I'm preparing a G4 as in the title for my wife, who currently uses an eMac/1GHz, so that she can use an ADC Cinema Display HD (23") with it. Erase and install (using a SuperDuper!…
A little Googling has turned up V150H button cells as replacements for the V110H cells originally in 2400c backup batteries. The V150Hs appear to be simply higher capacity successo…
68kMLAHardwareby beachycoveFri, 17 Oct 2008 - 04:21
As you can see by this pic the inside of this GS has some rust and other corrosion, so my question is: what should I remove it with? Is steel wool the best option? Or is there some…
Has FireWire been known to give out on a G4 AGP Graphics?
I hooked up my FireWire DVD drive as I always do to install the OS, but on this particular G4 it doesn't work. The drive …
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonThu, 16 Oct 2008 - 08:09
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68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonTue, 14 Oct 2008 - 07:10
I just got a blue and white g3 to replace my beige. I want to put my sonnet accelerator into the b&w, but whenever I clock the bus down, it will not boot. I would just ke…
68kMLAHardwareby sircabulonMon, 13 Oct 2008 - 20:24
I have a chance to buy a iMac Oct 2005 2.1 ghz, 500 gb hd, 2.5gb ram, and isight cam. Under Apple Care, he has replaced everything but the motherboard. He is asking $695CDN.
What …
68kMLAHardwareby MaconthemoveSun, 12 Oct 2008 - 23:31
Hey, my sisters room mate came to me with her laptop telling me that it plays an elevator version of jump by van halen randomly. I couldn't find anything on google about it and do…
68kMLAHardwareby sircabulonTue, 7 Oct 2008 - 01:30
If anyone can recall one of my recent liberations, 2x 700mhz eMac G4's, you will also remember that one of them runs beautifully. The other one does not. The display has a flicker …
I came across a pile of emacs. They had been tossed off a truck, I picked up a couple of them as I dumped my stuff off. They are 2005 models with 1.42ghz cpu's. . THey are c…
So, a few days ago, my PowerBook G4 started acting funny, not wanting to sleep, freezing on waking from sleep, etc. Then finally, it locked up during the boot sequence and never ca…
68kMLAHardwareby FranklinsteinFri, 3 Oct 2008 - 02:31
I have been considering Leopard on my 800mhz TiBook and my wife's dual 500 G4. The dual 500 has a PCI 32mb radeon 7000 in it and 1.25 gigs of ram. The TiBook has 768mb of ram, thou…
I ordered the bulb and it came today. I don't really have any good instructions how to do this but I think I'll have a stab at it. Does anyone have any last-minute recommendation…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedryMon, 29 Sep 2008 - 21:53
I have a Pismo battery that went one day from holding a charge for an hour to not taking a charge, the light would not even blink on it. I took it apart and manually (eek!) charge…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedrySun, 28 Sep 2008 - 14:40
Folks on these forums are so helpful thought I'd get more help...
I found a Pismo 500 (awesome, always wanted one) and I didn't have the Yo-yo adapter so I used my 1400c's power a…
Hey, I have a Pismo battery that is shot, but since I have a couple spare clamshell batteries around i thought "their connections are the same, so lets try and do a swap.
The fir…
Shortly after buying my Blue/White G3 the motherboard was replaced with a Revision 2 motherboard. After disappointing results with my Beige G3, I thought I would try to get the or…
i have a wallstreet wel several wallstreets and unfortunaly no means of getting data from their hard drives other then a zip disk module ( but no zip disks ...go figure)
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ADT PRO in conjunction with the proper null modem cables & a USB to serial connector driver from Prolific (PL-2303) I managed to eventually make disk images into working di…
I just received this powerbook. Bought it as is for parts. I plugged it in with the adapter from another model that fit. I tried it after a couple of hours, and it booted righ…
Will a dead PRAM battery in a Duo 2300c cause a battery in the bay to not be recognized at all? ('X' over battery icon)
I've cleaned the contacts, etc. already. The batteries are …
Well, fixed the slowness problem, but now when I try to install a new 400mhz g3 upgrade card, I get a bong but no display.
Ram is confirmed good, as is video. CUDA reset and PRAM …
Hey Guys:
In a move of nostalgia, I dusted off my old 233 Beige G3 MT (bought it at the old CompUSA Apple Store within a Store) and wanted to fire it up. Well, the HD started maki…