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PowerTools Infinity Tanzania clone — #1

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…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Sun, 27 Sep 2009 - 10:15

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #14

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Sun, 27 Sep 2009 - 05:42

G4 sawtooth — #4

a fast G4 upgrade Click to expand... 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…
68kMLA Hardware by joshc Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 21:50

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #12

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 07:56

7300 - no boot — #4

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Gil Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 04:20

G4 sawtooth — #3

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…
68kMLA Hardware by H3NRY Sat, 26 Sep 2009 - 01:54

G4 sawtooth — #2

hard drive: free, 256mb of memory: free, receiving a free computer for setting up a computer for some one: priceless
68kMLA Hardware by ken27238 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 21:33

G4 sawtooth — #1

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:
68kMLA Hardware by ken27238 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 20:43

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #11

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. Cl…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:59

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #10

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. Cl…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:52

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #9

I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I Click to expand... Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:14

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #8

I got it put back together. Only 3 extra screws. That's pretty good for me. :I :I :I :I :I :I :I :I Click to expand... Well done! I had 4 left over after replacing the…
68kMLA Hardware by protocol7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 12:09

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #6

I know, I know, I'm going to hell. But it works. It's also non-permanent, if I have to go in later and fix it for real.
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:51

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #5

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 Click to expand... If the pad is lifted off - so …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:23

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #3

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. …
68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:12

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #2

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. …
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 09:08

Massively painful iBook soldering hell — #1

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68kMLA Hardware by Mike Richardson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 08:54

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #13

I'll try to get the one w/ 22 disks. the cool thing bout Zip disks is i have a usb drive already.
68kMLA Hardware by macgeek417 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 - 01:11

SCSI harddrive for my LC III? — #12

um... zoom waaay in on the pic, its a paralell drive Click to expand... Oh right. I see that now. Sorry about that. Here's one of the aforementioned Zip Plus drives with 22…
68kMLA Hardware by JRL Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 23:29

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #26

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. Click …
68kMLA Hardware by Mars478 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 - 20:35
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