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Yesterday, I was working on my MacBook Pro when I decided to plug in the right fan. I had unplugged it years ago when I first ventured inside, because it was making a rattling noise and just not working right. I lubricated it, to improve its chances of working again, and plugged it in. I will...

**Note: I yap a lot about uselessly trying to fix a Quantum ProDrive in the following paragraph, so skipping it will likely be in your best interest. This afternoon when I went to turn on my IIx, the hard drive spun up but I got nothing but the floppy icon. This was pretty normal; my IIx has a...

I recently decided to try out my iMac G3 again that I got a year ago at the VCF East, since I haven't used it for a while, and it's just been sitting on my bench. I do remember that when I used it a while back, I was able to boot off my external DVD drive to install Mac OS 10.3 from CD. This is...

I have a few PowerBooks: a 140 (that doesn't work), a 520 with a PowerPC upgrade, and a Duo 230. I accidentally damaged the ribbon cable for the floppy drive (which I will soon replace) while unjamming and lubricating the floppy drive in the 520, and the PowerBook Duo doesn't have a floppy...

Also at the VCF East (See what else I got!) I picked up a Macintosh SE FDHD for quite a good price. I could see that there was something in the expansion slot: a bracket with DB-15 port. Taking the machine apart further (mainly for lubricating the floppy drive) revealed a Novy X103 expansion...

I recently picked up a non-working Apple Multiple Scan 20 CRT Display at the VCF East! I was told by the previous owner that it had been making a clicking noise, and then let out the magic smoke. So, the first thing I did once I got it home was take it apart to inspect the damage. The fuse...