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Weird PowerMac G5 video problem — #1

I just installed Leopard on this(fresh install) and ever since, when I scroll on a web page, the area around my mouse pointer moves down the page(its hard to describe, but heres a …
68kMLA PowerPC by Torbar Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 18:21

What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #26

I thought mini's were supposed to be faster? Click to expand... If it's graphics, then no. a 2.3Ghz G5 will win out over a mini. Actually, a 2.3Ghz SHOULD win out over the min…
68kMLA PowerPC by coius Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 17:31

What you you think, was this a good deal or what? — #25

I recieved the Mini yesterday it is nice for a second Mac. It seems like my G5 is faster...or on par with the mini I installed 10.6 on the mini. the mini is the 2009 model... wi…
68kMLA PowerPC by MacManiac1701A Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 17:19

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #12

Whenever I'm taking out screws, I lay them down on a piece of paper in roughly the arrangement they came out, and write and draw around them to make things clearer where they go ba…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 07:56

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

{ "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again l…
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
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