Try disconnecting the power and removing the battery (test the battery too). I've had problems with my old Mini starting up, and following those steps seemed to solve the problem.…

well i am pretty sure that the power supplies are good. I havnt found an apple service manual and have actually never heard of those. I think my next step is to pop out the mobo …

I heard those things were quite tough and least likely to be returned for servicing. The small size could have let heat build up and cook your mobo or powersupply. If you figure i…

Just off the top of my head the first one sounds like a bad mobo. Click to expand... I was going to say that but didn't want to succumb to that first.

Just off the top of my head the first one sounds like a bad mobo.

Power supply is my guess on the second one. The first *might* be the case too. When you turn on the first one, hold the power button until you hear a long beep and the power light …

I have two mac minis, both are G4. When i plug one in, the fan just turns on. The other one does nothing when plugged in or when the power button is pressed. Any ideas what coul…

If you have the money, get both. The ][+ is a nice machine. I'd get it just because it's a complete system, and even if it doesn't come with software, you can easily get it from th…

A IIe will run almost everything that runs on a II+, and almost all cards. Click to expand... The thing I like about the IIe, especially the platinum one, is that it's got the …

A IIc will run almost everything that runs on a II+, but no cards. A IIe will run almost everything that runs on a II+, and almost all cards. All three will fit in a small space …

II+ units are a bit rare though so I might consider picking it up as well... Click to expand... You'll see. Once you get the bug, you'll never quit collecting. Start cleaning…

Yeah I was surprised it worked here - the Ames & Des Moines craigslists are really quiet compared to larger cities. Humm I'm thinking of the IIc since reading this thread:…

Keep in mind that you'll want something modern to complement the II+. A GS does nicely, since you can network it right up to the latest G3 (or any other Mac with a serial port), an…

My thoughts are: Wow, craigslist actually worked for you? Every time I look, it is full of spam. And when I posted Wanted ads on there, the only response I got was some spam into m…

I posted an AD on craigslist for an Apple II system. So far I have 2 responses. 1) A nice looking Apple II+ with 2 5.25 disk drives, and a monitor. The person said "make me an off…

you did not say you wanted it permanent. I just looked at my old post and saw that I did not say place the magnet "on the trackpad". That is how I have my working without a case,…

Go into System Preferences, click on Spotlight, then click on the Privacy tab and drag your hard drive to the list. It stop indexing forever with that hard drive. Also making Spotl…

Yep, same reason I use it. I much prefer pre-spotlight searches, too bad there's no way to get those back. Click to expand... I don't use Spotlight, it seems to give me too muc…

I figured this out! For anyone with this problem in the future: there is a magnetic reed switch between the hard drive and touch pad on a ribbon cable. I cut a sliver off a flat…

Problem solved. I just installed Panther on the system and it boots past the upset screen I saw when on Jaguar. Very odd behavior as the last time I used Jaguar was on my Pismo (di…

I only use spotlight to search for programs. thats all its good for.

Yep, same reason I use it. I much prefer pre-spotlight searches, too bad there's no way to get those back. Click to expand... I don't use Spotlight, it seems to give me too muc…

I think you guys may be right about a dud disk (THANKS Apple... actually I got it as a promo so it was technically free). But with the RAM, I still need RAM chips, I know I need to…

Yep, same reason I use it. I much prefer pre-spotlight searches, too bad there's no way to get those back. I don't remember any real hit in performance after upgrading from 10.3 …

Sounds like a bad disc. Try Tiger. It runs fine on my Pismo. Click to expand... I use Tiger because it supports modern things. [] ]'>