Just replace the fan with a quieter one, then. Running an SE without a fan is not advised.

my fan is noisy! i am sure that it is no noisier than anyone else's fan, but recently its been bugging me. has anyone ever ran their SE without the fan? i assume it would be mor…

buy a 2.5mm minijack socket Click to expand... The hard part is going to be finding one that matches - it's non-standard. IIRC, longer than normal and with four contacts rathe…

You've just about got the breaking points listed. The original ][ machines could add ][+ ROMs to get Applesoft, which was a requirement for several programs. Likewise, they could…

I liked my iBook G3 while it worked. The dreaded GPU issue is now showing it's ugly head. I thought about repairing the mobo, but the hinge is also bent. Being a G3 I will more th…

I like the paneling, and the printer is a great add-on. As is the retro looking stereo gear (I assume) off the left side of the photo.

Even Tantalum capacitors have a service life just like Aluminum electrolytic. While the aluminum ones might leak with age they generally fail open (no big deal) while tantalums fai…

One last question - wouldn't Tantalum capacitors normalize the audio to an extent because of their high ESR ratings? Click to expand... If you had actually used the 'Search' fe…

Was there an upgrade path for original Apple II users? If so how far could one go before having to buy a whole new computer? II Plus IIe IIe enhanced IIe Platinum IIgs

Very well written. Enjoy that machine. Click to expand... Thank you very much, I did try to do that one right! jt =8-D

Yeah, I was thinking that it would be better to buy a 2.5mm minijack socket rather than desolder it from the iLamp board, but it's all a bit of a moot point anyway because I sold o…

Question then comes down to. What I am thinking of that requires hard sectored disks. Click to expand... I can't imagine what you're thinking of. ;-) Hard sectoring refers t…

One last question - wouldn't Tantalum capacitors normalize the audio to an extent because of their high ESR ratings?

A bit of insight on the floppy drives... Click to expand... And for further reading: http://www.vintagemacworld.com/drives.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Ex…

A bit of insight on the floppy drives... There were five different non-Powerbook external 3.5" drives produced by Apple during the 1980s and 1990s that plugged into the floppy dri…

Have you tried saving on a different volume?

Thanks, guys. Question then comes down to. What I am thinking of that requires hard sectored disks.

Isn't that model number "M2943" for the defective 15" apple multiscan displays? Stay away... FAR away from them as well as the 1710's I have a 1705 and it has never given me a prob…

Is everyone 100% sure that these machines cannot go up to 1 Gig of memory? Click to expand... Unfortunately since the beige G3s only have 3 slots, yes.

desolder the socket from a dead compatible Mac Click to expand... Apple technote: Apple Pro Speakers: Compared to Power Mac G4 Cube Speakers Code: =================…

Love the wood paneling Is that an old ImageWriter? Nice touch

Yep up to 768mb

yes, I remember disk light. every time I installed norton, there it was. Pretty handy utility, and you could place it in either top corner. My only gripe with 7.1 is that it's not…

Is everyone 100% sure that these machines cannot go up to 1 Gig of memory?

Nice! I remember when those first came out. :beige: