So, the hard drive is dead (or it appears that way), which is a pity really. I did however acquire, fairly recently and by sheer accident, a scsi zip 100 drive …
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A couple of years ago i part exchanged some Atari floppies and get a Powerbook 5300cs (i have no Atari and really wanted a 5300 instead) The 5300 wasn't in good…
Ok, this is driving me crazy. I just want an accelerated SE/30 with an ethernet card. I have a Diimo 030 accelerator for the se/30 plus another Diimo 030 accele…
Hello! Curious as to whether anyone would happen to know the specifications of the D16 diode next to the power jack...? Kind of a stab in the dark, but it doesn…
Hello! looking for some advice. I have two headless powerbooks, a 140 & 145 that still power up. I also have a 165 with a working screen and no issues. …
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what folks on the forum consider the successor to the "Outrigger" G3 desktop, or if it marked the end of the line for the…
Toshiba 6.49gb 2.5" IDE/ATA 4200RPM MK6411MAT HDD2143 Laptop Hard Drive TESTED Click to expand... The pic was of the PCB side, so the Apple Logo wasn't visible …
I just picked up another old faithful model. This will be the 2nd or third pismo that I have owned. Now I just need more ram and bigger hd! That, and I have to …
Hey guys, I recently replaced the hard drive in my PowerBook, all is well, I can shut it off & turn it back on again, but I cannot get it to boot if I r…
I was at the local vintage hardware haunt and happened to chat up a fellow who said he had some old mac stuff on a pallet at home. I showed up the next day and …
Rescued my mother's old laptop, Fujitsu Siemens Amilo A1645 (512MB RAM, has ATA-HD) mainly to have the ATA-drive for Powerbook. This PC is notoriously -slow- ru…
Hi all, Long time no see! Hopefully this hasn't been covered in detail elsewhere (I did check, but one can never tell). Has anyone got any experience with these…
I am thinking of getting a 1.25GhZ DP CPU for my 867 DP MDD. Has anyone done the hack to change the FSB to 166 from 133, if so how? My RAM is PC3200 so the spee…
. . . I think it's a conquest, but I'm not entirely sure yet . . . but the price seemed OK for 8GB of SCSI SSD . . . Dell 8 GB,Internal (D154H) (SSD) Solid Stat…
Hi, My SE/30 suddenly has the checkerboard pattern. However the machine boots normally and has startup bong too. The pattern does not go away after boot and mak…
Hi, The brightness control bottons are no longer working anymore on my powerbook Duo 280C. I opened up the LCD housing as I though it was probably the brightnes…
This was from a fellow 68kMLAer. It arrived Saturday morning, but I've been really lazy lately That member expressed his desire to have unboxing shots taken onc…
Hey guys Just scored a Macintosh SE FDHD this morning, works like a charm.. even the HDD! ) Problem is I'm just missing the keyboard cable, PRAM battery is dead…
Well, I was digging through my storage in the depths of Lab 2...and guess what I found! { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous…
I'm gonna cry a lot . . . . . . if I can't get my baby up and running again. It has been my workhorse for over twelve years now and was the last half of my orig…
. . . I thought it would be nice to have a repository for 2300c troubleshooting lore. I'll edit some of the old thread links into this initial post as time goes…
Here is a hack I did back in 2004. I was cleaning up my external HDD when I ran across these pics. Then came the Oh Yea moment. If i remember correctly, I used …
I was wondering if any of you had ever put a front-facing USB hub in the lower optical bay of an MDD. Any suggestions on mounting a regular hub (I figure the do…
So I messed up my logic board while replacing it back in after extensively cleaning the green wax Apple called thermal transfer material. This was about a week …
I noticed that my Powerbooks 145B and 170 aren't fully charging their main battery anymore. The Main batteries are in good condition ( rebuild ), all powerbooks…