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  1. Timtheloon

    The Great Gazelle PCI Hack Thread, Part 2

    Thanks, I seem to have an issue with Maczip I cant seem to just drop the Zip file on the icon or on an alias of Maczip, it just moves the file to the same location. I think this is where my problem lies because I'm having to use the maczip gui to extract it. If I bring the zip file over to the...
  2. Timtheloon

    The Great Gazelle PCI Hack Thread, Part 2

    Thanks I will do a fresh install of Mac OS and try again I've only just started using this Mac I have discovered why I wasn't seeing open firmware when I held command + option + O + F, XPostFacto 4 helped me out with that by letting me set the input device has my keyboard and output via the...
  3. Timtheloon

    The Great Gazelle PCI Hack Thread, Part 2

    Hello Peeps, I have a Power Macintosh 5500 which I'm looking to hopefully get a Combo PCI card to work USB2.0/FW/Ethernet, but I'm a Noob to Open firmware I've used Maczip to unzip the 6500 Bridge FW Patch.zip and it unzips 2 files: 656500 Bridge FW Patch Xt6500 Bridge FW Patch but if i try...
  4. Timtheloon

    Will a Preforma 6500 motherboard work in a Powermac 5500 monitor chassis

    the sonnet I had in my 5400 mobo but I wanted the correct mobo for the Chassis I'm hoping I can get the combo PCI card to work in it now because they mentioned the 6500 in that thread
  5. Timtheloon

    Will a Preforma 6500 motherboard work in a Powermac 5500 monitor chassis

    You da man @joshc cleaned the edge connector with an eraser and then a wipe over with Isopropyl Alcohol which I also used with a toothbrush to clean all sockets and the machine booted with the cd drive and now the HDD
  6. Timtheloon

    Will a Preforma 6500 motherboard work in a Powermac 5500 monitor chassis

    No change without sonnet Accelerator I've tried it with another Simm no change. I'll try and clean all sockets and edge connector now.
  7. Timtheloon

    Will a Preforma 6500 motherboard work in a Powermac 5500 monitor chassis

    Apologies my camera on my phone is not the best but here are some pictures.
  8. Timtheloon

    Will a Preforma 6500 motherboard work in a Powermac 5500 monitor chassis

    Give me a sec and ill get pictures I have no other machine to test it in sadly It was stated has working on the eBay advert that all I have to go off.
  9. Timtheloon

    Will a Preforma 6500 motherboard work in a Powermac 5500 monitor chassis

    Hello All, I am looking for some assistance with my Powermac 5500/275 I bought this with a faulty motherboard which had bad battery damage which had killed the capacitor pads near it I came across a 6500/250 mobo which from what i can see is exactly the same mobo with he exception of the 25mhz...
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