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Power Mac 9500 startup woes — #1

I got out the ole' Power Mac 9500 last evening and tried to start it up. No luck. Though the hard drive in it is fine and has OS 7.6 on it, it did not work. I got to the gray scree…
68kMLA Hardware by Dog Cow Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 18:52

Rev A iMac G3 — #14

Little known fact of the 350's, they can run tiger natively. Even apple says so. Click to expand... The requirement for 10.4 was that the machine have either AGP graphics or Fi…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 18:12

Making Radius Video Card Main Video OutPut. — #3

Well, there is a lil radius icon at the bottom when its loading. But right now I can't see anything as the internal video on my IIci does not want to cooperate with my Display and …
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 15:46

Got 2 living-dead G3 iBooks — #15

I re-tried the same procedure last night, but this time without the tinfoil on the GPU. After I'd left it a little while to cool down, I booted it up and the screen lit up straight…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 13:28

Wallstreet and PDQ information thread — #8

Visible on the logic board beneath the modem is what appears to be an unused set of solder pads for a SODIMM socket for VRAM expansion. Too bad Apple left it out, or we could rock …
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 12:14

Overclocked MolarMac problem — #6

Apple's late-model CRT-based systems seem to have numerous problems like this. I've got an original iMac with a failing flyback, and one of the original B&W G3 companion di…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 12:00

17" Fan Weirdness — #5

The thermal paste in the AlBooks is reminiscent of concrete sludge: it's thick and gray and kind of grainy. If you start having problems (crashes, etc) with your machine, you might…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 11:43

Wallstreet and PDQ information thread — #7

Wallstreets: Available fixed-resolution 12" STN, 13.3" TFT, and 14.1" TFT displays. I've read that 12.1" TFT was a later option, but haven't seen it confirmed anywhere. Very low-…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 11:10

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #12

That's a "Macintosh" sticker on the face of that Mac in the EBAY auction. You can see how the right side of it is reflecting in the sun. The real question at this point is, WHY p…
68kMLA Hardware by JDW Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 09:10

Rev A iMac G3 — #13

Little known fact of the 350's, they can run tiger natively. Even apple says so. Click to expand... It's just rather difficult to install, because there's no DVD drive or Fire…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 07:23

Rev A iMac G3 — #12

Little known fact of the 350's, they can run tiger natively. Even apple says so. Click to expand... It's just rather difficult to install, because there's no DVD drive or Fire…
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 06:35

Making Radius Video Card Main Video OutPut. — #2

Hi there. My IIci has a Radius DirectColorGX. The internal video does not work with my VGA monitor and adaptor. But I plugged in my VGA-Mac Adaptor to the Radius Card, and voila it…
68kMLA Hardware by Trash80toHP_Mini Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 03:43

Rev A iMac G3 — #11

Little known fact of the 350's, they can run tiger natively. Even apple says so. Click to expand... It's just rather difficult to install, because there's no DVD drive or Fire…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 02:33

Rev A iMac G3 — #10

Little known fact of the 350's, they can run tiger natively. Even apple says so.
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 02:15

Rev A iMac G3 — #9

Hmm. I hope mine does not die. It will not be used daily, it will go next to my G3/350.
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 - 00:04

Rev A iMac G3 — #8

Just one thing to remember about trayloading iMacs: If you use it regularly, expect the monitor to lose its flyback transformer within a year or two. I gave away my Rev. B (same th…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Sat, 19 Sep 2009 - 23:53

Making Radius Video Card Main Video OutPut. — #1

Hi there. My IIci has a Radius DirectColorGX. The internal video does not work with my VGA monitor and adaptor. But I plugged in my VGA-Mac Adaptor to the Radius Card, and voila i…
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 - 23:05

Got 2 living-dead G3 iBooks — #14

careful. It might be the inverter itself. I have had cases where you push on the inverter and it will work. Usually a cold joint, but I would go find an inverter. it should be c…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 - 21:27
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