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Perhaps if the PLCC sockets don't work out... I could practice resoldering PLCCs on other boards I have. Still a bit of a tall order, because I can be a bit clumsy with some of these things >_<

I see... I just get nervous when I solder the PLCC chips because I can't exactly see where pins could be bridged if possible. While I have increased chances of poor connections... it would be easier to sort those out rather than re-soldering the chips several times. Maybe I'm missing something.

Just got all the components in, and I did manage to also find a ROM SIMM slot and some 30-pin SIMM slots. The SIMM slots were actually in closer pairs to what the original ones were, so I had to painstakingly split them. Not the prettiest but it was way cheaper than buying the individual slots...

I wanted the PLCC sockets because I personally hate soldering the chips in, but the tradeoff works if I do have a bad chip that needs to be replaced. I've soldered a PLCC socket before, I cut the floor of the socket out and then solder the pins one by one. I'll then tack the floor of the socket...

Welp... I just spent $150 total on components (ICs, PLCC sockets, SIMM sockets, etc.) for this build. ;-;

Dang, at least I'm not alone. Several years ago I once had a Ti4600 that I got from a local city dump and that died within minutes because the fan locked up. Wish I held onto it, now they're absolutely painful to get ahold of now because people sell them for absolutely unreasonable prices!

Hello! Thought I'd start fresh with a new thread of my conquests. This one is honestly a bit regretful but turned out to be more worth it in the end... I paid $140 for a Macintosh IIsi at a local computer shop in my area. It was in very nice condition, but the capacitors needed to be replaced on...

So I own a IIsi now. Power supply is unsurprisingly dead, and I am also interested in overclocking. How far could one get with clock chipping on a IIsi? Anyone ever got to 30MHz before?

i've put the project on hold for a while, i need to focus more on the rest of my college semester... but right now not much has changed. i'll need to place quite the mouser order and i'd like to get some better soldering equipment... i did try soldering a PLCC chip (the FPU) but oh dear it was...

i have a performa 475, which has been with me for a while. unfortunately the power supply blew up on me and i feel like recapping it would not really fix the main issue these have... which is just not being great power supplies. i'd like something that ideally would give me more power than 27W...

oh, neat! how'd you get it to work? also i say the worst LC because it's a 68000, and the classic II is pretty much identical to an LC II.

woa! i have a spare pb520 card i should try this on, i have a powerbook 520 and it's very slow by default (gee i wonder why). never knew these were in the same package!!

i've had a 1.44mb superdrive with a few leaky caps. console5 apparently sells kits for them (mp-f75w-01?) which are very cheap. not sure about manual inject drives. if anyone needs one of *those* i've got a spare. not sure if it works, i'll need to test it

wow, totally unassuming IBM compatible desktop! i hope its going to run a nice OS! *immediately hears the 68000 mac beep* i've seen people make these into desktops, i believe. i know i've seen people do it with imac boards and eMac boards. if my classic's analog assembly ever blows up i will...

ATI graphics eMacs may not be able to reach 1.33GHz due to issues involving weaker VRMs or badly binned chips. I just got my 1GHz ATI model to 1.266GHz and its perfectly stable. The 7445s run WAY hotter than 7447s do!

Ah, just wasn't sure if anyone had asked about that. Also, that's quite a fitting name for any PM5200 machine.

If you're having power issues it is likely due to a failing PSU. I'm personally not a huge fan of the 5200 series because it had a considerably rocky lifecycle. Be sure to take EXTREME care when handling it though! Ask me how I know...