Geeko - It does have a CD drive that spins, also a floppy. I can provide a battery from a PB 5300 (NiMh) that holds a tiny charge. The unit did not come with a Li-Ion battery, they…

You got lucky if it still has it's hard drive. Most recycling places yank the hard drives and scrap them which really irritates me because those early Macs use drives that are spec…

I'm guessing my G3 issue was a bad cache, luckily I bought 2 G3 266's in the same auction and the second card works. Unfortunately I do have the OS 9.04 upgrade issue now. I do h…

does it have a cd drive or ram (or battery)? also, is its screen good, or would i need to do a transplant w/ my screen?

G - say, I have a 3400 with very good cosmetics but the "black screen" issue - probably a dead logic board/VRAM. I think I have decided not to try and fix this one, since my other …

I made a run to the local computer recyclers last week (to pick up an imac G5 to fix for them=> now fixed and returned, only needed an os reinstall) and when I was about to …

Yeah, sound crackling seems to be common among the 3400c. Me and my brother's PB3400c make a "crackle" sound only during startup, when it's loading the sound extension. Perfectly f…

Seems to be a grounding issue. if I pull the power plug and run it from battery, it completely stops. Faulty PSU perhaps?

My original post was a bit confusing because of the talk of two machines. It is possible that the charge board is flaky, but the board (and entire machine) in question is the same …

I check batteries on 2 known working machines just to make sure the charging board in the one I first used isn't dead.

A Wallstreet battery that was bought new from China about 2 years ago, that worked only for a few months, and that had been boxed awaiting recycling, last night sprang to life on b…

Now here's a good question. What would cause the speakers on the lid of the 3400c to "Crackle"? Like with static. I fixed the issue I told the seller about with the screen artifa…

Now here's a good question. What would cause the speakers on the lid of the 3400c to "Crackle"? Like with static. I fixed the issue I told the seller about with the screen artif…

Sorry to hijack... Will Classilla support HTML 5? Click to expand... It supports some of it already, but a lot of it will be a long time coming, if ever. For example, , and t…

Sorry to hijack... Will Classilla support HTML 5?

OS 9.1 is supported on x100 series Macs so long as you use an original Mac OS 9.1 install CD. You cannot use a Mac OS 9.0 or 9.04 CD + the downloadable 9.1 updater. If you don't h…

9.0.x yes, and I think 9.1. 9.2.x, no.

Just want to let you know, I got the laptop (Will write the guy a PM after this) and right now, I am on wifi posting through Classilla. Btw, classichasclass did a really good job …

Very insightful comments trag, thank you. I played a bit with the CE pins before, attempting to make a direct connection to ground which didn't help. I think I'll test the voltag…

Just want to let you know, I got the laptop (Will write the guy a PM after this) and right now, I am on wifi posting through Classilla. Btw, classichasclass did a really good job …

$50 is NOT resonable for a mac of such age. A 733MHz G4 tower maybe, but not a G3. Offer at least $30, they're still making a buck. That'll at least fill the tank on one of the te…

The SCSI card that I will eventually use is the ATTO SE IVD, but it si currently not installed. Click to expand... IIRC, neither the Sonnet, nor the NewerTech upgrades were com…

Yes, it's doing a basic RAM test. You can't do it on all Macs, but you can likely disable the startup memory test by holding down option + command (I think) when you double-click …

I plugged it in, like a kid on christmas expecting something extraordinary, and again NOTHING. So I decided to whip in a Mac IIfx ROM SIMM, remove the jumper, and see what happens…

You can't really compare bulk lots to singles. Bulk lots are always cheaper because the seller is offloading the hassle of picking them up, sorting them and throwing out the dead …