Some thoughts on your mini, though. If the fan runs often, I would be concerned about the operating environment, especially if the SE is trapping most of that hot air inside the ca…
68kMLAHardwareby superpantoufleSun, 23 Aug 2009 - 16:56
You probably don't have one to test, but since that card is officially compatible with a IIsi, I would be curious to see if the accelerator worked in the SE/30 with a IIsi ROM inst…
Hello,
A year or so ago I purchased a grab bag of parts on Ebay that included a MicroMac Carrera040 http://micromac.com/products/carrera040.html. The card is the 33mhz model desi…
Apple doesn't replace motherboards because of leaking capacitors anymore. The machine in question is now 4.5 years old and did not have Applecare. According to http://www.apple.com…
the 7.5 nad worked fine before. the problem is NONE of my bootdisks are working: an old 7.5nad (system error) the new one (bus error) the 7.6 disk tools disk (happy mac, then back …
68kMLAHardwareby macgeek417Sun, 23 Aug 2009 - 05:25
My current recommendation is to contact Apple and elevate the issue to a supervisor. The supervisor will almost certainly give you a free repair.
Capacitor replacement is no longer…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonSun, 23 Aug 2009 - 05:17
As I've said in another thread here recently, I used to get this a lot with an LC 575...washing the motherboard took care of the problem. It could be cap related, or any number of …
I just wrote a System 7.5 NAD floppy to complete the OS 8 on LC III hack, anjd was gretted with "Sorry, a system error occurred. bus error to temoporarly turn off" blah blah blah..…
68kMLAHardwareby macgeek417Sun, 23 Aug 2009 - 04:50
My current recommendation is to contact Apple and elevate the issue to a supervisor. The supervisor will almost certainly give you a free repair.
Capacitor replacement is no longer…
My current recommendation is to contact Apple and elevate the issue to a supervisor. The supervisor will almost certainly give you a free repair.
Capacitor replacement is no longe…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonSun, 23 Aug 2009 - 03:26
Any good old fashioned TV repair person could do it - you don't necessarily need someone who knows computers, you just need someone handy with a soldering iron and a good collectio…
This is my favorite PPC machine, hands down. I affectionately call mine weirdway. I even used it as a sever for a bit. NetBSD & Linux run like a charm
[as does OS9 &…
heat is actually the main issue with that setup, with the SE case being nearly hermetic, and the Mini's fan having to do all the job.
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I took another look at …
Some more thoughts about the airflow in a SE's case: I built my Macminitosh putting a Mac Mini inside a SE case. And heat is actually the main issue with that setup, with the SE ca…
68kMLAHardwareby superpantoufleSat, 22 Aug 2009 - 14:52
I had one, nice machine. Heavy as all get out though. The power lead going to the drives stopped working, which basically made it useless unless I used another power supply. Gave i…
68kMLAHardwareby iamdigitalmanSat, 22 Aug 2009 - 12:09
I though he said something cropped up and that wasn't offered any more.
If I were you guys, I'd still give a shot and see if Apple will bother with it.
68kMLAHardwareby ChristopherSat, 22 Aug 2009 - 05:22
Got the G4 upgrade, runs great...
It's alot snappier than with the G3....
and I recieved my Apple DVD-R and that works great...
just wait ing for my ebay pci wireless card.. it …
68kMLAHardwareby MacManiac1701ASat, 22 Aug 2009 - 02:29