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.kext problem in G4/733 DA — #1

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!…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Sat, 18 Oct 2008 - 14:44

Steel wool best for corrosion removal? — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Dog Cow Thu, 16 Oct 2008 - 21:03

Dead FireWire on a G4? — #1

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 …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Thu, 16 Oct 2008 - 08:09

Headless AIO G3 in a box — #1

http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim0551uf1.jpg http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim0549ph0.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1999/hpim0550gp4.jpg Had a G…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Tue, 14 Oct 2008 - 07:10

b&w g3 will not start — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by sircabulon Mon, 13 Oct 2008 - 20:24

Should I buy it. — #1

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 …
68kMLA Hardware by Maconthemove Sun, 12 Oct 2008 - 23:31

Power book G4 1.5ghz plays jump randomly — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by sircabulon Tue, 7 Oct 2008 - 01:30

Pondering a 700mhz Headless eMac Conversion — #1

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 …
68kMLA Hardware by iMac600 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 - 19:26

Emac salvage? — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by 30pin Fri, 3 Oct 2008 - 04:05

dead PowerBook G4 500 — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Fri, 3 Oct 2008 - 02:31

Should I do it? — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by stevebez Wed, 1 Oct 2008 - 23:16

Replacing Lamp in a Pismo Tonight — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Mon, 29 Sep 2008 - 21:53

Pismo 'Refurbishing' — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Sat, 27 Sep 2008 - 17:39

battery fix — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Thu, 25 Sep 2008 - 19:23

Resurrecting a blue/white G3 motherboard — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by quinterro Tue, 23 Sep 2008 - 13:38

wallstreet and cardbus usb — #1

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) …
68kMLA Hardware by bluekatt Mon, 22 Sep 2008 - 07:52

I finally have disk images transfered!!! — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by facattack Fri, 12 Sep 2008 - 16:42

PowerBook 333mhz G3 dvd — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by 30pin Thu, 11 Sep 2008 - 01:59

Dead PRAM battery = not recognizing main battery? — #1

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 …
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 04:14

Upgrading my Beige G3 — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Redjack Sat, 6 Sep 2008 - 18:23
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