A full cap replacement (as well as a good rubbing alcohol scrub where the battery leaked and a new battery as well) should do the trick. In turn, the SE FDHD will last for a very l…

I think when Macs shifted to the "New World" ROM-in-RAM, support for machines newer than the OS - i.e. 9.1 on later model G4s - was provided by new Mac OS ROM files. So Trash is ba…

If it ran on a 120, I'd use it. That'd give a purpose to my Newton that's sat on a shelf for the past couple of years.

Have you bothered to replace the CPU card with another 604/e/ev to see if it's the CPU Card? Click to expand... No, because I don't have another CPU card. This 9500 came from f…

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. Click to expand... No. My machine, as far as I know, has the stock 604 @ 200 MHz processor card. Click to expand... as far as …

SUCCESS !!!!! I REPLACED THE MOTHER BOARD AND IT ACTUALLY WAS NOT THAT BAD I JUST HAD TO MOVE THE HEAT SINK OVER A LITTLE AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND GOT SOME SHEET METAL CUT IT U…

I have to agree with some of the others. As soon as a drive starts doing "iffy" stuff such as screwing either with smart status, or showing "Failed" then going back to "Verified" …

OS 9 came out before that PowerMac though. So it's possible that the G4 either has a specially compiled version of the Finder/System, or there is an enabler (going back to the old…

Confirmed: Bad RAM.

2. No - why should I ? Click to expand... Well I've done a bit of google and found "why" on my own... But errrrr I haven't found "how" ?!

1. Thanks 8-o I'll try that then 2. No - why should I ?

First, the basics : I run system 6.0.8, the Etherwave bridge is connected to the modem port of the Plus on one side and to my router on the other (and is 12V plugged too...). Cl…

Virtual ][ has a menu which lists some sites for disk images and documentation. I believe it's in the Help menu.

It's the early 2005 model... But I was really shocked that it doesn't have any dents or scratches on it... I saw the pictures on ebay but you cannot tell or I really do not go by …

Running OS X 10.4.11 for now, haven't got around to installing OS 9. Downside of using OS 9 is that my wi-fi network is inaccessible since I use WPA security. I'll find a work-arou…

600Mhz, 640MB RAM, 30GB HDD, 16x Sony CDRW/DVD Combo drive. Click to expand... How usable is it? My iBook 500Mhz with 384MB RAM and a 10GB HD isn't the most usable thing. C…

The G4s require the copy of 9.1 that they came with; or later. Click to expand... That´s the first time I hear this. Always was said the Retail CD is needet for special things …

Is it the last model with the high resolution screen or the previous model?

AlBooks Nice one mate. The AlBooks still have plenty of life left in 'em. I still use mine as my main laptop. That said, I'd never want a 17", as I can't look at one and say "O…

Desktop Model: Revision B ROM G3 400mhz 1mb L2 cache-jumpered 512mb RAM 6mb VRAM 6oGb HDD DVD Pioneer drive 16mb ATI dvd decoder video card patched apple dvd player Wings c…

The G4s require the copy of 9.1 that they came with; or later. A 9.2 CD should boot it just fine, though.

That's a really nice setup! Congrats! The SuperMac Thunder series are really nice cards.

So I booted it up today. No problems booting. So far as I can tell it has: 32MB RAM 230MB HD SuperMac Thunder II Radius Precision 8 Asante Ethernet Card Functional Floppy …

Did you say you got a G3 card in the machine. Click to expand... No. My machine, as far as I know, has the stock 604 @ 200 MHz processor card.

VERY nice score, comrade!