Job lot in the pipeline, collect on Friday

Very nice indeed, that bit of Graphite goodness is the only iBook I've ever really wanted. Nice nab! :approve:

Nice score! and yeah i can say the seller is very friendly, gave me my PC compatibility card for free when i picked my lot up (always wanted one of those..)

From what he said to me he has a lot of stuff, so proabley worth taking some extra cash

Ahhh, that lot was from the same bloke? He said he has a load of stuff to get rid of; I get the feeling his wife might have something to do with it

I quite fancy a Cube but darnt for the same reason - my wife thinks I have Apples hidden all over the house - just as well she doesn't get in the loft much !

Cheers

Hugh

Yeah, my lot was from the same guy

hah, i know what you say, my mum always has that expression of "You brought another computer...." especially when i brought that big lot

Would like a cube tho, maybe i could sneak one onto my desk without anyone noticing...

... and today's surprise, an iBook 1.33 complete with kernel panics for £5.50 (just over $ 8) .

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261251505597?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Hopefully will only need a new install, as the hard drive is a complete pig to change.

Lucky I've got next week off as there's going to be lots of things to take apart

Cheers

Hugh

Usually kernel panics are a bad flow on the airport area of the motherboard (bottom side). Suggest disabling it and that will usually stop.

Thanks, I was not aware this is so common a problem (I'm typing this on my own iBook 1.33 now), will look at the KP if I can get the thing to boot at all.

Can you disable airport from boot disc or open firmware? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1512347?start=0&tstart=0 seems to think so as long as you don't try and make it persistent, in which case the whole thing is screwed up.

Also, a possible fix? http://edpw.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/a-fix-for-ibook-g4-airport-kernel-panics/

Just musing, as I haven't actually got the thing yet ...

Cheers,

Hugh

I didn't install wireless but the second link is what I did. It's stable until I turn airport on so I leave it off. Reseating the card did nothing.

Thanks again; I've done some more reading, and if it is the airport causing panics, I can disable the kexts responsible as above and use a USB wifi adapter I have spare.

However, the seller stated sometimes the iBook won't boot, so it could be more basic stuff like bad RAM.

Just have to wait and see I suppose, now I understand why there were so few bidders.

Cheers

Hugh

Even if it does turn out to be a bad motherboard, you have spare parts for your other 1.33!

It will cause no boot a lot when it tries to put power to it on start up. That's why the article states if you can get to boot turn it off.

Well, I finally got around to looking at the damaged iBook, and it will not always boot as Macdrone says, but holding down hard to the left of the trackpad helps.

I started it in Target Disk Mode and cloned the whole system over from my working iBook, then backed up and removed the relevant Airport kexts.

A restart put it straight into Open Firmware (?? !!), another resulted in a black screen, and so it seems I have to continue using the heavy hand to get it to boot normally.

I have restored wireless connectivity by buying an inexpensive Ralink based USB wifi thingy - seems all good so far as once booted I haven't had one panic, and the screen keeps running and restarts even after sleeps.

I reckon a shim in the bottom casing may sort the booting out.

Thanks to Macdrone for the assistance [] ]'>

Plus I've finally got the iBook graphite fully working - I stripped it down, resoldered the power connector, put an 80gb 5400rpm drive in, an extra 512mb RAM, a 128 bit airport card and a new battery.

Firmware updated through OS 9.2.2.

Tiger running nicely, but sloooowwwwwllllyyyy on the internet with TenFourFox.

I love it, but I may have to operate again to try get the bus speed up (and consequently the multiplier down), and go for 533mhz. I hear they won't go much higher, but that should make all the difference - like I said before, this one's a keeper.

I'm pleased that I managed to fix the missing apple leaf in the lid - I painted in the colour then dripped expoxy resin in until it filled the hole and formed a dome contour - it's not a perfect match but I can do it again once I get hold of the exact colour paint.

I have a 1024x768 LCD from the box of spare bits the seller gave me, I'm just searching for the rare cable Apple part #922-5368, then I can upgrade the screen as per http://forums.macnn.com/73/hardware-hacking/305763/clamshell-ibook-questions-lcd-cd-logic/ and http://maclassic.com/wiki/Clamshell_iBook_LCD_Upgrade.

Lastly, I also scored a firewire portable DVD drive from the box of bits, and once I matched the right power supply from one of my boxes of bits I have an external DVD burner to play with.

The other stuff still awaiting evaluation etc.

Cheers

Hugh

Gratz on getting they book going. I just turned airport off and rebooted fast. Took less time just in case I open it up and use a heat gun to repair someday.

Umm, have heat gun, but my first attempt at it was trying to put a G4 onto a Pismo daughter board, and it ended up a total mess.

I find it's easier with minute solder repairs to use conductive paint applied with a pin and under a magnifying glass, that way you can scrape away any excess.

It worked when I overclocked the Pismo G3 500 to 550, and I will probably do the same when I get around to trying to overclock the clamshell.

Cheers

Have an early start tomorrow (06:00) so I'm off to bed - it's 22:20 here, 'night !

Huh, conductive paint. I've heard of it, but never gave it much mind. I figured it couldn't stand up to the job of something like mounting a processor. Guess I was wrong. This could be useful for a few projects I have in the wings.

I don't know how far you can go with conductive paint; I've only used it to repair bad connections, or a blob of it to bridge gaps when overclocking, but over time the work seems to have held OK.

Cheers

Hugh

Conductive paint works a treat for overclocking Macs - it goes on like sticky glue (hence apply with a pin as Hugh suggests), but dries tough. It's not failed me in many Mac overclocks over the years.