LaPorta
Well-known member
Well, now I am getting to what should be one of the easiest, but in one way might be the hardest, refurbishments that I have done.
I have a PowerMac 8100/100AV that I picked up from my college in 2001. Back then, I was a computer science major and had some friends in the lab, one who was the department head. I forget exactly what transpired, but I would up in the basement with him and I noticed thie Power Mac sitting there in basically pristine condition. He said it wasn't used anymore (the thing couldn't have been more than seven years old then). I didn't ask questions and took it. It had a really bizarre isue where it would freeze a few minutes after startup at the desktop (probably why they stopped using it). This happened no matter what disk you started from. So, it sat stored in my parent's basement, unused, until about 2016. After I moved my entire stash to my own place, it sat there until about a year ago when I finally took a look at it. I traced the freezing issue to some bad RAM (I think). I say I think because I am not sure if it was the RAM or some issue with the RAM slots. It works just fine with its soldered 8MB only and the RAM slots empty. That is the part I will have to diagnose at the end.
So, for now, it is just a motherboard, AV card, and power supply recap. The plastics are barely different in color from the metal case, it is amazing. I chalk that up to this thing being climate controlled and in the dark in the school basement as well as my parent's and then my house. I would post photos, but I am still space-capped until that forum issue is sorted out. The only thing that I very stupidly did was forget to take out the AV card when I removed the logic board a second time - SNAP....off came the plastic card retaining clip! They are so thin, glue would just snap it again. I wondered if there was a way to either drill it out and insert a little metal pin to hold it, or support it somehow otherwise.
So, just two questions:
1. - Any suggestions for how best to repair the clip?
2. - Any improvements or add-ons that anyone would suggest for it?
I have a PowerMac 8100/100AV that I picked up from my college in 2001. Back then, I was a computer science major and had some friends in the lab, one who was the department head. I forget exactly what transpired, but I would up in the basement with him and I noticed thie Power Mac sitting there in basically pristine condition. He said it wasn't used anymore (the thing couldn't have been more than seven years old then). I didn't ask questions and took it. It had a really bizarre isue where it would freeze a few minutes after startup at the desktop (probably why they stopped using it). This happened no matter what disk you started from. So, it sat stored in my parent's basement, unused, until about 2016. After I moved my entire stash to my own place, it sat there until about a year ago when I finally took a look at it. I traced the freezing issue to some bad RAM (I think). I say I think because I am not sure if it was the RAM or some issue with the RAM slots. It works just fine with its soldered 8MB only and the RAM slots empty. That is the part I will have to diagnose at the end.
So, for now, it is just a motherboard, AV card, and power supply recap. The plastics are barely different in color from the metal case, it is amazing. I chalk that up to this thing being climate controlled and in the dark in the school basement as well as my parent's and then my house. I would post photos, but I am still space-capped until that forum issue is sorted out. The only thing that I very stupidly did was forget to take out the AV card when I removed the logic board a second time - SNAP....off came the plastic card retaining clip! They are so thin, glue would just snap it again. I wondered if there was a way to either drill it out and insert a little metal pin to hold it, or support it somehow otherwise.
So, just two questions:
1. - Any suggestions for how best to repair the clip?
2. - Any improvements or add-ons that anyone would suggest for it?