First a bit of back story - Skip ahead if you want to get to the goods I did some work for a local church years back involving restoring a few older computers (Pentium IIs and …

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA34941 Question #8, pertains to 7500/8500 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA33978 Question #13, PM 9500 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA34662 Question #…

I used to use an alphasmart in like, 4th or 5th grade.

I always thought it had something to do with the VRAM. If you had too much VRAM you could not take the Mac down to black and white. I think the cutoff was 2 MB. I remember that my…

If I wasn't going to install that fan, then i'd never have opened the case, and i'd never have adjusted the voltages. Simple....I somehow doubt i'll attempt the installation again.…

Awesome find! Yea I got two Pismos (since sold one) that were both DOA but I unplugged the PRAM battery and they work! The 500 mHz's are the best and harder to find, congrats!

You were right! I unplugged the pram battery and it booted right up!! It has 256mb of ram and is 500mhz!! The harddrive I put in is 20gb with O.S.9.2. I will get a new p…

Are you sure? I don't think I've ever seen any PCI based Mac that could go down to 16 colors or B&W. The lowest you can go is 256 greys.

12v DC does not melt a fan.. you sure you did not bump the AC by accident? Click to expand... I haven't a clue. Followed the guide to the word, it failed, and I yanked the powe…

12v DC does not melt a fan.. you sure you did not bump the AC by accident?

Unfortunately the only reason I opened the case was to install a fan... and in the process of hooking up that fan I blew the fan and the fuses in quite a spectacular way. Click …

Remove the PRAM battery. It may be too dead and will cause it to not boot. Just remove the keyboard and the CD/DVD drive and you will see it on the right hand side.

Just picked up a very nice looking pismo. The first one I have had! No hardrive. Plugged it in. Nothing. Checked and reset the ram, added a hardrive. Checked all the cables unde…

I don't think "HD 1080" and "G4" can be said in the same sentence; you basically need an Intel Mac to do this sort of stuff. Still, it makes for a wonderful server/general use mac…

IIRC, there was something funky about the video signal and PRAM batteries on the pizzaboxen. Search posts by Danamania and whatever other teems might be necessary to find the answe…

I've been thinking about this for a little while now, and it seems to me that in my old Elementary school, there were candy iMacs that could go all the way down to Black & …

I used to use an AlphaSmart 3000 (translucent case, released around the same time as the iMac) in elementary and middle school, because of my poor ability to write. They are pretty…

Well the adapter worked before... Click to expand... Try multiple VGA monitors.

The original beige model; got it for free! It doesn't work ATM though.

That anode cap is indeed a pain to remove. I usually use a small pair of pliers (from an eyeglass repair kit) to get the clip on one side pressed in and then use the pliers to remo…

Last night I opened my 512k to record all its capacitors (I think I've found a way around my worries about lead, so now I'll be ready to replace those capacitors!!! ). But anyw…

They can handle HD right? If so then that could be a set top box. Put 3 500GB drives and you're set. :beige:

I think the OP left the forum.

Well the adapter worked before...

Unfortunately the only reason I opened the case was to install a fan... and in the process of hooking up that fan I blew the fan and the fuses in quite a spectacular way. Click …