840av plastics are typically brittle these days, unfortunately — very like the 9500's also.

Heat is what I'm concerned about since there isn't much room in that case for air to flow normally much less with a third component crammed inside. Sure I can do it with a little …

I have an SE SuperDrive with two floppies and a HD mounted - bought it here a couple years ago actually. The floppy drives need to be cleaned so I've been meaning to open it up. …

I say a good solution would involve some duct tape.

From what I've read it is possible to put two disk drives and a hard drive into the SE, but it requires a special mounting bracket. Has anyone ever seen one of these before? Is i…

Before you forget to do it at all. Make a disk image of that Asante driver disk. I can't tell you how many times I've started out looking for one of my driver disks that I actual…

In the business world it is common for bosses (who rarely need big horsepower) to have the latest and greatest machines they do not use while workers have whatever they can get (st…

That's disappointing after all that - my 840AV came in a similar state (although it cost ~ $30 AUD some time ago), like yours complete with rattling inside and pieces falling out i…

That's disappointing after all that - my 840AV came in a similar state (although it cost ~ $30 AUD some time ago), like yours complete with rattling inside and pieces falling out i…

Got the 10/100 card today. It is brand new in the box. The instructions haven't even been out of the bag! Got the disk and even the warranty registration card! The video card also …

Ok got the HD to terminate and everything works. I have to use my .5GB drives, but that's more than I'll ever need (1GB was overkill). Tempest

I have herd other peoples computers (SE/30s, classics, classic 2s) ply the chimes of death when the sad mac displays. Click to expand... That's right. An SE/30 and Classic II …

The 840AV got here today and a couple of little disappointments to report. The blank faceplate over the hard drive bay was off when it arrived and the whole thing wasn't packed ver…

On my 6500 I slightly shaved the nubs that hold the two front pieces on so that you can remove them more easily but they still stay on there. As for the plastic side panels.. I do…

The 6400/6500 case design is what you get when designers stay up too long on a weekend under the influence of alcohol. Very easy to get the motherboard tray out, but the rest of th…

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death? Click to expand...…

One case that really ticked me off was the 6400/6500 tower. What a mess trying to open and work on. I got a lot of scraped knuckles and crushed fingertips inside one of those. C…

You can upload pictures to my site.

There's also ImageShack.

I'm still waiting for prices to come down more. I'm not buying a G5 unless I can get a quad core and even though they are at the lowest levels ever, I still think they have a good …

You need to be more careful. I have been in and out of a 8500 so many times (same with an Q800/840AV) I can get to RAM in a minute if that.If I took a sledgehammer to a 8500 it wou…

Good luck to you. The first time I opened my 9500 I vowed never to do it again until I have enough parts collected to fill every slot and upgrade every component so I only have to …

It's an IBM DPES 31080. Apparently it doesn't do BUS or SCSI termination. Would hooking up an external drive with an terminator fix my issue or do they both have to terminated? …

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death? Click to expand...…

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find. Click to expand... Thanks for th…