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I have a 15" Apple studio display hooked up to my cube. Some months ago I noticed the bottom half of the screen being dim and a the led error blink sequence "short - short - short". According to Apple it means "video output wrong" but the display shows the same error code when hooked up the a...

I want to upgrade my G4 cube and put a SSD drive in it. Fitting the drive and it's SATA-IDE adapter isn't that easy because of the Cube's compactness. Which led me to design a bracket, download it on thingiverse ;) . It fit's the cube nicely, both bottom and topbracket. PS: I also made an...

I got an iMac G5 2.0Ghz (ALS) from a friend which doesn't boot. When I push the power-on button the front light turns on, and the fan starts spinning. I don't hear the happy mac sound though. After a while the fan starts spinning very hard. All this time the screen doesn't turn on. I've...

I got a Macintosh classic today for a few euro's. The seller said it sounded like it was working, but the screen was nog functioning. Since it could be an easy fix it went to get it. When I got home I saw some goo dripping from the ventilation holes. The outside is in great shape, but the...

After recapping my powerbook adapter and nearly finishing recapping a Powermac G4 PSU and a macintosh plus board I started a bigger project. My iMac G3 died recently, when I pressed the powerbutton nothing happend. A bit of researched pointed me to the DCB and the PAV. I've started performing...

I have a Macintosh plus which had some display problems. After a while the display went black, squeezing the sides would temporarly solve the problem. I've been reading a bit and found that weak soldering on the J1-connector often would be part of the problem. When I opened it up, I found...

Today I got a powerbook 170 and a 145b. According to the previous owner the 170 was the only one working. But apparently both are working, there's just a faulty powerbrick. I didn't own any 68k powerbooks to this date so I'm kinda a newbie on the subject. They seem like pretty cool machines...

Today there was a flee market near my place. I went looking for books and perhaps some old macs, you never know. Then suddenly I saw her. She was sitting on a small table, with keyboard and mouse. Next to the Apple logo there was ...... 'nothing'. As I approached several images of the...

Hi I own a iMac G4 20" and noticed the fan makes a lot of noice, so i started looking for a replacment. I was thinking about a silent fan but then i read this: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1018177 Here someone points out that the fan in the latest iMac G4 machines was...

Hi I've stopped collecting macs a while ago, because i was running out of space. Untill previous week, when i friend offered me a PowerMac G4 MDD (Dual 1Ghz) for free! I couldn't resist and accepted, it had been running a server for sometime so i expected it to be in good condition. When ik...

Hi Some time ago i bought a cube. And i want to max out it's capabilities. Adding RAM and airport happens in no time. But then i wanted to tweak further. Graphics After doing lots of research on the graphics card I noticed upgrading with Apple parts only wouldn't help its performance a lot...

Hi folks I got a Cube today! Here's a list: - PowerMac G4 Cube 450Mhz, 128MB ram, 20GB hard drive, DVD, ATI rage 128 Pro - 15" Apple Cinema Display - PowerMac G4 speakers - Pro keyboard and mouse A complete set as you see, with a few shortcomings though: - low specs, will need to upgrade...

Hi everyone I own a PowerBook 100 but it's power adapter has a leaked capacitor. Still trying to get the PowerBook back working i bought another power adapter. However it has got the same issues. This weekend i've been experimenting with a universal adapter. I could get it at 7V and 4,0A. The...

Hi I was messing around with Virtual PC on my PowerBook and would like to try it on my classic macs. I've been looking for a early version of Virtual PC anywhere but can't seem to find one... Can anybody help me finding a version?

Hi I wanted to introduce my parents to Apple, so i went looking for a last generation iBook G4. I found an iBook G4 (mid 2005) 1,33Ghz It came with Mac OS X Leopard, but when surfing on the net using Airport all i got was Kernel Panics. A quick search reveiled there were some construction...

Since the death of my beloved TiBook i've been searching for a new Powerfull PowerBook. Today i bought a PowerBook G4 12" 1,5Ghz (but with 512MB ram) Superdrive and brand new battery for € 295. The PowerBook is in mint condition. I have a little question though: On my Tibook i knew i had to be...

Got a FREE pismo today! An old man gave it to me, i was thinking spare parts but then i got this: PowerBook G3 Pismo 400 MHz 256MB ram with a broken hard drive with a working! DVD-rom module So far nothing special but he gave all of these extra's with it (I don't know why though but happy...

Hi I'm looking for a solution to this problem. I'd like to use one of my old mac's (iMac G3, iBook G3, PowerBook G3, PowerBook Titanium G4) as a TV. I have been looking for Elgato DVB-T cards but i've read that those cards (and the software) would not work on these old macs. Does anyone know...

Hi I have a old but cool Powerbook G3 Pismo and an Apple remote. Since the Pismo has an Irda port I wonder if I could pair my remote with my Pismo.

I ve bought a Pismo (500 mhz) on eBay, and it was sold broken. At home I unplugged the pram battery, and then it booted fine. The Pismo is in great condition. But the screen is somewhat loose. I opened up the case, and the left hinge seems to be broken. Can this be fixed? Any recommandations...