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But, if you are in the US keep in mind that most of the EU has stopped forwarding packages with US addresses. Something about "winning", I think?

You may have a fractured or digested pin on one of the ICs.

I find it's much simpler and safer to remove the entire "top" (load) assembly before accessing the heads. There's a great video on YouTube that walks through faking a diskette load to collapse the loader, disconnecting tension coil springs on the sides and lifting it clear.

Did you recap the analog board as well? If so you may have inadvertently broken the vertical circuitry. In particular, examine the height pot and surrounding area.

Earlier this week I did the same thing to one of my SuperDrive mechanisms. After a bit of shameful language, I realized the little coil spring inside the head assembly had several notches available to increase head pressure. Moving it up to the next (higher) position was enough to do the trick...

Are there any free hardware projects to build soundbox work-alikes?

I've found a post that outlines the default video mode in great detail. What I'm curious about is if the machine pays attention to sense signals from the monitor such that alternate resolutions are possible. The 13W3 connector carries signals for this purpose.

A network capable device gives your Mac a network connection.

BlueSCSI / ZuluSCSI wifi provides a network interface that pretends it's a DaynaPORT SC (SCSI). Setup is quite simple: Configure the Blue/Zulu with the name and password for your Wifi access point and install the Dayna driver. Note that it's TCP/IP only and does not pass AFP frames. One...

Here's a 3MF file if anyone wants to spin their own.

The larger "GDSTime" fan does a great job. I printed a simple adapter to mount it in the original fan location.

Ah - that would absolutely work. Must be my bad luck with search in general. I was trying to lookup "right angle blower" and came up with nothing. Ordered.

FIXED: Problem was a rotted -5V contact on the power supply molex plug. Looked fine from the outside and measured continuity when a test lead was stuck in... Simple, but ran me around in circles for a bit.

I need a fan solution that fits in an LC case - very restricted height. A fan placed directly on the heatsink has insufficient vertical clearance to move any air, so somehow it would need to be off the side at an angle. The standard fan does not move enough air to do the job. It really needs...

I think I need a bit of help in troubleshooting my LC475. I'm scratching my head a bit over the schematic on page 13. A scope on pins 18 (or 19) of the DFAC chip shows that PWM is being generated when I trigger a notification. It reads a steady square wave under quiet conditions that then...