theoretically pc XXx should be fully compatible with all systems using sd ram, the only two exceptions i have ever ran into is the occasional mac, and almost all Intel boards of th…

The 512MB stick in my Summer 2001 iMac is PC133 . No problems. It's paired with a 128MB stick of PC100 I think.

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I'm going to have to let one of our other forum members take over from here, unless I can dig up more information. Although the symptoms do appear to match that of a Vreg chip faul…

update 2: pressing down on the heatsink did the job. as soon as i let go, the screen went blank. this leaves me with two questions: 1: did i actually press the gpu against the mai…

update: i tried to manually apply pressure (like shimming) to the chip while turning on the machine, but it had no effect: nothing on the screen, but the computer was booting nicel…

i took it apart and did a test. if i press down on the mainboard, where the main display connector is (left of the area between the keyboard and the trackpad) it works well. if i l…

thanks for the detailed reply. i'm not entirely sure what you meant by 'scraping the laminate off', though. i've never had a problem with a gray screen. it always consistently g…

If you're curious, yes it does, it does very well!

thanks for the detailed reply. i'm not entirely sure what you meant by 'scraping the laminate off', though. i've never had a problem with a gray screen. it always consistently g…

Awesome, thanks TechFury90!

Yep, works just great. The mobos are identical between single/dual.

Meanwhile... I've been playing around with System 7 (.5.#) that is supposed to make everything more easy, but unfortunately Open Transport does not work with 68000's processors, so…

what machine can you get in your favorite color? And is the shape of en egg? Click to expand... Golly, Batman, A clockwork easter egg!

considering tolerances you should be ok

Pin 28 on your Vreg chip has come loose from the logic board. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/iBookG4_vreg_repair/ibookG4_vreg_repair.html You don't have to scrape the laminate f…

I like them too, what machine can you get in your favorite color? And is the shape of en egg?

hahaha, thank you. i knew about this, even read the article, but - for some reason - thought only g3 ibooks are affected. well, i guess it's time to open her up again - this tim…

Some people say the iBook G4 has the "video chip coming loose from the PC board" issue. There is also a pin that comes unsoldered on a voltage regulator chip. The latter is fixable…

I ran into that once here and I had to choose very carefully. I ended up with a 128k and 2 512k's. I left Quadras, LCs, Apple IIs, and some other PPCs alone. I am sure others la…

That is insane! Even if I was fortunate enough to stumble onto something like that it would be SO hard to decide what to take, considering I don't have much room in storage as it i…

Very very nice. That sounds like a garage filler and projects for the next few years.

Some people say the iBook G4 has the "video chip coming loose from the PC board" issue. There is also a pin that comes unsoldered on a voltage regulator chip. The latter is fixable…

I saw one for $10 at a yard sale. Always liked the graphite, so took it home to satisfy my curiosity. With 1GB of RAM, a 160GB disk, airport card, and a fan it runs Tiger quite wel…

who else thinks these iMacs rock!!!?? Click to expand... I do! That was the first computer I ever bought and it's still chugging along. Great investment. Upgrade the RAM and y…