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Small score: PB100 — #6

I'll most likely do that as soon as I get brave enough to take the bad boy apart 8-o If the slap trick doesn't work, something else may have to be a donor xx(
68kMLA Troubleshooting by oldmossinger Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 18:23

IIfx Won't boot — #27

Dennis, to answer a couple of your questions, yes the drive is auto-inject, but it's not necessarily known working. It was working when it was pulled quite a while ago, but I did n…
68kMLA Hardware by aftermac Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 16:30

IIfx Won't boot — #26

If AfterMac's spare drive hooked up I now get a disk with a red X through it. Click to expand... I assume the X appears red because of your unusual monitor setup. In actuality…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 16:08

IIfx Won't boot — #25

If AfterMac's spare drive hooked up I now get a disk with a red X through it. The drive never actually tries to read the disk though (no noise) and I know the disk is good anyway.…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 15:25

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #8

I think most of them have the coating, even as far back as the 128k. My 128k has it, I just assumed they all did. Here's a photo of the guts of a 128k, with the coating: { …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 11:23

Small score: PB100 — #5

If the HD is struggling to spin, it usually requires a firm spanking/slap to get it up ... if you know what I mean But seriously, if not turned on for a while I've found many …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 05:54

Small score: PB100 — #4

I wish you good luck with recovering the PB100. The only one I have owned had the lit up but blank screen issue. Eventually i gave it away and if I was smart I would have kept th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 05:01

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #7

I was going to ask if that coating was common to all the machines; I have memories of opening a 512k with my dad and seeing a more plastic-like interior. Ah, I didn't realize …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by elSchus Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 03:57

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #6

Here is the damage. The last two photos are a 'before' (flat) and an 'after' (on the drainboard) of the bezel. I did remove the Apple badge; it was fun to learn it's just a metal s…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mac128 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 03:39

ll FX — #3

Why does it have two batteries? Click to expand... http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/images/macIIfxsch.GIF Each battery is 3.6V. I'm not exactly sure from just glancing why t…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 01:47

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #5

Here is the damage. Click to expand... While there is no way to undo the damage, I am sorry to say, you would be doing others a service by posting this story and links to your …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Mon, 22 Feb 2010 - 00:27

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #4

I have been tempted many times to get and try out the following product, but I have no clue how it compares to the original http://www.allbatterysalesandservice.com/browse.cfm/4,4…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Osgeld Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 23:25

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #3

Thanks, JDW. I think a combination of the gel method mixed with some more patience & planning would have done the trick. Here is the damage. The last two photos are a 'be…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by el.Schus Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 22:54

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #2

I had a fear of that happening myself; namely, that the metallic spray inside the case might be adversely affected by the H202 during deyellowing. But in my case, the reason I ult…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 21:50

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #1

Hello, long time lurker, first-time poster. :b&w: A week ago I found the threads related to de-yellowing the compacts (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9381&start=0), …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by el.Schus Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 20:11

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #3

Alright, I am tired of messing around with it today... I have three sticks of compatible RAM, which at various times have run in this box. None of them work. One of them allows it…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 15:11

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #2

TechTool Deluxe: I've got a disc which was given to me with one of my partial MDDs, maybe 2.7.3? - booted TTD for OS 9 drive (x removed) It scanned my hardware and RAM before it…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 09:53

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #1

Recent problems with my MDD inspired me to get my first TiBook as a portable media machine, but I still need to get my tower working again. It is so flaky now I almost with I could…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 09:01

ll FX — #2

It's towards the front center and the speaker is towards front right IIRC. So sort of. No it's a memory board like socket. No clue. I know that unless both are good it won't tu…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 06:37

ll FX — #1

Is the ROM card by the speaker? If the ROM is soldered to the board, is it by the batteries? Why does it have two batteries? I am going by 'fuzzy' pictures, so it is hard to tel…
68kMLA Hardware by Classic Mac Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 05:04

Daystar XCI Bus -- Ever Released — #5

I can't tell from the picture. It could be. I think I saw in one of those articles that a SCSI card would be supported on the Daystar special bus. Click to expand... Looks l…
68kMLA Hardware by Trash80toHP_Mini Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 04:06

Daystar XCI Bus -- Ever Released — #4

I can't tell from the picture. It could be. I think I saw in one of those articles that a SCSI card would be supported on the Daystar special bus. Ah, if I had been wealthy in …
68kMLA Hardware by trag Sun, 21 Feb 2010 - 02:41
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