I am trying to work on a g4 mdd dual 1.25ghz tower, for someone.  When plugged in no power.  I did take apart the power supply and from what i can tell a ceramic disc capacitor ble…

I am working on as complete of list as possible for compact Macs and their many variations. With small notes. There have been some posted here and there, but nothing very comprehen…

Uni certainly is the guy to tell someone how their soldering job is! Appreciate it very much! Just a note: The CII wasn't mine, someone else had tried to fix it but I never really…

yup i got a SE/30 and a Classic II from compunerd, i can tell that he very much progressed in his soldering once he got to the se/30. got the Classic II going, was pretty interest…

Appreciate it! Thanks!

good news Elfen...........its always worth the effort in the end - hope she lives for a long time

A few weeks ago CompuNurd had a SE\30 board for sale that he recapped but could not get it past a grey screen and mouse pointer after a bong. I decided to buy it, it sounds to be i…

unity said: Odd. So basically you have to machines on two displays that do not work - if I am distilling this right. I mean you tried to displays, two main boards, two video…

Yes

Thank you for your reply. So, I'll try to use the old original 603 ev processor card I got in the 8600, boot the system, then load the software of Maxpowr G3 an then re install th…

Go slowly. Install some known working RAM. Remove all PCI cards other than video. Reset CUDA. Go for a walk and make a cup of tea. And clean the plugs on the PSU, test them for…

Nice! Glad it helped!

Is the RAM installed the right configuration - and have you done a CUDA reset (just press the button for a second)

Thanks for the tip ScutBoy! I just had to turn the middle one a little bit and the image is stable! See the video: http://youtu.be/8zKdirmhL4c

Odd. So basically you have to machines on two displays that do not work - if I am distilling this right. I mean you tried to displays, two main boards, two video cards. Right? And…

Is the cable good? No bent pins?

Can't even get to the point of being able to boot unfortunately... It powers up the screen just after the startup chime without displaying anything then just drops it back to power…

You try reinstalling the OS, or swapping with a drive with a known-good OS?

So, my latest conquest has still not successfully run under it's own steam yet and I am beat as to why. It will chime, and will power up the monitor (I have tried both my old Phil…

On a regular Lisa, I'd remove the top, and there are 4-5 pots along the top of the analog circuit board that adjust horizontal and vertical hold, screen height and width, etc. The…

The issue is the processor upgrade. You need an older cpu to do the install, then install software (usually an init and a control panel) for the processor and then you will be goo…

Hello guys, this is my first post in this community, who already helped me a lot with some nice thread I followed in the past. I'm italian so forgive me for my english, not so sur…

Recently bought a powerbook 100 from an acquaintance. He threw the battery away because it was starting to leak. I don't really want another battery, but I'd like to get a shell o…

For our mobile (iPhone, iPad, etc) user the video in the post. Won't be visible on normal web browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvsUVku9fFU

  Today I used my newly acquired Lisa XL with Macintosh motherboard to test my other incomplete Lisa XL I switched motherboard and PSU and tested. And yes.... it worked!! Not very …