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I bought a Dual G4 1.0GHz MDD from Free Geek Minneapolis for $10 before the PPC 2024 Challenge. It never powered on. I built my own ATX power cable adapter and I got it to power but never chime. I just purchased a dual 867MHz mobo/daughter from eBay and swapped it out. It booted fine. The...

When you boot into 10.3 with the FW drive attached, and go into startup disk, does the FW drive appear as a valid boot drive? Is your partition scheme APM, MBR or GUID? It probably should be APM for PPC macs.

Wow, that is really clean!

Try here https://www.printables.com/model/941272-apple-macintosh-quadra-650-cdrom-bay-cover-tray

Marchintosh 2025 I pulled out the my second cMP3.1 and removed the optical media drive. This will be a cage for 14 2.5" drives. I already have an Areca ARC-1680 IXL 16 with 3 internal SFF-8087 connectors and 1 external for raid expansion. This cMP3.1 has a Bluetooth in it but no wifi, so I...

My Marchintosh project is an expansion of my "Getting Sas'y" with a cMP3.1. I hope to finish it up this weekend before the end of March, with total of 18 internal drives.

If you are going that route, why not get the one with audio injection so you can use the speakers in your TV / Monitor? https://www.amazon.ca/Adapter-Converter-Compatible-Projectors-Monitors/dp/B0B15FLN9K

Not my work, but this was mentioned on MacRumors... thought I would post it here for Retro visibility. AI on a 20 year old PPC.

Great job! Congratulations on your first 3D modelling project, I am sure you will make many more!

Can you include some photos?

SSDs take much less power than standard mechanical drives. The only melted Molex-Sata power adapters I have seen are on crypto mining rigs. B&W are finicky about which SATA-IDE adapters you use. You have two...

You have two options: 1. An IDE to SSD adapter on one of the internal IDE chains, read this thread for some caveats. 2. A PCI SATA card, read this thread for caveats.

Well, if they are bad, disassemble them via the iFixit guide and verify the make/model on the back of the panels. You can usually find them on eBay. Googling the model should get you to the specs on Panelook.com which might show alternate compatible model numbers.

Lots of good documentation here, but I have not seen any DIY options. I loved the no-switch NEC multisync adapters. Back in the 90s when I found one that worked the best, I often built my own. I no longer have any of those, and I just acquired two machines that need the Apple DB15 to VGA for...

I was browsing Craigslist when I came across this listing. One collector to rule them all. "This is an all for one sale. Perfect for a museum, private collector, reseller or dealer." https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/sys/d/berwyn-vintage-apple-computer/7823997045.html

Either way, we have different versions. But I would say, "YES, that is the capacitor from that location." You typically can't measure a capacitor in place, it should be removed from the circuit to measure it. Is it damaged/crushed that you can't get a reading from it?

This is a Gen 1 A1051 (fat - before they got super thin)?

Is that it right there?

Hello, Based on the photos in the listing, it says 16MB of RAM, and one RAM slot is populated. I don't know if a 12MB SIMM exists, so I assume it is an 8MB SIMM in the socket and 8MB on the motherboard... leading me to believe the FPU is integrated. There are 2 SIMMs in the Video RAM slots...

It has taken me a while to get to this project, but I purchased the Briel VGA card quite some time ago. Just got all the parts collected and soldered together. I guess I just realized the walls in my office are Apple beige? LOL Happy that it worked on the first try. Then I remembered you can...