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Just an update - both the Whisper and the Wings seem to be working perfectly in 8.6 with the 9.2 USB extensions. Soft power with my iKey and all. Funny seeing a computer this old call a modern gaming mouse by name (my g400S). Thanks for all the assistance. If anyone wants a finished Whisper with...

Okay I've got my Wings card populated. It was a lot more work because it had SMD on both sides of the board, hunting for R182 and R183 in particular was a bear. Haven't tested yet but I see no reason it wouldn't work. I don't suppose you'd happen to have a schematic for the 5xxx front panel...

Ok so I got my Macally in and I can report that the soft power circuit is working fine. Sadly the AEK II caps aren’t quite compatible with the Macally, mainly the command and control keys are too wide and the shift keys use two sliders on the Macally while the AEK II uses a single switch and...

I saw one of these on eBay. Blue with Japanese characters. Really pretty looking thing.

Alright, here’s what I’ve done. I ordered a MacAlly iKey. I noticed they’ve had a whole bunch of keyboards with power buttons but I believe only the original iKey series and the iKey slim are configured to actually activate a Mac soft power circuit. Later ones seem to just do a ctrl+eject. It...

Because they aren't beige! While not beige this is extremely cool and I'll probably pick one up just to have. just found this while looking around on lowendmac https://www.ebay.com/itm/256573577651? Macsense UKB-600, slightly smaller than the Macally and far rarer, but with another full size...

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.