So, today I got a dual 450 gig-e, with a rage128pro in it. I right away hooked it up to my LCD, and started it off an OSX installer, to see that the video was very washed out. Play…

So, today I got a dual 450 gig-e, with a rage128pro in it. I right away hooked it up to my LCD, and started it off an OSX installer, to see that the video was very washed out. Play…

Thanks for doing that. I'm awaiting the results. :beige:

Hi, I take it one is the old style 20 pin for the disk drive][ and the other controller card is for the newer style DB 19 or is it 15 newer Apple II drives. The newer will weight…

Curses, I was hoping to avoid that... Anybody know a good source for pismo batteries?

ARRRGH! Got the 400mhz upgrade card, installed it according to the instructions. No video. Reinstalled the original proc and jumper thing. Video, but now there's a hard drive p…

You have taken all of the normal steps to revive a dead battery. Regrettably, it is no more. It is pining for the fjords. It is an ex-battery. Re-celling a lithium-ion battery is …

LiIons are a pain. I've got some for my 3400 and 2400 that still hold at least an hour's charge, and several for Lombards/Pismos/iBooks that are dead as hell. I'm pretty sure that…

Here's the definitive answer, from another Lombard owner (me) who has researched it thoroughly. The 400MHz Lombard has a hardware DVD decoder chip on the motherboard. The 333MHz …

Yeah, I want a 2nd confirmation. To be more precise, I'm ordering one (1) Disk ][ controller card and one (1) Apple 5.25" disk controller card, though I assume they weigh roughly …

Maybe 4 or 5 ounces? I could check with my postal scale when I get home. But... why? Are you questioning someone's exorbitant shipping charges on the Big E?

I just got myself a Pismo (poke around conquests ), and my only problem with it is that the battery is flat as a board. It shows up as empty and fully charged; if I pull it out …

I can't seem to find this anywhere-- exactly how much does a Disk ][ controller card weigh? Anyone have one to find out? Know off-hand? Here's a picture of one.

I went through the same thing with my 333MHz Lombard. Hooked up a DVD drive, tried to get it to play DVD as a movie and...no dice. Did have some success using VLC under OS X but a …

Might be awhile till I can watch dvd's but I will tinker with this powerbook . It is easy to take apart. I like the keyboard and the way the apple logo glows when the unit is runn…

Woo! This thing has been upgraded and is working properly (posting from it now.) Pushed its pathetic 233mhz up to 333 for now, seems perfectly stable with a good fan, though when …

In addition to beachycove's succinct summation I would point out that, as has already been recorded in previous threads in these Forums, most of the older PBs do not begin to recha…

CPU! Which is why you need a faster CPU to decode DVD MPEG2 in software.

DVD playback is not RAM intensive. Looks like you will need to find the DVD decoder card (rare and not too cheap). Click to expand... Well what is it intensive on?

DVD playback is not RAM intensive. Looks like you will need to find the DVD decoder card (rare and not too cheap).

The Lombard is running O.S.9.2.2. I can put a music cd in and it plays. But when a dvd movie goes in I get the no hardware warning. I was hoping to be able to download a deco…

I think lombards needed the PCMCIA DVD card while the Pismos didn't for viewing DVDs. Are you running OS 9.2.x? It looks for specific hardware decoder cards on specific machines t…

Didn't the early Lombards require the pcmcia dvd decoder card?

Are you trying to watch a DVD movie, or are you trying to mount a data disc? If you can't mount a data DVD, then perhaps you simply have a driver problem. Make sure that the CD/DV…

I just received this powerbook. Bought it as is for parts. I plugged it in with the adapter from another model that fit. I tried it after a couple of hours, and it booted righ…