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8600 bus error: possible causes — #1

My 8600/200 604e with 256k cache, which has an Adaptec scsi pci card and 9 GB 68-pin drive, gives a repeated "bus error" message on cold startup in 8.6. Essentially, it gets to the…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by beachycove Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 18:39

Ohh, I'm bad. Core2Duo color classic. — #10

Very nice modification. Shame that OS X won't support the resolution. Wonder if you can get a CRT tube that will got higher than 640x480 in the same dimensions.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by QuadSix50 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 17:35

8500 G4 Issue — #2

Are there any DIP switches on the card that need adjusting, or have you tried adjusting the backside cache speed using CPU Director? JB
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 07:03

8500 G4 Issue — #1

I've been running this 8500 with a Sonnet 500MHz G3 processor for years. I've had no issues with it and I've been quite satisfied. I've rigged this machine with 768MB of memory, …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by stretch Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 05:50

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #22

Just out of curiosity, regarding all this thread, didn't Apple have more than one manufacturer for the CRTs? I'm thinking something like that wouldn't be any different of a situat…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 04:21

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #21

If you've got an SE there's about a 50/50 chance of having one or the other from my observations. The Samsungs are rare in Classics and Pluses/pre-Pluses. As I mentioned in my stic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 17:46

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #19

Just out of curiosity, regarding all this thread, didn't Apple have more than one manufacturer for the CRTs? I'm thinking something like that wouldn't be any different of a situat…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by phreakout Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 04:30

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #17

Nah someone else found it a while ago and I remebered the site which was myoldmac.net, I remebered because it made quite an impact on me as a such an awesome mod as well. :approv…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 - 04:00

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #14

...but many of those were green or amber. Click to expand... THAT would be cool to have a green CRT in a compact Mac. Does anyone have pictures to show of this being done?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dennis Nedry Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 23:06

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #13

So do you have to get them from a broken SE or is there some other viable source? Click to expand... The best source is another compact. Luckily CRTs of all compacts are electr…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 20:03

SE - Crackling noise and blank screen. — #12

Don't forget that you can talk to whoever sold it to you and tell them it was damaged in shipping. Click to expand... I have, he has been very helpful and even brought me to th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ditty93 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 19:23

PB 180 resurrection — #24

According to (http://pinouts.ru/HD/scsi25_pinout.shtml), you are correct, there are 40 pins. Very useful website Bunsen, thank you! :b&w:
68kMLA Troubleshooting by thinkdifferent Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 10:58

Ohh, I'm bad. Core2Duo color classic. — #9

I apologize for the misleading title, it is indeed a dual core atom board. I chose the atom based on thermal characteristics, the space is really pretty confined, and doesn't allo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by nextse7en Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 10:02

Ohh, I'm bad. Core2Duo color classic. — #8

That board is definitely an Atom. Specifically a 1.66 GHz, dual-core "Atom 330". I have the same board in an ultra-small chassis as my home theater PC. The "D945GCLF" with no '2…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 09:36

Ohh, I'm bad. Core2Duo color classic. — #7

Ho ... ly ... 8-o Nicely done! I gather you're running VGA into the original CC analogue board and CRT, as you didn't mention any monitor replacement. Some more details about…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Fri, 16 Oct 2009 - 08:08
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