Cool!! I just ordered a ZIF G4... I didn't need the jumpers as I already have it set for 400mhz with the G3 upgrade that I put in, I WAS looking on ebay for a G4 Ziff b4 I bought t…

Sounds like you still did something wrong. Grab a matching group of 4 30-pin SIMMS. That means they have to be the SAME. Put them in slots 1-4, nowhere else and carefully install…

OK Good news and bad news. After removing the RAM that was put in there randomly it CHIMES! And Half a second later, it does the death chime... on BOTH of them!!! xx( 8-o Any…

Don't know if this is cheap, but . . . http://www.adoptamac.com/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=120 He got a book to me very quickly, but he's had to turn off the…

not the CD, but the harddrive.

Holding Option down, does it show the disc?

Oops... OS9 drivers...

I can only assume that the drive doesn't have the Mac OS 9 drivers installed (usually an option when installing OS X on a drive or preparing it through DU). Have you tried zapping…

the cd/dvd drive works fine. when i boot from 9.0.4, it doesn't boot and just starts X

Does your DVD/CD Drive work in OS X? That may have bit the bucket, or your install media.

Tried the Mac Driver Museum? Click to expand... Indeed I have - they have some eMachines and Supermac video drivers, but for other products other than the SimplyTV

Don't know if this is cheap, but . . . http://www.adoptamac.com/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=120 He got a book to me very quickly, but he's had to turn off th…

From other things I have read, it may be worth trying a card that states it is UDMA or ATA mode compatible

Upgraded the CPU (From eBay) for 10.00 to 400MHZ w/1meg level 2 cache. Click to expand... G3 or G4? IC-China occasionally has cheap G4 ZIFs

Tried the Mac Driver Museum?

ifixit.com should have it. Is there any real difference in the 180 logic board vs the 165?

Coxy: the speakers and amp as-is are only compatible with the USB outs on certain Macs, contemporary to the Cube and Digital Audio G4 (the DA designation in fact ~only~ means that…

When you try to boot from the 9.0.4 CD, do you get the blinky, or an error message saying the disk is not compatible? I suspect that series needs a slightly higher version.

Pisces DM-10 The ultra-rare, vertically flat (ie Color Classic bezel compatible), 10" Trinitron point of sale monitor as used in the famous Cube G4 Power Color Classic. Standard …

Do NOT replace them with radial caps. Although this might look like the easiest solution, they are nowhere near as reliable as tantalum capacitors. Contact trag on the forums to bu…

OK, my iMac had been running OS X for quite a while, but when I went to start up in OS 9 i just get a blinky ? floppy disk and a cursur. it used to like OS 9 but now it won't even …

Welcome to the Cube club Bunsen! Mine is my primary Mac and I still think it's got a few good years left in it. Regarding suitable video cards, the Apple Radeon 7500 is a nice ch…

Thanks for hte info - something to try. The audio capacitors are the ones right before the pds slot hole, right? You wouldn't happen to know the uF ratings and voltages so I coul…

Sure thing. Thanks for the help! Click to expand... No thanks needed, it's for your own good.

What does the amplifier for the ball speakers take? I've got a "pair of balls" from my old iMac G4; it would be good if there were amplifiers available to use them with other devic…