Q840av gets a make over

[djc6]

Looks great! Happy you could save an 840AV !

 

[crazyben]

@SophieRose can you provide info on the picoPSU. I too have working q840av and q800 I believe both use same PSU. I have been thinking of recapping the PSU. Maybe I will go with picoPSU for longevity.

 

[Juror22]

I like it too - a functional and useful, custom hot-rod!
Its projects like this that have helped me to break out of the restoration-only mindset and start using mods to bring some of my pieces back to life! Great job, SophieRose!

it’s getting used now rather than being a broken motherboard in a draw.

And isn't that what it's all about?

 

[joshc]

The silver looks great.

For those who don't know, this is actually a pretty old hack, at least in certain locations. I've seen several of these types of machines crop up on Buyee (proxy for Yahoo auctions Japan), but usually they are either 650 or 7100 logicboards inside a IIci case.

I made my own as I had a spare 650 board and the IIci case is my favourite. Did exactly the same, cut out the rear ports, and some of the stand offs to make the 650 board fit.

 

[chiptripper]

I like the cutout solution too. Wouldn’t be hard to 3D print, paint, and glue on a port-specific strip later on, if desired.

I too have a couple of 840av boards waiting to be restored, plus one very battery bombed board and case. So this is interesting.

 

[Unknown_K]

I still have an 840av that doesn't bong I need to fix, but it's been sitting for years as I work on other things.

 

[croissantking]

the id is normal 840av as I’ve put a jumper on the led connector

What happens if you remove the jumper?

 

[SophieRose]

I seem to remember it just ids as a macintosh, could be wrong tho.