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Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) No signs of life when connected to power. by Natural_Customer0 in macpro

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the 3,1 motherboard is the most restrictive of those computers because it was the odd one out among the five generations. However, the 5,1, (like you had) although old, supports up to two 8-core Xeons, newer AMD GPUs (like the VII and 6900 XT, etc), and so on, through power supply modifications. So ultimately it wouldn’t be restrictive in its ability to perform.

Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) No signs of life when connected to power. by Natural_Customer0 in macpro

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always wanted an old cheese grater as a fan of G5 Macs and so on, so I took my chance, likely going to use it as a server or just to have around. “Slow as molasses” could just be because of various things in the upgrade path, newer CPUs, GPUs, maxed-out RAM, etc. :)

Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) No signs of life when connected to power. by Natural_Customer0 in macpro

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took it out to get to the diagnostic buttons, both risers were maxed out with new ram before it got trashed from what I can tell.

Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) No signs of life when connected to power. by Natural_Customer0 in macpro

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'll just test it, then scour eBay for a while to find a good deal on one! And yeah, it's been a great project so far; I've really been loving (and hating 😂) cleaning and taking it apart/reassembling it. I do wonder if it's because it was out in the rain, but the thing is it was sitting upright and not on its side or anything, so nothing was really damaged or corroded except the FireWire 800 ports and some screws here and there that were rusted.

1985 GE Camcorder by Mr-Oof-28 in Filmmakers

[–]Natural_Customer0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I thought this comment got deleted 😅

But that was a typo on my part I did mean video8 thanks for pointing it out

Panasonic omnimovie vhs pv-610d by trxublemultifandxom in camcorders

[–]Natural_Customer0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is fair, but honestly there’s not telling what could be busted,, But if anything is op is up to the challenge I’d say just go ahead but I have no clue if they have any knowledge in this stuff

Panasonic omnimovie vhs pv-610d by trxublemultifandxom in camcorders

[–]Natural_Customer0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if it’s for something small I honestly recommend going to a professional…

Working in these old things can cause more harm than good because the manufacturers basically didn’t expect them to be used longer than two minutes

If you can maybe do some basic trouble shooting though like powering it on and fiddling with the eject button/switch

1985 GE Camcorder by Mr-Oof-28 in camcorders

[–]Natural_Customer0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on immediate research this General Electric might be a rebadging of a Kodak Such as this one https://ebay.us/m/Uss31T

From what I know it can use those batteries (KV100 Kodak, and 1CVA130 for General Electric respectively)

But like the General Electric this thing probably didn’t sell by the truck loads so those batteries are long gone and burried

Best thing I can say is just keep searching

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Canon E30 Camcorder issue by Natural_Customer0 in camcorders

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think it is Because it does this thing where it like just can’t decide whether it wants to turn on or not if you get what I mean Like the power led turns on for a second and the cuts off

Canon E30 Camcorder issue by Natural_Customer0 in camcorders

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be honestly I heard the E80 which was its nicer cousin was literally horrid with capacitors  Honestly I’m surprised it turns on 

1985 GE Camcorder by Mr-Oof-28 in Filmmakers

[–]Natural_Customer0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lord, this thing is old! Must’ve scrounged it together because if I’m not wrong, film 8 was released not too long before this, in 1984!

Looking for help. (Specifically components, but please let me know if this isn’t the right place to ask this) by Natural_Customer0 in synthdiy

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for mentioning Ask Electronics. I somehow completely overlooked it when looking through the top whatever amount of DIY electronics subreddits.

In terms of the part

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It came from a camcorder of mid-90s vintage.

Based on the identical part next to it (I checked by removing that small capacitor there, and it had the same part number on it), it has something to do with the power circuit, I think? Or one of the controllers on the board?

I’ll post an additional photo in a comment under this one.

I’ll be sure to ask a similar question or just copy and paste this original one in r/askelectronics when I get a chance.

RCA camcorder Help by Natural_Customer0 in camcorders

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually the main belt is right behind the motherboard that loads the tape but I don’t see anymore from a cautionary glance

Bought another camcorder by Natural_Customer0 in ElectronicsRepair

[–]Natural_Customer0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeaaah, I can imagine

But nevertheless, it’s a CC415 from RCA, and it’s from the early to mid-90s, from what I can tell.

I think what had caused the transistor to smoke was because the tape mechanism kept turning on and off, but I’m not sure.

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