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Hard drive spin up, blank screen? — #1

One of the things i added to my souped up PowerMac 7300 was a SCSI card and an LVD hard drive, Seagate 80GB@ 10,000RPM . Now this drive takes a bit longer then its original HDD to …
68kMLA Hardware by sp00nix Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 13:03

Deep IIci rejuvenation, possible ROM select problem — #21

Oh, I remember, I drew a nice design with four PLCC parts on the same side of the board and realized that they'd be too close together for convenient hand soldering. Two need to …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 08:00

SE/30 Speaker Replacement — #3

Nope, I actually had to keep it low or they got really loud. I looked at removing the big metal bracket thing, but there's one screw that I can't get to because it looks to be und…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 05:26

SE/30 Speaker Replacement — #2

I'm pretty sure you need to slide out the motherboard (disconnecting all cables), and just the metal bracket inside housing the floppy drive and hard disk to get to the speaker. D…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 05:20

SE/30 Speaker Replacement — #1

I have an SE/30 with what I believe is a dead speaker in it. There's no internal sound, but I get sound just fine if I plug in speakers. I have a working speaker I pulled from an…
68kMLA Hardware by Tempest Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 05:15

IT BURNS! — #1

hi all- as you may have become aware, i recently got a new(ish) iMac g3. however, it gets HOT! i did some research and found out it's cooled via convection, which seems unhealthy.…
68kMLA Hardware by cjtmacclassic Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 05:09

Lifespan of a PRAM Battery In a Mac Classic II — #11

Are these machines you guys had plugged in or just sitting around in storage? Click to expand... My Mac II had been sitting in storage for years... even before I got it... I've…
68kMLA Hardware by aftermac Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 02:48

Lifespan of a PRAM Battery In a Mac Classic II — #10

I read 10 years on the battery manufacturers site, but I'm guessing it's closer to 5-6 from what I've seen on my other computers. Tempest Click to expand... 10 years is the sh…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 02:38

IRS Refund Madness! Multiple Conquests! — #25

I have to send my tax forms in. I'm going to have a nice refund coming for some conquests. There's quite a few things that have been on my list for a while like a type 4 keyboard a…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 23:18

Solid State Drive (SSD) in SE/30 — #58

The ARS-2000SUP has different firmware than the ARS-2000SU. I had a problem where my ARS-2000SU units would not auto boot on m68k Macs or on Amigas when they had the ARS-2000SUP fi…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 21:39

Solid State Drive (SSD) in SE/30 — #57

Hm. I spoke too soon. I can't seem to get the SSD to auto mount or to be the boot disk. Any thoughts? Partitioning worked fine with Apple SC HD Setup (patched), and I could cop…
68kMLA Hardware by jellyfin Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 19:16

Lifespan of a PRAM Battery In a Mac Classic II — #2

If you are just storing the machine, remove the battery. Batteries in machines that are used a decent amount (are plugged into main power) should last 4+ years.
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 18:08

IIfx Won't boot — #56

How would I figure out where a possible short is? Running a wire directly to the disk might solve the problem, but that's still a hack and not a fix (remember the HD wasn't spinn…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 17:32

Solid State Drive (SSD) in SE/30 — #56

Thanks for the tips on this thread. I installed a 40GB Kingston SSD using the ACARD ARS-2000SUP. I had a hell of a time getting it to format in my SE/30, but based on this info f…
68kMLA Hardware by jellyfin Tue, 2 Mar 2010 - 17:18

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