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Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #8

Sweet That bad boy deserves a worthy host - may I suggest your 9500? Click to expand... I was thinking that, too. I was originally going to put it in the 9600 when it gets …
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 15:41

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #6

I also noticed there is a dealer selling new G3 500 upgrades for the 7500 et al Macs for $199.95. That's kinda stupid since Sonnet still has stock of those for $50. 8-o Click t…
68kMLA PowerPC by MacJunky Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 03:38

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #5

Not bad! I could use one of those in my beige G3, but I'm too cheap. Click to expand... This is the one for the earlier Macs, not the G3 ZIF socket. There was a 1ghz upgrade fo…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 03:18

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #4

Not bad! I could use one of those in my beige G3, but I'm too cheap. Click to expand... This is the one for the earlier Macs, not the G3 ZIF socket. There was a 1ghz upgrade fo…
68kMLA PowerPC by aftermac Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 01:06

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #3

Not bad! I could use one of those in my beige G3, but I'm too cheap. Click to expand... This is the one for the earlier Macs, not the G3 ZIF socket. There was a 1ghz upgrade fo…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 00:39

Just conquered a 1ghz G4 upgrade — #1

Sonnet Crescendo 1ghz G4 for beige PCI Powermacs. I've been seeing a few of these being sold by Mac dealers on ebay for $225-$250 so grabbed this one because it was only $100. You …
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 19:00

Rage128 Pro 16mb w/DVD decoder (bulk purchase) — #5

I've been eyeing these off at $10-$12 apiece - if I found them at $6 I'd probably do just as you have done. Click to expand... Yeah, when I saw how many he had at the price I h…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 15:24

Rage128 Pro 16mb w/DVD decoder (bulk purchase) — #3

What's also nice is I can use my standard VGA monitors now instead of the special Mac connector monitors. I don't have enough Mac monitors to put one on each of my Macs but I have …
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Thu, 4 Mar 2010 - 03:42

Rage128 Pro 16mb w/DVD decoder (bulk purchase) — #1

Having tried one and found it worked fine in beige machines, I cleaned my seller out of his entire stock to upgrade the rest of my beige PCI Powermacs. I might even have one left o…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Wed, 3 Mar 2010 - 23:14

yay! — #2

iTunes and DVDs!
68kMLA PowerPC by Bunsen Mon, 1 Mar 2010 - 08:11

Personal holy grail... iMac G4 800MHz. — #5

FINALLY! We gave the teacher who was using this an Intel Mac Mini. Specs are: 800Mhz, 256MB RAM (Or more, this is off the faceplate), 60GB HD, 15".It has the Power Cord. The Screen…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Mon, 1 Mar 2010 - 06:06

yay! — #1

i am now the proud new owner of an imac g3 500mhz. yay! i got it for a bargain- 10 dollars at a yard sale! also, i just upgraded the memory to 512 megs from the 192 it had! howeve…
68kMLA PowerPC by cjtmacclassic Mon, 1 Mar 2010 - 05:24

Personal holy grail... iMac G4 800MHz. — #4

Personally I would just take a drill to the lock core, or maybe a cut off wheel. THose lacks are pretty cheap so a good carbide bit should work. If that doesn't work diamond drill…
68kMLA PowerPC by redrouteone Sun, 28 Feb 2010 - 18:26

iBook screen swap — #3

The Screen itself is 100% compatible. Trust me i've done it.
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 16:10

iBook screen swap — #2

I'm about 95% positive that they are the same. I believe that when I replaced the screen in my iBook G4 a couple years ago, the replacement came from a G3.
68kMLA PowerPC by aftermac Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 14:37

iBook screen swap — #1

Hey quickie here, the iBook G4 I have has a dim screen, could I swap it with my 500MHz G3 iBook screen? or is the wiring different somehow.
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 13:56

Personal holy grail... iMac G4 800MHz. — #3

if you cant see the other side of the loop you will have to, which sounds like fun since those things are integrated into the frame maybe some bolt cutters on the sleeve, but you …
68kMLA PowerPC by Osgeld Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 01:08
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