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    Macintosh II Will Not Power On.

    I was able to jumpstart it and get the arpeggio death chime, but then it suddenly switched off. No pop, no burning smell, no magic smoke, simply off. After that, no amount of jumpstarting the first pin of the power supply (white wire) will power the machine on. I checked and there are no scorch...
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    Can The "Toby" Card Support 832 x 624?

    I just got my Mac II to fire up, but now I need to diagnose it due to getting a death chime. The only Mac monitor I have supports a fixed rate of 832 x 624. The original Macintosh II Video Card installed has all VRAM sockets filled, so my understanding is that it supports 8-bit color at 640 x...
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    Jumpstarting Mac II Causes Only Quick LED Flicker

    I'm attempting to test a Macintosh II that I'm about to begin working on. When I use my half double A battery to attempt a jumpstart by touching the end white wire pin and the case metal, all I get is a quick fan spin, a flicker, and the speaker making the usual popping sound when power is...
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    Mac Plus External HDD Mounting Desktop 7x Upon Boot

    I just acquired a beautiful Rodime 20 Plus External hard drive with an RO652 disk drive, and for the most part, it works wonderfully. However, it has a strange quirk that neither the acts of reinstalling System 6 nor initializing the drive fix. Whenever I boot up, whether from floppy or hard...
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    Use Quadra Display On Newer Mac w/ Gender Changer?

    If this is the wrong topic section, my apologies. This display did come with a Quadra, so it's my best guess. I was wondering if I could use my Macintosh 16" Color Display on my much newer Power Mac G4 if I use an Apple DB15 to VGA adapter in conjunction with a DB15 female-to-female gender...
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    Mac LC 520 Internal SCSI Hangs On Startup

    Every time I try to boot from my LC 520's internal SCSI hard drive bay, it hangs. My external SCSI drive never fails to fully boot, however. I have also swapped the drives and the same thing happens, so I'm led to believe it's the internal hard drive bay itself. All pins are intact, unbent and...
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    Power Mac G4 Gets Really Hot In Sleep Mode

    Is it normal for my Dual 500 Gigabit Ethernet to get really hot during sleep mode? Specifically, the chip on the board with the tiny passive heatsink and the power supply. If it is normal, is it still bad for my PowerMac?
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