Recent content by Lucretius

Thanks folks...I think I used target disk mode years ago, but needed to have my memory jogged a bit...sounds like the way to go!

I have one of these with the 40GB HDD, and I'm wondering if there is a way to transfer all the data to another iBook. My plan is to remove the HDD and install an mSATA with a 2.5" enclosure ( which I've done several times ), and it would be nice if I could just be sure all the original data is...

As a ( really general! ) comment @ working on complex & delicate items: I always use a Loupe. Many loupes clip to eyeglasses, while others are of the Old Fashioned type, that are held by a wire that loops around your head! My idea here is just to suggest that most things 'tell you how to work...

Good call: I'm one of those folks attracted to small, mechanical things. Cameras and watches and tape recorders and...etc! I've always thought that if a thing was the size of an Old-Fashioned bread box, I could understand it and work on it. About the only mechanical device I've ever seen that I...

I own a few cameras with Synchro-Compur shutters ( Zeiss Contaflex lV, 35mm ) and recently took a look at an online video @ cleaning the lens. I was OK with what I saw ( could probably do it ) until the fellow started to disassemble the spring-loaded, innermost parts: he took each item out very...

To my mind, getting a really good ( need not be expensive ) Loupe is as important as is a good screwdriver and light source...once you can actually see what's in front of you, many things become comprehensible, and able to be worked on. I own several of Bergeon's tools, and respect their...

Although I own and enjoy working on these Old Computers, I'm also attracted to Old Watches. I've been finding pocket and wrist watches in antique shops for 25+ years, and I'm capable of taking one to pieces, cleaning everything, and putting it back together and doing some adjustment along the...

I agree...the iBook G4's I've instralled mSATA cards in ( 12" and 14", as a hobbyist ) have been OK to work on. It's been a few years since the last operation and I forget if the 14" has one, but the aluminum shield covering the motherboard on the 12" was cut so as to NOT remove the little...

Thanks for the response...it gives me something to consider. This is the first time I'd heard of "phase change material", and I'll read-up on it. I will say that I took a look at an iFixit description of what's involved in getting to the heat sinks, and it seems a lot more involved than I...

Hello folks! I just found a very nice 14", and I will be installing an mSATA 64GB card in a few days. I've done this on 3 other G4's and it's Fun & Easy...just have the Apple install DVD's ( Tiger and Leopard ) and it's very easy and fun. So: what about the CPU's heat sink paste? I've not done...

It's Soul Satisfying to see your PowerBook G4 still up & running...I own a 15" and 17" that came from Ebay, and I use them both for an hour or so each month, simply to enjoy the experience. Ebay was also there for me when a few iBook G4's became available, and the 12" and 14" Models ( one of the...

Thanks for the info & suggestion, Romko23. Now: just how should I re-paste it? I've never done this, largely because I could not find an online video that clearly--as in, CLEARLY!--showed how to do it. Some folks seem to think that this is so easy that it does not need to be shown, up close...

My PowerBook5,4 is getting old. The last 2 times its started, there's been one, straight line across the screen. Just one, and all the way across. After 10 minutes or so, the line disappears, never to return during the session. I've owned the G4 for about 2 years, and use it only a few hours...

I've replaced the original hard drives with mSATA, 60GB cards on three iBook G4's, and have found that for this Amateur, they are not at all difficult to work on. I use the black spudgers ( fiber reinforced ), and the cases have all snapped apart with no damage...just take your time, and see...

I'm assuming that everyone's ahead of me here, but: I've installed InterWebPPC on my G4's, and it works like an absolute Charm! I'm able to access my Gmail, and send & receive messages easily, and I'm even able to go to YouTube and *almost* watch music videos...the music comes through 100%...