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Help me decide which PowerBook(s) to keep — #1

Pending my giving away of a 165c, I have three PowerBook's left, and I have to get rid of at least one system for space reasons. PowerBook 3400c/200 with CD-ROM and Floppy module…
68kMLA Hardware by tendim Sun, 1 Mar 2015 - 20:03

PB 3400 Power Issues — #1

I'm sure this isn't totally new, but I'll describe the chain of events specific to this PB. I bought it on eBay untested.  There wasn't that much corrosion on the board.  I remove…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 22:33

Manual PCMCIA Eject Circuit Board - Powerbook 3400c — #1

I have a 3400c that had some corrosion beneath the PRAM battery.  It wasn't actually that bad, and I've cleaned the board with still unknown results.  Hopefully three capacitors on…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Wed, 25 Feb 2015 - 04:21

"Suspicious" power adapters — #1

Got these in the mail today, $20ish for the lot. Supposedly dead, so going to reference and replace capacitors to see where that takes me. I better keep them in a box at night, si…
68kMLA Hardware by CompuNurd Fri, 9 Jan 2015 - 00:04

AS-IS eBay Duo 230 — #1

This would be my second PowerBook Duo 230, which I obtained from eBay for a mere $15, sold as-is for parts, as the previous owner could not get it to power on. My guess is they did…
68kMLA Hardware by pintodave Sat, 20 Sep 2014 - 05:22

Mac SE smooth body — #1

Heres a few pictures of an SE I got in a lot last year. The front case is totally smooth. Back case looks like ordinary se case. Don't know whats original or swapped. I opened it…
68kMLA Hardware by falen5 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 - 20:00

PowerMac G5 power supply recap — #1

I was wondering if anyone tried recapping the bad power supply in a PowerMac G5. If that is the problem with them. Is bad caps the cause of so many PowerMac G5 logic board Issues.
68kMLA Hardware by APPLEMANMAC1969 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 - 18:39

Apple /// Repair Help Needed — #1

I recently bought an Apple /// (256k model), Monitor ///, Disk /// external drive, manuals, and software. All of the units are cosmetically in amazing condition (no yellowing, no k…
68kMLA Hardware by fri0701 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 - 04:08

1400cs file system corruption — #1

About 9 days ago, my 1400cs froze while I was using it so I restarted it and it would no longer boot. I booted off the OS 9 CD and it offered to initialize the disk. I declined and…
68kMLA Hardware by sega dude Fri, 29 Aug 2014 - 22:15

iMac G5.. thats really noisy. — #1

I'm seeking input on the cure to fix one of the other Macs in our classroom. It's a iMac G5.. not entirely sure of the specifications. It's a video editing computer but has remaine…
68kMLA Hardware by wardsenatorfe92 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 - 01:36

iTechDV Flower Power iMac — #1

Bought a Flower Power iMac G3 that turned out to have a G4 upgrade inside. It started out as a Snow G3 400 but over time has had many parts added/swapped out including the casing …
68kMLA Hardware by Floydy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 - 01:59

g3 powerbook pram — #1

What is the voltage supposed to be? I am reading 3.06v and 3.04v.
68kMLA Hardware by Classic Mac Sun, 14 Mar 2010 - 20:35

Imminent Faliure of Mystic psu? — #1

Today, my Mystic G4's power supply started making an out-of-the-ordinary noise instead of the typical. With the unusual noise, the case slightly vibrates as well. I could tell it w…
68kMLA Hardware by Performa6360 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 - 21:49

LC Motherboard — #1

I've had such rotten luck with getting a working LC motherboard, that if this doesn't work, nothing will. I call this a super conquest for me, even at $25. :beige:
68kMLA Hardware by olePigeon Fri, 12 Mar 2010 - 00:54

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #1

In other words, has anybody got a 6500 or a 6500 PSU lying around who could dig one out and post all the voltages and wattage for each for me? I need to adapt an ATX PSU to run th…
68kMLA Hardware by Trash80toHP_Mini Thu, 11 Mar 2010 - 03:05

LC 475 power issues — #1

My newest conquested LC 475 displays some strange problems. It refuses to power up, but with different working power supplies (one from my LC III, which works fine, and one from my…
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 11 Mar 2010 - 00:29

NEC 1530V LCD on IIci with System 7.1 — #1

I was able to recently obtain a 15" NEC 1530 15" LCD display. It is white and matches my IIci nicely. I have a Radius Precision Color Xp nubus card. The resolutions listed at th…
68kMLA Hardware by IIciNov90 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 - 12:52

2 Powerleap Slotwonder — #1

I've had two Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop machines for a while that I have been wanting to upgrade and finally found two of these with 1.4ghz P-III's installed. Not Celerons like you …
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 - 02:19

Generic PRAM batteries — #1

Since I needed a bunch I decided to go with a bulk purchase and managed to find 10 packs for $28 shipped. Nearly every beige Powermac and Quadra I have thinks it's 1956. 8-o
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Tue, 9 Mar 2010 - 16:41

A G4 Cube in BLACK? — #1

http://cgi.ebay.com/PowerLogix-Black-G4-Cube_W0QQitemZ120539575325 WTF?
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Tue, 9 Mar 2010 - 15:58

G4/ Ethernet Troubleshooting.. — #1

Hi, me again. We have a Quicksilver G4 at my school, and I've recently set it up as a browsing machine. If I'm correct, its a 933 MHz Model with 128 MB RAM, not 100% sure on the H…
68kMLA Hardware by wardsenatorfe92 Tue, 9 Mar 2010 - 04:31

9600 G4 — #1

Picked up a 9600 G4/800 today, 512 MB Ram, a 4 GB SCSI drive and a 10 GB IDE drive driven off an IDE/USB/Firewire card. Radeon 7000 Video card and the usual floppy and CD drives. …
68kMLA Hardware by mac2geezer Tue, 9 Mar 2010 - 04:03

Should it stay or should it go? — #1

Ought I to keep the StarMax 3000/200 clone I recently acquired, or offer it up to the recycling gods? Alternatively, is there anyone here who wants it for a clone collection? It's…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Mon, 8 Mar 2010 - 16:04
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