The easiest thing to do is run two System Folders, one with 7.5.5 and one with 7.1, and use System Picker to switch between the folders.

1) I just spent over a week wrasslin' with the XPHome3 recovery CD and never did get that P.O.S. to reinstall on HP_Mini. Click to expand... I have just built my "HP Mini 2140"…

Many apps require 7.5, and i want to run the newest OS it can run. Even if it is slower than 7.1. Besides, i want to have fun doing over 19 disk swaps and writes } . Yaay 19 f…

Ah, well, perhaps it will be of use to someone else then. The PLW models do require much maintenance. I find I need to have several donor units on hand just to keep several print…

It's simple really: 1) I just spent over a week wrasslin' with the XPHome3 recovery CD and never did get that P.O.S. to reinstall on HP_Mini. 2) The ubuntu NetBook Remix install …

Thanks wally. I'm afraid your valuable info is a little late - the printer was dumped yesterday. Sad, but there was little else I could do with it. After messing with it I was plan…

Go with 7.1 - it is just as capable as 7.6, and it will run faster and use less RAM. For future reference - there are three common types of capacitor (there are plenty others, thou…

Some problems with the Personal Laserwriter series printers may be resolved by the following: General preventative maintenance on a newly acquired vintage PLW printer: 1. Pull t…

That RAM chip you have there seems to be 16/32 MB. If my assumption is correct, go with System 7.5.5/System 7.1.

Gotcha. OK: What is the reccomended system to run on an LC III? I am probebly going to put 7.6 on it.

No, those are the different types of caps (the ones that don't leak often) that are normal on a LC board.

MacGeek: Thanks! But I have a server. When I get back to NYC I'll image em.

Thanks for the info.Here are the floppies that came with it. I will make images of them. "Macintosh Basics" Says "Start up from this disc" "Apple Network product installer" "Mac…

Wow! I just looked at the mobo and it appears that 7 of the capiciters have been reworked! I'l post a pic here in a moment.

I know... a PC floppy drive isn't vintage mac-related, but i didn't feel like making two topics; one here and one in the Lounge. Besides, I need it to transfer data to "Treebark" (…

Oh.... I was looking for the big black-with-a-white-stripe gas tanks standing on their soldered on contacts

If you want to try replacing the PAV board, I've got a good one here that would go pretty cheaply. Shipping to Australia would be steep though.

Why don't you try to fix it? The iMac are very easy to fix. Do you have an idea of what is wrong with it? Don't scrap it, it may just be the PAV board.

Nah, they were all grey bits, there was one bit of black plastic, still, I'm happy to have pulled the RAM out of it, 2x256MB sticks, wow. Dunno what to do with the rest of it. iM…

Thanks for the info. Here are the floppies that came with it. I will make images of them. "Macintosh Basics" Says "Start up from this disc" "Apple Network product installer" "M…

Also note, with the CRT disconnected, it "flups" much faster, but still doesn't power up. I think this isolates the issue to the analog board.

Makes me sad to look at my Classic 2.

Printers suck. I feel like blowtorching mine.

Bits of brittle plastic dropped out of it too. Click to expand... If these pieces are a brownish colour, then it's most likely the bonding agent around the CRT rings flaking of…