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Job lot in the pipeline, collect on Friday

Hugh

Hugh

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Scored this little lot on eBay a couple of days ago - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231019955736?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 - a working ibook G3 Clamshell Graphite 466, iBook G3 900 with what sounds like the usual GPU troubles + probably a duff HDD and a G3 Lombard also with a duff hard drive.

Also included, an Apple studio display TFT monitor with no PSU and 2 x PowerMac G3 450 with hard drives removed.

Plus, logic board and other bits from an iBook G4 (hope they are good for my 1.33 :) )

Total agreed price - £69 ($105) plus whatever it costs in fuel to drive 100 miles to collect.

The seller sounds pretty friendly and has offered me some other bits for free, plus he let on he has 6 x Pismos, 10 x G4 Cubes and 20 x G4 Towers to get rid of, should I want to take extra cash along.

The clamshell will probably be a keeper but I'm not sure yet about the other stuff.

Will let you know how I get on ...

Cheers :)

Hugh

 
Nice score! and yeah i can say the seller is very friendly, gave me my PC compatibility card for free when i picked my lot up ;) (always wanted one of those..)

From what he said to me he has a lot of stuff, so proabley worth taking some extra cash

 
Ahhh, that lot was from the same bloke? He said he has a load of stuff to get rid of; I get the feeling his wife might have something to do with it :D

I quite fancy a Cube but darnt for the same reason - my wife thinks I have Apples hidden all over the house - just as well she doesn't get in the loft much !

Cheers :)

Hugh

 
Yeah, my lot was from the same guy

hah, i know what you say, my mum always has that expression of "You brought another computer...." especially when i brought that big lot :)

Would like a cube tho, maybe i could sneak one onto my desk without anyone noticing... ;)

 
Usually kernel panics are a bad flow on the airport area of the motherboard (bottom side). Suggest disabling it and that will usually stop.

 
Thanks, I was not aware this is so common a problem (I'm typing this on my own iBook 1.33 now), will look at the KP if I can get the thing to boot at all.

Can you disable airport from boot disc or open firmware? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1512347?start=0&tstart=0 seems to think so as long as you don't try and make it persistent, in which case the whole thing is screwed up.

Also, a possible fix? http://edpw.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/a-fix-for-ibook-g4-airport-kernel-panics/

Just musing, as I haven't actually got the thing yet ...

Cheers,

Hugh

 
I didn't install wireless but the second link is what I did. It's stable until I turn airport on so I leave it off. Reseating the card did nothing.

 
Thanks again; I've done some more reading, and if it is the airport causing panics, I can disable the kexts responsible as above and use a USB wifi adapter I have spare.

However, the seller stated sometimes the iBook won't boot, so it could be more basic stuff like bad RAM.

Just have to wait and see I suppose, now I understand why there were so few bidders.

Cheers :)

Hugh

 
It will cause no boot a lot when it tries to put power to it on start up. That's why the article states if you can get to boot turn it off.

 
Well, I finally got around to looking at the damaged iBook, and it will not always boot as Macdrone says, but holding down hard to the left of the trackpad helps.

I started it in Target Disk Mode and cloned the whole system over from my working iBook, then backed up and removed the relevant Airport kexts.

A restart put it straight into Open Firmware (?? !!), another resulted in a black screen, and so it seems I have to continue using the heavy hand to get it to boot normally.

I have restored wireless connectivity by buying an inexpensive Ralink based USB wifi thingy - seems all good so far as once booted I haven't had one panic, and the screen keeps running and restarts even after sleeps.

I reckon a shim in the bottom casing may sort the booting out.

Thanks to Macdrone for the assistance [:)] ]'>

Plus I've finally got the iBook graphite fully working - I stripped it down, resoldered the power connector, put an 80gb 5400rpm drive in, an extra 512mb RAM, a 128 bit airport card and a new battery.

Firmware updated through OS 9.2.2.

Tiger running nicely, but sloooowwwwwllllyyyy on the internet with TenFourFox.

I love it, but I may have to operate again to try get the bus speed up (and consequently the multiplier down), and go for 533mhz. I hear they won't go much higher, but that should make all the difference - like I said before, this one's a keeper.

I'm pleased that I managed to fix the missing apple leaf in the lid - I painted in the colour then dripped expoxy resin in until it filled the hole and formed a dome contour - it's not a perfect match but I can do it again once I get hold of the exact colour paint.

I have a 1024x768 LCD from the box of spare bits the seller gave me, I'm just searching for the rare cable Apple part #922-5368, then I can upgrade the screen as per http://forums.macnn.com/73/hardware-hacking/305763/clamshell-ibook-questions-lcd-cd-logic/ and http://maclassic.com/wiki/Clamshell_iBook_LCD_Upgrade.

Lastly, I also scored a firewire portable DVD drive from the box of bits, and once I matched the right power supply from one of my boxes of bits I have an external DVD burner to play with.

The other stuff still awaiting evaluation etc.

Cheers :)

Hugh

 
Gratz on getting they book going. I just turned airport off and rebooted fast. Took less time just in case I open it up and use a heat gun to repair someday.

 
Umm, have heat gun, but my first attempt at it was trying to put a G4 onto a Pismo daughter board, and it ended up a total mess.

I find it's easier with minute solder repairs to use conductive paint applied with a pin and under a magnifying glass, that way you can scrape away any excess.

It worked when I overclocked the Pismo G3 500 to 550, and I will probably do the same when I get around to trying to overclock the clamshell.

Cheers :)

Have an early start tomorrow (06:00) so I'm off to bed - it's 22:20 here, 'night !

 
Huh, conductive paint. I've heard of it, but never gave it much mind. I figured it couldn't stand up to the job of something like mounting a processor. Guess I was wrong. This could be useful for a few projects I have in the wings.

 
I don't know how far you can go with conductive paint; I've only used it to repair bad connections, or a blob of it to bridge gaps when overclocking, but over time the work seems to have held OK.

Cheers :)

Hugh

 
Conductive paint works a treat for overclocking Macs - it goes on like sticky glue (hence apply with a pin as Hugh suggests), but dries tough. It's not failed me in many Mac overclocks over the years.

 
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