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Deep IIci rejuvenation, possible ROM select problem — #32

I haven't played with it much, my projects are on hold until I find a place to live. This Mac is successful in the sense that you can burn ROM chips and it will run off of them. …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Wed, 22 Dec 2010 - 04:05

My Latest Restoration — #21

Hello I changed battery but he won't boot. I have a startup chime followed to a death chime, black screen, fan start and hard disk turn. One idea ? lpl
68kMLA Hardware by lpl Thu, 25 Nov 2010 - 16:24

My Latest Restoration — #20

Be sure to replace those old and prone to leaking caps. Max out the RAM, too. She's a beautiful machine.
68kMLA Hardware by Patater Tue, 23 Nov 2010 - 14:16

My Latest Restoration — #18

First thing to do is change your PRAM battery, that is an old one in there! Then trouble shoot using the error codes.
68kMLA Hardware by jsarchibald Mon, 22 Nov 2010 - 10:51

My Latest Restoration — #16

Hello My "new" macintosh LC III has same green wires on logic board. And i have death chime. I would put a picture soon. Sorry for my languages i am french. lpl from FRA…
68kMLA Hardware by lpl Thu, 18 Nov 2010 - 15:27

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #32

There is also a slight chance that the sound output port is dirty. I'm pretty sure that there is a little switch inside of it that turns off the internal speaker when you plug some…
68kMLA Hardware by LC_575 Fri, 5 Nov 2010 - 12:28

1920x1080 on PM8500 built-in, Twin Turbo 128 — #19

Updated links to drivers (still working great after a year on my PM8500 with built-in video on a 1920x1080 LCD): CustomGraphicsDriver.sit Custom_TwinTurbo9600_Driver.sit
68kMLA Hardware by noidentity Sun, 31 Oct 2010 - 15:46

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #31

Ha! my old thread bounced back to near the top! At first glance my board looked clean albeit dusty. When I removed the board and dusted it off and held it to the bright light I c…
68kMLA Hardware by IIciNov90 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 - 19:24

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #30

Capacitors can still go bad without leaking. They are very likely to be the problem. There is also a slight chance that the sound output port is dirty. I'm pretty sure that ther…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Sun, 17 Oct 2010 - 18:11

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #29

Hi Dennis, Yes, the IIci boots and works just fine. The only thing AWOL is the sound. I've inspected the motherboard and see no evidence of leaking caps. As long as it works, I'll…
68kMLA Hardware by KC13 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 - 15:46

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #28

All it needs is new capacitors on the logic board (permanent fix). At least wash the logic board (temporary fix), it might work. We have tutorials around here on how to do those …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Sun, 17 Oct 2010 - 04:57

IIci - Bringing back my 1st Mac — #27

I'm packing up to move at the end of the month and have decided to lighten it up this time. In the back of a pile of junk (where does it accumulate from? LOL!) I dug up my IIci. It…
68kMLA Hardware by KC13 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 - 21:33

Outbound laptop help needed — #12

The best thing to purchase is a universal power adapter. These have a few different plugs and allow for the voltage to be set to many different settings. I've used one of these to …
68kMLA Hardware by Scott Baret Wed, 15 Sep 2010 - 03:16

Outbound laptop help needed — #11

I wish I could help with a picture or something, but most of my stuff is in storage in central Illinois, and I'm in England. However, if memory serves, it required 19vDC, 2A. Ther…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Tue, 14 Sep 2010 - 20:25

Upgrading Performa 6360 processor... — #14

There are rumours that the Sonnet 7200/4400 G3 upgrade - that actually goes into a PCI slot - has been made to work in other machines. IIRC, someone on the 6400zone forums got it …
68kMLA Hardware by chet david Mon, 13 Sep 2010 - 03:00

Outbound laptop help needed — #10

Do you know the voltage/can you post a picture of your power cord? I think it would work, but I really don't know if the power cord I have will work with it. also, is there a pram…
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Sun, 12 Sep 2010 - 14:29

Outbound laptop help needed — #9

All I know is that often, old clones like that relied on ROMs pulled from donor Macs (ROMs couldn't be purchased individually or legally cloned) in an interesting arrangement: they…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sun, 12 Sep 2010 - 12:58

Outbound laptop help needed — #8

I have a 3000 series with a 68EC030 on an SE ROM, but I think I shorted out the logic board when I tried replacing the failing hard drive years ago (it won't go past the initial ka…
68kMLA Hardware by trag Tue, 7 Sep 2010 - 20:20
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