Recent content by mac27

That's good to know, and it's consistent with my experience as well. I've used those 230S's in a number of my own machines and they have worked pretty much every time, for machines of G3-G4 era anyways. Anyways, will definitely second the recommendation of the green-board adapter and 230S for...

Agreed that drives larger than 128 GB are just asking for trouble. And SATA adapters are the way to go based on my own experience. A CF-IDE adapter should also work. I was able to get a 64GB mSATA SSD working in my Lombard recently; links to the products I used are available at that link if...

I've been watching this thread with some curiosity, as I'd also love to have a more customizable/query-able solution for collection management. But I've been using Excel for this for many years and it's generally worked well enough when paired with my Photos library and my website. And is...

Sharing a very nice recent find - this Power Mac G4 MDD. It is one of the early 2003 "FireWire 800" models, specifically the dual-processor 1.25 GHz machine. I purchased it from the original owner who had two of them in his design office. He took exceptionally good care of it; basically looks...

Very nice! That'll work indeed. I ended up sticking a 128GB mSATA SSD with one of the red StarTech PATA adapters into mine and that seems to be working well. Cheers to happy MDDs!

Yes, it was very strange! If I hadn't found that fourth one I probably would have assumed a much more serious hardware issue. The models of drives that didn't work are: - Seagate U Series 5 model ST320413A (20 GB) - pull from iMac G3 - WD Caviar WD1200JB-00CRA1 (120 GB) - pull from another G4...

Thanks! Yeah, this probably would have been a good next step had all the drives ended up failing as I do have the original AHT disk. Cheers

Interesting, yeah these HDDs are/were all era appropriate (pulled from various G3 and G4-based systems over the years). But anyways, I happened across a fourth drive that I had laying around ... figured "why not" and hooked it up ... and lo and behold, was able to get Leopard installed and...

Yes, booting from install media and that works fine. I also suspected it may be an SSD related issue, which is why I also tried it on several HDDs as well. Same result with those, which is why I'm stumped. Either way, would it also seem to you that it's a compatibility/software issue of some...

Greetings folks, I could use some help diagnosing some weird behavior I am getting on a new-to-me G4 MDD tower. It is a dual 1.25 GHz model. Problem: The machine turns on, chimes, and seems to work normally, but does not ever boot all the way to the desktop. The system always either (a)...

Yes, that is correct. If yours is suffering from a similar intermittent-power issue and you're better at soldering than me then maybe you could fix it! Luckily this board comes right out without removal of the mobo (although it does require near-total disassembly anyways). Cheers!

I'm inclined to think that it was something physically wrong with either the solder or maybe some other connection(s) somewhere on the board, as once you applied pressure at certain angles it did send power through and the computer worked fairly normally. But it was just not possible/realistic...

Some good news - got the new (used) DC power / sound board installed, and that took care of this issue. No longer have to apply sideways and/or vertical pressure to the input jack. Success! Link to the seller/listing I used for this part: https://www.ebay.com/itm/396093134707 "New" (top)...

Thanks for the tip - after reflowing the connections on both this MLCC and also on both sides of the power jack, the condition has improved some but a degree of wiggling/coercion is still required. Could just be my lackluster soldering skills and equipment. I've got a tested-working...

Thanks for the link. It seems that this person had problems more to do with sound and display, rather than with getting the power jack to make the connection. But it is also good to see some documentation regarding the construction of a new PRAM battery, anyways. The fact that it takes...