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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Yes, as it turns out I was confused. The single pump LCS I was working on is actually from the dual 2.5GHz that I converted to air last... -
phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.VLC or HandBrake should be able to transcode to something DVD Studio 4 could handle?
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phunguss replied to the thread New to Me - Power Macintosh G3 Beige Desktop – 266MHz – 224MB RAM – 6GB HDD – Mac OS 9, project.That is going to depend on how much VRAM you have in there. Lower resolution will give you more colors. It looks like 1024x768 is the...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 11: G5 LCS woes I woke up in the middle of the night and went down a rabbit hole. I looked into cleaning solvents for radiators...
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phunguss replied to the thread Recap the CPU?.Looks like dust to me. Usually bad caps leave a residue on the green board, not the sides of the cans too much. Try some IsoPropyl...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 10 part 2 - more G5 I decided to tackle the LCS from the Quad G5. Warning: I am not a user (I am a Tinkerer). I removed the...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.That is just case rust, no damage on the motherboard? Almost looks like a battery bomb. I love the Jenga pile from floor to ceiling...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 10 so far... I dug around and found some spare parts for G5 towers (screws, drive sled, fans from the drive bay, etc). I...
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