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Do the Astec PSUs found in IIcx/ci/vx/Q700s have one of those notorious Rifa safety capacitors in them? I left one of these plugged in for about 10 minutes before there was a *POP* noise, followed by a loud whine and smoke rising from the machine. I assume these contain one of these caps but I'm...

I was recently able to buy my dream PCI PowerMac, the 8500! It works great, although I can't for the life of me figure out how to use the AV Capture Card. My first question: Is the television connected to the composite video output supposed to mirror the monitor attached to the Mac's DB-15 port...

Can't find any information online on these RAM cards and my 1400c doesn't have anything to boot off of for me to see how much RAM is installed. One card has 8x KM44C4100CS-6 IC's on it, while the other has 16x of the same type. The IC's are 4Mx4 bit, but I don't know the bus width of the cards...

I've been looking over the display in my new 1400c and have been researching some possible ways to fix it. Here's what I've found so far: - Hinges are attached to the back display bezel via 3 brass standoffs just like the infamous ones found in the PB 100 series - For each hinge, there is one...

I've got a PowerBook 1400c/166 that I'd like to test before buying a power brick for it. Since I have an iBook A1036 charger that has the same voltage and current ratings, I was wondering if I can put a 1400c compatible connector on the iBook charger to test the 1400c. However, some of the...

Lately I've been recapping an LC II, and I've come across a minor issue while working on it. The only capacitor that really messed anything up was C11 (10uF 16V), with it eating away some of the nearby traces. While I've patched most of the damaged traces up, there's a via right under the...

Does the Beige Power Macintosh G3 often need to be recapped? I'll be receiving one soon and I want to know if I should prepare to recap it. I haven't seen many reports of them needing to be recapped, but I just wanted to make sure if it's a common problem or not. Thanks!

I have a 12" RGB pizza-box-topper monitor connected to a PowerMac 6100, which according to this and this, should be able to output at the monitors 512x384 resolution. However, when starting the computer from either the OS 8.5 install, or the System 7 Disk Tools, the monitor doesn't display a...

I recently picked up a Macintosh LC with 12" monitor, and when I plugged it in, I got nothing. I then replaced the power supply with one I had recapped earlier, and the fan spun up, and it chimed. However, there was no video output, and when I looked inside to pull out the Maxell battery, I...

I recently obtained my first 68K Macintosh, a Macintosh SE with dual 800k floppy drives. Turning it on, it boots to the blinking question mark screen, but won't read any disks. I'm almost certain that my system disk is fine; I created it with Disk Copy 4.2 on a PowerMac 6100 using this guide. I...