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I don't see it yet, so I guess I will make it my own personal challenge for the month of January 2025. Here we go... Day 1 I have 3 iBook G3 500MHz 12" laptops. All are in some state of dysfunction. One came from FreeGeek and two were from a lot of 4 "for parts" from eBay. 500MHz machines...

More prep. I have 3 iBook G3 500Mhz 12" semi-working status. Hopefully I can get at least two fully working. Disassembling all three at once, to make it easier. I should really have a magnetic tray for all these screws. So, just wondering if anyone has some tips for neutralizing this...

I don't think there was any hardware support in MacOS for the CrystalHD, only the driver support inside XBMC / Kodi on Mac. I found 10.6.x very unstable and lots of graphics artifacts. I stuck with 10.5.8 on my hardware. 1 - AppleTV gen1 is max 720p, so maybe the new TV only support 1080p or...

Interesting port option... I powered one of my AppleTVs on, and I get +5v at the first pin (with the big arrow V), 2nd pin ground, then two other minor voltages, assume the 3rd and 4th pins are D+ and D-. I will have to cobble together a test setup and see if its actually USB or not. If it is...

Your CrystalHD card will work with the OSMC installation here.

During the PPC Challenge 2024, I worked on 15 desktops, performing upgrades, fixes, and general use. For PPC Challenge 2025, I intend to work on laptops I have acquired. Prepping SSDs now. I have purchased some 2.5" mSATA to IDE adapters that were full size with cover for about $12. I also...

Didn't see anything here for that specific model, but maybe someone in that forum can assist.

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.