There are some people online that probably have experienced that exact problem with a Lisa 2 and could tell you exactly how to fix it. I would wait a while and see if you can find…

From what I've seen, older computers are most often plagued by capacitor problems - I'd check the caps first. If they're bad, search the forum for 'capacitor' and you'll get a good…

I have a Lisa 2 (XL I think). It booted-up and ran fine 5 years ago, but now, when I push the start button, I get two low beeps (memory?) and a screen that looks like a beehive and…

Has anyone done a same-machine speed comparison with 9.x.x?

Only a PC. I'm ordering one of those adapters that lets you plug a 2.5" laptop HD to a normal desktop IDE connection. Only $4, and I can just pop it into my G3. I'm not sure how I…

Okay so I opened it up last night and took the hard drive out. Today, I slipped in the original Apple 40 gb drive, since I had upgraded to an 80 GB drive. Low and behold, that driv…

Okay so I opened it up last night and took the hard drive out. Today, I slipped in the original Apple 40 gb drive, since I had upgraded to an 80 GB drive. Low and behold, that driv…

Another sawtooth - this one boots it too: http://www.danamania.com/tmp/86.png I think my 8.6 install CD is the one that originally came from my sis, years ago, so the disc I inst…

I bought a second-hand 5300ce, very well taken care for, in 2003. Never had a problem (touching wood). The battery still lasts 10 minutes. The display is actually good, considering…

Of my four 5300s, only one didn't experience hinge or power connector failure. Two were warranty repaired, one is still broken. (I got it after the warranty extension had expired…

This may be the dumbest question ever, but you can't hook a 2.5" laptop drive onto a 3.5" IDE connection, correct? Click to expand... You can - there are adaptors available tha…

This may be the dumbest question ever, but you can't hook a 2.5" laptop drive onto a 3.5" IDE connection, correct? Click to expand... You can - there are adaptors available tha…

Can you hear the hard drive in your iBook running? Wait, thats a stupid question... Click to expand... Yup

All Great info thanks.

I love my 5300 and I would be very interested if the price were say $50. Otherwise, mine works fine. I'd mainly be picking it up for extra parts, and everything else it shipped wit…

Can you hear the hard drive in your iBook running? Wait, thats a stupid question...

Update. Got OS X Server 10.1 on my Beige G3, and now in ASP, it shows "Target Disk" on the FireWire Bus. However, no disk appears on desktop.

There is one other (and cheaper) way of enabling DVD playback on these machines - I have no idea if it would help with AVI files from the HD though. There's a PC Card (PCMCIA/Card…

The video card doesn't help with playing movies, anyway. It's all CPU and you probably want a G4 for it.

However the CPU is removable and there are (pricey) G4 upgrades available. I'd suggest doing some more searching about playing AVIs on a Mac before you give up.

snowbook's aren't as bad as clamshells.

I wish I could avoid taking the thing apart. iBooks are the worst machines to take apart. I would take it to the Apple Store, but I have a feeling they'd charge a pretty penny, sin…

This may be the dumbest question ever, but you can't hook a 2.5" laptop drive onto a 3.5" IDE connection, correct? Click to expand... There's never a stupid question.... But n…

This may be the dumbest question ever, but you can't hook a 2.5" laptop drive onto a 3.5" IDE connection, correct?

Nope, video card is built into the logic board.