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7300 - no boot — #4

Well I got it to boot once... ...I had a Sonnet Crescendo G3 in there that seemed to be one cause of the problem. I also had to switch between the 2 SCSI connectors on the Logic B…
68kMLA Hardware by Gil Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 04:20

G4 sawtooth — #3

That Sawtooth is a good solid box. Most of them can be OC'd to 550MHz or more, and with a fast G4 upgrade and a video card upgrade, will do 720p HD video. Check to see which versio…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 01:54

G4 sawtooth — #2

hard drive: free, 256mb of memory: free, receiving a free computer for setting up a computer for some one: priceless
68kMLA Hardware by ken27238 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 21:33

G4 sawtooth — #1

well today i got a new computer.....its a G4 "SawTooth"!!!!! here are the specs: 450mhz G4 768mb of ram 18gb hd and it will soon be running 9.2.2 or mac os x server :beige:
68kMLA Hardware by ken27238 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 20:43

Command key stopped working — #2

Sometimes keyboards just do that. I had a Dell keyboard a few years back, and the b, n, m, comma and space bar all went out at the same time. The day that happened (prior to the cr…
68kMLA PowerPC by LCGuy Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 14:35

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #11

The very first time I took apart an iBook (also to replace the hard drive) and put it back together, I put one of the long hex screws in the middle, instead of the short one. Cl…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:59

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #10

The very first time I took apart an iBook (also to replace the hard drive) and put it back together, I put one of the long hex screws in the middle, instead of the short one. Cl…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:52

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #9

I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I Click to expand... Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:14

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #8

I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I Click to expand... Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:09

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #6

I know, I know, I'm going to hell. But it works. It's also non-permanent, if I have to go in later and fix it for real.
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:51

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #5

If that's the case, no amount of glue will fix the damage - you'll have to strip the iBook down more to resolder the pads. JB Click to expand... If the pad is lifted off - so …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:23

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #3

The speaker cable isn't superglued in, it just clicks in with a tight fit (male connector). I've done the same as you - but in my instance just the red and white cables came out. …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:12

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #2

The speaker cable isn't superglued in, it just clicks in with a tight fit (male connector). I've done the same as you - but in my instance just the red and white cables came out. …
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:08

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #1

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68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 08:54

Command key stopped working — #1

I just got a PowerBook G3 Lombard yesterday, and everything worked fine, but as of today, the Command key no longer works. I tried resetting the PRAM - but it doesn't work, cause t…
68kMLA PowerPC by Gil Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 03:30

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #13

I'll try to get the one w/ 22 disks. the cool thing bout Zip disks is i have a usb drive already.
68kMLA Hardware by macgeek417 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 01:11

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #12

um... zoom waaay in on the pic, its a paralell drive Click to expand... Oh right. I see that now. Sorry about that. Here's one of the aforementioned Zip Plus drives with 22…
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 23:29

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #26

For those bidding on this Mac - it isn't a Hyperdrive. I asked the seller for a close-up of the front and it's actually the Macintosh badge from the back of the machine. Click …
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 20:35

Radeon 9600 in MDD FW800 G4? — #2

I have that same card (or similiar anyhow) and iirc you need to tape pins, but that is only if it would work the sapphire card I had had the cheaper bios chips or w/e and could not…
68kMLA PowerPC by zerotypeq Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 20:32

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #11

Hard drives: IBM SCSI HD Seagate Hawk 2 GB x2 Seagate Hawk 2.1 GB Click to expand... That lot of two Hawks is a good deal.
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 18:22
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