Fixing this vintage Mac was easy...until it wasn't

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Published on April 4, 2025 2:23:46 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLFa6II7Hg

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It's a good thing I like the SE/30 as much as I do, considering what this one put me through.

My BlueSCSI expansion slot bracket model: https://www.printables.com/model/813709-mac-se-and-se30-bluescsi-v2-expansion-port-bracket

00:00 - Introduction
01:53 - I bet I know what's wrong
04:24 - We still have work to do
07:30 - Totally unnecessary over-analysis of some RAM sticks
08:15 - Did I screw it up?
08:46 - Totally unnecessary over-analysis of a missing screw
09:14 - Recapping the PSU
10:30 - I'm an idiot
10:56 - Odds and ends
13:12 - A wolf in sheep's clothing
14:11 - It works! Kind of
15:55 - I bet you think the video's over now
16:22 - A sudden betrayal
18:51 - Don't tell me what I can't do

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/).
Intro music by Dan Mason (https://danmason.bandcamp.com/) based on elements by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).