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…
68kMLATroubleshootingby bamdadSat, 14 Nov 2009 - 21:25
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…
68kMLANetworkingby numero6Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 20:59
There's a store nearby and I think I can get a single 1.25 ghz daughter card from a MDD fairly cheap. I have a Dual 1.00 ghz MDD with a burnt out processor. I've googled and found …
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…
68kMLATroubleshootingby iMac600Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 15:21
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…
68kMLATroubleshootingby bamdadSat, 14 Nov 2009 - 12:13
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…
68kMLATroubleshootingby PowerPupSat, 14 Nov 2009 - 11:31
My poor Plus just had its second Analog Board die, most likely C1, as I have the vertical line down the middle of the screen. As I inspect the previous Analog Board I had in it, C…
68kMLATroubleshootingby BugsiSat, 14 Nov 2009 - 10:19
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…
There was an add on our local Kijiji site. "Giveaway of very old Mac computers and acc. Come and get them". It gave the address. It happened to be near the school my son goes to.…
Is there a key combo to start up a G3 mac with the Apple USB M7803 pro keyboard?
My older USB keyboard have a power button, just got the M7803 (yea I know I am way behind the time…
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…
68kMLATroubleshootingby H3NRYSat, 14 Nov 2009 - 04:05
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…
hi everybody,
it's been a while since i showed up here. glad to see the forum's alive and well. sadly, i have to post about a problem again. i have this ibook g4 (1,02 ghz model),…
68kMLATroubleshootingby bamdadSat, 14 Nov 2009 - 02:42
who else thinks these iMacs rock!!!??
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I do! That was the first computer I ever bought and it's still chugging along. Great investment.
Upgrade the RAM and y…
This powerbook MUST of been used as a desktop replacement...
The G4 seems to be a long life CPU... I remember getting a PM G4 400mhz in 99... I don't remember if the G3 has a long…
68kMLAPowerPCby MacManiac1701AFri, 13 Nov 2009 - 18:04
So I can honestly say the Mac Mini IS faster than the G5, it runs m games faster and smoother, Adobe runs alot faster...
I don't use the internal hdd I use the FW800 connected to …
68kMLAPowerPCby MacManiac1701AFri, 13 Nov 2009 - 18:01