Zebra Lines Apple Macintosh SE/30

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Zebra Lines Apple Macintosh SE/30

Hello, i just got a SE/30 from a friend. i brought it home and plugged everything in, and it booted up fine. it didn't have a startup beep like they are know for, but i just "never mined" it. so then may be 2 days later i go and turn on the switch on the back and i got the "Zebra Lines". i tried hitting the reset button, but it didn't work. i am not sure what to do now. i want to get this thing back up and running properly. if anybody has an answer on how to fix the "Zebra Lines", i'd really like to know. i wish it would just magically turn on. Thanks Everybody.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Macintosh SE/30, Apple Image Writer II Printer, Ipod (Original) Classic

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 10:06 PM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Oct 18, 2010 12:39 PM in response to Revinriley

Those old monochrome Macs use Memory-mapped display buffer. When you see stripes on the screen, that is what is happening in RAM memory. You may need to remove and re-seat the RAM modules.

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Revinriley Author

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Oct 18, 2010 4:47 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

i went to do what you said, and i unclicked all th cables from the motherboard, and i heard a "crack". it was the glass video thing that the crt connects to the computer. i tried to superglue it back together, but it didn't work. any ideas on how to fix it now?
i feel supper crazy and stupid. "OUGH"

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Oct 18, 2010 5:11 PM in response to Revinriley

Sorry to hear that.

The capillary tube at the neck of the CRT tube is used to evacuate the last traces of gas from inside the CRT bottle. Breaking it ruins the vacuum inside the bottle and ruins the CRT. It is not repairable.

To use this Mac again, you will need a working CRT tube.

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Revinriley Author

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Oct 18, 2010 5:18 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

oh, ok. i will have to face the facts. it looks good as a display computer, and i have quiet alot of friends say that it looks cool. i guess i am back to where i started. the computer is unusable. but it looks good. thanks for your help. any advice on what i could do with it (other than trash it) to make some parts usable, like the hard drive, or anything?

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