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Topic pretty much explains it all. I have an 8600/250 I am trying to get up and running in my quest for the towers of power. I get boot chime, everything seems …
· 13 posts · started 13 Oct 2015 - 19:12 · last 15 Oct 2015 - 19:09
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Hey all, I've got a Gigabit Ethernet model that I'm wanting to upgrade. It has the 500Mhz Dual Processor in it, and I believe it has a GeForce 2 or 3 in it. I a…
· 9 posts · started 12 Mar 2015 - 18:56 · last 14 Oct 2015 - 00:04
Hardware
Hello! first post here, although I have been reading and following threads for a few months now. I've recently started acquiring old Macs (I've been collecting …
· 7 posts · started 20 Aug 2015 - 19:37 · last 13 Oct 2015 - 21:44
Hardware
Does anyone know what power supplies Daystar equipped their Genesis line with? I would assume it would be the same as a 9500 but I also know some of the clone m…
· 8 posts · started 2 Oct 2015 - 02:30 · last 13 Oct 2015 - 01:17
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So i bought that Supermac thunder /24 (rom v3.00) to get better screen resolutions and to switch between them without having to play on the adapter switches. Pu…
· 6 posts · started 28 Sep 2015 - 16:54 · last 7 Oct 2015 - 16:16
Hardware
To boot a computer with Mac Os 9, we need:#1- A Mac Os 9 capable computer.#2- An HFS volume with Mac Os 9 drivers.#3- A Mac Os 9 System folder.Notes:#1- All g3 …
· 7 posts · started 5 Oct 2015 - 08:33 · last 6 Oct 2015 - 12:46
Hardware
Hi all, I'm trying to restore a Quadra 840av and am having SCSI issues. My fear is that the SCSI controller on the motherboard is fried and this computer cannot…
· 11 posts · started 1 Jul 2015 - 18:42 · last 6 Oct 2015 - 04:30
Hardware
Picked up a Quadra 650, keyboard, mouse, software, monitor and laserwriter all for $100.
· 8 posts · started 5 Oct 2015 - 00:50 · last 6 Oct 2015 - 04:24
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The recent thread about LC 5xx front bezels got me thinking about the LC/Performa 580. Historically, I generally preferred the 575, due mainly to its Trinitron …
· 18 posts · started 16 Sep 2015 - 17:52 · last 5 Oct 2015 - 04:57
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Hi. I have a dead slot loading iMac G3 (with firewire and VGA port), and I'm trying to determine where the fault is. I'm not very knowledgeable on macs, but goo…
· 8 posts · started 2 Oct 2015 - 18:19 · last 4 Oct 2015 - 12:09
Hardware
Hi, everyone. Now that I have the entirety of my beige collection home with me, I am going through and trying to get functional machines up and running. Current…
· 17 posts · started 29 Sep 2015 - 22:46 · last 2 Oct 2015 - 20:08
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My Q800 seems to work fine. I can't think of anything wrong with it. Oh, wait. Yes I can. The clock battery is dead. In any case, I'm realizing that if I'm goin…
· 7 posts · started 31 Aug 2015 - 18:41 · last 2 Oct 2015 - 03:47
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Hey there, I have an Imation USB SuperDisk drive that I use very infrequently with my G4 Mac. It's exhibiting a blinking light issue both when plugged in and no…
· 11 posts · started 24 Aug 2015 - 15:56 · last 30 Sep 2015 - 06:41
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Does anyone have a quadra 700 schematic? I want to try to resurrect it. Well my quadra 700 died yesterday. One of those damn Maxwell batteries peed all over the…
· 18 posts · started 27 Feb 2015 - 03:30 · last 28 Sep 2015 - 19:58
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Yesterday, I found a garage sale on craigslist that claimed to have "Mac computers". So I went to it. There, sitting on a table was a Power Mac G4 tower with a …
· 6 posts · started 30 Aug 2015 - 17:09 · last 27 Sep 2015 - 21:26
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Picked up a LaCie Biggest F800 RAID array. It only had four 120gb PATA HDs in it but I replaced them with 400gb HDs. Still deciding whether to keep it as RAID 0…
· 7 posts · started 21 Sep 2015 - 19:30 · last 24 Sep 2015 - 20:43
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So I've been on a PB100 kick... Recapping a 100 right now.. still waiting on the new caps.. I've chosen Tantalums except 3 electrolytics.. I've done the display…
· 5 posts · started 16 Sep 2015 - 21:20 · last 22 Sep 2015 - 02:55
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So I picked up a Performa 600 untested from a pawn shop for $15. Brought it home, powered it on. The power supply powers up, the hard drive spins up, but no chi…
· 5 posts · started 18 Sep 2015 - 05:32 · last 20 Sep 2015 - 01:11
Hardware
A few years back, I recapped my Portable, replaced the burnt-out main fuse, made a new battery, replaced the HDD (with the kind help of fellow Portlander mcderm…
· 4 posts · started 16 Sep 2015 - 22:50 · last 19 Sep 2015 - 15:49
Hardware
Couldn't resist sharing this. There is a common misconception, especially in vintage computer newbies, that only the red Maxell batteries can leak. Proof that e…
· 9 posts · started 23 Aug 2015 - 05:53 · last 19 Sep 2015 - 04:11
Hardware
MDD
Picked up 1.42ghz MDD, 2gb RAM, 2-185gb HDs, DVD burner, GeForce4 Ti, airport and dead power supply. Before I got it home, I thought I’d just move the processor…
· 5 posts · started 15 Sep 2015 - 19:29 · last 17 Sep 2015 - 18:19
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I'm wanting to get my PB180 back up to snuff. I've left it in a cabinet for awhile, and the battery had swollen up and is now leaking acid out of a crack in the…
· 2 posts · started 17 Jun 2015 - 20:03 · last 12 Sep 2015 - 04:29
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Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum. I have a collection of about 35 machines and with my brother we're planning an exibition in my kid's school for the sience w…
· 10 posts · started 8 Sep 2015 - 13:38 · last 10 Sep 2015 - 10:09
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