Well, I got at least one eMac working. I took the one Dan gave me on Saturday, and swapped in the motherboard out of the one that was arcing. Low and behold, it comes right up. I swapped in my DVD burner and hard drive from my B&W G3, and that machine is now officaly retired.

This 1.25ghz G4 feels so much faster, even with only 256mb of RAM currently. I will upgrade it to 2gb sooner or later, and put leopard on it, but right now, it feels great running tiger. I love the higher screen resolution.

Two small issues though: The CRT is a bit pinkish. I checked my connections for video, but nothing. Does that mean it's dying? if so I need to find a replacment really quick. The other one is there is a small bit of black something stuck on the inside of the tube. It is about the size of a single pixle, and only noticable when I am on a white screen.

Other than that, this is the most awesome mac I have ever owned.

-digital