Thanks for the advice. No disk works in it at all, the drive doesn't even try to read it when I pop one in. I'm thinking that it is either fried or there is a weird problem relati…

Yeah, taking it apart doesn't seem too bad. I'm a ACMT, so i've got access to the service manual and its been very helpful. I will ask you this, I've gotten very close to gettin…

Assuming your drive needs a good clean, this is the best way to do it: 1) Remove floppy drive from the computer. 2) Remove the cover. 3) Use a can of compressed air, making sure…

Perhaps there are several reasons for the non-response. One is that you have asked a question that no one can answer, given the minimal information you've provided. You've said the…

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ifixit.com has nice step by step teardown instructions for your machine. There are 2 ways to fix this issue: 1. Remove the logic board entirely from the machine and clean it. 2.…

I assume ~tl will probably come in later on and back up what I'm saying, but yeah, its not going to happen, as others have said there's no need for it since what applies to one ver…

The current software forum doesn't have enough posting traffic to warrant splitting it up into sub-forums. Like others have said, most system software discussion between System 7 a…

This is a bad idea and a waste of time. Why would we want so many sub-forums? Simply leaving things in the Software forum is fine. There is no need to change how things are being…

A lot of what applies to System 6, 7, 8, or 9 also applies to each other. Additionally, the volume of posts is not that great. I don't think sub-forums are needed.

Any thoughts on the Sub-Forums, for each OS?

Followed the guide to the word, it failed, and I yanked the power and ditched the fan. Click to expand... So the fan "melted" or merely "failed" now? If truly melted, I for on…

Post count would be a horrendous idea because we've had trouble with it in the past. Back before the Great Crash of 2007 we had a post count display and actually had ranks based o…

I just don't think that is very useful.. Click to expand... It helps us find the noobs, that's about all.

12v DC does not melt a fan... Click to expand... Followed the guide to the word, it failed, and I yanked the power and ditched the fan. Click to expand... So the fan "melte…

All Icebooks could suffer from GPU problems. Regardless of what chip you had on there, ATI Radeon or a Rage 128, that board was gonna flex. I've seen a share of 500/600 G3's with A…

I remember my iMac asking to go down to 16 colors, so I know that's possible. I never used grays on the iMac, but it could be possible to go down to 16 grays. Click to expand...…

I remember my iMac asking to go down to 16 colors, so I know that's possible. I never used grays on the iMac, but it could be possible to go down to 16 grays.

Just as a useless note, SheepShaver will let you go down to 16/4 colors and B&W. On a PPC machine it runs using native CPU, thus it's potentially a more useful option then …

My Clamshell iBook BlueBerry can go down to 256greys only. Its runnning OS 9.

I hope that doesn't mean you don't plan on opening the case again. Aside from the fan, your analogue board is showing signs of age, despite adjusting your voltages the Mac is exhib…

I remember a lot of old games used to come with both B&W and Colour binaries, and on Power Macintoshes you would often have to run the B&W version in order not to g…

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA34941 Question #8, pertains to 7500/8500 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA33978 Question #13, PM 9500 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA34662 Question #…

I always thought it had something to do with the VRAM. If you had too much VRAM you could not take the Mac down to black and white. I think the cutoff was 2 MB. I remember that my…

If I wasn't going to install that fan, then i'd never have opened the case, and i'd never have adjusted the voltages. Simple....I somehow doubt i'll attempt the installation again.…