One would think, but the tantalum capacitors are in fact electrolytic capacitors, like their can brethren the exhibit the same properties but are made with much more modern techniq…

What about replacing with aluminum surface mount caps? Wouldn't an original 1-1 part be better than a substitute? --Rob

Oh in groups of 4? I was doing in groups of 2 will update with results

The 400 MHZ G3 I bought on eBay has 1m cache but going to G4 like you said will be faster. Yes but xpostfacto runs into problems if you zap the pram or reet the nvram... Or if th…

I'm going to put Mac os 9.2.2 and then 10.2.8. I really don't want to use xpostfacto, too much of a pain. I'll be happy with the G4 and 10.2.8. with the G4 it should be a little …

I'm going to put Mac os 9.2.2 and then 10.2.8. I really don't want to use xpostfacto, too much of a pain. I'll be happy with the G4 and 10.2.8. with the G4 it should be a little…

ok, I have started the operation. I took everything I might need out of the 180. I forgot on the 1xx powerbooks, the CPU is on a daughterboard, so I only removed that. The 180 had …

I remember reading Leopard would be capable on a B&W with a G4 upgrade. Do you think you could get Leopard on an AIO with a G4 upgrade? Just sayin'. Click to expand... …

I remember reading Leopard would be capable on a B&W with a G4 upgrade. Do you think you could get Leopard on an AIO with a G4 upgrade? Just sayin'.

If it wasn't for the shipping I'd be all over this Click to expand... I presume you'd be all over it, to do a CC mod with a mini or some such, rather than using a significantly…

ifixit.com should have it. Is there any real difference in the 180 logic board vs the 165? Click to expand... I don't think ifixit goes back that far As far as motherboard …

iirc, apple's '00 memory guide says that you can put a 512k vram stick in an LC III and get 1MB of vram. is this true?

Cool Thanks!

Cool!! I just ordered a ZIF G4... I didn't need the jumpers as I already have it set for 400mhz with the G3 upgrade that I put in, I WAS looking on ebay for a G4 Ziff b4 I bought t…

Cool!! I just ordered a ZIF G4... I didn't need the jumpers as I already have it set for 400mhz with the G3 upgrade that I put in, I WAS looking on ebay for a G4 Ziff b4 I bought t…

Sounds like you still did something wrong. Grab a matching group of 4 30-pin SIMMS. That means they have to be the SAME. Put them in slots 1-4, nowhere else and carefully install…

OK Good news and bad news. After removing the RAM that was put in there randomly it CHIMES! And Half a second later, it does the death chime... on BOTH of them!!! xx( 8-o Any…

Don't know if this is cheap, but . . . http://www.adoptamac.com/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=120 He got a book to me very quickly, but he's had to turn off the…

Tried the Mac Driver Museum? Click to expand... Indeed I have - they have some eMachines and Supermac video drivers, but for other products other than the SimplyTV

Don't know if this is cheap, but . . . http://www.adoptamac.com/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=120 He got a book to me very quickly, but he's had to turn off th…

From other things I have read, it may be worth trying a card that states it is UDMA or ATA mode compatible

Upgraded the CPU (From eBay) for 10.00 to 400MHZ w/1meg level 2 cache. Click to expand... G3 or G4? IC-China occasionally has cheap G4 ZIFs

Tried the Mac Driver Museum?

ifixit.com should have it. Is there any real difference in the 180 logic board vs the 165?

Coxy: the speakers and amp as-is are only compatible with the USB outs on certain Macs, contemporary to the Cube and Digital Audio G4 (the DA designation in fact ~only~ means that…