Re: Dead Mac Plus Screen

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From: mel
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 09:02

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>Another problem from Happy Valley - after about 1/2 hour of use, my Mac Plus
>will start having video problems... the screen will just blank out. Tapping
>on the side of the machine will restore it temporarily, but after a few more

Check for two or three "cold solder joints" on the back of the vertical
circuit board on the left side of the Mac Plus (looking from the front).

These joints account for about 80% of the Mac Plus failures.

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