I heard somewhere that the 166mhz 603e in the 1400/166 is actually a 180mhz or so module. Is this true? I wouldn't mind unlocking 20mhz for the cost of an oscil…
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Hi, A while ago I got myself a G5, which required a reflow of the GPU. I did that, and now the machine works just fine. I have one concern though. The "Memory C…
I was doing some testing with my Lombard today and it freezes up consistently after about 30 minutes. I reinstalled OS 9.2.2 but same result. Now I am running i…
In between bouts of schoolwork, I've been trying to get some kind of OS on my Mystic CC, but nothing seems to work. First I tried to make a System 7.1 boot CD (…
Of the four iMac G3s that I bought, 2 of them do not work. The first broken one (A BB model) doesn't power on at all. The second one (Blue Berry) powers on but …
I picked up one of the original 21" ADC cinema displays for the G4 for a reasonable cost (nothing) and it appears that the bottom backlight tube is a little on …
I recently purchased a first generation "Sawtooth" G4 - 400mhz model with AGP graphics. It was refurbished and came with MacOS 10.3 pre-installed, but the origi…
I have four 500 series batteries two of which are beginning to show signs of leaking. As I never need them to power the computer, I'm wondering if it's possible…
Happy Monday, all. I need to update the Lombard (w/512mb RAM)Powerbook that my mother "uses" so I can get Tiger running on it, along with more updated browsers …
. . . will finally be my first crack at breaking the Duo Barrier! } I just PayPal'd about $45 to get my grubby lil' paws on the second best CPU upgrade, that I …
I heard somewhere that the 12x cd unit for the 1400 can be replaced with a generic TEAC 24x drive; the faceplate from the old 12x unit can be transferred. Is th…
Well, I have two of these powerbooks, and one of them is starting to have dark splotches in the left hand corners. They seem to be slowly spreading. I am assumi…
I just got my powerbook G3 Lombard battery in the mail. And I have run into an issue. a *BIG* issue. before I begin, I bought a brand new Powerbook 99 series 66…
After putting in a second screen, I cranked up the controls on the front panel and the screen lasted maybe 5 minutes...dead to an all white screen after a reboo…
Is there any source other then ebay for ROMs? I have an upgraded 128k that I'd like to restore. Unfortunately, it has upgraded ROMs to support 800k drives (512k…
Bit more expensive than I thought, but considering the local conquest I would have gotten, someone didn't know what they had when they posted it: 400Mhz G3/1MB …
OK. I have recently set up a virtual machine running Windows 2000 Server on my 7 machine. It has all of the Mac File/Print Server features installed, as well as…
Man, what a score. I grabbed this for $10 on my way up to a computer rummage. It's the 3-ring binder edition of Inside Macintosh volumes I through V plus the X-…
Hi all, Trying to get my SE/30 up and running something useful. However, I cannot get it to boot System 7, any variety. It will not boot off the HD SC 20 anymor…
Not strictly speaking a conquest, but as PATA is phased out, these are going to get harder to find. And since the lasers in RW optical drives do tend to die eve…
Snagged a dual 1.8 g5 at the local surplus today. Needs ram and a video card, Was thinking of replacing my p4 htpc with it. How are the g5s
Its getting harder and harder to dig up old drivers!
I've got a Q840, and it appears to be quite functional. It has one problem. Its internal SCSI connector doesn't work quite right. Any drives I connect there are…
The LCD inside my PowerBook 540c is a "Toshiba LTM09C017"...and I believe it's dead. I've swapped it out with A greyscale LCD from my 540 (which works) and ther…
My 540's LCD is afflicted by the gradually darkening corners....I'm confident taking all of it apart and putting it back together, soldering etc...Just need to …