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Thanks, @Byrd.  I'll give the contact cleaner a go!

Curious to hear if anyone else has seen this problem before.  My TAM will happily hum along and then static will begin to build up until there is a constant audio hum with crackling static.  Sounds like the kind of static and audio hum one gets when a ground wire is floating in an audio system...

@Daniël Oosterhuis, @MrFahrenheit, thanks for the objective data -- exactly the kind of feedback I value and was looking for in my post.  If you have other information you would like to share, please DM me!

Curious to hear the group's though on this LC575 Board I found on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Performa-LC-575-Mystic-Color-Classic-Logic-Board-RECAPPED-w-Rear-Cover/124525365318?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 I have been looking for a 575 board for some...

Thanks, @Daniël Oosterhuis!

Which is, of course, what I meant!

@Dandu, why do you say this?  The main issue, as I see it, is that WPA2 requires AES as the encryption cipher, which is not supported by the original AirPort cards.  Why can't one flash an original card to implement AES?

@Byrd, thanks for the thoughts.  I smacked my forehead when I read "Reset PRAM."  Did that, and got to the screen that said the Mac hadn't been shut down properly (you think!?) and was checking the disk.  The TAM hung there.  Powered off and on.......and got nothing.  Now the PRAM won't reset...

Yes, as I understand it, the Airport cards are PCMCIA cards.  Not sure if one can just plug a random PCMCIA card into the slot.

Hi all - I have a TAM that was working fine until, as these things go, it wasn't.  My PM 6100, PM 7100 and IIsi all reported that the TAM had unceremoniously departed the AppleTalk network.  Restarting the TAM results in the satisfying "bong," but I get nothing on the screen.  It also does not...

Found these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Retail-HDI-45-to-DB15-DA15-Apple-Monitor-Programmable-Adapter-Converter/283943104410, while looking for replacement Power Macintosh display converter plugs.  Anyone ever used these?  I'm trying to figure out if these are legit -- thanks!

Has anyone looked into creating Airport cards having the legacy Orinoco Gold form factor but that will support WPA2?  I'm looking to get some old Macs on my wireless network and would like to avoid provisioning a second network just for the legacy devices.  Plus, it would be hella cool...

Is anyone aware of a sled, or files to print a sled, for this new form factor?

Not a bad thought, but I have three PowerMac 6100s running SCSI2Sd v 5.x and they are quite peppy. johnl

Exactly, @jeremywork!  And Google also turns up little.  The Apple tech note on this issue is no longer available from the usual sources.  Oddly, what find indicates the 7100 would happily use EDO, so perhaps the memory controller in the 7200 is different and doesn’t like EDO?

I have read (too late) in several places that EDO RAM can damage the motherboard of a 7200.  What I can't find is any information on what is the damage that gets done!  I made the mistake of loading my 7200 with EDO RAM chips, and now I get the breaking glass sound whenever I try to start up. ...

I am unfamiliar with the construction on the Color Classic mobo.  Getting ready to pull the bad caps off, but I haven’t seen these black bases before (see picture).  Are they part of the cap?  Do they stay on the board?  What the heck are they? johnl

Thanks, @sutekh!  Great tips!

@aladds, could have been!  Or I was starting to look ahead to the 3400 project I have on my table!  I suppose I'm cooling my heels on the Duo project until the PowerBook edition SCS2SD are back in stock......

Yup, you’re right.  Not sure why I thought it was IDE....thanks!