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Chime..it's more of a jump-out-of-your-seat glass smash sound. At least that's what I did when I plugged mine in for the first time in at least six years. First some backstory: I used it on and off from 2008 to 2013. It fell when I was moving and amazingly, survived with only a cracked case. I...

MrFahrenheit: That's great to know about the adapter. It seems like a saving grace for those wanting a real SCSI drive in their Mac, instead of buying a 50-pin. Thankfully my original 7.6.1 CD is still good. I recall seeing a "drive clicker" for the BigMessOWires FloppyEMU. That sound is...

I pulled out the 2GB Segate Hawk drive, put it into an external enclosure, and connected it to my Wallstreet.....where 9.2.1 sees it as a 13.96GB drive. Drive Setup won't let me initialize it and initializing it in the Performa results in a "disk failed to initialize" message. So strange! The...

I've taken two partially apart recently: a 540c and a 550c. I certainly held my breath pulling off those clutch covers and rotating the screen down to the lowest position. I did not find the internal plastic bits to be in brittle shape, considering the age. I use my PM8500 as the worst case...

I found the Performa 500 series restore disk image at Macintosh Garden and burnt a copy...but I can't seem to boot from it. The guide on the CD states Apple Option Shift Delete to start from the CD, but all I get is a question mark foppy, until I let go, then it boots from the HD. So since the...

I reformatted on the 575. According to Disk First Aid, it's damaged. MacCaps did the work. I think we used ceramic replacements. I recall asking for the most reliable replacements. The PSU has not been touched. That sounds like the next task after I reformat the drive again. The keyboard came...

Thanks, MrFahrenheit. Interesting- I reformatted the drive but possibly there's still something causing it behave that way. I can give an update on the weird character issue: it's the keyboard. It's a IIgs keyboard and it behaved the same way on other machines. I found the left ADB port to be...

Six months ago I pulled my 575 out of storage, updated it, and all was good. It has been plugged in but off for two months until I started it up tonight (on a voltage regulator). Here's the sequence: power button -> chime -> scsi spin up/access -> screen power on -> then it would...

At last, a happy update! Instead of me telling the forum, how about the PowerBook?

That's fantastic! It's nice to see another one up and running.

I believe that these are Universal Installs, although I can't be sure: https://winworldpc.com/product/mac-os-8/80-final This was cheaper when I bought it, but it's been invaluable to shuffle data between my desktop G4, Intel Macs, and PCMCIA PowerBooks...

It did not restart after pulling the RAM and my little restart trick isn't working, either. This is so so strange. The RF shield did not go on as flush as it had from the factory, or so it seemed. I thought that maybe metal was making contact where it shouldn't. I tried to boot without it and...

No, mine hasn't had GLoD. Recapping might- is there a 'Solved GLoD' thread? I seem to recall reading about a solution (fuses?), but I could be wrong.

Hi glay78, sorry- I didn't see your post. Short lived victory it seems. I unplugged, reset PMU for 10 seconds, then reconnected power and pressed power at nearly the same time. It has not booted a second time though, despite chiming. I wonder if the RAM might be the cause, as it can't see it, or...

Update: It booted! However the backlight did not initiate and it doesn't see the RAM card (only reporting the 16MB on the board). I'm going to see if I can cycle is through a few times. Drat- Selecting restart just sent it back into a no-start situation. The only way to get the chime is to...

An assembly line sounds like the most efficient method for a batch of them. Ah, I can see how that would be rewarding. Which parts proved to be the magic combo? A digital multi-meter- I should just buy one. This is the first hardware issue I've had in my classic Mac life. Well, save for the...

Four! That must have taken an entire weekend. Did the G3 upgrade pull through? The tear downs are getting easier, although the continued no-starts are testing my resolve. I took the power & processor boards off. The fuses (to me) look fine. None seemed out of place or clearly blown. I...

Thank you Franklinstein & Byrd. That is a thorough documentation. Sigh, it looks like another tear down. At this point I should be used to it. I'll give the CPU daughter card a reseat tomorrow and check the fuses. The 7 SMT fuses to be checked are in a single location? Or are there only 7 in...

I'm sorry for the double post; I was able to fix the problem. I often forget how particular System 7 is about how programs are installed.  Thank you for the suggestions! Disk Copy 6.3.3 is fantastic. I've been updated my programs via .img files and it's gloriously easy.

I appreciate all the information and conversation. Before I get too far in, I'm having some trouble with the linked Disk Copy 6.3.3 from System7Today. I downloaded the PPC version and it isn't working, "error type -39" on two machines. Has anyone else experienced with problem with the PPC...