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

Found a pawn shop on ebay selling a Powerbook G4 1.67ghz low res with bad screen for $100. Supposedly works apart from the screen. I have a Bookendz docking station on the way for …

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…

OK then, if you know your way around mains safety, then using the existing PSU is probably going to be easiest.

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…

there is an AC+ and AC-, which makes no sense as it is AC, but i would assume +is hot and - is neutral. Click to expand... Please, if you have to ask, don't be messing with mai…

there is an AC+ and AC-, which makes no sense as it is AC, but i would assume +is hot and - is neutral. Click to expand... Please, if you have to ask, don't be messing with mai…

SL and TL are different Click to expand... ie: "Slot loading" and "Tray loading" iMacs - referring to the CD/DVD drive at the front. The two series had completely different i…

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…

The pinout is listed in most iMac -> ATX/othercase conversion articles. There are a few around, as bunsen would say, search.(but using google instead of this forum's search …

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…

Hello, I got the guts to a G3 iMac here, i thin its 400 or 450mhz. I'm going to re-purpose is as a StepMania machine for my GF. There are some labels on the pin-outs on there but …

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…

G4FanControl was free, but last time I checked the developer wants money for it. Other than that I haven't found any fan control utilities for the PowerPC G4 mac portables. I wish…

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 …

I was under the impression that usb 2 will not run under os 9.x so you are stuck with usb 1.1 speeds. Click to expand... Correct

I was under the impression that usb 2 will not run under os 9.x so you are stuck with usb 1.1 speeds. I do own a sonnet tempo 133 card so this is starting to sound like the best …