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I just wanted to put that title to the post so it would pop up quickly for anyone doing a search. It never crossed my mind that this adapter wouldn't work on the CTR's with the same connector. If you have a CTR that has the ADC connector, as best as I can determine, it must be powered via the...

Thats a bargin....nice

Here is my progressive repair of one of the two broken hinges on a PB 160. This is JB weld. It is a game of less than millimeters to get these to line up. It was difficult even using the remains of the shattered support. The pictures are from the first attempt. I did heap up the JB Weld, but it...

So if I used classic brand name WD-40 thinking I had used a lubricant...it has likely evaporated now? I used it on an old PC laptop with sticky hinges and it sure acts that way. If so..here comes silicone.

After finding a couple of IDE to SCSI  bridges, I had to go to way back machine to find information so I am reposting it at the end. I can confirm the last three dip switches do set the scsi drive number with either bridge. On the ide to SCSI bridge from a Power Book duo (pictured with the...

Update: I being absolutely foolish asa far as how joyful this 20 year old computer booting has made me.The hard drive installation went so smoothly, there was no way, no way, I thought, I did physical macro damage or dislodging of components. I didn't remove the CPU card, as Franklinstien...

All glory is fleeting. I found reasonable looking untested powerbook G3 266. Initially on powering up, chime, hard drive clicked, clicked then a flashing disk on a reasonably good screen. I started up several times (and left it on) with an installation CD for 9.2.2 and 8.6. Great..it works, but...

Here is a success story with pictures as of 2018. https://imgur.com/gallery/xlJQgIW#VDMwwrW Further caution/heads up for beginners out there. When you remove the 2 screws under the the caps and take the front bezel off, the two screws you just removed ARE 50% of the hinge anchor. Do not open or...

I had tried this monitor on and off with G3 tower and G4 laptop probably 25 times in the last 2 weeks and nothing. Yesterday on Ebay, there was a 20 inch LCD monitor that would fit in place of the trinitron , but before ordering I was going to try once more to adjust the brightness and the...

Noooo....http://www.wheels.org/monkeywrench/?p=824

No...the firewire drive caused the G3 to freeze.....to break the freeze I unplugged the power to the G3 (the monitor was plugged into the G3 power supply).

I waited and watched on ebay and craigs list to find a nearby 21 inch blue and white studio CTR display for a B&W G3 tower . After about 18 months, against the odd I think, I found one in fantastic condition and bought it. It worked with my blue and white g3 without a hitch for about 2...

I had acquired a nonworking powerbook duo 280. It would chime, then make a loud, brief static sound through the speakers and go to a grey screen only. I decided to recap and see if that fixed it.  While cleaning, around the negative terminal of C9, I found a broken resistor. As it was out of...

That looks great. Thank you for the update. I used two soldiering irons to remove the caps on the LCD, I would vouch for rocking for removal and using a heat sink. Still kicking myself for the loss of a good LCD.

This was found in a nonworking (clicking) Duo 280. When I plug it into a working Duo 230, the 230 will not start up until I remove it. It appears to be memory and that's where it was. I cannot find a similar chip online. Can more memory plug into the connector on this?

Well....not the fuse anyway. 

I opened one of these by drilling small holes and then used snap ring pliers, a small dental type pick, and a plastic pry bar. When the plastic wound't separate, I drilled another hole then scraped plastic out between the holes with the pick then separated with the pliers. Not pretty, a few...

If I have a power supply that will boot a Duo 230, is it possible that it cannot boot a 280(and clicks on the motherboard?)

So, as above, except with a Duo 280...I replaced the capacitors and there is still only clicking. Are there other options? I guess I will recap a second time just in case. I hate to let this thing go.