Hi,
I salvaged a LS120 drive from an external chassis (without the cable) ...
It's standard IDE and is detected without any problem by OS 9.2,
however it does not load a driver ... fine with that so far.
Unfortunately the Imation drivers which are available seem to only be working with the USB...
Folks,
I recently secured a non-working iMac G4 20".
On receipt it did not do anything - so I disassembled it, cleaned it etc.
I also re-capped the "low-voltage" part of the PSU, replacing the 5 small capacitors.
Now it is happily POSTing and chiming - however the screen stays dark.
Measuring...
So, I finally was able to procure an 840AV - the seller telling me, he recapped it - to no avail.
No offence, when I did have a look the solder job was not optimal.
De-capping, spending a night in IPA, recapped ... connected - the 840 sprung to life, chimed and presented me with a disc symbol...
Folks,
got one ... uhh ... 2 issues.
I have 2 Performa 6400/200 logic boards - both recapped.
Number 1: is working, except for the "internal" sound, front headphone is fine.
Number 2: is working, including internal sound, but does not generate video output.
The chassis cannot be the issue as...
Hello,
Interesting phenomenon. After my MDD G4 1.25 DP grilled it's CPU module, I got myself a "new" CPU module.
Installed, started ... Kernel message "No drivers for PowerMac3,6". Switched off.
Since then the chime comes and the fans run and that's it.
"No Video".
Tried everything, PMU reset...