Get an old toothbrush and some soap and see if they scrub off.

Posted an Ad wanting cheap mac laptops and someone offered me a iBook G3 500 with 'some' damage. Well the screen is scratched (not cracked but scratched), the keyboard has duct ta…

I dark green on the pins of a few chips behind the serial ports, as well as blue/green on the chip directly next to the internal floppy port. Actually, I just looked at it, many ra…

The only dead motherboard I cannot revive (so far) by replacing capacitors is one from an 840av that has some gook under important chips. I can't tell from your picture how much co…

The funky ghosting and fadedness point to hardware, not software. If you plug it in to an external monitor, does it work? Click to expand... I haven't a clue. I don't have an e…

Well, after a through cleaning/drying to see if I can get it to boot temporarily it still does the same. I'm thinking even if I replace the capacitors that it will still be dead be…

The sonnet was the root of all the issues. I need a L2 Cache DIMMM then to make this mac usable.

Cool, Pics will be up later today? Anyone know how to Re-Cell a battery? I have a few old iBook ice Batteries that I can kill.

Just whatever you do, dont do what I did. xx( :'(

I reinstalled the driver for ATi, it takes Mac OS a decade to boot, and finder hangs. Its on a 400mhz G3, it should be fast! The sonnet accelerator is one of the worst boards I ha…

Alright, thanks a lot! ;D

Does anyone on here re-cap Classic analog boards? I've got several that could use it.

Well, I have an overupgraded Powermac 7200, with G3 Card, 208mb RAM, ATi Rage VR, and Gigiabit Ethernet. The ATi Card Driver was terrible. It would cause the system to lag, hang, a…

Personally, if you've got a IIx, I'd leave it as a IIx if possible - remember, although the IIfx is much faster, if you upgrade it with a IIfx mobo, you'll have a IIfx, complete wi…

The "melting plastic" would be what's left of the worn out case feet I've come across a few PBs with this lately. Click to expand... Its a common issue with a lot of those …

Such machine can be rescued by cleaning and drying, probably with some losses concerning the harddisk drive. Never try to start a wet computer. Make sure the computer is disconne…

The funky ghosting and fadedness point to hardware, not software. If you plug it in to an external monitor, does it work? Click to expand... I haven't a clue. I don't have an e…

I just recapped my Classic II, a bit of a pain because everything is cramped but doable. You need 3 different values, maybe 13 total aluminium capacitors going from memory.

My reply is in the other topic you made about this: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10556

Needs a proper restoration. Replace all caps on logicboard and analog board if you know what you are doing. Otherwise, let a professional do the recap for you. Also, read this: h…

Scott - If you want one, this is the right one and where to buy it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835191005

I picked up a Classic II yesterday for $3 at a church rummage sale. Today I finally got the chance to power it on and check it out. Unfortunately I was greeted with this: Upon f…

I picked up a Classic II yesterday for $3 at a church rummage sale. Today I finally got the chance to power it on and check it out. Unfortunately I was greeted with this: No bon…

The funky ghosting and fadedness point to hardware, not software. If you plug it in to an external monitor, does it work?