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Ha! Yes, it's black. Came with the black keyboard and mouse as well, though they need some serious cleaning. Thanks for your help so far. I've done a pretty thorough cleaning job of the logic board with a variety of methods. I'm letting it completely dry at the moment before making further...

Cheers, Trash! Guess it's not the analogue board! I did notice a little bit of battery residue - not sure if it's enough to be a contributing factor.  

The 5400 arrived today and I had enough time to extract the logic board. I've not seen this kind of configuration before; Apple really packed stuff onto this one. Unfortunately, there are no VRAM DIMMS. All of the VRAM must be soldered onto the logic board. There's video input, PCI, ethernet...

The LC475 is a very interesting machine. Cool find - it's nice to have gotten the display alongside it (albeit crumbling!). For some reason, I've got about three 475s. One came with the monitor, as well. Can't decide if I'm more fond of the LC III or the 475 - perhaps the former simply because...

Very nice find there. I've never stumbled across an LC accelerator card, though I've never been on the lookout for one. Sure beats the stock 16MHz 020. Too bad the RAM limit is stuck at 10MB, but that's a limitation I dealt with for years when our family used an LC as our primary machine. In...

Alright. Thanks (both) for the replies. When it's in my hands, I'll have a little exploration and start with re-seating things and see where we get to. If the VRAM is shot, that might be an issue, as I thought it was soldered. However, this image from the Apple service manual makes me think it's...

Hello! So, I recently hastily bid on (and won) a Power Mac 5400 that is exhibiting video issues. I suspect that the analogue board and motherboard need recapping; this solution has generally worked for me so far and resulted in working Mac SE/30s and other compacts. However, does this look like...

I just swap the icon to one I got off Icon Factory so I don't have to look at the default icon. I'm not about to knock the application icon (though I share your sentiment), because I'm too damn grateful for the program!! :)

Beautiful 550. I envy you! :) It's great to see that it arrived with you in such great shape. Enjoy that machine. The closest I've come is having a 550 board in my Colour Classic!

That IS strange. Maybe the former user needed the photos for a project. Maybe they TOOK the photos (interesting). Maybe they were just nationalists. =P

Hey there. That's fine. A CD-R disc is not a precious commodity (yet). Many thanks for the recommendation!!

Thanks again. I'll likely go the Alcohol route, as I might as well invest in something that works. I used to have a copy way back in the day, but I can't find the installer or related info. Final question: Can Toast 4/5 mount mds/mdf images so I can avoid having to burn a disc?

Yes, it does.

Preferably, I'd like to play from mounted images rather than copied discs, though I'd consider that option if imaging didn't work. Thanks for the cdrdao recommendation.

Thanks for all the replies. Tanaquil, Alcohol 120 is not something I've tried yet and may now that you recommend it. What settings would you suggest I use in order to successfully make the copy?

I own quite a lot of old Mac software and I occasionally like to go through and image old CDs and DVDs to ensure that they're backed up and available to me wherever I am. There is one disc that has consistently given me loads of trouble, however, and that's Warcraft II (non-BNE version). The...

Good luck with those. I've never had much luck with CD-RWs on classic Macs. Maybe an iMac, but rarely with anything earlier than 1998/9. CD-Rs on the other hand work really well all the time. It's a bit of a shame, as they're not reusable, but I just bought a stack of 100 on Amazon and called it...

Ah yes...many thanks. I will definitely be having a glance when I get home. :p

Guess the Garden hasn't been indexed yet, as I can't find it with a search. I'm curious to see what it's all about! Nice find! :)

Nice development! Good work on getting both machines working. University departments and schools are great places to scavenge machines like this. I was given a Mac Classic for free when my old school was dumping some. When I was an undergrad, another department gave me like 10 PowerMacs. At the...