As is typical with these displays, mine has developed the click-zoom failure (where a slight audible 'click' is followed by the display quickly zooming in befor…
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A customer owns a Dual 1.8ghz PowerMac G5 that has issues. He also bought a stripped G5 containing a working mainboard. I get to take the non-functional mainboa…
Ok, equant, here's an interim method that might end up being the final method. It doesn't absolutely minimize power, but it provides a large reduction with almo…
I've got an iBook G4 (different iBook than the display plagued one) that has some sort of electrical gremlin going on. It's experiencing a few odd symptoms that…
Hey, is there a retrochallenge hall of fame page? We have had some great efforts and fun since what? 2005? So would be good, even goal worthy, to have a Hall of…
I recently got a 32Mb memory module for my one of my PB 540Cs. After installing the module into my first 540 the machine doesn't boot up(screen stays blank but …
Just saved a 7600 I got it for 15$ I bid on the other 2 meg vram and 4 sticks of 5v dimm. I also have a 400 mhz g3 coming i will run 8.6 or 9.1 for usb support …
I picked up three PowerBook 165's today. All three will turn on but only two will boot. Unfortunately the screens on all of them are pooched and the cases are h…
I had been having a heck of a time getting several cards to work in my PowerMac 9500. No amount of arrangement could get them to work, until today and just now.…
Someone gave me a bootable CD several years ago. It was called Apple Legacy Recovery CD. Had all the system OSes on it, all the apple software, it just had a bu…
I have this PowerBook 1400c/166 that has been working great until recently, when I turned it on and I got the infamous "death chimes" I went through the system,…
Hi all, I have a chance at a cheap, or free, Color LaserWriter 12/660. The owner says it needs repairs, and they believe the problem is a bad fuser. Should I ta…
Yep, someone gave me a fully functioning 512k with an internal HyperDrive. And, I was wondering what these puppies are worth. I'm not likely to sell it anytime …
Should we make a 68k version of the sites of the ilk of myspace, facebook, and the slightly superior IMO imeem? I know they have there detractions.... but the a…
Hi All, I need an inventory/sales solution. I would like to be able to keep a log of all of my eBay purchases and details, the cost of fixing it, and how much I…
I just spent the better part of the afternoon troubleshooting a Power Macintosh 9500 w/ a 333Mhz G3 Upgrade card (MAChSpeed ZIF Carrier) and went through hell. …
Not wild about the paint job but otherwise a very nice MOD Check out this guys other fun mods as well ...
Today, my PB 160 developed this strange issue randomly. It boots normally, than goes to a bright yellow screen and sometimes starts flashing. Is this a RAM issu…
How possible is it to transplant hard disk platters, at least for the purposes of data recovery when a drive mechanism is otherwise physically dead? In particul…
Hi, My dad has a platinum PowerBook G4 laptop that has been acting strange lately. When you hit the power button, a gray screen comes up and the little wheel ma…
Anyone know a link to the Wish I Was control panel? - a google search with various methods gets non-related stuff
Does anyone know where I can find a higher resolution LCD for my poor clamshell? I love it to bytes but I cannot for the life of me use 800X600.
Hey there! I'm having a few problems with my iBook G4's screen. 1. Sometimes when brightness is all the way up or almost all the way down, the screen flickers b…
I dont know if the problem is in the CRT, or the analog board. but the horizontal convergence is gone. vertical convergence is A OK. the ALPS white pot on the C…