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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!!

Part 3: Just to show the original Belows with the Canon connectors I removed: I finished the 3D mount with a nice tri-wing knob on it so I can move it up and down the chemistry stand much easier. Then I soldered in the light ring. Rather than go all out, I decided to have three options...

Part 2: The cone attachment and the lo-res telescope camera have some room for adjustment. By moving the camera closer to the lens, you adjust the focus and zoom. With the 1080p camera, I had to disassemble everything and remove the built-in lens. I abandoned the cone idea, and decided to...

I don't know the limit of photo attachments, so I will make this post multi-part. Part 1: After seeing some of the amazing repair work that people do on YouTube, I have been wanting to get a digital microscope. Trying to get by with these things is just not making the cut anymore. I have a...

Sorry, but I think you will have to disassemble it again. Was it fine before you cleaned it? Does it change when you move the arm/screen around (swivel and tilt)? First guess is that the video cable is not secured in all the way to the connector, or a pin got loose in the connector, or maybe...

This weekend I printed a couple other mediums. Original Cube Amplified, PETG Clear, PLA white Strawberry Bondi Blue Of course the Cube speakers need new diaphragms. I already have the replacements in hand, waiting for that 2024 PowerPC Challenge to do the repair.