WHY????? Wasn't it slow enough for you under XPHome3? Click to expand... It never ran XP Home, it came with XP Pro ( and Vista Basic ). It's now XP Pro SP3.

I have just built my "HP Mini 2140" a month ago from scratch. I used the XP Pro SP2 install disk plus the drivers from the additional HP application disk. No real problems except h…

1) I just spent over a week wrasslin' with the XPHome3 recovery CD and never did get that P.O.S. to reinstall on HP_Mini. Click to expand... I have just built my "HP Mini 2140"…

Ah, well, perhaps it will be of use to someone else then. The PLW models do require much maintenance. I find I need to have several donor units on hand just to keep several print…

It's simple really: 1) I just spent over a week wrasslin' with the XPHome3 recovery CD and never did get that P.O.S. to reinstall on HP_Mini. 2) The ubuntu NetBook Remix install …

Thanks wally. I'm afraid your valuable info is a little late - the printer was dumped yesterday. Sad, but there was little else I could do with it. After messing with it I was plan…

Some problems with the Personal Laserwriter series printers may be resolved by the following: General preventative maintenance on a newly acquired vintage PLW printer: 1. Pull t…

MacGeek: Thanks! But I have a server. When I get back to NYC I'll image em.

Thanks for the info.Here are the floppies that came with it. I will make images of them. "Macintosh Basics" Says "Start up from this disc" "Apple Network product installer" "Mac…

If you want to try replacing the PAV board, I've got a good one here that would go pretty cheaply. Shipping to Australia would be steep though.

Why don't you try to fix it? The iMac are very easy to fix. Do you have an idea of what is wrong with it? Don't scrap it, it may just be the PAV board.

Nah, they were all grey bits, there was one bit of black plastic, still, I'm happy to have pulled the RAM out of it, 2x256MB sticks, wow. Dunno what to do with the rest of it. iM…

Thanks for the info. Here are the floppies that came with it. I will make images of them. "Macintosh Basics" Says "Start up from this disc" "Apple Network product installer" "M…

Also note, with the CRT disconnected, it "flups" much faster, but still doesn't power up. I think this isolates the issue to the analog board.

Makes me sad to look at my Classic 2.

Printers suck. I feel like blowtorching mine.

Bits of brittle plastic dropped out of it too. Click to expand... If these pieces are a brownish colour, then it's most likely the bonding agent around the CRT rings flaking of…

The plastics around the speaker assemblies are brittle. When you move my iMac G3 Around, you here bits and pieces shaking...

I finally got around to tearing down the old Macintosh 512k to see what the problem is. Visually the electronics appeared fine, so it looks like I need your help, 68kMLA. It has t…

G'day Mars, Yeah, it won't power on at all and gives off a warm plastic smell, so you're probably right as to the reason for it's deadness. Bits of brittle plastic dropped out of…

Check the speaker connections/try swapping the speaker units around. If there is no change, everything might be due for a cap replacement. trag sells complete IIci kits though.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.04/release/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-powerpc.iso

The Bernoulii wasn't really all that rare and was actually a slightly better technology than Syquest's. Click to expand... Yeah - I've got the 2nd edition of Macs for Dummies, …

hot air, quickchip and solder paste is all abit overkill for some capacitors, I replace them all the time with a standard iron and a gentle hand, but whatever floats your boat, lea…

Unrestored Classic II motherboard with leaky capacitors: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error…