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Hey I did a dumb thing and touched the digitiser ribbon cable with a soldering iron. It melted with a quickness. Are these actually repairable? I’ve tried a couple times already but that trace is getting shorter and shorter. I’m not sure it’s even metal, it looks like graphite or something? So...

Does anyone know the difference between the early and late model displays. The later ones have slightly more native resolution, is there any other differences? what I really want to know, is can an early model LCD be used on a later model chassis? Connectors the same?

Hey all, I was inspired by @Ron's Computer Videos to have a go at fixing the vinegar syndrome lcd screen on a rather crusty PowerBook 540c. The process was made a bit more complex by the addition of industrial amounts of corrosion. Thankfully I had a 520c parts machine that was able to donate a...

For reasons to do with LocalTalk I’m wanting to install OS 10.2 onto a G4 Mac Mini. Minimum supported os is 10.3 I’ve put in a hard drive with an existing install of 10.2.8 (server) and it boots but there’s no video drivers so the screen is just a weird black and white unscaled mess. Now someone...