Ok... an update. I decided the solder joints probably didn't take due to me not cleaning the pads after desoldering, and hence them possibly having electrolyte still on them. Thi…

But that soldering job .. I am not going there. Click to expand... Please do go there. It's rubbish, I know that. I was actually wondering if cold solder joints (it was very di…

Double check your work (make sure the + and - of the capacitors is in the correct spot). The video needs the 1uf 50V capacitors to work. No bong means either the capacitor on the …

Double check your work (make sure the + and - of the capacitors is in the correct spot). The video needs the 1uf 50V capacitors to work. No bong means either the capacitor on the …

The difference, if measurable, between CF and SATA on a polled I/O SCSI bus on a 16 MHz m68030 is going to be so insignificant as to be noise. Click to expand... Pure speculati…

Update, my USB flash drives don't work in 8.6 and I get an error type 1010 trying to installing 9.2. But as of now I have 10.0 running and with 8.6 on a different partition. After …

The difference, if measurable, between CF and SATA on a polled I/O SCSI bus on a 16 MHz m68030 is going to be so insignificant as to be noise. Any CF (except perhaps the slowest, o…

...unless you are using a decent PowerMac, a CF card will not hamper you much. Click to expand... I don't want to be hampered at all. Indeed, I want a speed boost for reads an…

I suppose the SCSI bus is hindered by age, and by a dog-slow system bus. Click to expand... Very much so. These are not SE/30s and not SCSI but you get the idea. http://poopr.…

Yeah, I tend to agree. Re prices: It's been a while since I checked, and I forget how quickly computer related stuff gets cheaper.

You can get a 4 gig CF card for less than $15, or less than $20 for a fast one or a good brand. On the other hand, $27 is pretty good, especially considering the fact that you don'…

Thanks, I did a lot of looking, but I couldn't find anything that told what the standard was for IDE on the G3. I personally think the key pin is redundant as there is a key molded…

Do you think that this will work? Click to expand... Should do, yes. this:http://cgi.ebay.com/4GB-Disk-On-Module-40Pins-Industrial-MLC-IDE-Flash_W0QQitemZ220395738789QQc…

Word of advice, apple techs are not allowed to share what they do on the interwebs. If apple finds out, instant fire from job I hear. Extremely strict on guidelines. Click to ex…

I pulled out my power supply to clean it up a bit underneath, and I decided I would try to add an 80 conductor cable to my G3. However, I found that the connector is slightly diffe…

I'm ruling out the ata bus's died.

Word of advice, apple techs are not allowed to share what they do on the interwebs. If apple finds out, instant fire from job I hear. Extremely strict on guidelines.

mix some thermal paste with gel super glue Click to expand... [...]but the tube of adhesive to attach it to the new logic board is basically more expensive than to just …

yes it most likely came as a service pack Click to expand... I agree; that really is the only way that makes sense. That's strange too though because there are no instructions…

yes it most likely came as a service pack

I don't know anything about the pismo, but apple is strange like that.Have you tried removing the heatsink with a heat gun? Click to expand... I thought about using a heat gun,…

I don't know anything about the pismo, but apple is strange like that. Have you tried removing the heatsink with a heat gun?

Here's a picture of one of my faulty boards:

Here is a picture of it as seen in the Apple Service Manual: This is from page 91: Take Apart/Procedures/I/O Logic Board/PCMCIA Card Cage. You can see the shiny adhesive pad…

Yeah maybe I can fix something this time instead of breaking it :b&w: