Topic pretty much explains it all. I have an 8600/250 I am trying to get up and running in my quest for the towers of power. I get boot chime, everything seems …
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Hey all, I've got a Gigabit Ethernet model that I'm wanting to upgrade. It has the 500Mhz Dual Processor in it, and I believe it has a GeForce 2 or 3 in it. I a…
Hello! first post here, although I have been reading and following threads for a few months now. I've recently started acquiring old Macs (I've been collecting …
Does anyone know what power supplies Daystar equipped their Genesis line with? I would assume it would be the same as a 9500 but I also know some of the clone m…
if the person who this belongs to wants to say something. That is just fine, or if they want to remain anonymous that is fine too its almost done… just needs a …
I recently removed the logic board from a Performa 475 for recapping. The hardest part of removing the board was disconnecting the power supply connector. I cou…
So i bought that Supermac thunder /24 (rom v3.00) to get better screen resolutions and to switch between them without having to play on the adapter switches. Pu…
To boot a computer with Mac Os 9, we need:#1- A Mac Os 9 capable computer.#2- An HFS volume with Mac Os 9 drivers.#3- A Mac Os 9 System folder.Notes:#1- All g3 …
Hi all, I'm trying to restore a Quadra 840av and am having SCSI issues. My fear is that the SCSI controller on the motherboard is fried and this computer cannot…
Picked up a Quadra 650, keyboard, mouse, software, monitor and laserwriter all for $100.
The recent thread about LC 5xx front bezels got me thinking about the LC/Performa 580. Historically, I generally preferred the 575, due mainly to its Trinitron …
Hi. I have a dead slot loading iMac G3 (with firewire and VGA port), and I'm trying to determine where the fault is. I'm not very knowledgeable on macs, but goo…
Hi, everyone. Now that I have the entirety of my beige collection home with me, I am going through and trying to get functional machines up and running. Current…
My Q800 seems to work fine. I can't think of anything wrong with it. Oh, wait. Yes I can. The clock battery is dead. In any case, I'm realizing that if I'm goin…
Hey there, I have an Imation USB SuperDisk drive that I use very infrequently with my G4 Mac. It's exhibiting a blinking light issue both when plugged in and no…
Does anyone have a quadra 700 schematic? I want to try to resurrect it. Well my quadra 700 died yesterday. One of those damn Maxwell batteries peed all over the…
Yesterday, I found a garage sale on craigslist that claimed to have "Mac computers". So I went to it. There, sitting on a table was a Power Mac G4 tower with a …
Picked up a LaCie Biggest F800 RAID array. It only had four 120gb PATA HDs in it but I replaced them with 400gb HDs. Still deciding whether to keep it as RAID 0…
So I've been on a PB100 kick... Recapping a 100 right now.. still waiting on the new caps.. I've chosen Tantalums except 3 electrolytics.. I've done the display…
So I picked up a Performa 600 untested from a pawn shop for $15. Brought it home, powered it on. The power supply powers up, the hard drive spins up, but no chi…
A few years back, I recapped my Portable, replaced the burnt-out main fuse, made a new battery, replaced the HDD (with the kind help of fellow Portlander mcderm…
Couldn't resist sharing this. There is a common misconception, especially in vintage computer newbies, that only the red Maxell batteries can leak. Proof that e…
Picked up 1.42ghz MDD, 2gb RAM, 2-185gb HDs, DVD burner, GeForce4 Ti, airport and dead power supply. Before I got it home, I thought I’d just move the processor…
I'm wanting to get my PB180 back up to snuff. I've left it in a cabinet for awhile, and the battery had swollen up and is now leaking acid out of a crack in the…
Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum. I have a collection of about 35 machines and with my brother we're planning an exibition in my kid's school for the sience w…
Found a 500MHz Pismo for $5 today. Got it home, removed the PRAM battery and it booted up. I was going through what was on the hard drive when the computer froz…
I bought a Mac SE on Ebay, but when it arrived the box looked very bad it has no video. The display makes a crackling sound specifically the little tube behind …
Dear forum members, I'm about to replace capacitors on a Logic Board of my Macintosh SE FDHD. Unlike later SE/30 models, the Macintosh SE Logic Board has axial …
After "marrying" two partial SEs to form one complete machine, I am now trying to troubleshoot the result. It powers up but there is no startup chime and the sc…
Hi, This is the display I got with my nice Performa 637, and it doesn't seem to be working. It'll come on and sound like it's working, but the display will stay…
Last year, my PB3400 quit working. Up until that point, it had been used regularly, at least twice a week, so it hadn't been sitting for a long period of time. …
Hi guys, this one is for the people that has a CFFA3000 running in a IIgs ROM 01. I just can't mount more than 2 32MB images at once. I recall mounting more tha…
Finally noticed 128mb SIMMs being sold (at a reasonable price) on eBay... The first one I bought worked in my LC475 and Quadra 630. Strangely enough, the SIMM d…
Hey guys I'm thinking of bringing my old B/W out the attic and having a play around with it. Back when it was my main system, I upgraded it to a G4 500 ZIF, don…
So a forum member gave me some projects and I went in hip deep. All the screens are good as tested on my 2300. Sound good and the like. So I got 3 280 motherboa…
I powered my trusty old iMac G3 Rev A after about 2 years. It powered right on, and it stayed there, until the sleep timer kicked in and machine went to sleep. …
So, with a lot of fuss and hoo-ha, I've got an LC 475 up and running 7.6.1. One of the problems I've run into a lot recently, and not just with this particular …
Hello, Picked up a Performa 550 recently, I was told the capacitors have been replaced however there appears to be one that leaked or is leaking. Do these capac…
Was trying to keep from going on any more conquest road trips but this one was a little bit closer to home and I managed to get quite a bit of stuff. The system…
I've always been curious about the RCA jack on the Lisa 1 and 2/5 that was marked VIDEO OUT. Until today I could only determine: -The signal is composite -The s…
The Macintosh SE I acquired about 2 years ago seems to be having intermittent issues, that seem to have gotten worse since I've owned the machine. Basically, so…
Hi all, Coming here for a last resort, because Google keeps giving me OSX advice; my System 7 mojo was really strong back in the day but I'm new to retro (as of…
Damn! I swear! I took out my IIcI in a IIcx case with the Daystar 040 Accelerator, and see if I can give it a look over with the others for a quickie recap and …
a couple are missing programmers switch, but they all work. love me some Quadra 700!
After the hard drive in my Portable failed, it has been sitting untouched. I have plenty of spare hard drives, but they are 50 pin and the 32 pin cable on the P…
Main sample libraries formats that can be used on Mac Os 9:Kontakt: versions 1.x, 1.5 and 1.5.2Kompakt up to version 1.0.3HALion: versions 1.x, 2.0 and 2.0.3Sam…
It's been a while since I posted - life has been busy. I recently visited my parents and found our old Mac LC and a Mac Classic languishing in a closet and gara…
I picked up an Apple IIc this week with a monitor, external 3.25 floppy, mouse, a fist-full of disks, and all the original paperwork, as the price was too good …
I haven't been able to find much repair info out there but I recently acquired a NIB USB 100mb zip drive. Im thinking it may have capacitor issues because I get…
"New Factory Sealed 15-pin Super VGA 9" Monochrome VM-9AF Monitor" Long eBay link. Not my auction, etc... I put this in H&D instead of Trading Post beca…