So I dug up my PowerBook 160 and found out that the hinge is already starting to separate. Is there anything I can do to hold the hinge together?
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Hi I've just bought on ebay a Lapis color card for my SE/30. The seller didn't test the card himself as he had no external monitor... but the SE/30 which came w…
Hey everybody! Tom Lee reminded me recently that the Classic Mac Repair Notes document is still around The file is located here: http://68kmla.org/files/classic…
Ok... so on this board I have not seen a PB100 battery rebuild.. But I did see another forum with a solution someone did... Any help here is greatly appreciated…
Got a couple of these power supplies in. Both dead. one of them had 5V standby, the other one does not. Both have good fuses. This post is about ONE, as I only …
For lack of better term, I've had a Duo 230 suffer from small pink blob and I've seen a few other like this. For some reason it seems I've seen this only in Pow…
Well, my new SCSI2SD arrived today (the new small board), and I have spent the entire evening trying to get it to work with either my SE/30 or Classic II. At fi…
I've read that since the Plus didn't have a fan, it was somewhat common for it to overheat and have PSU issues. The last time I used one, I was 7, but I've rece…
I don't actually have the 5300c yet, so I don't know what the condition of the battery is yet. The end goal is to rebuild a 5300c (possibly therefore also a 190…
Hi, I'm doing an overhaul of my 68K Macs at present, and under the house found an AppleVision 1710 monitor - a notorious model famed for high failure rate. This…
Hi there. This is my first post on this board, but I've already used the information in threads here to narrow down my problem. I recently picked up an SE/30 fr…
Ok so I found a great solution to replace the battery..... Purchase these http://www.ebay.com/itm/180979418921?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=S…
Hey guys! My OMP/H1000 is dead in the water - it /was/ working for quite a while until its batteries died (I used high-performance alkalines) and I simply left …
OK my spare SE/30 is having a major problem! I think it's the SCSI chip. Which is not socketted! It will hang on boots and reboot, and after messing with it, SC…
So I finally found an Apple CD SC 1X CD drive to finish off my stack of external Macintosh II peripherials but this one is giving me trouble. I have not hooked …
Well, this one came from eBay with no indication it was a HyperDrive Mac 512k other than the metal plate on the front and the sticker on the back that said "Hyp…
I have been slightly irritated with the capacitor price hikes over at Mouser.com There are other places to get caps… LIke Ebay and AliExpress.com Buy with cauti…
The Trail of TearsProject Goal: Migrating 264 Vision 1.4 files to Logic Pro XSummary: It works! But it is going to take a million years to complete the project.…
I am looking for an L2 which is too broken to use. Anyone have one with a demolished core (tube) that just can't be used in a Mac any more, but one whose wire c…
My hoard is a bit ridiculous, so it will take a while to catalog it all, but here's a start: a shot of my current workshop, in a few different configurations. M…
Received 5 boards from rollermanz in the uk to try and fix. Some look hopeful , some look anything but. Anyway took a few pics of the boards before I did anythi…
Hi, I have a basically brand new 17-inch PowerBook G4, but I cannot figure out why the keyboard backlight is so dim. It was dim from the start, so I replaced th…
Hi, I realized that both Firmtek and Wiebetech sold Sil3132 based controller cards for late-2005 PowerMac G5. I had a Sil3132 card sitting in a drawer so I deci…
I had posted a thread on this many years ago, but wanted to start anew since we have some fresh minds here and hopefully someone can help with this. Please read…