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Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #10

The very first time I took apart an iBook (also to replace the hard drive) and put it back together, I put one of the long hex screws in the middle, instead of the short one. Cl…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:52

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #9

I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I Click to expand... Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:14

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #8

I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I Click to expand... Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:09

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #6

I know, I know, I'm going to hell. But it works. It's also non-permanent, if I have to go in later and fix it for real.
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:51

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #5

If that's the case, no amount of glue will fix the damage - you'll have to strip the iBook down more to resolder the pads. JB Click to expand... If the pad is lifted off - so …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:23

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #3

The speaker cable isn't superglued in, it just clicks in with a tight fit (male connector). I've done the same as you - but in my instance just the red and white cables came out. …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:12

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #2

The speaker cable isn't superglued in, it just clicks in with a tight fit (male connector). I've done the same as you - but in my instance just the red and white cables came out. …
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:08

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #1

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68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 08:54

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #13

I'll try to get the one w/ 22 disks. the cool thing bout Zip disks is i have a usb drive already.
68kMLA Hardware by macgeek417 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 01:11

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #12

um... zoom waaay in on the pic, its a paralell drive Click to expand... Oh right. I see that now. Sorry about that. Here's one of the aforementioned Zip Plus drives with 22…
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 23:29

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #26

For those bidding on this Mac - it isn't a Hyperdrive. I asked the seller for a close-up of the front and it's actually the Macintosh badge from the back of the machine. Click …
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 20:35

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #11

Hard drives: IBM SCSI HD Seagate Hawk 2 GB x2 Seagate Hawk 2.1 GB Click to expand... That lot of two Hawks is a good deal.
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 18:22

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #8

Hard drives: IBM SCSI HD Seagate Hawk 2 GB x2 Seagate Hawk 2.1 GB or you can buy a cheaper large 68 pin HD (which are much easier to find cheap than native 50-pin hard drives) …
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 06:38

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #7

OK, could someone point me to a SCSI zip drive then? i still have a zip100 disk or two...
68kMLA Hardware by macgeek417 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 03:57

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #6

It looks like a full-height drive. I believe your LC will accept only half-height drives. Also, it's a micropolis, which means it's (a) old, ( B) probably very noisy, and © probab…
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 03:35

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #25

But I'm trying to determine the exact origins of the drive mechanism used in my HyperDrive Mac Click to expand... I'm sorry, but I fail to see what you want. You have a drive w…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 02:13

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #3

so would this one be good? http://cgi.ebay.com/Micropolis-2112-SCSI-HD-1GB-HH-3-5-SCSI2-50-pin_W0QQitemZ120464219207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item1c0c3a1…
68kMLA Hardware by macgeek417 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 01:39
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