Not a bad idea. I'm still using the original pack on mine but I'm sure it will die one day.

360alaska said: His has a rom simm, yours doesn't? Click to expand... Thats not a ROM and no mine does not. Like all production TAMs the ROMs are soldered in.

It's not a rom simm , it should be cache card, which with a G3 upgrade should be removed. Maybe that's why it was put away and didn't work in the first place. Rom simm and cache …

unity said: There is no ROM SIMM for the TAM, never was unless proto. Good theory on the ROM with startup chime. I can not say, but falen5 I think has the skills to swap ROM…

It arrived, but has a hinge problem: the two halves of the left hinge do not meet, and the left display cable has worked up into the bezel, and is pushing the bezel away from the s…

I would not trust shipping one at this point. That being said, at least one is in Australia. A member here has it.

It is, most devices these days are RISC. They're just not POWER.

techknight said: look at those million psychedelic colors. lol. And the new P6 chip.  Click to expand... Yeah, I hear RISC technology is the wave of the future...

Unfortunately it will be 575's  only for me in the forseeable future... Unless I take a trip to the states. lol

The man's got some taste

Nope not a special version, you just need the correct system enabler installed, which for a 520 is System Enabler 403. You need to make a boot floppy with a blessed system folder c…

I'll be back. I just have to... go and do... a thing. Over here. yes...

Awesome man , Did you get MLCC's on there or stock Panasonic electrolytics? I forgot. I'm sure blob would be happy! I think he just turned 71

Alright. I'm going to order up a set then, it should really help when this thing decides to give me trouble in the future.

When I was doing it I found a tutorial online on how to do it and where to apply the lube.  I can't remember the address but if you google it you may be able to find it.

There is no ROM SIMM for the TAM, never was unless proto. Good theory on the ROM with startup chime. I can not say, but falen5 I think has the skills to swap ROM chips if needed.

Well, I tore open the external floppy disk tonight and got the mechanism unstuck by using small dabs of WD-40.  I have to hold the eject button open to insert/eject disks, but at l…

Yes I fixed mine with lube, just don't over do it

just got my boards back, yup the Classic II is the 4 Rom version.

I was having the same problem as you... see my thread below.  I had to wash the board 5 different times to get it to work.  I also discovered pin 50 bent, touching pin 49 on the c…

look at those million psychedelic colors. lol. And the new P6 chip. 

haplain said: It WILL work without that ROM SIMM for sure. Click to expand... I wonder if it will have a different gestalt without that rom sim though, maybe it will iden…

It WILL work without that ROM SIMM for sure.

falen5 said: Don't understand why it would work without the rom!!! Does it have another onboard? - off to bed for me - sure I had to film the teardown - good luck peop…

Also, just as a minor point on the chemistry, if vinegar neutralizes it, then its an alkaline substances eating the board, not an acid, you can't neutralize an acid with an acid (a…