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I received parcels packed like this but never looked for a place offering the service. I will now.

It is an all-in-one model, I am afraid it is impossible..

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hello everybody. I have a spare (black) 5500/225 Power Macintosh that I am restoring and I plan to put for sale when it will be ready, but... I need suggestions about how it could be packed to survive shipping, since it's a super heavy beast with its 15" internal CRT, and a bit of a rarer model...

It seems to me very very similar to this other one which popped up a few years ago in the Apple II FB group: and ended up being identified as a CAD system: light pen controller + dongle box for protecting the CAD software. If the link works (and it's allowed...) this is the FB post...

repeats to self: no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this, no you don't need to buy this...

maybe OT, but I see the system text strings embedded in the ROM. I always wanted to make a localized ROM in Italian, I wonder if I should simply edit these strings letter by letter, or is there some disassembled ROM to make it easier.

yes it would make sense:D I was already figuring out how to get a tiny lightsaber to cut that dark side mouse away :D

the official thread mentioned by @ymk is here: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/synchr030-s-256mb-sdram-accelerator-for-the-se-30.48307/page-3 so you may want to ask there.

is this so to say, or are you recommending some laser tool to cut the plastic away? In this case, can you be more specific or even share a link to such tools? thanks @LaPorta

I managed to glue it back but it (barely) works with vertical movements, while horizontal (especially to the right) is really not there. I will maybe give it another shot, and if I will not make it... then snipping and converting to optical.

Hello everybody. I managed to find the black adb mouse II I was looking for... but it is the model with the ball housing directly mold into the bottom case, and since I am very lucky... most of the plastic housing is broken. I tried to fix it with superglue, hot glue, whatever, but for one clip...

I am wondering if this would fit (and work) in the top slot of a riser like @Bolle ’s Ethernet + Carrera slot inside my SE/30

And same here. Amazing as usual @zigzagjoe

yes the fan turned on sometimes during the OSX install process - and without the RAM module everything is the same. I had found that thread before, it seems to confirm that heath issues are common, but I am afraid that, having that kernel panic screen when I turn it on now, it could more likely...

Now to the heatsink: it seems ok to me, but the pad on the gpu seems a bit ruined. Also the thermal paste on the cpu seems quite dry… Could this alone cause the reboot request issue? I wonder if the blue goo from the thermal pad on the gpu chips could cause some shorting too. Better give it a...

Someone was definitely in there before… no tape left and one cable (speaker?) disconnetted and stored below the hd strip cable. Is this meant to plug in that 2pin plug? I don’t seem to find any other plug that could fit… but how is the correct routing of that cable now?

Today I am planning to check the heatsink. @herd you were mentioning broken solder joints, I see in the repair manual that the heatsink is simply connected to the logic with screws... so which solder joints were you thinking about? I guess thermal paste will be needed - and I see around that...

Thanks for all the hints, @jovianartifact no extra device attached unfortunately.... @joevt @herd I will check everything (including model: it's a 1,5Ghz but there were a few different revisions IIRC) and let you know.

Hello everybody, I am restoring a powerbook g4 12" - I increased memory and replaced the hd with a ssd, but when I try to install OSX (either 4 or 5) it asks for restart, or installs the first OSX 4 and then when rebooting, again it will ask for restart. What could it be? what would you look...