The 840AV got here today and a couple of little disappointments to report. The blank faceplate over the hard drive bay was off when it arrived and the whole thing wasn't packed ver…

On my 6500 I slightly shaved the nubs that hold the two front pieces on so that you can remove them more easily but they still stay on there. As for the plastic side panels.. I do…

The 6400/6500 case design is what you get when designers stay up too long on a weekend under the influence of alcohol. Very easy to get the motherboard tray out, but the rest of th…

One case that really ticked me off was the 6400/6500 tower. What a mess trying to open and work on. I got a lot of scraped knuckles and crushed fingertips inside one of those. C…

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I'm still waiting for prices to come down more. I'm not buying a G5 unless I can get a quad core and even though they are at the lowest levels ever, I still think they have a good …

You need to be more careful. I have been in and out of a 8500 so many times (same with an Q800/840AV) I can get to RAM in a minute if that.If I took a sledgehammer to a 8500 it wou…

Good luck to you. The first time I opened my 9500 I vowed never to do it again until I have enough parts collected to fill every slot and upgrade every component so I only have to …

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find. Click to expand... Thanks for th…

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ? Click to expand... The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…

It's amazing to me how many people left 7.5, 7.5.1, and 7.5.2 installed without upgrading. I've received several PowerBooks that were still running versions <7.5.3, and I b…

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find.

They are surprisingly durable machines, particularly the ones that went through the Apple refurbishing program to fix the power jack, etc. One thing - years ago, I purchased after…

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ? Click to expand... The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?

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I just picked up a PowerBook 5300cs off of eBay. It just arrived today along with the manual. It is in near perfect condition and it is still running 7.5.2 and it had img files of …

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Do the ATI OS 9 drivers properly support the 9700? I thought the 9200 (RV250) was the last card officially supported by ATI for OS 9, but I would be delighted to be wrong. Click…

As far as I know Macs never got the 9700 and the ones flashed were flashed with modded 9800 ROMs. Macs did get the 9600 but it did not go well with OS 9 either.

The video card arrived today. It turns out to be a PrecisionColor Pro 24XK. http://lowendmac.com/video/radiuspro24xk.html It's not bad, not the fastest nubus accelerator or the h…

which Apple already did with Mac OS X Click to expand... You know that´s not true Keith Stattenfield and his team did a lot of work at OS 9 already, until Steve Jobs forced …

I don't know if it is "properly" supported, but it works for me. All resolutions and color depths are available, and 2D seems pretty fast. I don't run 3D games, so I can't say whet…

Do the ATI OS 9 drivers properly support the 9700? I thought the 9200 (RV250) was the last card officially supported by ATI for OS 9, but I would be delighted to be wrong. Click…