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Attached is a picture of the Emu.  It looks like there is only one chip that burned -- I guess the "four" lights I saw was an optical illusion created by the acrylic case. Still trying to figure out why my Apple II+ had amnesia for like 10-15 minutes after this incident only to work perfectly...

It actually doesn't look bad.  It didn't burst into flames by any means, but it definitely lit up a bit. 1 second after I turned the machine on, there were four orange "lights" I noticed under the screen (on the board) which then became 4 distinct little flames for about a second.  The screen...

So I was just generally curious about something: Yesterday I tried turning on my Apple II+ for the first time in months (because of a move into a new house, most of my collection has been in a dormant, hibernating state).  Now, it wasn't a very pleasant experience, mostly because I plugged the...

It just struck me: The Portable has SCSI -- Could I simply hook the SCSI2SD to the SCSI port and then copy over the contents of the hard drive (which still functions)? If so, that would solve question #3, leaving only 1 + 2!

I know some (several?) people on this forum have SCSI2SDs in their Macintosh Portables.  I have a SCSI2SD, but have never gone ahead and tried to throw it in the Portable.  Bear with my lack of technical skill, but I was hoping someone could help me figure out how to get this done...

Whenever I see TechSteps for sale, or get a sense of how valuable they are, I kick myself. about 12 years ago, I came across a person online ( I don't even remember how ) who mentioned they were looking to get rid of some old macs.  He lived in Sacramento.  I said I would love them (without...

It is the rubber gasket that runs along the edges of the interior of the HD case.  If the gasket it is place (i.e. hasn't liquefied), I know some people here have talked about how it can be removed and a new gasket, with better rubber, put in.

Even if the HD is still functioning, I would still recommend seeking a replacement ASAP.  As I learned, those Connor drives have a gasket ringing the edge of the hard drive that WILL liquefy (if it hasn't started already).  That goop can get on the motherboard and cause damage. Congrats on the...

Based on the goop I encountered in my Portable's dead hard drive, I might suggest removing the dead hard drive from the machine entirely (if you haven't already) so it doesn't leak onto the motherboard.  

Is this Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market something that is worth me -- an SF Bay area mac fan -- going to or is it kind of hit or miss?  Those finds are pretty remarkable!

Never mind, I am an idiot.  I spent hours trying to figure out why the bootable USB drive wasn't working.  Then I realized -- My MacPro has a superdrive.  I have never used it and it has been so long since I have used an optical drive, I just forgot it was there. So I burned the ISO to a DVD...

Well, I purchased and downloaded a Windows 10 64 bit ISO, followed instructions I found on multiple sites to burn it onto a USB drive, but for the life of me boot camp will not recognize it as a Windows install drive.  This is, I believe, the "unsupported" problem since my 2009 Mac Pro is so...

Can anyone help me find a good set of instructions for getting Windows 10 on an unsupported Mac?  The only ones I have found require you to have access to another Windows machine which I don't have.  I want to try 10 out on my Mac Pro that Apple has decided should not be supported by Boot Camp.

I thought i read somewhere that Apple will not support Windows 10 on pre-cylinder Mac Pros.

My new office set up, including my nifty new rack so all my machines could come out of the closet! New addition is an original mac and external 400k disk drive (with original boxes) I bought from OlePigeon (Thanks Doug!)

Are PRAM batteries in the 180 and 500 series Powerbooks prone to leakage?  Are they easy to get at for someone, like me, who is leery about opening up closed machines?

So like I mentioned, I have a GTX970 that has been flashed installed.  I have the latest NVIDIA drivers installed.  Everything seems to be working great but, that isn't saying much since I am used to the graphics performance of a 3 year old Macbook Pro...  I decided to run the Engine Heaven...

I ended up getting a brand new GTX970 from a source that buys the PC version and then flashes it.  My God.  I have been used to playing a couple of games on a Macbook Pro.  This is a whole different world!  I suspect the processors are now the bottle neck in terms of graphics power. One thing I...

Never mind, I must be crazy.  I YouTubed some videos of original Mac's in action, including the great videos from Jason (like this one:  ) and I guess the 400k drives are just generally loud compared to other drives.  Oh well.Sorry for the useless thread!

I guess what I can say with 100% certainty is that when I first got and had the drive installed 6 weeks ago, it was almost silent.  At least I seem to remember it being relatively silent...  Maybe I am just misremembering? (and yes, I know that the latter half of this post gives lie to the...