So I was trying to get that information but all the results I get from googling are about modern systems, also the emulator I use at Infinite Mac shows that the OS is not reporting something specific.

So what do I look for?

I have an iMac g3 graphite 500MHZ 1GB Ram 30gb HD DV drive. It’s sweet and I’ve always wanted one though not too familiar with Mac. It’s in pieces getting cleaned, repaired disc drive etc. it’s about to be back together. I have a 128gb ssd (startech adapter) I would like to install. It has previous owners locked profile and other crap on there. Nothing interesting. I am not interested in cloning and like to start fresh when I redo electronics. Can I install the blank ssd and then pop in a 10.4 tiger install Disk? This will be a burned copy and I have a few different brands of CDs to burn on because I heard there can be a problem with burned OS install.

I can only find Macintosh xl’s

Wow. What a flashback. I absolutely LOVE the artwork on the packaging!!

I just wanted to put this information out there in case someone else finds themselves in the same situation I was in. When Googling and watching YouTube videos, everyone mentions it's the belt and/or the roller causing it not to eject properly. I have 2 drives. Yes, the rollers were loose and needed to be glued, but fixing that changed nothing on either drive. On both drives the belts were so tight I worried it would break plastic if they were any tighter. I seemed to be able to move the disc fine when manually spinning the gears with my finger and yet it still didn't work. This left me scratching my head for a while what could be going on...

Finally found this pictured. There a hairline crack where the gear is fitted on the motor shaft on both my drives. You can see the carpet fibers for scale. Really easy to miss seeing it. I took a paperclip and put a little glue inside the gear before pushing it back on the motor. Just reassembled everything and it works like new again! 🥳 Hope this helps someone.

Howdy ya'll. I've got a Mac Plus that works, but is in rough shape and an external harddrive. From what I can tell the Mac plus is probably not too valuable given the top has been damaged, but the harddrive is. Is it worth posting on ebay and all that, or should I find a new home on marketplace? What would you do if you were me?

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I came across a freebie case destroyed Dual 1GHz Quicksilver and wanted to know if I could drop in it's Dual CPU into my single 933Mhz.

I probably won't see any real benefit of it since it's mostly used for OS 9 but it's free so why not?

Got myself my first accelerator: the MacEffects Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator for my Macintosh SE. u/roncompvids previewed the accelerator and I knew I had to have it. Per MacEffects website, the “68030 increases CPU performance up to 300% and 25MHz 68882 FPU (math coprocessor) boosts math speed up to 800%!” It was an easy install and boy was I not disappointed! Gave me Mac SE/30 vibes. LoL

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Hi all, hoping this is the right community to reach out to! I recently came into possession of my wife's 12" PowerBook. Immediately re-fell in love with the design of it. Problem is that it doesn't turn on so I've been trying to troubleshoot this thing. No history of water damage that we are aware of.

Here's where I'm at right now...

1. Battery has no lights.
2. Didn't have a power adapter, so bought an aftermarket one on Amazon.
3. Doesn't seem to be charging.
4. Removed battery, memory, and AirPort Extreme and tried powering up directly from Power Adapter. No luck.
5. Attempted power manager reset: Control-Option-Shift-Power. No luck.
6. Attempted booting without battery, but with Extended RAM installed. No luck.

Not sure where to go from here. Buy a replacement battery? Buy an official apple power adapter? Advice appreciated.

Update November 20, 2024:
Unless others have advice, here's my strategy over the next few weeks per service manual: http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/PowerBookG4_12_12_DVI.pdf

1. Confirm voltage on new power adapter
2. Confirm DC-in Board functioning (replace if not)
3. Confirm Power Button functioning (replace if not)
4. Confirm Logic Board functioning (replace if not)
5. Replace or Rebuild Battery

I have a G3 500. I am successfully booting with the universal installer on USB (CD is broken). I cannot initialize any disk I put in. The ide one it came with won't initialize (works on other computers) multiple sata ones with an adapter won't initialize. The Mac sees the drive, knows what it is, but just refuses to initialize any of them. Only the HDD is plugged in, the CD drive doesn't work. The HDD is pinned to master. I've been trying for a week to make this work and I'm seriously about to give up. Any help would be amazing.

Grabbed this fully functional Mac 512k with Dove MacSnap SCSI with a funky mouse, perfect keyboard and ext floppy for $80 - Worth the 2 hour drive!!!

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I had never used this unit before as it recently came in and I didn't have a charger so I tried the 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter which wasn't working. So I decided to mod the dc in board to take the more modern style powerbook chargers. And after what appeared to be a successful soldering job. The machine still wouldn't power up. I think the mod worked because I'm getting power to the keyboard with the caps lock and num lock light but what do y'all think.

Hard drive and fans do not spin up, no startup chime and I've already disconnected the pram battery.

I came across a listing for a Macintosh Plus (1MB) that is not working, and I’m debating whether it’s worth buying.

Price: €100

Issues: • The computer turned on once but shut down shortly after. • The exact problem isn’t specified, but I assume it could be hardware or power-related.

Included Components: • Macintosh Plus (1MB RAM) • Keyboard and mouse • PLI Infinity 40 Turbo with SyQuest 44MB cartridge • Cable and floppy

Questions: 1. What are common issues with the Macintosh Plus that might be costly to repair? 2. How difficult is it to fix a Macintosh Plus that turns on but shuts off shortly after? 3. Considering the price (€100) and the state of the machine, does this seem like a fair deal, or should I pass? Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for a Hard Drive bracket mount for a 20in iMac G5. iFixit has been out of stock for months and I'm out of luck elsewhere. Any advice is appreciated.

EDIT: Part has been found (thanks u/idratherbgardening) and thanks to everyone else for helping in the search. I'll make a post here when the Mac is all up and running.

Hi all,

This pink iMac was my childhood computer that I received for Xmas one year. I absolutely loved it, it was such a sentimental thing for me. Unfortunately, over the years of moving house with my parents, somehow nobody can locate it anymore. I’m absolutely gutted. If you (or anyone you know) is selling this exact computer with the matching keyboard and mouse, please let me know!

Thank you 🙏✨ Elizabeth

Given there were probably still a need for Carbon CFM development into 2006.

This has been in a closet for years, and I was taking the logic board out to check if there was leakage/damage from caps or the battery and I stupidly leaned on the little board attached to the end of the CRT. I heard a hissing sound, said some swear words, and as you see the little pointy end has broken off.

Is this fixable? I haven't tried to power it up.

(amusingly, the battery, dated 3/89, is completely fine, and I don't see any swollen or leaking caps)

broken crt

oops the end came off

battery dated 03/89, no leaks! phew

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Hi everyone,

I want to replace the DC plugin from a PowerBook G4 with USB-C, but I need some help with the circuit, because I don't know how the circuit inside the power jack works.

What I manged to to so far:
- G4 works with 20V instead of 24,5V
- G4 boots if the original plug is connected, i.e. 20V coming from USB-PD going into the plug which is not plugged into the wall
- G4 keeps working if the two extra cables are disconnected after it started

So it seems, that it needs those two pins only to start. The pins
- V (24,5V)
- GND
- VSense
- Shell

The DC Jack is not connected to wall, but powered through USB-C. So is the G4.

I found some pictures of the insides of the plug here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/24236701745/in/photostream/

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I was hoping to get it working with some pull/up-down resistors. Maybe add a LED inside the machine later.

The USB-C connector fits just right into the DC slot, so I hope I can finish it up soon!

I have a nice and in good condition Mac G4 Mirror Doors with 2 GB of ram and single processor 1.25 (sad it's only one, but i very happy with), It was gave to me with a Imac G5 by a friend who died some years ago.

Some years after a friend who has a Music Studio came with a Digi001 in good condition, At start was really hard to make work on it, because my G4 was updated to 10.5 so i tryed to downgrade it to 10.3 (the Mac OS who has the support for Digi001).

But the dumb person who speaking (or writing in the best case) just put the 3 ISO files in the install partition (its partitioned in a 80GB HD with one partition with the OS like a 60 gb and another with intalation files 10gb).

I tryed to unpack the isos in the install partition, but the mac don't give me the permission to do that. And again the genius who speaking (sarcasm), I get my other Mac and Imac G5 you can see in the picture, use the utility disk software and burned the 3 mac 10.3 Isos in 8X speed (don't ask me how i got blank CDS at time).

It don't boot on the CD too. The bad thing is: There is nothing recognizable to start the installation, so it stuck in a loop that white screen with gray apple with a spinning thing in the bottom.

I tryed the NVRAM reset and did nothing, the boot selector and asked for a password i don't know and when i tryed the Open Firmware it asks for a password too as you can see in the picture.

It's been a big headache to downgrade and reinstall it. One thing that get done as i used both Linux Mint and Pepermint OS and it recognized the MAC hard drive on Gparted. I not much a Gparted specialist, soo it's basicaly i don't know what to do.

There is any way to solve this, and i don't care about the files i had all backup it up so it dosen't matter if i have to erase the Mac Partitions. I took all the pics of whats happening.

Thanks for your time!

G4 Mirror Doors

My Imac G5 used to burn the 3 CD'S Mac OS X 10.3 Phanter

DIGI001 interface

Gray Logo Spinning in Loop

Boot selector asking for password

Open Firmware mode asking for password too

Thanks for your time!

(If not allowed please let me know and I will remove it and not do it again)

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