Anyway, my question is--have I destroyed my Plus by chipping the metallic coating? What are the consequences of running the machine with compromised shield/paint stuff? Has anyon…

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Thank you!

Slapping and spanking never helped me much with the BabyPB, what I always did when I had intermittent stiction problems with one of them was to set it up on a hard surface, (back l…

OIC. Then you can just pick the hosts out of the list and whitelist? That actually sounds more manageable. If that's what you mean, I like that idea even better. FTR, NoScript is …

I'll most likely do that as soon as I get brave enough to take the bad boy apart 8-o If the slap trick doesn't work, something else may have to be a donor xx(

I think most of them have the coating, even as far back as the 128k. My 128k has it, I just assumed they all did. Here's a photo of the guts of a 128k, with the coating: { …

All taken care of

If the HD is struggling to spin, it usually requires a firm spanking/slap to get it up ... if you know what I mean But seriously, if not turned on for a while I've found many …

I wish you good luck with recovering the PB100. The only one I have owned had the lit up but blank screen issue. Eventually i gave it away and if I was smart I would have kept th…

Ths users on the forum with their names in red are the admins. Try PMming one of them

I'm sorry if this is easily found on the site; I did look for an answer but could not find it. I need to contact an admin/moderator for the following issue...any pointing in the r…

I was going to ask if that coating was common to all the machines; I have memories of opening a 512k with my dad and seeing a more plastic-like interior. Ah, I didn't realize …

Here is the damage. The last two photos are a 'before' (flat) and an 'after' (on the drainboard) of the bezel. I did remove the Apple badge; it was fun to learn it's just a metal s…

Could this link be close to what you are looking for? Very interesting article! http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/watercooled_MDD_G4/watercooled_mdd_g4.html

Here is the damage. Click to expand... While there is no way to undo the damage, I am sorry to say, you would be doing others a service by posting this story and links to your …

I have been tempted many times to get and try out the following product, but I have no clue how it compares to the original http://www.allbatterysalesandservice.com/browse.cfm/4,4…

Thanks, JDW. I think a combination of the gel method mixed with some more patience & planning would have done the trick. Here is the damage. The last two photos are a 'be…

I had a fear of that happening myself; namely, that the metallic spray inside the case might be adversely affected by the H202 during deyellowing. But in my case, the reason I ult…

Hello, long time lurker, first-time poster. :b&w: A week ago I found the threads related to de-yellowing the compacts (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9381&start=0), …

Alright, I am tired of messing around with it today... I have three sticks of compatible RAM, which at various times have run in this box. None of them work. One of them allows it…

I was reading about various cooling solutions in the fall, and found a page or blog which mentioned an actual MDD G4 liquid cooling kit from a company, the company got their CPU bl…

TechTool Deluxe: I've got a disc which was given to me with one of my partial MDDs, maybe 2.7.3? - booted TTD for OS 9 drive (x removed) It scanned my hardware and RAM before it…

Recent problems with my MDD inspired me to get my first TiBook as a portable media machine, but I still need to get my tower working again. It is so flaky now I almost with I could…

Oh, you're right! Let me edit it! Thanks