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Saw that exact machine at VCF East 2023, though it was in a new transparent case by that point. I remember telling him that, while the transparent case was cool, I still preferred the old black case.

I had one of these back in the day (or at least something very similar)… and from what I remember, there were no drivers to install, nor did they provide a configuration program. Compatible games would allow you to configure the controller directly in the game’s settings, but that was rather...

I’m honestly not sure how it would boot any OS with the RAM configuration in question. I know both of my G5 towers require RAM to be installed in matching pairs, and I’m fairly certain that applies to every model of G5. You cannot to my knowledge pair up a 128MB stick with a 1GB stick, and...

i doubt it would work to fix major structural damage, but I used superglue to fix a busted standoff and a small case crack on my PDQ PowerBook. Granted, I’m not hauling it around and using it daily, but it seems to have held alright for the past year. Actually going to be opening it up to...

I think that’s the same model of display that I have, the back plastic leg was broken when I got it. Not sure if the leg was broken by the prior owner because the metal hinge went bad or not… but considering it was a working ADC display on the free pile, it was still useful to me. Not sure...

I remember having stubborn iPods that did not respond to anything short of a full reformat as a FW HDD before iTunes or the restore utility would recognize it, though that was on iPods that did not play music or boot on their own. Sometimes the HDD was too borked to recover, and others were...

The max RAM of a B&W G3 is 4x 256MB sticks, for a total of 1GB. Larger capacity sticks will not be recognized and are not compatible in the B&W G3.

Glad to hear that it fits. It’s been so long since I installed mine, but I had no memory of it being difficult or having any issues with it. I can’t even remember what front bezel mine has… but it’s been a solid decade since my B&W was getting daily use.

I upgraded my B&W tower to a Radeon 9200 many years ago, which I believe is the best PCI Mac graphics card you could get. I dare not look what those would go for these days, but given the prices I’m seeing for old Rage 128s, it’s probably not cheap. Might have to give those old PCI Mac cards a...

I was just about to say this exact thing… I had the installer for that version saved somewhere on one of my old HDDs. I think I first read about it on LowEndMac many years ago, but I never actually made use of it. Regarding CF/SD adapter boards for iPods: I have several old 3rd/4th gen iPods...

I really can’t recall exactly what model of Zip100 that I put into mine (as it’s probably been at least 2 decades now). I bought mine ages ago on eBay, a package deal with both the drive and the appropriate Zip bezel for the front of the B&W tower. Not sure if it was the Apple part number...

My Beige G3 has been having problems as well, but I need to find time to fully diagnose the cause. I don’t have a second machine available to swap parts, so I’m hoping I can find someone to team up with at a future Repair Workshop. I fear it’s bad caps, but as mentioned above, there are many...

I’m terrible at remembering names, but I’m pretty sure @ilitch64 will know who I’m talking about… the “reel to reel guy” that’s typically at the InfoAge Repair Workshops. If I suddenly had a reel to reel machine that needed work, that’s probably where I’d start.

I remember that those FW ports weren’t bootable… but not if the daughterboard itself was required. Will the B&W work fine without one installed?

Reminds me of when I replaced the internal HDD on one of these … must be 20 years ago at this point. I remember it being quite an endeavor just to pop it open to get down to the HDD… I can’t imagine fully stripping one down, especially with how brittle the plastic must be these days. No...

Status update: Finally ordered the MagSafe1 to 2 adapter and used it to power up the machine. It booted and ran fine, at least at first. I followed the instructions on the attached card for the seemingly replaced internal battery: to charge it until full and leave it charge for an additional 2...

Starting to feel like I’m on a hot streak lately… seems like when it rains, it pours. Found this at Goodwill today, a place that never has computers for me to find. It’s a mid 2010 iMac, with included wireless keyboard (not pictured). Started up to the question mark folder in store, and the...

Never really had such problems with Apple laptop charger bricks that I had bought new, though I’ve seen other people’s chargers get like that. Always tried not to wind my cords up too tightly and put a lot of pressure on either end. Maybe I was just… gentler with mine somehow? Really the only...

I don’t think I have any Type C power bricks beyond the kind used to charge a single phone, but my guess is they won’t be powerful enough to charge a laptop. Ideally, I’d need to buy both a beefier charging brick as well as the cable, and at that point I doubt it would turn out much cheaper...