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Looking at a PowerBook 1400 — #9

Hmm I have one of of those little gems, and I can tell you they are very nice indeed. However I have mine now in the back room gathering dust after my cat walked across my keyboar…
68kMLA Hardware by jerrag Sun, 10 May 2009 - 03:50

Apple Monitor IIc diagram - help required — #1

I recently picked up an Apple IIc with monitor, and although the IIc is working perfectly the monitor appears to be completely dead. Having stripped it down I've discovered that th…
68kMLA Hardware by MacMan Sat, 9 May 2009 - 21:13

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #12

When I connect it to another machine in SCSI Disk Mode, only the 4GB partition shows up, and I can transfer data to and from it with no problems.If you should try this, and both pa…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Sat, 9 May 2009 - 03:51

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #11

I see absolutely no signs of a 6 GB hard drive limit. I'm using a 40 GB hard drive (Apple ROMed) in mine. Click to expand... There is a 4GB limit for SCSI Disk Mode...if you ha…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Fri, 8 May 2009 - 20:22

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #10

These upgrade cards, their speeds, the differences between them, etc. is probably the most well documented of the powerbook upgrades out there. Compares Sonnet's upgrade cards: h…
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Fri, 8 May 2009 - 16:16

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #9

Interesting. Is there an objective, side-by-side analysis of 1400 upgrade cards that show performance, heat, and power impacts? I've also got a 333 MHz Sonnet card that I bought …
68kMLA Hardware by alk Thu, 7 May 2009 - 05:15

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #8

I know this is a bit off topic, but the 233 Vimage G3 upgrade, IMHO, is not worth the effort. It runs too hot and bleeds the battery. All the best. Click to expand... The batt…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Thu, 7 May 2009 - 03:14

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #7

I know this is a bit off topic, but the 233 Vimage G3 upgrade, IMHO, is not worth the effort. It runs too hot and bleeds the battery. All the best.
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Thu, 7 May 2009 - 02:13

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #6

I see absolutely no signs of a 6 GB hard drive limit. I'm using a 40 GB hard drive (Apple ROMed) in mine. Click to expand... There is a 4GB limit for SCSI Disk Mode...if you ha…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Wed, 6 May 2009 - 13:22

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #5

Try here: http://www.ppcmla.com/downloads/VPower_Vimage_PB.img.sea I stuffed up my installer disk image. I haven't tested the .sea file, but if everything worked as it should (D…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Wed, 6 May 2009 - 06:32

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #4

Sorry, should have stated the G3 upgrade. Good to know though that it will work regardless while I hunt down online drivers. This shall be my next project.
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Wed, 6 May 2009 - 05:07

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #3

The driver is required to activate the L2 cache. Otherwise, the CPU module will work fine. A G3 without cache is virtually the same thing as a 603e. I have that same processor u…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Wed, 6 May 2009 - 03:48

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #2

Driver for the hard drive or the G3 upgrade? I see absolutely no signs of a 6 GB hard drive limit. I'm using a 40 GB hard drive (Apple ROMed) in mine. As for the G3 upgrade, I've…
68kMLA Hardware by Gil Wed, 6 May 2009 - 02:11

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #1

I am looking to install a 10GB HD in my 1400 with a 233 Vimage G3 upgrade installed. I have the driver on floppy but alas no floppy drive for the 1400. If I install the new drive…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Wed, 6 May 2009 - 01:58

g4 cube startup issues help! — #4

well I know the master slave jumpers are ok. the computer worker great for several weeks after the new hd. I reformateded and installed 10.4 clean and then ran tech tools to chec…
68kMLA Hardware by madmann Tue, 5 May 2009 - 03:46

g4 cube startup issues help! — #3

For shits and giggles, take the hard drive out and just boot from an os x disk, see what happens. Thats how I've figured out bad hard drives and such. Of course, a full size G4 to…
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Mon, 4 May 2009 - 16:19

So, Beige G3's. — #52

I have: G3 desktop OS 9.2.2 (I'm struggling to get it to dual boot Ubuntu) 1000 MHz G3 (running from a 83 MHz FSB) 768 MB ram 80 GB hd 24x cd-rom ATI Radeon 9200 PCI 2-port…
68kMLA Hardware by jiffy Mon, 4 May 2009 - 12:49

g4 cube startup issues help! — #2

I'd take it back to when you replaced the hard disk - did you set master/slave on the new drive? The fact that it's chiming, booting to a grey screen suggests all is good - so I'…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Mon, 4 May 2009 - 06:07

Duo Dock won't boot. — #3

Oops, missed those last couple of sentences. The reason for asking was that I had a problem with a 2300c caused by overheating of a transformer on the logic board (one of those sq…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Mon, 4 May 2009 - 00:57

So, Beige G3's. — #51

The best way to reset the pram is to disconnect main power, disconnect the PS from the motherboard, remove the pram battery, tap the power button to kill any residual voltage, and …
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Sun, 3 May 2009 - 23:40

So, Beige G3's. — #50

what is it with beige motherboards dying? / the symptoms were a non-booting OS X install, OS 9 booting fine. Click to expand... you THINK you cleared it with Command-Option-P-R a…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Sun, 3 May 2009 - 22:43

g4 cube startup issues help! — #1

I had a bad hd and replaced it 2 weeks ago bad sectors. now it has stopped starting up 1 it chimes 2 i get a gray screen no pin wheel 3 nothing happens. i have tried bootin…
68kMLA Hardware by madmann Sun, 3 May 2009 - 14:26

So, Beige G3's. — #49

I have been tinkering with mine lately, and it will end up like this: G3 Tower with G3/400mhz processor from my Blue/White G3 384MB RAM 9.1GB SCSI hard disk 3GB IDEhard disk Z…
68kMLA Hardware by quinterro Fri, 1 May 2009 - 02:05
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