"Am I the first person to discover this?" is a tricky question when it comes to classic Macs, some of the most pored-over devices and boards on the planet. But there's a lot to suggest that user paul.gaastra, on the 68kMLA vintage Mac forum, has been right for more than a decade: One of the capacitors on the Apple mid-'90s Mac LC III was installed backward due to faulty silkscreen printing on the board. It seems unlikely that Apple will issue a factory recall for the LC III—or the related LC III+, or Performa models 450, 460, 466, or 467 with the same board design.

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  • The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists
    Brown notes that the predecessor Mac LC and LC II had the correct connections, as did the LC 475, which uses the same power supply scheme. This makes him "confident that Apple made a boo-boo on the LC ...
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