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Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #1

HEY, gang! I'm thinking about getting a 22-36" digital flat panel HDTV. 8-o I doubt the stock Video Card in my G-4 466 Digital Audio will drive the RGB inputs on one of these ba…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Fri, 10 Apr 2009 - 19:58

bad sectors found on hd help!! — #1

my cube died and on a surface scan tech tools found bad sectors. can I fix it or new drive time?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by madmann Sat, 28 Mar 2009 - 20:51

iBook G4 battery problems... — #1

Hey everyone! Lately I've been having some issues with my iBook's battery. When I open an application that tells me its health and its current status, it says it has 86% health (3…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by juan123 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 - 17:03

G4 Mini going to OSX after linux — #1

So I'm wanting to go back to OSX from linux on my G4 Mini but it refuses to accept boot media. I'm attempting to use a 10.4 CD (verified, should work) but despite using the "C" key…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by netfreak Tue, 3 Mar 2009 - 06:12

Mac boots to some wierd command prompt. — #1

Well my G4 is booting into some strange command prompt and I have no idea why or how to fix it. When I try to boot from a cd it just has the little spining circle thing under the a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by xypex982 Sun, 1 Mar 2009 - 10:27

PowerBook G4 Hard Drive Noises + and no boot chime! — #1

Well, the title says it all, really... I have a sneaky suspicion that there's something wrong with my PowerBook. It boots without chiming (I have reset the PRAM to no avail), and …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Miel Sun, 15 Feb 2009 - 00:47

3400 screen crapping out — #1

The screen keeps flickering a brown hue and colors are off. :-/ halp? :O
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacPlus Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 00:34

Problem with PowerBook G4 Superdrive — #1

My little 12" AlBook seems to be having some issues with its superdrive. Any disk that I insert is sucked in, pondered for a few seconds, then immediately spat back out. Blank CDs …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MultiFinder Sun, 1 Feb 2009 - 18:45

Newton MessagePad 120 — #1

I just thought I would mention that I bought a MessagePad 120 recently. I havn't recieved it yet. It will probably come next week as it is coming from Spain. It is boxed and in mi…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by steve30 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 - 01:39

Installing Tiger on Beige G3 w/SuperDrive and XPostFacto — #1

Installing Tiger on Beige G3 w/SuperDrive and XPostFacto This is mostly for the benefit of Google searchers and anyone here trying to install Tiger on a Beige G3 using an internal…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mike Richardson Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 16:24

Dung Beetles — #1

Hello, I have a problem I want to play Dung Beetles on my Apple IIGs but it doesn't work. It seems to work on the AppleWin but not on my Apple IIgs, is there away, a DOS, or somet…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by foody Tue, 20 Jan 2009 - 23:38

Apple IIe Disk Controllers — #1

In the Compact Mac thread I posted about possibly using my Color Classic as a virtual Apple IIe. In case that doesn't work out, I have a few questions regarding floppy drives on th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Fri, 16 Jan 2009 - 22:38

My Pismos' menu bar has vanished... help? — #1

Okay, I need some help on this one... My wife (bless her soul) has killed another PB, first my lombard, then my DVI and now my pismo. Alright, it was dead after she got "just a …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Joe Sushi Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 03:25

Lisa troubleshooting — #1

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by markr Sun, 11 Jan 2009 - 00:17

What the heck happened??? — #1

I was on my iBook G4 tonight, when the machine froze up. I thought it was due to having a lot of tabs open in FireFox. I did the Command-Option-Escape command, but nothing came up.…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gil Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - 05:28

quick silver hd issue — #1

2 questions 1 i have a 867ghz quicksilver with 10.4.11 and what looks to be a factory apple scsi atto install can i add ide drives "i have several" with the scsi drive or must i …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by madmann Mon, 29 Dec 2008 - 15:06

5300 Brand New Sealed In Box — #1

Just in time for Christmas, this 5300 PowerBook never opened, brand new sealed in box. Now you too can experience first hand the cracked cases, broken AC connectors, or spontaneou…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mac128 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 - 19:08

PowerBook booting into BSD instead of OS X (Aqua) — #1

Hi I have a problem with my PowerBook It boots to BSD (Command Line Interface) instead of OS X (GUI Aqua) This Video shows more http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2oKfxF3fI Please…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by lukeb3000 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 - 11:31

Dead AlBooks — #1

Being bored and crazy (and maybe slightly drunk...), I lurked on eBay for a while before purchasing a set of dead 1.67GHz 15" AlBooks, knowing that both are dead and battery-less. …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Franklinstein Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 18:24

My poor batteries... iBook Clamshell & PB1400 — #1

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by dudejediknight Fri, 7 Nov 2008 - 21:02

Beige G3 won't boot — #1

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by paws Fri, 7 Nov 2008 - 19:53

PB 3400c Hinges and Feet — #1

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by lastmile77 Wed, 5 Nov 2008 - 21:38

Beige G3 floppy issues — #1

I've been tinkering with my beige G3 running 9.2.2 as of late and discovered it is having some issues with its floppy drive. Specifically, whenever I eject a floppy, it spits it o…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macluxo Sun, 2 Nov 2008 - 00:52

Clamshell iBook won't boot — #1

Hi all! I have a dead blue Clamshell iBook lying around that I'd like to rescue. When turned on, it chimes, and shows the question mark. Nothing wrong until now: it won't boot fro…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by superpantoufle Mon, 27 Oct 2008 - 21:50

B&W G3 Powerlogix no boot — #1

I have a powerlogix powerforce g3 and my computer wont boot with it installed. It still boots with the orignal processor. The powerlogix was previously installed into a beige g3 …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by sircabulon Thu, 23 Oct 2008 - 23:58
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