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  1. Alex

    1920x1080 on PM8500 built-in, Twin Turbo 128

    These links are dead as are the ones on page 2 of this post. Could someone please upload them to the internet archive so that they will not go away. PLEASE! :)
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    Display upgrade - PM 9600/350

    Dude, I am intrigued. What kind of card is exactly is that. I see a bunch of 9200 cards for sale here locally but I doubt they will just work out of the box. I think they are Windows variants or does it matter? Let me straight up with you, this screen makes me drool! Can you describe this in...
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    iMac G3 black screen

    I hope someone else can contribute to some theories on what steps to perform next. I wish I could help you a little further. Please keep us posted.
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    iMac G3 black screen

    If you refer to my notes further up, there are steps that call fro reseating some components, RAM and CPU card etc. Did you perform those? I highly recommend you refer to the service manual when performing the reseat operations as there are other steps surrounding it. You say still nothing but...
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    iMac G3 black screen

    Here is a service manual for your machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20050305213352/http://www.whoopis.com/computer_repair/iMac_233-266-333.pdf
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    iMac G3 black screen

    ok I left another reply.
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    iMac G3 black screen

    No video, the screen is either completely black, or you will see horizontal rolling lines. There will be power to the system, however, which is evidenced by an illuminated amber LED, and a running fan. 1. Reset parameter RAM. Hold down <Command> <Option> <P> <R> during...
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    iMac G3 black screen

    Did you apply all the steps?
  9. Alex

    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    If you search the internet archive for any of the disc numbers, beginning with 691 you will have a retail copy of Tiger. 691-5539-A,2Z,Mac OS X v10.4.2 Tiger. Install Disc 1_2005 (CD).toast 691-5540-A,2Z,Mac OS X v10.4.2 Tiger. Install Disc 2_2005 (CD).toast 691-5541-A,2Z,Mac OS X v10.4.2...
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    I took a look at the other replies. It is true that a retail copy of Tiger will work. Retail here refers to Tiger as sold boxed in stores. Apple once sold the OS in a box and these retail versions would be the stock OS for any machine that met the system requirements but they lack the Apple...
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    If they are Panther then no, it won't work but to be sure, please reply with the part numbers on those discs and I can check for you. It will look something like the sample I pasted. So specifically I need the 2Z691-xxxx-x or 691-xxxx-x number I figure it might be one of these, 691-4639-A...
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    If you're eMac has a DVD-DL then you will need to burn this to a DVD-DL and install https://archive.org/details/691-5518-A2ZeMac._Mac_OS_X_Install_Disc_1._Mac_OS_v10.4._AHT_v2.5._Disc_v1.1_DVD If you have only a CD, I am fairly confident that this is the OS...
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    iMac G3 black screen

    I would try the following if you hear a startup chime, the LED lights up and you hear the HD spin up. Try in this order: Reset PRAM (if you do hear a startup chime when powering up but you can't reset PRAM the kbd might be bad, try another keyboard or USB port - you can test if kbd is...
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    691-5518-A,2Z,eMac. Mac OS X Install Disc 1. Mac OS v10.4. AHT v2.5. Disc v1.1 (DVD DL).iso <--Apple Hardware Test 691-5519-A,2Z,eMac. Mac OS X Install Disc 1. Mac OS v10.4. Disc v1.1_2005 (CD).toast <-- Mac OS X 10.4 These discs were bundled with the eMac (2005), Model...
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    By the way, remember that you can backup using firewire target disk mode, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Disk_Mode or https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    If you need a quicker lesson on reinstallation, http://www.macwaves.org/infocentral/2007/2007_09/HowTo_Install_Tiger.pdf
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    Please go to https://everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/index-emac.html and I will try to figure out what the original media for your eMac was and point you to the proper media on archive.org. ahh, you can also go here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT2395
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    Broken icons in dock in Tiger?

    NOTE: I probably introduced more info than you need. Easy steps 1) hover mouse over each question mark, note their names 2) go to the applications folder and / or the utilities folder 3) drag what you want to the dock. 4) get rid of question mark icon by dragging them outside the dock. ...
  19. Alex

    Turning a Mac Classic or SE30 into a home hub

    Sounds like my place! Love old tech. Throw a pic of your place, sounds cool!
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    IIsi or IIci angle riser card? Anyone seen this before?

    Well, keep trying … after you run a search you can further narrow the results by selecting items from the left side bar. Furthermore, and I think this is relatively new. When a CD/DVD or other media is uploaded they run a script on the disc image and create a tree listing, believe it or not...
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