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Nominations will close March 25th. If you'd like to join the board and influence how TinkerDifferent runs in the next year, put your name in now!
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Hey Guest, MARCHintosh 2026 is upon us. Check out community projects, join GlobalTalk, and have fun!
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phunguss replied to the thread Dead G4 Cube.I don't have an Apple CRT to test with. My current only working Cube is a modified version: GeForce 6200 AGP flashed to mac, same... -
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 32: Wrapup My latest acquisition of the G5 Dual 2.0GHz kept giving me issues. I replaced thermal compound on CPUs, replaced power...
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phunguss replied to the thread PowerFox - new web browser for Leopard on PowerPC!.Great find! It does work slowly, but it does WORK.
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 31 finalizing Unit F PSU after a blowout. Still ticking and hissing. Pulled the PSU from Unit B, dust bunnies in the bottom of...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Likely from the damaged donor card. It had been poorly handled, and had lots of missing components on the back side. This was just a...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 31 The final countdown! New to me, a G5 Dual 2.0GHz from Free Geek Minneapolis, sold as-is for $10. This will be Unit F. It did...
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phunguss replied to the thread Dead G4 Cube.Check this thread for the disassembly and pinout. I had no problem powering a Cube or Dr. Bott DVIator with an HP/Dell 19v laptop PSU...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Day 26-30 I was a little under the weather, so I didn't make a lot of progress. I picked up a $10 Project Dual G5 2.0GHz from Free...
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.Here is a thread on active cooling mods on an iMac G3.
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phunguss replied to the thread 2026 PowerPC Challenge, is it happening?.In years past, the PPC Challenge has always dragged on an extra week... keep posting!
