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2 things: If I can get one that has a built in hub like Apple keyboards have, it lets me not use a USB card at all and still get a nice optical mouse without an interposer like an ADB Wombat or QuokkADB. And it's fun.

I saw some mumbling in a couple of old Apple support threads about a Griffin(I think) inline power button adapter. I’d probably break it out into a separate cable so that you could put the power button wherever you like. Or drill a hole in a generic beige keyboard to match the computer and add...

I got questions about the soft power system. Are there any keyboards that will work besides the early Apple USB ones? I don’t have either of them to hand.

IPA is more than adequate for home gamers. I just used the 4010A because we were doing boards at work anyways so it was easy to chuck the perch card in.

Non chlorinated brake clean is mostly acetone by volume. I’d be concerned about melting nearby plastics, or plastic components in the board. I think most board mounted plastic components will probably be immune to acetone, kinda comes with the territory of being able to withstand soldering...

Nah make it optical, ball mice suck when they're in good shape, let alone falling to pieces.

Aaaand it's back. I have 3 guesses as to why 1: cracked solder joint and *this* reinstallation and cable reseating was the one that got it right. 2: some alcohol was shorting something out, maybe in transformer windings or under a component, and it fully evaporated overnight. 3: some...

So in order to replace the fan on my Molar, I took the PSU out and it was *filthy*, absolutely caked in dust. So I used a combination of paper towels, Q-tips, 99% IPA, and a small cordless vacuum to clean out most of the dust. While reassembling the molar after replacing the fan, I decided to...

Nope! I just installed that as a test with the original Molar Mac install disk. I didn't do any research on support or anything. I'll definitely be upgrading to 8.6 ASAP.

People don't know that Delta makes fans all over the spectrum. The original was a Delta too after all. Yeah I'll be checking a Noctua or similar in eventually but I wanna use my Molar in the meantime.

Thanks! I actually just got home with one of everything from work. Here's the model number of the factory fan: Delta Electronics AFB0912H. Pretty beefy. I've got a random Delta from a Dell to put in there. Half the power draw and thickness but hopefully it'll do the job, I might be zip tying a...

Hey gang, molar Mac's fan is screaming and crying, and I'd like to replace it with one from my work stocks, but im at work and don't know the size of the Mac fan. Can anyone clue me in? Thanks! And to help any future googlers fine this: Molar Mac Power Macintosh G3 AIO All In One Fan Size.

Ah that's a much better solution. I didn't get any USB activity in the 8.1 installer but I also didn't try very hard and that version of apple system profiler doesn't report PCI info. The fan was screaming so I didn't pursue it further that might.

How about extremely stinky? Also yeah I got that wings card. If anyone wants this whisper card after i confirm it's working Im happy to sell it on.

Of course a Wings card comes up on eBay immediately after posting this. I chucked an offer at it, so maybe this was just my practice board :v I got a few extras of all the parts, I bet I can cobble together the rest from my stocks. Edit: sorry for double posting. The forum I use most has auto...

Far from my finest work but it'll do I think. I forgot the 10k bridge resistor because I'm using the firelink IC, but I'll get that on before I test it. Peep how well the ultrasonic cleaner did on the flux removal. The trick is to use extremely toxic MG 4010A flux remover in a beefy ziplock...

Hmm, I think I follow. Are the colored squares resistor values? If so, what values?

@Trash80toHP_Mini *poke* just checking if you managed to get those illustrator files together

Thanks for the info for future googlers, but personally I did actually know that. I found an old blog post with the info! I think I'll pass on the TV tuner card for my particular molar, but I am interested in replacing the microphone with an IR receiver and tucking the front panel board from a...

Nothing special. Just a dremel and a sharpie and a file. We work a fair bit of metal at, uh, work, so it’s business as usual for me.