Recent content by Scorpio_ny

That’s great! Soon you will end up with two working machines. Are you using that SD card adapter a temporary or permanent replacement for the hard drive?

If looking to replace the G4 cube, see my pinned experience/guide replacing one. I also had to print a part and I have a link to the bracket I used.

When you power on the Cube, do you see a green light when you look into the vent (or with the case off)? That should be the VRM board. If you do not see it could be an indication of power. Another trying to check is the PRAM battery. If you can, check the voltage. I faulty battery could cause...

Thank you! If I get more info that is relevant, I will update the post.

Hi everyone! I am posting my experience replacing the optical drive in my G4 cube. I hope that it helps someone with their own upgrade project. I have gathered some information from different sources and listed them here. Disclaimer: this is based on my own experience. Keep in mind that that...

At a certain point, Thunderbird required a plug in to import .mbox files. I am not sure when. I have a suggestion: try using the Eudora email client. It was my preferred email client of back in the day. You should be able to import your email with that client.

Have you reached out to vendor for some trouble shooting tips? I just got the same VRM to accommodate a 1.6 GHz CPU upgrade and an ATI 9200 video card. Also, do not rule out the PSU. I have one that is good and one that is dead

I am running Mac OS 10.4 and OS 9.2 on the same SSD. I can boot into either OS

Hi! I recently joined the forums and saw your post. I have a post on the G4 Cube SSD replacement thread in which I was successful in installing a SSD in my G4 Cube. I hope there is some information that can help you out.

Hi everyone! I am a retro computer collector and tinkerer. I also happen to have a G4 cube (actually 2). I wanted to replace the hard drive in my G4 cube with an SSD and I have been reading that there have been some difficulty and tradeoffs in doing so. I worked on addressing those issue...