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It's at times like these where tracking down the original design team (the actual people who created every last detail on this model's logic board) would be the craziest, yet most awesome thing to do. I'd just love to sit down and pick their brain for hours and hours about this. Heck, why not...

Now, it's much easier to become a licensed ham. No more Morse Code requirements, even to get General or Extra class! Just take the written exam and if you pass with 74% or better, you will have your call sign and license in about 2 weeks. The Technician class exam is pretty easy, in my...

Mk, In the words of Peter Griffin, "That's phreakin' sweet!" Brilliant! 73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

Ding! Ding! Ding! You, sir, are correct! I have been a licensed ham since I was 21; 11 years and counting. I've got General class privileges. :rambo:

Drat. ADB failure. That happened to me, too. :( Everything but the ADB was working on my SE (dual 800K floppy, 1MB RAM). I went to one site that said you can upgrade an SE to an SE/30 simply by swapping out the logic boards. Which is what I ended up doing; I bought a good used logic...

Okay, to break down your problems one at a time: NOTE: Bear in mind that I'm using this web site as a reference, but since the SE/30 and earlier SE models use the same analog boards, power supplies, video board and CRT, it will do for the moment. Was the "wavy" screen with or without a...

The boards made in Ireland are lighter in green color, have a white colored PDS slot and the Bourns network filters (RP2, RP3 and RP10) are white or thin black-white colored covers as well. Plus, obviously, there is a sticker near the ROM SIMM that says "Assembled in Ireland" plain as day. The...

Can you verify with us that C6 and C8 are connected right? C8 (-) goes to Pin #6 of J12, and C6 (+) connects with Pin #7 of UB11. UB10 and UB11 are the two sound chips on that board. Position the board so that the notches on the top of those chips are facing to the right. The leg/contact on...

Mk.558, I think there's an error on the pic of the SE/30 Trace-outs. C8 (-) does go to Pin #6 of J12, but C6 (+) actually connects with Pin #7 of UB11. And the UB11's pin-outs are not number counter-clockwise. CC_333, just so you know, the numbering of pins/legs on all ICs usually go in...

FlyingToaster, In a pinch, if you can't find/acquire the replacement battery, you can solder in place a battery socket for a "1/2 AA"; the same type of PRAM battery used by the SE/30 and like Mac models sharing that battery. Just make sure you solder it in the correct position or you'll risk...

Omniweb I may consider, but I'm sorry to say TFF is just as fast as Firefox. I've just got to face facts that the rest of the world has pretty much abandoned PowerPC (Internet-wise) and for the best experience, I should be using a Mac that's more current. :-/ Oh well. 73s de Phreakout...

Not bad. Eh, who uses the visualizer in iTunes anyway? Not me! 73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

ifixit.com lists a replacement logic board for $80 US Dollars (not including shipping). Here is one much cheaper from eBay. Also, here is a CPU (500 Mhz) with heat sink from eBay. It sounds as if maybe the contacts underneath on the CPU card or logic board CPU socket are bent or dirty. I'd...

Ditto, here. I'd start by checking all your cables; make sure they are securely connected. If those are okay, then the next step would be to see if the P3 connector's solder joints underneath are secure. Chances are that a variety of things (heat, old age, corrosion, etc.) may have caused...

Bunsen, That won't work, since At Ease writes itself onto Track #0 of the hard drive. My steps are the only non-destructive way to get around the problem. 73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

beachycove, When you say "stock", do you mean 1GB on a 400 Mhz or 500 Mhz? Mine is a 500 Mhz w/ 1GB and 10.4.11. It runs pretty quick. What I've found is that you do want to quit or disable loading anything extra in the background, such as, any 3rd party processes not used or installed by OS...

It looks like MKV (aka Matroska file format) is supported on most video playback apps, it's just that MKV is not efficient or less of a resource hog; at least in my observation. And I'm surprised that the G4 is handling the load well. I would have thought that it was going to choke under the...

gubbish, A simpler solution to resetting that At Ease password is to first boot off of a Disk Tools floppy of any supported version of System 7 for the Color Classic, go into the System Folder on the hard drive, open the Preferences Folder and send the At Ease Preferences file to the trash bin...

zuiko21, Don't do it, unless you have a hot air rework solder/desolder workstation. Using the 2 pencil soldering iron technique or alike will destroy the pads and make for an unpleasant time trying to swap out the parts. I'm trying to get one completed for a member here and I ended up using...

Okay, a dead PRAM battery shouldn't be that much of a problem. Besides the obvious date & time issues associated with a dead battery, the other would be corruption of the PMU (Power Management Unit); a little computer within the computer that holds hardware settings in a cache. When the...