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The built-in wifi card does not support BlueTooth. You could either use a USB dongle, or replace the mPCIE card with something newer that 10.5.8 still supports (but I can't confirm one exists that is supported under 10.5.x or the 10.6.x hack).

I don't think so. Per the instructions, when you change the drive partition type to make it bootable by the AppleTV, the mac will no longer recognize the partition. "Making the USB drive bootable Now, we need to change the partition type so that the USB drive is bootable on the Apple TV. Once...

I believe that is the unique UUID that the AppleTV rom is looking for to boot from. If that does not exist, it can't boot. You are essentially rewriting the partition table to make MacOS look like the AppleTV boot partition with the appropriate UUID.

Pulled the PRAM batteries, no signs of leakage, but both had a pin that turned green with corrosion at the extender cable. Both batteries have been charging overnight and appear to be dead (will keep the computer on for a moment, I have not done a full runtime assessment). In the interest of...

There are 3x 7400 (4ch NAND) and 2x 7486 (4ch XOR) on the board. Maybe from the 60s or 70s? DEC or other 8bit CPU era?

This morning I picked up a pair of PowerBook 3400c from the original owner ($175 for both). They appear quite clean. I removed the rechargeable battery and plugged in power. Both chime and start to boot. One has some hard drive clunking and then Norton Disk Doctor launches and tries to...

Back of the board is nothing special.

I stopped by the Free Geek Minneapolis today, and over on the free shelf was a strange looking box. Reminded me of the programming panel I built as part of the "How to build your own self programming robot" that I never completed. Guessing the DB0-7 are data bits. ISA board tester or primitive...

Maybe if you want retro machines, you could add a date during the PPC Challenge in January.

Does the computer boot? Do you have a hardware test CD (run the G5 fan calibration if you do)? Fan calibration by @HrutkayMods Convert water cooled to air cooled and another one

There are typically 7 fans in a G5 tower (more info from house of moth): Drive Bay Fan Motherboard cooler fan (top side behind the Drive bay fan) PCI bay fan dual intake dual exhaust Which fans are working and which are not?

Refer back to post #78 to see how I twisted the power cable 180 for the SSD adapter. Not wanting to pull it out right now, so this is the best shot I have, but looks like your #4+7+9 (power cable upside down). Looks like I used #10 for the optical drive plus an additional cable to convert the...

I think there is something funky with the Cube DVDs, because as soon as I removed it and replaced it with another apple slot load (slim drive), the master slave issues went away for me.

Did you try changing the optical drive from Master/Slave as well?

I don't think this helps much, but have you seen this link to the manual?

I can help model and test print something. I have no InWin devices, so yes, photos and dimensions would be required.

Making a list of possible projects to do for PPC Challenge 2025 iBook G3: hinge, backlight, ram, SSD iBook G4: Ram, SSD PowerBook G4: backlight, Ram, SSD, straighten frame imacG3: ram upgrade 3x iBook G4 parts plus complete shell: test and build a working one, battery rebuild 3x Siil3114 cards...

The thing is that I had all these random parts laying around from other projects, life, and hobbies... It would probably be cheaper to just buy the outright scope and be done with it. This was a learning experience, and a way to repurpose some things I had on hand without money out of pocket...

Part 4: Completed assembly and all parts 3D printed. Overall view: Closeup of the light control... I had 3D printed the case to include external buttons, but they did not move far enough so I clipped them off. Back to using a toothpick or paperclip to push the buttons. I will likely just...

Golden Q&A!!