Got the 10/100 card today. It is brand new in the box. The instructions haven't even been out of the bag! Got the disk and even the warranty registration card! The video card also …

Ok got the HD to terminate and everything works. I have to use my .5GB drives, but that's more than I'll ever need (1GB was overkill). Tempest

I have herd other peoples computers (SE/30s, classics, classic 2s) ply the chimes of death when the sad mac displays. Click to expand... That's right. An SE/30 and Classic II …

The 840AV got here today and a couple of little disappointments to report. The blank faceplate over the hard drive bay was off when it arrived and the whole thing wasn't packed ver…

On my 6500 I slightly shaved the nubs that hold the two front pieces on so that you can remove them more easily but they still stay on there. As for the plastic side panels.. I do…

The 6400/6500 case design is what you get when designers stay up too long on a weekend under the influence of alcohol. Very easy to get the motherboard tray out, but the rest of th…

yea ok so I finally got stuffit for windows and yea it cant open sit.bin files side rant, what the hell is smith micros problem with making a anything that is not completely backw…

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death? Click to expand...…

One case that really ticked me off was the 6400/6500 tower. What a mess trying to open and work on. I got a lot of scraped knuckles and crushed fingertips inside one of those. C…

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I'm still waiting for prices to come down more. I'm not buying a G5 unless I can get a quad core and even though they are at the lowest levels ever, I still think they have a good …

You need to be more careful. I have been in and out of a 8500 so many times (same with an Q800/840AV) I can get to RAM in a minute if that.If I took a sledgehammer to a 8500 it wou…

Good luck to you. The first time I opened my 9500 I vowed never to do it again until I have enough parts collected to fill every slot and upgrade every component so I only have to …

It's an IBM DPES 31080. Apparently it doesn't do BUS or SCSI termination. Would hooking up an external drive with an terminator fix my issue or do they both have to terminated? …

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death? Click to expand...…

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find. Click to expand... Thanks for th…

I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500. Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ? Click to expand... The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…

It's amazing to me how many people left 7.5, 7.5.1, and 7.5.2 installed without upgrading. I've received several PowerBooks that were still running versions <7.5.3, and I b…

Ok so there has been some talk of the different basic's available for classic mac's so last night I thought I would like to poke around with a couple and check them out I have a "…

Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find.

They are surprisingly durable machines, particularly the ones that went through the Apple refurbishing program to fix the power jack, etc. One thing - years ago, I purchased after…

It does need termination someplace. If the internal drive isn't terminated, then it won't work. You can test this by terminating the SCSI buss with an external drive, or even an em…

Ok the system works fine with the external speakers, but it still refuses to sound the chimes of death. Could really caps be the cause for no chimes of death?

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