of work! But having seen this series it may be better to just get a new board?! Like you I'm in it for the journey and I'm determined to see this Mac breathe again...

[@OddObsolete]

Would definitely go for a new board! Even if you manage for patch up the old one, there could still be remnants of battery goo embedded in the glass fiber of the board, causing new issues in the future. Best of luck with your project!

[@peterw.gstettner7737]

I am really happy to see the possibility to even salvage such a mess. And I am a big fan of the se/30 ;-) Q: where do you get a new PCB for an old SE/30 from?

[@OddObsolete]

Check out part 1 for the answer to that question :)

[@peterw.gstettner7737]

@@OddObsolete Thanks, found out just a few minutes later. Hopefully, I will never need it, but good to know, just in case.

[@mypeeps1965]

nice

[@InitialiseDisk]

Must have been so satisfying to see it work! What temp do you have your soldering iron at?

[@OddObsolete]

It sure was! :) I cant remember the temp exactly, but I think around 340-360C for most of this project.

[@InitialiseDisk]

@@OddObsolete Great thank you!

[@sparkybrit]

Can you share a link to the KiCad schematics?

[@gilbertvera1678]

Did u ever get to check the rtc replaced for the se ?

[@LegacyIvyTerascale]

you saved a tresure , so YEAH it was worth it

[@90Braineater]

🤘🤘🤘

[@DavidW-de9wk]

Do you still have any of the extra SE/30 replacement boards that you want to sell? I'm in the same situation and about to make the order on PCB Way for the 5 board minimum + bottom assembly. Thought I'd just check with you first.😀

[@ChrisFredriksson]

Två helt underbara videos till, riktigt skoj att följa! Jag är inte så mycket för MAC, vet att en granne hade en sådan, tyckte den såg lite tuff ut men aldrig intresserat mig för dem. Har inget emot de, bara inte min grej bara. Hur som helst, jag håller definitivt med om att resan till att få den fungerande är det absolut skojigaste, även om jag personligen inte är super på felsökning.

[@OddObsolete]

Lyckades få tag på några sen trots allt, men stort tack för erbjudandet! ❤️

[@ChrisFredriksson]

@@OddObsolete Nu är det alldeles för lång tid sedan du gjorde en video, hoppas allt är bra och att du haft en massa roligt och spännande för dig. Kanske till och med något du vill visa här på kanalen? 😃😋❤