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My Mac Classic's screen shrinks and jitters a bit when there's disk access. Lately, the hard drive has been spinning up for a few moments when first powered on,…
· 3 posts · started 2 Apr 2012 - 21:32 · last 5 Apr 2012 - 09:58
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Hey, everybody! I just wanted to let you know that I am taking clients who would like to have their SE/30 logic boards recapped. I have all the tools I need to …
· 27 posts · started 26 Nov 2009 - 07:48 · last 4 Apr 2012 - 16:23
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I want to go through a stack of batteries I have that piled up for my Indigo clamshell iBook but unlike later on in 10.6 and a white Macbook where I can just pl…
· 3 posts · started 1 Apr 2012 - 18:05 · last 2 Apr 2012 - 01:25
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The SE/30 which I acquired the other day had next-to-nonexistent volume. I removed the logic board from the machine and took a closer look. There was liquid poo…
· 15 posts · started 22 Feb 2012 - 16:21 · last 1 Apr 2012 - 09:44
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. . . evisceration. 8) My DOA CD SC is just about ready to rise from the ashes in a Phoenix-like conversion into an, Intel Inside, Dual Core (Snow White design …
· 19 posts · started 25 Mar 2012 - 20:51 · last 31 Mar 2012 - 21:50
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After my trials and tribulations with my "old" SE/30 which refused to acknowledge any SCSI drives, I decided to keep it for spares, and get another one. Thanks …
· 5 posts · started 18 Oct 2011 - 22:06 · last 31 Mar 2012 - 00:40
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I haven't seen this discussed before, nor mentioned in my Dead Mac Scrolls book I have an SE/30 that was working just fine stock, but after installing a DayStar…
· 5 posts · started 29 Mar 2012 - 15:17 · last 30 Mar 2012 - 15:09
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I've got a PowerBook 540c that I'm having fits with. I have 3 different RAM cards for it: a 32mb card, a 32mb card, and an 8mb card. The 8mb card causes the mac…
· 7 posts · started 28 Mar 2012 - 01:44 · last 30 Mar 2012 - 03:14
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So I was spending time one day with my Mac Plus, look away for a little bit, and look back and smoke is billowing out. Instantly pulled the plug and investigate…
· 3 posts · started 21 Mar 2012 - 01:11 · last 29 Mar 2012 - 19:12
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Saw this on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Macintosh-Compter-System-Model-LC575-/260949567315?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc1ce6753 The title…
· 17 posts · started 5 Feb 2012 - 11:21 · last 28 Mar 2012 - 04:17
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So, as I posted in the Conquests forum, I was able to get an 840AV motherboard working recently, but I notice the specs say this machine has s-video ports. Thes…
· 9 posts · started 27 Dec 2011 - 22:33 · last 26 Mar 2012 - 07:57
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What type of adapter do I need to properly hook up a vga lcd to a Mac Mini G4. I ordered what I thought was the correct adapter on Amazon but it don't connect t…
· 7 posts · started 23 Mar 2012 - 00:55 · last 23 Mar 2012 - 13:32
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Someone that works for the local dump trashpicked an iMac. I still dont know much about it yet, other than the screen is cracked. But I noticed it started up ve…
· 13 posts · started 17 Mar 2012 - 01:47 · last 19 Mar 2012 - 04:07
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hello.. recently i found a powermac g5 Quad. i thought it could be a nice computer, well it is to some extend but i found that it's way more noisy than my older…
· 18 posts · started 4 Mar 2012 - 21:34 · last 16 Mar 2012 - 19:31
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Hi all, The other day I bought a non-working Mac Classic off eBay, and it arrived yesterday. All I wanted was the case, so I didn't mind that it wasn't working.…
· 9 posts · started 15 Mar 2012 - 05:13 · last 16 Mar 2012 - 01:43
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So, I've got me some odd symptoms. SE with 20 mb internal and 1mb RAM. About two weeks ago some random errors started turning up on the hard disk. Several files…
· 5 posts · started 6 Mar 2012 - 13:19 · last 15 Mar 2012 - 14:12
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I decided to buy an Xserve for a website that I am creating. The Xserve has two main purposes which are to, well, act as a server, as well as become an addition…
· 4 posts · started 10 Mar 2012 - 04:19 · last 15 Mar 2012 - 01:38
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In storage I have a 20mb hard drive that's never been used. It was one of a bunch of sealed service parts boxes I got from an Apple dealer a few years ago. What…
· 2 posts · started 14 Mar 2012 - 07:21 · last 14 Mar 2012 - 07:37
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....That my 5500/250 is alive and well! The transplant was a success. Big thanks to johnklos for the 6500/275 logic board! Pic - (Cell phone... can't find my ca…
· 2 posts · started 13 Mar 2012 - 01:27 · last 13 Mar 2012 - 07:00
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The machine in question is a late 2005 2.3GHz Dual core G5 with 6GB of Ram. It keeps doing random KP's after varying intervals of operation. It doesn't always g…
· 3 posts · started 12 Mar 2012 - 17:05 · last 12 Mar 2012 - 22:19
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I'm looking at the derriere of my SuperIIsiHack™ and deciding that I'm not going to chop a big rectangular air vent outta' the poor thing as originally planned.…
· 12 posts · started 29 Feb 2012 - 04:11 · last 7 Mar 2012 - 21:23
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I've been trying to do something with a MDD that was a little beyond it so I overclocked a 1.42 to 1.5ghz. That wasn't quite enough so I tried for 1.58ghz. Syst…
· 3 posts · started 7 Mar 2012 - 05:04 · last 7 Mar 2012 - 16:27
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Hi all, I got a 5200 mobo for peanuts -- intended for a Takky mod. Like I do with any old mobo, I washed it, but still doesn't look that great... Anyway, I've g…
· 9 posts · started 26 Dec 2011 - 23:31 · last 6 Mar 2012 - 04:34
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Just once I'd like something to work.... Following Gamba's instructions for installing OS 7.6 on an SE/30 with IIfx ROM. Everything is fine until I get to the p…
· 6 posts · started 4 Mar 2012 - 05:10 · last 5 Mar 2012 - 02:36
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