You dont have a 5500/6500 laying around do you? Click to expand... I agree, those are pretty cheap are not really sought after, will try at least for testing purposes.

Hearing buzzing matching system functions is the TAM buzz. Means your audio isn't toast, but something is stopping it from producing sound.

If all else fails, sourcing a 6500/300 board, desoldering various connectors to make it fit, etc, would be a good project.  The baking sode mixture sounds like a bad idea IMO, and …

Second vote for the G4-mini and 10" VGA tube (if you can find it). But if you're going to bother making it more modern, why go half way?  Drop a brand new Mac mini in there, or bet…

Somebody done that before (http://www.mac512.com/ccpmg4.htm), back when G4 cube was the smallest Mac available on the market.  However, given that the Cube is such iconic and clas…

My main machine is an upgraded Quicksilver G4, which I am using right now. With a 1.6ghz 7447A, a SATA card( with 10000rpm WD's), a Radeon 9000 and an usb card, it can handle youtu…

Well I cant advise that being a good idea or not...  But, I do know that the trace damage will need patch wires on the ones that are open circuit. 

Has anyone ever used an LED display for a personal computer display? Anyway, yes the chipset supports it. Just not sure if the Cube with OS X will. Best bet is to simply try.

Both are also quite rare (fewer than 150,000 Cubes ever made)...I'm not going to lie; not the biggest fan of FrankenMac-ing the rare ones at this point.

Well, it *is* a challenge after all. 

G4 Cube in Colour Classic? It's funny because both machines have a sort of cult following (in a good way). I'm even thinking of making a Mystic...

when i use my 1.42 Ghz iBook G4 with maxed out RAM the machine does ok with youtube sometimes its a little strange though

Unity, are you saying the chipset in the G4 Cube support 640 X 480? Yes, LED backlit is so much better then normal LED displays... jack

I hate LED displays too. But I prefer LED backlit displays... Anyway. The chipset supports 640x480. Just not sure if the cube itself will. I suspect it would though.

Hi folks... Looking around on ebay, I saw a inexpensive smaller Mac called a Power Mac G4 Cube.  It has no monitor.  I would only be interested in a mod using this if I could some…

A few months ago.

I used my 1 GHz TiBook for awhile, but it got rather frustrating, because it kept kernel panicking if I did anything intensive (which brought up the temperatures, making me think i…

thinking and googleing about it, im going to take out the board and cover the acid damaged area with 3to1 baking soda mixture to kill any remaining acid.  let it soak into it for a…

Well I paid US$70-80 for it, like 10 months ago! Edit: When did you buy yours?

Kinda high IMO. I paid $20 for my 500MHz unit, in mint condition. Just had a dead PRAM preventing boot.

well it says Ati 3d Rage II techknight........but from now on its the 20th anniversary UE8 by the looks of things

If thats the RAGE IC, thats why your video is scrambled.  those traces I pointed out, there are some opens.  You need to go over all of the traces that show "discoloration" wiht …

techknight - good call. Will have a look at them tomorrow. Just a continuity test between 2 via's on a single trace - will do - 0.1uf - that's great to know - will install new on…

What about http://www.gainsaver.com/catalog/Detail.aspx?&CCode=1015^Apple&CCode=3398^Mac+Laptops&ACode=G4&CCode=3407^PowerBooks&cICode=43669…

have had no chime to date..........just strange sounds, clicks, noise, static...when floppy inserted noise matches the floppys activity - power/green light comes on sometimes, ot…