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Mac OS 9 killed my PowerBook... — #1

In a way. Here's an issue I've seen with iBooks running OS 9 before: as soon as the desktop loads, the powerbook falls asleep. Wake it up, it falls back asleep. No amount of PRAM r…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacintosh Tue, 22 Jul 2008 - 03:07

Bars on PB 1400 display — #1

I hope someone can help me! I have a powerbook 1400 which I use daily, however a short time ago it began having two bars on the right side of the display. These are most noticable…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by sacmac Mon, 21 Jul 2008 - 06:10

Lombard ram problem — #1

I got my lombard from ebay today, 333 mhz, 64 mb ram, 9.2.2 This runs os 9 great and thats where its going to stay i think. WamCom is a nice browser too. I have been trying to add …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by russman Thu, 17 Jul 2008 - 01:23

Peeling Clamshell — #1

In the last week the rubber skin on my graphite clamshell has started peeling away from the bottom part of the case, where I tend to rest my palms. It's only a 2 inch section along…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by luddite Mon, 14 Jul 2008 - 02:04

Massive quest for everything PowerBook 2400c — #1

Hi all, I've posted before about my two PowerBook 2400c units that don't work. They both have a different problem. I've had little luck in trying to get troubleshooting tips from …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacintosh Tue, 8 Jul 2008 - 20:26

Lisa and Mac Portable Parts in Australia — #1

Hey Guys, Im looking for Lisa / Mac Portable Parts in Australia, I am currently participating in the Retro Challenge, but I'm now in a predicament! The Lisa 2 I have, which is an…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by digitalrampage Sun, 6 Jul 2008 - 15:06

Wish me luck! — #1

A customer owns a Dual 1.8ghz PowerMac G5 that has issues. He also bought a stripped G5 containing a working mainboard. I get to take the non-functional mainboard from the origin…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by quinterro Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 01:13

Power problem with iBook G4. — #1

I've got an iBook G4 (different iBook than the display plagued one) that has some sort of electrical gremlin going on. It's experiencing a few odd symptoms that have pointed to a …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by sjword Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 02:22

getting a Lombard colling fan to spin — #1

Is there any sort of utility to turn on the internal fan on a Lombard? This thing is overheating and locking up. The cooling fan is not turning on at all. I'm working on a new s…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by quinterro Wed, 25 Jun 2008 - 03:56

MacOS 8.6 on "Sawtooth" G4 — #1

I recently purchased a first generation "Sawtooth" G4 - 400mhz model with AGP graphics. It was refurbished and came with MacOS 10.3 pre-installed, but the original MacOS 8.6 instal…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by almeath Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - 08:18

PowerBook G4 problems — #1

Hi, My dad has a platinum PowerBook G4 laptop that has been acting strange lately. When you hit the power button, a gray screen comes up and the little wheel made up of lines fac…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Apostrophe Fri, 13 Jun 2008 - 20:16

PowerBook 1400c Woes — #1

I have this PowerBook 1400c/166 that has been working great until recently, when I turned it on and I got the infamous "death chimes" I went through the system, dismantled the e…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MacLover Wed, 11 Jun 2008 - 09:15

higher resolution iBook? — #1

Does anyone know where I can find a higher resolution LCD for my poor clamshell? I love it to bytes but I cannot for the life of me use 800X600.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Christopher Tue, 10 Jun 2008 - 04:50

iBook G4 screen problems — #1

Hey there! I'm having a few problems with my iBook G4's screen. 1. Sometimes when brightness is all the way up or almost all the way down, the screen flickers but stays that way …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by juan123 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 - 14:52

Free Clamshell iBook, or Why I love Silicon Valley — #1

So a friend of a friend hears that I'm wacky for macs, and gives me a dead clamshell ibook that he had gotten from still someone else long ago, thinking he'd get around to fixing i…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 - 23:57

Apache problems remain? — #1

The wiki doesn't seem to be fully back online yet. I got to an initial page, logged in, but when trying to return to the page got a Parser.php error.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ChristTrekker Fri, 12 Oct 2007 - 22:11

Biege G3!! — #1

Got one of these on a call today. They had a B&W G3, and a biege. They wanted one of them for their family (still running off a PM 6100 which I may be able to have later as…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by iamdigitalman Wed, 10 Oct 2007 - 23:32

Again..... — #1

The server went down. Recently: 3 Server Crashes. Ive been counting.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macintoshman Wed, 10 Oct 2007 - 01:14

IRC Issues Rounded up — #1

1.Spam 2.Crazyness (A little is good, but not so much!) 3.Spoofing 4.Cyber Bulling Any other issues to share?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by macintoshman Sun, 7 Oct 2007 - 23:35

Apple II!! — #1

no, not an original, but a Platinum IIe. After playing with one 3 years ago, and amassing a huge pile of accessories (5.25 and 3.5" floppy drives, external modem, printer card, app…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by iamdigitalman Wed, 26 Sep 2007 - 06:44

Macintosh SE SuperDrive and SCSI Zip 100 Drive — #1

I won a Macintosh SE on eBay. It looks like it's an FDHD. It will be my first compact Macintosh! I will be installing System 6.0.8 on it. Applications I know I'll be using with it …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MacTCP Mon, 24 Sep 2007 - 04:33

Problem with Cookies? — #1

It seems like no matter which machine I use it on, after like a day goes by, even though I have it save my login into cookies, I end up getting logged out. I have had this happen …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by coius Sun, 23 Sep 2007 - 23:46

Slow Server! — #1

Anybody else having trouble? It looks like the server is choking.... Peace, Drew
68kMLA Troubleshooting by alk Fri, 21 Sep 2007 - 07:17

40Gig ipod goes down . . . How Does Apple Respond? — #1

Last Christmas my wife bought me a 4gen 40 gig ipod. The one with the black and white display. This is my second ipod. I had a 2nd gen 20gig which i had filled up and wanted mor…
MacNN Troubleshooting by atlcane Mon, 17 Oct 2005 - 15:45
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