What's cool is neither eMac qualified under the program but Apple fixed them anyway because they did exhibit the actual problem, which is the bulging capacitors. Click to expand…

What's cool is neither eMac qualified under the program but Apple fixed them anyway because they did exhibit the actual problem, which is the bulging capacitors.

The eMac repair program has been going on long before the iPhone 3G was on sale... And before the 1st Gen iPhone was introduced in fact...

They most likely did it because the eMacs have known issues that Apple originally refused to cover under warranty until they were threatened with legal action. They most likely did…

The date on my boot ROM is 8 August 2000 - definitely late in the producton run for a 400mhz model. I'm ready to run ROM update 2.4 (3.2.4) using open firmware, but I have a quest…

Typing this on a 1.42 GHz eMac, one of four I got in a pallet along with other stuff for about $25 total. Apple has fixed two eMacs free of charge after I called their support lin…

According to the Japanese site that lists the various Sawtooth boot rom versions, $0003.31f1 (v3.3.1) appeared on the Power Mac G4 Gigabit Ethernet model. Technically, I would cons…

Thank you ccmac for your extremely detailed responses. I was tempted to put this one into the "too hard" basket, but this has roused my curiosity now. I'm going to keep at this for…

You should be able to temporarily disable Energy Saver by holding shift at startup, though. Have you tried this yet? If it works fine with out extensions, you can do a split-half…

Well thought. If Energy Saver is doing the dirty in this case, the most certain salvation is going to be to get hold of the PB's HDD in SCSI Disk Mode (or Target Disk Mode in this…

I would say as soon as you get it going make sure that energy saver doesn't put it to sleep. That might keep the problem from coming back.

One fact about PowerBooks that one may ignore only at one's peril is that they are PowerBooks. If an OS or System is installed as a clone or a copy of an installation on a desktop…

The new-look new-life NewerTech offers Li-Ion batteries for the PB 1400s. A brief Google brought up references but little in the way of specifics. Nonetheless, it is worth pursui…

Be confident to solve this issue without a screwdriver. It is not unusual for the PB 1400 after beeing unused for a longer period. It might be helpful to discharge the PB completel…

i just checked the cable.. and put it back on the mac.. now i don't get the error.. i guess it was a bad connection..but in any case i'm gonna back up anyways

Just wanted to provide some closure.... I pulled the 1GB HD out of my 1400c/117MHz and installed it in the 2400, and all is well. For now. Re-celling the battery will be my next p…

A bad cable would doubtfully cause a S.M.A.R.T. error. It's much more likely that it's just the drive; just because it's new doesn't mean it's not bad, or about to die. If you're n…

My first guess would be the cable since you didn't get the error before changing it. Remember, when things start going wrong, always check the free/cheap solutions before spending …

hi!.. i just changed the ide cable of my g4 mac and now in the Disk Utility im get my drive in red { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_…

Do you hear the fan come on? If not, that's a problem... Are the vents unobstructed (internally and externally)? Is the G4 sitting on a hot plate? I have performed sustained, he…

So my PB is sluggish (has been for the last year) and everytime I play YouTube videos (much less DVD movies), the system overheats in like 5 minutes. Within 10 minutes of this over…

Good to know! Thanks for posting your experience

All but the ROM and the internal ethernet work just from a retail 8.6 CD.

One other thing that has occurred to me that is completely unrelated to the topic of the correct firmware required for booting into 8.6 is whether any additional 8.6 system files w…

I have done a lot of googling and have discovered the following: If you have upgraded the sawtooth firmware (aka boot rom) using the 4.x update, the ability to boot into 8.6 is di…