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Yes I want to make this machine totally silent with no moving parts other than the optical drive.

I reconfigured the CPU at 4.5 multiplier. But even then the Cube does nothing. The CPU is probably bad. Bummer.

I want to downgrade my new G4 Cube from a active cooled 1.2 GHz CPU to a stock configuration to make it fanless. I got myself a 466 MHz CPU card from an later Sawtooth I believe. To make it Cube-"compatible" I have to raise the CPUs multiplier from 3.5 (466 MHz = 133MHz bus * 3.5) to 4.5 or 5. I...

I got myself a replacement drive. Exact same model as mine. Much to my surprise this drive has the exact same problem. It does not recognize a inserted disc. It this a common fault with these drives?

Replacing the drive would be an option for sure. But compatible drives seems rare. As far as I know only the iMac G3 slot loading drives are compatible. And most of the iMacs came with CD drives not DVD. Writing discs on the Cube is not a priority for me. But if you are documenting fitting a...

I got myself a G4 Cube for a reasonable price. It has its problems I have to work on. One is a disc drive it was damaged in a way I never ever saw before. Someone managed to jam a floppy disk into the DVD drive. It was not visible from the outside. The only thing that was more than unusual is...

PM sent. :-)

Thats odd. The day I flashed my card the site did work. I have the file on my disk. I'll try to sent it to you via PM.

The bezel arrived today. It fits like it was built for it. :-D All in all it seems no problem to fit non-Iomega drives. Maybe I'll paint the drives dust cover and face plate black or better dark grey at a later time.

Thanks a lot for the clarification. I'll keep the card as it is for the time being. Maybe I'll switch the flash chip in future to have a complete ROM.

Unfortunately access to the open firmware does not work when the G3 is in the "black screen" state. Only Command+v works to bring it "back to life". Today I switched the graphics card to an Radeon 7000. It should be from an G4 but it wasn't working at all in the G3. Probably this was an...

My "new" B&W tower is getting shape. I upgraded it to 1 GB RAM, found a working USB2 card and replaced the hard drive with an SSD. Also a "new" Radeon 7000 is on order. One issue I noticed is a little bit strange. I reinstalled both OS 9.2.2 and 10.4.11 in a dual boot configuration. OS9 on the...

Thanks alot. I got hold of a drive bezel and will report back if it fits.

I got myself a nice B&W G3 tower. I'll upgrade it with parts I have on hand. I have a NEC made internal ZIP drive I put inside the G3. But the drive sticks out around 5 mm. I dont think thats gonna work with the drive bezel I have to aquire. The screw holes do align and there is no other method...

I think I'm okay with this screen. Maybe there are some geometry issues, but I dont feel confident fiddeling with the magnets to work out the issues.

Thats Snooper 2, a Mac test suite.

I cant believe it. Probably the fault was a dodgy solder joint. I reflowed around the transformer area and this did the trick. But there is work to do and this is what I'm afraid to do. The picture is shifted towards the right side and towards the bottom. I think I saw some videos on adjusting...

Its working. Dont know what exactly I did but now it chimes and after a little while I see a floppy icon. Whoooo.

Parts arrived today. I replaced CR21 and also the bipolar cap which I did not had at hand first time. After reinstalling the AB I now get a checkerboard pattern. Progress :) Maybe it did this all the time but reflowing the AB a second time helped get it working. Unfortunately replacing the two...

I'm waiting for parts to arrive. As soon they are here I'll report back.