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It is a AGP 8x card and will not work without modification in your G4. You can tape the pins 3 and 11 to make it work (as an AGP 4x card) Have a look here: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11 And of course, it is not supported under MacOS 9

I'm eager to hear the resolve of this. Hope you get there!

Maybe, just maybe the RAM sucked that little more current to push the PSU over the edge. It's a possibility but more likely it was just a coincidence. 5V RAM in a 3.3V socket should not break anything otherwise.

Shotgun debugging. If nothing else works 😀

Maybe the pp1 is bad? I did not have the checkerboard but a wobbly screen with low voltages after recap. Have a look at this thread: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/mac-classic-with-a-wobbly-screen-after-recap.37909/

Open it up and get the battery out as soon as possible! Good Luck!

No immediate idea, but which Mac System version are you running? I don't remember specifics, but I was never able to get this working under OS 8 or 8.1 7.5.x works fine though.

Usually I'm lazy and just start a FTP Server on my linux machine using a python one-liner (sharing the local directory) python3 -m pyftpdlib For download only, I might also use http: python3 -m http.server This only works for packed files (StuffIt etc.) because Resource Forks are lost but it...

I always measure voltages first, because it can be done without opening the case. But they do look fine indeed, so solder joints are a good thing to check next. Then its components

As long as your fan is working and not too loud for your taste, you don't have to swap it.

SLIRP gives you an IP connection, you "can" surf the net. Somewhere on Github there is software to connect classic macs to WIFI using an ESP8266 microcontroller and this is a thing I want to do in the future. Using a serial cable was much quicker though, so this is what I chose for now. There...

4MB and SCSI2SD are great - I have the same and you cannot do much more with a Classic. The only suggestion I have is, connect it to the internet, because why not ;-) I use a serial connection to a Linux box that runs slirp and it is dead slow with 9600 bps. Still you can connect to IRC servers...

I had a wobbly Classic screen (but on the top, not the bottom) that was caused by a too low voltage on the 5V rail. I replaced the trimmer on the Analog Board to fix it. Your issue does sound different, but it would not hurt to check the voltage after a cold start. This can be done from the...

you can measure the voltages from the external foppy port. I dont remember the exact pin but, but this can be found online.

I replaced it with a CNY17-3 (without the "G") in my Mac Classic and it works without problems. The Analog Boards should be the same, so I can recommend this.

You should also check the live voltages at the 12 and 5 V lines. This can be done frome the Floppy port without opening the case. I had wobbly screen problems with a Mac Classic that were caused by a low 5V supply. If you find this to be the case, you still have to dectect the source of the...

After some more testing I can report that the 64 MB mini reliably drives my EIZO 1920x1200 via DVI (the 32 MB mini does not). But this works only in Tiger or Leopard. In OS9 only smaller resolutions are supported. 1920x1200 shows ugly artifacts but it is possible to find the Monitors Control...

As written above, it was rather cheap and I wanted to have a spare anyway. So I bought the "Silent Upgrade" Mac mini and it is here now. Time for some quick testing. The CPU is 20% faster than my 1.25 GHz Model, no surprise there. The OpenGL performance is exactly the same with benchmarks that...

Hi, thanks! I'm not terribly interested in Benchmarks. I also have a 1.5 12" PowerBook for comparison, but this comes with a Geforxe FX 5200go (IIRC). Im more interested in real-world experiences regarding gaming and screen sizes. I won't do heavy work with this machine anymore. The only...

Hi! I found mentioned late 2005 G4 Mac mini with 1.5 GHz and 64 MB graphics. The seller does not ask too much so I will just get it in any case. Right now my "goto" PPC Mac is a 1.25 Ghz Mac mini model, running OS 9.2, Tiger and Leopard. It is great and having a (faster) spare will be a good...