What a score! :O The machine sounds like a beauty, I hope she serves you well!

I just had to share. I've had a string of bad luck with a 2400c I had so I bought a cheapo "parts machine" off of eBay awhile back and thought it'd be good to change out the boards…

I was like that before I got married. Between work and home life I don't really have time to go around and collect computers anymore. At one time I had about 20 compact Macs in m…

CORRECTION The screwdriver was a 150x3mm flat blade (200m length would have been better but I couldn't find one)

I have to agree. The PowerBook 140/160/170/180 was a nice piece of industrial design. The way that the battery door acts to lock the case halves together makes it impossible to d…

I remember throwing a heap of those self-paced training videos out about 10 years ago. I still have the certificates for successfully completing the "self-track" courses. (You to…

Success - I’ve managed to open her up without using a torx screwdriver! A 50x3 mm flat blade does the job nicely. Special thanks go to http://home24.inet.tele.dk/ccadams/se/torx.…

It's just happened again. I can confirm the system is 100% unresponsive when it happens. It doesn't respond to ping, there's no sound and an external display doesn't do a thing. Wh…

What does SCSI-probe say? Click to expand... Tried SCSI probe, but it looks as if the drive isn't connected at all. Drives generally have a variety of jumper-controlled …

Check the power connector for cracks in the solder to the pcboard. Check the voltage at the drive under load if possible or atleast check to see if there is a voltage dip when runn…

You burned out fast didn't you (joined at the end of 2008 not even a year).

The capacity of the drives do not really equate to power consumption. Personally I would connect them to a known good computer/enclosure and test them like that as well as check t…

Dear 68kMLA Community, My times on this forum have been wonderful. I have enjoyed learning about the vintage Macintoshes from all of you, and I would not be in this position with …

What are the GB sizes of the drives in the order that you replaced them? It is possible that there isn't enough electrical power to run the drives or there is a problem with the p…

Great, thanks for the responses. I will open up the SE tomorrow and attempt the transplant. I expected that I'd need the SCSI cable from the Classic II, so I've held onto that an…

System6+Vista, Adding a SCSI HD to a dual 800K floppy SE is easy. I've done it before with mine, but I ended up with some obstacles. For one, the SE didn't have the SCSI ribbon …

I have a mac cube that ran fine for about a year and the hd failed so I put a drive I pulled. this drive worked for a couple of months and it started having problems it would spoo…

Yeah thats what I've read, but just to see if it works. Ahh whatever. I just want a working Compact. xx(

If someone here is bidding on this, please let me know. I will try to win them, but if there is an Australian member about to purchase these and they are willing to upload them, t…

:?: As a temporary solution, Washing the logic board will sometimes bring it back to life. That is what I have read around these boards. Click to expand... Well, it's not a pe…

http://forums.macworld.com/message/159804 that thread might be of some help to you

Anybody got a link for a free download? My head hurts from all the freakin' marketing-ploy garbage polluting Google hits these days. jt xx(

Either way, it'd be great if someone here was to buy them and put them up on youtube or something - if I had some disposable income I'd be doing it, but I currently have no access …

:?: As a temporary solution, Washing the logic board will sometimes bring it back to life. That is what I have read around these boards.

The Logic board is in better condition than yours, but has some leaky caps.. This may be fixable with a nice Wash, Click to expand... No, it will not, the capacitors need to be…