This is sort of interesting....
The write-up seemingly gets the nomenclature wrong, as there never was a 604e that ran at 300Mhz; that distinction belongs to the 604ev, which is a…
68kMLAHardwareby beachycoveWed, 21 Oct 2009 - 00:35
I grew up having used the 475's quite a bit. A good friend of mine had a 575 and I agree those are very neat machines and the display is great. For some reason I really like the 47…
It might be overheating. The original thermal paste between the CPU and heatsink has almost certainly dried out, if it hasn't been renewed. Also check that the heatsink clip is t…
On a side note. Did they ever make a compatible PPC upgrade for the IIfx? Or is expansion seriously limited due to the unique architecture of the motherboard?
68kMLAHardwareby StrimkindMon, 19 Oct 2009 - 15:21
Howdy all
I've got a ye olde G3 beige desktop, with a zip drive, 256MB RAM, 8GB disk, etc. OS X 10.2.8.
It will work correctly for about 30 mins - an hour, but will then turn off…
68kMLAHardwareby billynomatesMon, 19 Oct 2009 - 12:58
grats! Id love to find one myself one day
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It is surprising what you can find by posting an ad for 'unwanted macs, will pickup'
Over the past year I have fou…
68kMLAHardwareby StrimkindMon, 19 Oct 2009 - 05:55
Make sure you installed the batteries correctly and they're the type that are supposed to be soldered.
If I were you, I would install 3.6 V battery holders so you don't have to bo…
As I have no idea how to test the onboard capacitors I will have to replace them all. oof
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Well that's a good thing anyway, as they are over 20 years old!
Surface mount caps can leak from underneath and sometimes you wont see the goo until you remove them.
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9 out of 10 times i hear that i think people are mistak…
PSU is a refurb I purchases as initially I thought it was faulty.
As I have no idea how to test the onboard capacitors I will have to replace them all. oof
Surface mount caps can leak from underneath and sometimes you wont see the goo until you remove them. Capacitors inside the PSU itself are probably due for replacement anyway.
So, I've recently discovered that Carnegie Mellon's computer club owns a Lisa 2/10 (unfortunately with Mac XL mods). I'm trying to get this machine operable again, but we want to …
68kMLAHardwareby DragonKidSun, 18 Oct 2009 - 05:57
From my notes:
The IIfx introduced a new implementation of Mac SCSI that was faster than previous versions. Unfortunately, IIfx SCSI introduced a set of quirks that are unique to …
68kMLAHardwareby CharliemanSun, 18 Oct 2009 - 05:23
The 550 board is, if I recall, identical to the Color Classic II and is easily swappable. Keep in mind the 520 and 550 use the 68030; the machines mentioned in the original post al…
68kMLAHardwareby Scott BaretSun, 18 Oct 2009 - 04:45
Having never owned one (until now) I am not sure exactly how the SCSI on the IIFX is different other than the black SCSI terminator. The unit I got (free) has the IIFX, 3 video ca…
68kMLAHardwareby StrimkindSat, 17 Oct 2009 - 20:39