I'm lost. I can't work out what you have done and what you are trying to do. What was 8.1 running on? Normally to install an OS you have to have booted from a different device t…

I can view the files on my Mac mini. And I've booted (recently) 8.1 and had that install, but I installed 7.6 from the 8.1 install and it says on boot " This system disk cannot be …

Not all OS disks are bootable. 1. can you view the contents on a another mac? 2. can you boot the 1400 with a disk tools disk?

Hello all, I have a .toast file with Mac OS 7.6 on it. I know the file works because it was tested before being sent to me. I burn it in Toast ( 7.1 ) and go to boot up my 1400, I …

My B&W gave me fits until I did a firmware update on it. I went from 8.6 to 9.2 to 10.4 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3841731 The Revision 1 B&a…

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of. I do hope it's the RAM, will try with some from my G4 later. Fucks me right off too, as I scrounged this last week and there was another where I…

^^sounds like a hardware rather then software problem.

But then, why not just do a clean install of OS 9 and skirt around the problem? Click to expand... Both my 8.6 and 9.2 CDs that boot my 7500 just fine give the same error, as d…

There's a prior listing of offending/offensive ATi extensions in the thread: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=822&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25…

I've installed OS 9.0 from iMac install media onto a beige G3 and experienced the same problem. The solution was to use the generic 9.0 install CD. You may be able to fix it by twi…

Compare the presently-installed extensions with those that would be installed from the OS 9 CD—using TomeViewer to see the latter if you have to do so—in case what you believe to b…

I have an iBook Clamshell battery if you need one.

Batteryspace.com sells NiMH tabbed 4/3AF cells. Getting eight of them to fit into that tight PB1400 case may be a problem, so the tab soldering must be done in a very compact man…

DON'T put any Clamshell battery parts into the 1400 battery or vice versa. The cells in ALL iBook batteries are Li-Ion cells, whereas the 1400 uses NiMH. Interchanging them would b…

Clamshell battery: With my iBook Clamshell SE's battery being well and truly dead, and since it came second hand with the machine when I bought it (meaning no guarantee or warrant…

first thought, duff RAM/slot, try one memory stick at a time and see what happens or if there is only one then try a different stick. If that doesn't work then I'd suspect a knack…

I recently conquered a beige G3 desktop from university. It's stock + RAM. Unfortunately, I can't get it to boot. Booting from the HD which has OS9 or an OS9 CD bombs after loadin…

Just got a 3400c but haven't dug into one for awhile and haven't opened this one up yet - need a power adapter to test it out before I go taking it apart. Is there a way to tighte…

I have an old edition, (2nd, I think) It's from 1994 and covers the very first Power Macs, so that's where I read it.

YEAH! I think I read that in Mac Secrets or something. I have 2 of the 5th edition of that book. It is a GREAT book. It even lists each Mac model. You can get the PDF of that …

This is more trivia now, but it used to be in the old days of System, and I think this is System 6 and before, you could really mess up a Mac by creating a file named .Sony.

Hah, I remember that about the .Sony driver now. Cool. Certainly doesn't ever hurt to rebuild the desktop Bunsen, might as well try it and automatically fix a few other problems …

Is there some specific reason behind that suggestion, Bunsen? / to rebuild the desktop Click to expand... It rang a vague bell with something I've encountered before.

It's driver is on the hard disk. It's .Sony

There is no extension for the floppy drive. Its driver is built-into the ROM of the Mac, and may also be inside the system file somewhere. The CD-ROM has an extension. Neither l…