Perhaps as a result of my ineptitude with the search engine, I have seen/found no current/prior reference in these forums to this sale on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl…
When I was taking apart the first iBook, I used one paper cup for each "event".
An event would be like:
- Remove bottom plastic (and all the screws for this go into a cup)
- Rem…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonSun, 27 Sep 2009 - 05:42
a fast G4 upgrade
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Yeah, good luck with that. I've been trying to find a good price on one of these upgrades for months, with no luck at all. They regularly f…
Whenever I'm taking out screws, I lay them down on a piece of paper in roughly the arrangement they came out, and write and draw around them to make things clearer where they go ba…
Well I got it to boot once...
...I had a Sonnet Crescendo G3 in there that seemed to be one cause of the problem. I also had to switch between the 2 SCSI connectors on the Logic B…
That Sawtooth is a good solid box. Most of them can be OC'd to 550MHz or more, and with a fast G4 upgrade and a video card upgrade, will do 720p HD video. Check to see which versio…
well today i got a new computer.....its a G4 "SawTooth"!!!!! here are the specs:
450mhz G4
768mb of ram
18gb hd
and it will soon be running 9.2.2 or mac os x server :beige:
The very first time I took apart an iBook (also to replace the hard drive) and put it back together, I put one of the long hex screws in the middle, instead of the short one.
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68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonFri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:59
The very first time I took apart an iBook (also to replace the hard drive) and put it back together, I put one of the long hex screws in the middle, instead of the short one.
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I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I
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Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonFri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:14
I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I
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Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
If that's the case, no amount of glue will fix the damage - you'll have to strip the iBook down more to resolder the pads.
JB
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If the pad is lifted off - so …
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonFri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:23
The speaker cable isn't superglued in, it just clicks in with a tight fit (male connector). I've done the same as you - but in my instance just the red and white cables came out.
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68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonFri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:12
The speaker cable isn't superglued in, it just clicks in with a tight fit (male connector). I've done the same as you - but in my instance just the red and white cables came out.
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um... zoom waaay in on the pic, its a paralell drive
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Oh right. I see that now. Sorry about that.
Here's one of the aforementioned Zip Plus drives with 22…
For those bidding on this Mac - it isn't a Hyperdrive. I asked the seller for a close-up of the front and it's actually the Macintosh badge from the back of the machine.
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