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I recently got my Pismo up and running again; the issue turned out to be a fried CPU card, and I got a replacement on the cheap. Unfortunately, the new card is a 400MHz G3, as opposed to the 500MHz I had in there before. That's a bit of a problem as I found 10.4 to be only just tolerable on the...

It doesn't rotate the full 360° to begin with, so unless you broke it loose, that wouldn't be an issue.

As ClassicHasClass says, you can't beat the MDDs for an OS9/OSX combo machine, but man, it's a computer that looks like Luxo, Jr. What's not to love about that?

So I just pulled my 1GHz TiBook out of the closet for the first time in a while, only to find that it's now forgetting the date & time and leaving the L3 cache disabled on every boot. Sounds like a dead PRAM battery to me, so I'd like to replace it. Problem is, as far as I can tell...

Yeah, YouView or MacsTube will significantly improve video performance over Flash video players on the G4. Still, there's only so much you can manage on a 167MHz FSB.

Huh, really. Guess I got lucky, both orders I've had from them have been no trouble at all...

Ugh, badly-described eBay items are the worst. I learned the hard way to never bid on anything without a part number I could check on Google... For what it's worth, MemoryTen has SIMMS in a variety of sizes neatly categorized by compatible system, including the SE/30, for about a dollar a...

Yeah, the Quad is noisy, unfortunately...part of the reason I ultimately didn't hang onto mine.

Here's a bit of a puzzler. Somehow or other, Terminal on a Tiger install has gotten it into its head that it should be running ELinks every time a new terminal window is opened. I'm a bit baffled by this; I have no idea how it happened, and nothing seems to be obviously out of place. Nothing in...

Less pleasant to work inside than the other Blue-and-White-model tower cases, but yeah, overall a pretty good machine. I'm a little surprised at how well later G4 machines stack up, performance-wise - the 1.67GHz PowerBook I had for a while bested my similarly-clocked Asus Eee in basically...

Replacing the thermal glue did result in a definite improvement in fan noise with the MDD in the original post, definitely give that a try.

Hmm...well, I'll try the logic board replacement, but I suppose I may have to grab a replacement CPU card, then...we'll see how it goes.

I've tried reseating the CPU card several times, quite firmly - whatever the problem is, that isn't it. I've got a replacement logic board ordered, I'll see if that fixes it...

Checked both, no luck. I'm wondering, is it possible the CPU card could cause this error? The CPU card from an iMac G3 isn't by any chance compatible, is it? I'd just like to be sure I know what the problem is before I go buying a replacement logic board...

No, that's what confuses me - this was completely out of nowhere. I'll give the drive thing a try, but I'm thinking not - wouldn't a short just keep it from powering up?

Okay, tried that - still no luck.

I checked the RAM, and reseated the CPU card a couple times in the process - no dice. Where's the connector for the PRAM battery located? Can I get to it under the keyboard, or will I have to crack the case?

As it says in the title, the PowerBook G3 I recently acquired suddenly choked and died in the middle of a reboot and won't boot. It's giving me four beeps, which is supposed to be a ROM problem, the solution to which seems to be logic board replacement, and only logic board replacement. I see...

Well, one of the 512MB sticks I bought is defective, so I'll have to exchange it :/ But even 768MB of RAM makes a noticeable difference in OSX (and of course in OS9 it's pure gravy...who'da thunk that memory usage could go up 10x in just a few short years...) The visual effects are still major...

Well, I've got 1GB en-route, so I'll be able to tell in a week or so...