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if you're going to drop a cyrix 586 on it, I think you need the voltage regulator module that goes under the CPU. else, it should be a simple drop and run. Yes, you will want a fan. the DX2-66 runs HOT. Does yours also have the Vibra 16 daughtercard? mine's missing. If you ever get Windows 3.1...

Thanks on that info. Will do that when I get around to re-capping the logic board, then. ==================== an update. had to re-install 7.6.1 because the old owner DID indeed let a kid mess with it, and they had full access to the filesystem. INSTALLER was missing, so I couldn't run any...

if you can make images of all the disks included, I would be a very very happy man. I too have myself one of these cards, but I know it as the Houdini II (I think there was also a Houdini I?) and it's quite the card as I have it set up now, in storage. Mine went into my Quadra 700, since it had...

I'll look into that, thanks. also going to see if it'd be worth my time to try the monitors & Sound control panel... that seemed to work better for me in the past instead of the two seperate control panels. Pretty sure it was. but after a hard drive upgrade, it's a pretty decent machine. No...

Just a quickie update. the IIvx still lives. I dropped a 1GB Quantum in and cloned the system over to it. the speed difference for bootup and program loading was like night and day. makes me wonder if a really crap hard drive was just used in these things. the 1GB quantum is SO MUCH FASTER at...

I told him his IIcx needed a cap job as soon as I laid eyes on the above pictures. but since it was out in the rain, it doesn't look bad from the angles he took pics of it with. I keep saying that he needs to gut it and dishwasher it first before anything... lest it end up like my IIci board...

Just thought I'd chime in with an update @ 20 days ownership. Still going strong! Hard drive that came from my TiBook finally gave up the ghost after 9 years a couple weeks ago; had a great run. Luckily, I made a backup the night before. I installed Leopard and got that running. wake up the...

I'm most likely certain there were a couple HR models of the 17-inchers in the mix there, but I couldn't tell because only one of them even turned on... as previously mentioned, they didn't reconnect the keyboard connector, so the power button was nonfunctional. Knowing what I do now that such a...

(I originally ended up writing this as an update post to my IIvx thread, but I decided that this required its own thread. I'm taking on some repairs to new client machines, so I'll be able to afford proper caps for the IIvx soon.) So my friend that buys and sells machines and scrapmetal, the...

I have an update! went over to pick up a computer from the guy so I can set it up with XP so he could give it to his uncle, who does semi-professional car racing and needs an XP machine to interface to the programmer and diagnostics stuff with software. So, I look and I found he had ANOTHER...

Most likely use it to play those games which either run too fast on my PowerTower or refuse to run on anything but 68k, at least properly. and there were a few classics that did that. That, and IRC, since it does have an Ethernet card already. I'm a big IRC nut. not really a regular in #68kmla...

IT LIVES! I am mega ecstatic-- and surprised. I started it cold after hairdryer'ing the motherboard to bone dry status and then some after a 2hr wash in the dishwasher. Here's the video I made afterwards of the first start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF-CZAmWHXg I'm far from done with...

mine's been kept relatively dusty so no moisture was able to get in... I'm sure that's why the battery didn't explode. the lithium Li-SOCl2 batteries do NOT like getting wet. Thankfully Radioshack is nearby and the only thing they're good for anymore is those silly 1/2AA batteries in a pinch...

I'm completely surprised at the cleanliness of the iMac G5 and the GigE G4, they're the cleanest of the bunch (and probably why the G5 hasn't suffered from cap plague yet). the MDD needs its own run to the gas station for blowing out, but I hooked it up a couple nights ago and it does work, as...

Friend of mine a few streets over has a scrapmetal business running out of his garage-- he buys old computer equipment, AC's, Fridges, etc. for scrap pricing from people that want it gone and makes a profit on it. He called me up Friday afternoon and said "I have some space-age looking Macs...

don't feel too bad yet or give up-- you merely just need a terminating adapter. http://www.ebay.com/itm/310390365299 this one has a termination block and support for both 50 and 68-pin... I'm going to hope this works for me. There's also another which has actual active termination soldered on...

easiest Ethernet solution without opening it up is going to be a SCSI Ethernet adapter. else, I wish you luck on finding an internal ethernet card for your SE and congratulate you on its liberation. easiest way to get files from it after that would be to use a web browser catered for those with...

50 to 68-pin is usually okay. Ultra160 stuff usually has a better chance of working with 50 and 68-pin stuff. also, don't turn termination power on for a U320 drive on an older bus-- it's not the required 5v but 3.3v. you'll blow the voltage reg and the drive if not caught in time. PSU removal...

UPDATE! Turns out one of my old boxes of junk upstairs in the closet housed an old Atto card I got way back for free in the trash-- an ExpressPCI UL2D. From what I've read, they're decent cards. I've had this since 2008, running in a Precision workstation 420 for farting around. so I hooked up...

That'd be cool. I'm now in posession of the drive and adapter, and another older known working 9.1GB SCA drive from my spares. looks like I may have gotten the wrong adapter? MacOS won't see either drive as either the only drive in a chain (with the adaptec card) or in the middle of an...