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Hi all, I recently picked up a free PowerBook 145B that booted, but there was no image on the screen. After giving it a recap, it now displays a clean image expect for the large section at the bottom of the screen that appears to have too much contrast. Is this an issue with the LCD itself, or...

Hi all, I have a backlit portable coming in tomorrow, but it unfortunately does not include the stock power adapter. I know the non-backlit portables can have their hybrid’s fried when an incorrect power adapter is used. Would it be safe to use something like a 3A 7.5V power adapter on a...

I've just finished up recapping both the analogue and logic board of my classic ii, but i'm only able to get very faint sound out of headphones. I've already given the board a deep cleaning in IPA with no change. I did notice a trace that looked slightly suspect under C13, could that be...

Hi everyone, I’m attempting to install a Noctua fan in my Q700’s PSU, but it seems near impossible to remove it. This is sadly not the PSU with the two plastic tabs to remove the fan I’ve seen on most Quadra’s. I have removed every screw visible on the PSU and confirmed there are none hiding...

Hi all, I‘ve spent the last couple hours trying to boot my AGP G4 into a 10.4 install disk from USB. I’ve created the boot disk from the 10.4 image on macintosh garden, and it shows up fine in the boot picker, but on selection it displays the error attached. I also receive a “LOAD-SIZE is too...

Hi everyone, I recently picked up an SE/30 that was working when I originally powered it on, but it is now displaying strange symptoms. When powering the machine on, it either gets to the no floppy screen but restarts and proceeds to play the startup chime multiple times in a row. It sometimes...

Hi all, I picked up a lot of various compact macs yesterday, and one of the SE’s had a radius accelerator 16 installed. This may be a bit of a dumb question, but is there an easy way to install the board back into the SE? I had to slightly bend the metal rails to get it out the first time (no...