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I have some really nice kester solder - just pin by pin with the iron for that - i don't get on well with paste and no stencil!

So a while back, I bought one of these: a Formac ProG3 400-50 ZIF carrier card. It came with the ZIF G3 daughtercard, but no heatsink. I finally tracked down one from a B&W G3 and mounted it. However, after years of use, this sockets mounting ears have become horribly brittle. Superglue...

Uhm.... No! 🤣

There's a perfect solution to this very issue: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154201810160?hash=item23e724e4f0:g:obAAAOSwSXdftbNY The larger nozzles are much nicer to use, too, i can be more precise and don't end up wrecking my wrists in the process, too.

Looks like someone shot a Xenomorph next to that IIfx!

If they're offering repair manuals, i have some hope that things like schematics and datasheets will be included...not necessarily parts.

I have some of these already ;)

Thanks to @phipli for these! I have an PowerPC upgraded LC475 with one of these SIMMs names on... 640MB ought to be enough for anyone... Right?

The pins literally just fell off, leaving a flat spot with a tiny bit of exposed gold behind, no ceramic cracking at all. The board itself went through the ultrasonic cleaner in two go's - mine is large enough to do about 2/3 of the board in a single go, but after it was ultrasonic'ed, i...

So, taking it apart meant the 040 fell to bits. The pins just came away in my hand. Luckily I have spares! Cleaned the VRAM with the fibreglass pencil and put it through the ultrasonic cleaner, looks nice and shiny now. The logic board itself is tarnished, and RP4 should probably be...

Finally got my hands on one of these! I have a IIci case, a dremel and a plan...! If anyone has a power mac 7100 logic board, I'll take that off your hands, too. For now, this grotty bastard is going for a wash...!

Can confirm - just plopped a DIP20 socket into the ZIF just fine. Oooh, I can play Battleship! 🤣

An array of 288 of these: https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Mill-Max/1508-0-00-15-00-00-03-0?qs=X3dlXJsz9DBW7AsUsHBewg== ? or https://www.mac8japan.com/uploads/entry_meta/file_value/6520/en_2018a_dh-dhs.pdf

YOU ABSOLUTE LEG-END! *proceeds to purchase 2 just in case*

Bit of a frustrating one this - i'm looking for the part number of the ZIF socket used in the G3 and G4 Yikes models. I know its PGA-288 but they seem to just not exist! The one i have is an AMP branded one - i just snapped the heatsink mount off it 🤦‍♂️

Oooh. So that would attach to a generic 44-pin header though, right?

@Zane Kaminski what *is* the part number for the original connector? I've been unable to source it at all!

Something i've been working on, is a list of all the Apple Custom ASIC's, where they're used, and also the pinouts of the chips in question. I've started with the Compact Macs so far, but i'll be expanding this over time. If anyone has access to internal Apple datasheets for any of these parts...

https://maceffects.com/products/8mb-memory-upgrade-for-macintosh-portable-m5120-m5126 That?

I always get consistently good results from Retrobriting this way - I just wish i had some spare Apple badges! Also for the chassis and metal parts - i found leaving them in my ultrasonic bath at 70*c for an hour, then hitting them with a 15 minute full sweep of ultrasonic cleaning made it look...