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Okay! Couple things: 1. I got my hands on a Rabbit Hole RetroSATA. Not sure that I'd recommend anyone buy these cards just yet (not really a fan of how the storage is...fixed on these) but I did add some references to it as appropriate. It does work with the Seritek flasher, so I recommend...

Good call on this and I'll be giving it a try tonight. Was actually starting to look that direction because the card in my MDD seems to be a variant of these cards sold by a more reputable brand (Vantec, maybe? I need to google the part number affixed to the back) and the capacitors look to be...

Alright, update on the voltage regulators: They (the AP7361C-33ER-13) came in today, and I slapped them on one of the Sil3112s I have here. It...did not go according to plan, in a weird way. Myself and a friend double checked over everything and the voltage regulators are of the proper voltage...

Hey! So! It's been a while. I decided to change parts of the guide that looked out of place to me, made a few nips and tucks, and changed the beginning section because yeah, we're in 2025, and the landscape has changed significantly since I set out to do all this. Also with tariffs for US folks...

Hey! Long time no see. So I'm doing some research before I tackle this: I've got an original iPod from a buddy on Discord, and I was asked to diagnose it for them. Of course, this couldn't be easy, and a bunch of troubleshooting and disassembly later, I happened upon the culprit, which they...

I find Cameron Sino batteries to be of sufficient quality. Obviously nothing beats OEM but OEM doesn’t really exist anymore unless you get lucky (my touches are all on their original batteries and still get great runtime). But I’ve run third party batteries in my mini and 4G mono and they both...

I’ve noticed at least with the Quicksilvers and MDDs that while they’ll work *for the most part*, they’ll be a bit quirky here and there. Sometimes the system won’t boot from a drive sitting behind the card, sometimes a drive will just drop off for no reason whatsoever, and as Bakkus has said on...

Hey. Been a while. Made a small update because it seems as of recently these SATA cards can no longer be purchased at AliExpress, at least if you're in the US. YMMV if you're elsewhere, I've no way to check. At the same time, a small call for info: If anyone has bodged better voltage regulation...

The only damage that can really occur is if the battery swells up, other than that it's whatever to leave it in. I usually just charge my iPods every so often and give them a once over to make sure.

This is something that has been almost two years in the making. VCF West 2023. I was there with my table o' Macs, the SATA-equipped 9600 and Blue and White G3 in tow. My good friend brought his SE/30 and G4 Cube. Not sure what triggered it, but I came away from this VCF mega wanting a Cube...

If I had my act more together I'd say hey, you could send your cards to me and I could flash 'em for you. To anyone proficient with hot air, it's a really quick and easy job. Though that doesn't account for the programming part... And yes, optical drives do work. I've actually got a SATA...

Added some photos. Also got a few more I couldn't really fit into the post?

Right, been meaning to document this. The Premise To keep it simple, three things aligned to make this all happen. 1. I wanted to play some SimCity 2000, with cheats, and the Mac OS version's cheats suck. 2. I had recently been to a local's house and acquired some 98-era video cards that I...

Made one more alteration: Since I had to delve into the PC side of SATA things anyway and had to actually roll back one of my flashed cards so I could use it in my Win98 PC...I filled out that part of the guide. Short of just...clarifying things and such, I think this guide is very much complete.

Kept you waiting, huh. It's been a while! And I'm here to tell you I finally, FINALLY got around to using the OS 9 flasher for myself and boy oh boy was it so drop dead simple. If you have the means to go that route, I highly, HIGHLY recommend it. Unless you like soldering EEPROMs or something...