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This is a cautionary tale on what not to do with your Macintosh SE. Ever since I replaced the HDD in my SE, I always felt the new drive wasn't secure enough.  There are six screw points on the 40 MB Conner HD SC drive and only four screw points on the SE's HDD bay.  Only two of the Conner's...

Macs that currently work: Classic II, Powerbook G3 PDQ, iBook G3 Dual USB, Power Macintosh G4 with 1.5ghz CPU upgrade Macs that no longer work: Macintosh SE, Powerbook 100, Powerbook 5300, Powerbook G3 Main Street

Hello, So today I installed System 7.0 on my SE.  Normally, I install System 7.0 using the 800k floppy version, but today I decided to use the System 7 Golden Master Release CD-ROM instead.  The install was successful and much more convenient than the floppy install, however, I noticed in the...

No I haven't returned it.  I'll just have to remember not to buy from that seller again.  I don't want to start any e-drama. The card I have in this system currently is the original Rage 128 Pro that it shipped with back in the day.  I wanted to upgrade to improve OS X performance mostly.  I do...

I recently acquired an AGP Power Mac G4 Sawtooth with an upgraded CPU and 1 GB of RAM and it's been the main Mac I've been focusing on.  OS-wise, I have a dual boot setup with OS X 10.5.8 on the primary HDD and OS 9.2.2 on the secondary HDD.  I decided to make some upgrades of my own.  I've...

I just received a 1999 Power Macintosh G4 AGP Tower in the mail.  It has an upgraded CPU (1.5 ghz) with 1 GB of RAM, a SCSI card, DVD-Rom, internal ZIP drive and two HDDs.  It's pretty awesome!  I'm typing this post from it right now via TenFourFox on OS X 10.5.  Only thing not awesome about it...

Since my last post, I tried disabling the memory test, but I guess because the PRAM battery is dead my changes weren't saved.  I have since downgraded the PDQ from OS 9.2.2 to OS 8.6 and it starts up a little quicker, the delay is only a minute now instead of two.  The startup RAM test option no...

I'm always trying to find a "purpose" for each of my Macs too.  I mainly use Word 5.1 on my Classic II.  One thing my Classic II can do that my SE can't is convert Word 97/98 files to Word 5 format.  The converter requires an '020 or better, so it won't run on my SE.  Other than that, I had...

I recently bought a Power Macintosh 7500/100.  It was an impulse buy.  I was interested in it due to the AV input and the aesthetic of it.  The thing that frustrates me is that the plastic broke and fell inside the machine.  The power button broke off too.  Must have happened during shipping...

Never thought a printer would have capacitor leakage.  Learn something new everyday.

Thanks.  My Wallstreet/PDQ actually plays DVDs better than the 2017 Lenovo laptop I am currently typing on.  I have DVDs from 15+ years ago where the video stutters on the Lenovo, but plays just fine on the PDQ.

I liked Windows 2000.  I used it on a IBM ThinkCentre which managed my music collection back in the late '00s.  It's a good Windows OS.  

I didn't mention this earlier, but the SE still had the PRAM battery soldered on.  It was a Varta which, according to old threads I found, is not infamous for leaking like the Maxells are.  I decided to remove the battery anyway using a side cutter.  How I did it was I gripped the bottom of each...

Thanks.  I followed your instructions and it worked.

Well, I thought I would update this thread since I have since added two computers to my collection.  First, is a Compaq Deskpro EN.  It's a P3 1.0ghz with 384 MB of RAM and a 20 gig HDD.  I go it because I figured since I have old Macs why not have an old PC?  It's got Windows 98 SE, my favorite...

Thanks for your input everyone.  I've always been interested in this series of Mac due to its look and because it is a late 68k machine.  I'll keep what you all have said in mind.  

Hello, I haven't seen any threads about this particular group of Performas needing a recap, but I wanted to know for sure whether or not these models require a recap. Thanks in advance.

I see.  I always get confused what is actually considered an "Icebook", so thanks for clearing that up.  I have an iBook G3 Dual USB from 2001 that I have seen people call an "Icebook".

I recently bought a 1998 Powerbook G3 DVD-ROM Expansion module used in the original box for $25.  It came with the DVD Video PC Card thankfully (the card by itself goes for like over $60 on ebay these days.)  No drivers to install, just swapped out the CD-ROM and replaced it with the DVD-ROM...

Thanks.  I'll keep what you said in mind.