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First post.... here goes... Ill do intros later. :lol: A few days ago I procured a Summer 2000 model iMac DV SE from my younger brother, the 500mhz model with D…
ANybody know for certain what the maximum hard drive capacity is that a FW800 Mirror-door G4 tower will recognise on the internal bus? Am I right in assuming so…
New member here with a few questions ... I pulled out some old equipment out of the attic in preparation for the local ecycling drive, then found this place. It…
I was re-capping one yesterday, and it hit me. Bam, Everything you need is on this tiny PCB. I mean heck if flash had come along sooner, I'm sure they would hav…
Most Mac Portables have dead batteries now, and we all know that the Portable won't start up from its AC Adapter without a good battery. However, it has been sa…
I picked up this Mac Portable and have seen a few loaded with different software etc but NEVER seen one like this. Can anyone shed some light on what these exte…
Got my battery today. It appears to be charged. The charging circuit appears to be working without a problem with the stock AC adapter. Battery tests good with …
Hi all, Recently I bought a Macintosh IIcx motherboard off ebay. I only got round to cleaning it a few days ago and then I noticed that the copyright date on th…
So I have a Workgroup Server 9650/350 w/ 1.5gb ram, was wondering if I could buy this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-001-Ciprico-Mediavault-R-5-Bay-IDE-RAID-SCSI…
So i am here tearing into this Macintosh Classic. Pulled out the A/B board, Had to re-cap it, Screen was wavy, HD would not spin etc. etc. Anyways, Replaced all…
What do you guys have for specs on yours? Can be tower, desktop, or AIO, although I prefer the server version myself I have: G3 Tower (server version) OS 9.2.2 …
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/digital-audio-power-mac-g4.html We moved to the hood about 3 to 4 years ago. I never really talked to our neighbor very much. They invi…
Hello everyone, I have a Power Mac G3 B&W with a dead logic board (as described here http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=21030) and I'…
The PB190cs that I'm now working on has a strange screen symptom. It powers up, and the screen stays mainly a murky dark green except for the top menu bar and t…
Hello everyone, I have the same problem as this guy http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=20786 but the problem like this guy isn't the RAM. I'v…
Do you guys know wich brand is reliable and still freshly fabricated? I thought it is time to copy all my old 3,5 floppys to new material. Any advice?
In a current Conquests thread on a PB165 there has been discussion of correct ratings for power supplies that should be connected to various PB models. The offi…
Can someone help me find replacement capacitors for the 145b lcd panel that I just disassembled? I took the 145b apart to re-grease the clutches, clean out the …
Hey everyone - I know the 667MHz DVI TiBooks have a placeholder for where the second fan for the faster models went. Does anyone know if the logic board for the…
I like how there is pads for SMD caps. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Capacitor-ESR-Inductance-Resistor-Meter-Transistor-Tester-Detect-NPN-PNP-Mosfet-/261229081706?pt=…
I was talking with a friend today and I asked him if he still had a few things he told me about a while ago (old mac hardware). I picked up today: Macintosh LC …
In vintage computing the main benefit of solving a problem is it helps you to find the next problem. After fixing my IIsi logic board (caps) and its PSU (caps) …
I have a Classic II that needs to be recapped. I have noticed during times of heavy HD access that the edges of the screen will visibly wobble. Is this a caps i…
I noticed my 7500's PSU is making very high-pitched noises while running certain loads. It's worse when I put in a replacement 150MHz 604 CPU card, and then esp…
I was excited when I won this on eBay. Described as "Mint in box" and "unused." I was doubly excited when I won it for only $50. I had put a minimum bid on it n…
I tried searching but failed. Can someone tell me how deep I have to go to remove the bezel of a compact mac? (The SE is in question.) I know that the CRT is mo…
Found at goodbytes. $100. Will post pics later. Apple is selling the same display for $999 I got it untested (they didn't have a compatible machine to test). I …
All the talk of the upcoming Mac Pro had me renew my search for a Cube. Picked one up today. 450 MHz, 640 MB RAM, original 20 GB hard drive, Rage 128 Pro graphi…
Hello everyone. When dealing with an SCSI hard drive that has a total capacity of over 2 GB, will the Macintosh even detect the hard drive? I am curious how you…
Ok before I label this dead and cry about it, here is a picture. There are two matching chips that are side by side. The one that is burnt is an exact duplicate…
Hi, I would like to fit my (non functioning) Macintosh Classic, with a Raspberry Pi, to use as a general purpose computer/server/interesting object to have arou…
Okay so i have this monitor that i use with my Quadra 650 and its 640x480 resolution. http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/classic_monitors/specs/apple_mac_co…
. . . is a notion I've been sittin' on ever since I finally got the IIsi. It seems that the Gemini Two Slot adapter for the DuoDock is hackable so that the "Upp…
As some of you will know, I have an original SE. Its an original, 800k drive, SE. I also have an SE/30 logic board on its way to me, according to FedEx it will …
Hey guys looks like the prices on these caps (ceramic) are getting somewhat reasonable. Any reason why one would not want to use these for mac re-caps? 1206 1uF…
I'll know more after 3PM, but hopefully this guy will trade my android netbook for it! http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/sys/3863615919.html
Alright, I have three PowerBook 500-series systems. All of them have *SOMETHING* "off" with them. They are: 540c with some case damage, but perfect screen, no h…
hi, now my mac is finally booting, after removing the vga card. After starting the mac all seems working, but after executing an program i get an crash (apple s…
Well so far I can say this case design is not my favorite. both the Quadra 800 and 840av had alot of rattling plastic pieces in the case when arrived. The Quadr…
Hello, I have 2 LISA power supplies here. One thing I can say, for both power supplies They get very hot. You can even see black marks on the bottom of the PCB'…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-PowerKey-Sophisticated-Circuits-for-Apple-Macintosh-Original-box-/261224549186 My IIci has an ATX power supply, but I couldn't g…
Searched the site, but I couldn't find any information on this. I recently acquired a 2nd Mac Classic. It's missing its case screws, so I opened it up... The li…
I cant find any differences, they are the same inside. (other then that LB)
The inside of my Macintosh Plus looks bad. It's all rusted and it looks like part of the back case melted or something. It's amazing that it worked at all. The …
Ok So I bought this lot of 6 LC machines. Well, It was 3 lots, 2 computers in each lot. Lot One, 2 (LCI) Lot Two 1 (LCIII) 1 (LCII) Lot Three 2 (LCII) Anyways I…
While rewiring a KVM switch to pass the monitor sense lines through I discovered that Apple's DB15 video cables are not completely pinned. A shorter one is miss…
One of the guts I own from an old Avid Media Processor is a two slot NuBus expansion. It clipped onto the main logic board with a passive bridge board. My Quadr…
Hello. I'm thinking about picking one of these up and have a couple of options at cards, but without the adapter cable. We all know the cable is rare as hen's t…