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I guess its the same issue as the other *nix/BSD distro's - the driver for the Rage is far too old to really work with the newer kernels. I'd be tempted to see how it works with older versions of certain distro's - say, from around 2008 or so.

Tried here? https://www.usedmac.com/products/imac-g3g4g5-parts/imac-g3-parts

I didn't replace the chips myself but @dosdude1 and @HrutkayMods have done similar before - just remove the old chips, install the new ones (in this case, iirc the cache chips might have also been replaced), then set the jumper resistors correctly. MO drives are usually plug and play, i have a...

I'd actually say, check the serial side of things. We discovered a minor bug with the SE Reloaded when trying system 7, @max1zzz figured out we were missing grounds to the SCC chip. System 7 implemented a test for working serial, it seems.

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Well, i finally managed to get hold of the dual CPU heatsink, and i've managed to, with the help of @Zane Kaminski , purchased two Dual 800MHz CPU cards for a quicksilver. These have also been further modified with a pair of G4 7455's, and overclocked to 1.2GHz running cool as a cucumber. I have...

Hmm - there's an errata here: https://ask.adaptec.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2212/~/what-operating-systems-are-supported-with-the-usb2connect-products%3F The USB2connect products will function properly using the following operating systems: 1) Mac OS 9.x (if installing on a Power Macintosh...

Oh christ no! :o

The LVDS cable probably is fine, its more likely the LVDS connector on the logic board side of things. The backlight driver is an LP8550 - commonly available these days, and pretty easy to replace with even a basic hot air station - flood the chip with flux, heat it, remove it, clean the pads...

Water damage won't be the display, it'll be the LVDS connector, or the backlight driver IC.

Currently the admins and founders have all chipped in, which is enough to keep us going, there's no mad scramble for funding just yet. However, we are due to discuss the matter of funding and donations at our next board meeting, hopefully we'll be able to report back with a more concrete plan...

Amended the title to better reflect the toolset :)

Yes, RS always say there are plenty, but the moment you look in the basket, they're backordered to hell.

@fogWraith could this go on the garden?

That assumes you can get hold of any - most of the ones i have are stockpiled, anything from Mouser that's a tantalum is about 2 years backordered (!)...

My bad then, i thought it was still based on a G4 for some reason!

I bought a startech one, hoping to use this in my G4

Snow leopard will never run on PowerPC, the best that might be possible, will be Sorbet Leopard, but i think @z970 would have to do a bit more work to make it work with this hardware.

TVSAT Electronics: https://shop.tvsat.com.pl/en_GB/index Based in Poland I've bought whole tubes of 74 series logic off these guys, it's all good stuff, new-old-stock. Threre's very little they don't stock, and the prices are fantastic - definitely come recommended!

Silicon-Ark Electronics: https://www.silicon-ark.co.uk/ Based in Peterborough, UK These guys are the only people i know of that sell the bourns R/C network DIP-20's used in the Macintosh SE & SE/30, for just £1 each (New-old-stock) instead of Mouser's £5+ each! They hold a lot of ex-military...