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After accidentally ordering and installing a 128 MB CF Card, I corrected my error and today installed the 128 GB CF Card. It copied flawlessly and I was able to boot up and play back an old 12-track music project in Deck II. I also played the first level of Rebel Assault II which I have on CDROM...

Upgrading Powerbook G3 Lombard 333 HDD to SSD through trial and error and help from this forum. Restoring old Deck II 2.5.1 music projects from my days using a Power Mac 6100

Thanks for this detailed response. It's pure gold! I'm also happy to hear that the 230S seems to work well since that was one of the drives I bought. Hopefully my Sintech mSATA to IDE adapter works when installed in either of the G4s. If I have any issues I'll give the ChenYang a try.

Hi, yeah I mentioned earlier that I had an NVME drive, but I was mistaken. I have an m.2 SATA drive (not NVME) and an mSATA drive, both with IDE adapters. They actually work great in as long as they're attached to the usb adapter, but not internally in the Powerbook G3 Lombard. Edit: Happy to...

I received the m.2 drive (Edit: Transcend M.2 SSD 430S 128GB) and the new ide adapter. It had the exact same issues as the mSATA drive, i.e. it didn't work. I've placed an order for the CF card and adapter. I'll use these other drives in some newer machines that I'll be acquiring. I'll be...

Thanks for replying! Yeah, when I ordered that 160gb hdd I was emboldened because I had installed MacOS 9.2.2 from a Universal installer created by a site called Mac OS 9 Lives! and their readme file says something about being able to partition a drive > 128GB so I figured I have to try it...

I went ahead and ordered an M.2 drive (non-NVME) and an IDE adapter because some people seem to have success with those. Will report my results in a couple days.

Hi all! Two years ago I restored my Lombard by repacking the battery packs, replacing the PRAM battery, and replacing the HDD with a used 32GB HDD. I kept hearing about replacing the internal HDD drive with an SSD but waited until now to give that a try. So far I've failed. This has been my...

I am quite interested in buying new battery packs for my Lombard. Back in 1/2023-ish I replaced the screen and hinge on my Lombard with a Pismo screen and replaced the PRAM battery. Those weren't too bad despite the wires on the screens not really lining up properly. But the most challenging...