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My top two favourite Mac designs have to be the Power Mac G4 Cube and the late 2013 Mac Pro (6,1). I’m so happy and grateful to have been able to get my hands on both, each for a really good price and in great condition. Figured they look really nice side by side exposing their internals and...

Hey guys, I’m new here! I have several Macs, and I’ve been learning as I go over the past few months. I recently purchased three powermacs, a graphite, quicksilver and MDD. None are currently functioning, but the graphite came to me the closest. It powers on and chimes weakly, but the monitor...

Hello, I have a Power Mac G4 OS 9.2 with a SCSI card. The connector is an HDDB50. How do I find out exactly what SCSI card it is? Thanks

Hello, some time ago I posted about my Power Mac G3 (B&W), which appeared to have a broken motherboard. I unfortunately wasn't able to repair it. That leaves me with a non-functional G3 and not a lot of options. I could buy a replacement board or another G3, but those are getting more rare and...

Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me find a CPU upgrade for a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio 733mhz (PowerMac3,4). Preferably a dual processor upgrade. If it helps I know they're related to quicksilver models. Sincerely, Apple Fan 2008 P.S will this work...

Today I learnt the hard way that if you use the wrong type and quality of Phillips head screwdriver, you run the risk of stripping the head of the screw. While it ain’t too bad, it just kinda looks off to me. I have to get my (diagnosed) OCD under control... Wondering if there are any wholesale...

Hey all, I recently acquired a 2000 Graphite Gigabit Ethernet Power Mac G4 from an estate sale, and it came with the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and everything. It’s in very good condition, but the thing doesn’t power on right now because the clock battery inside of it is dead, so I’ve ordered a...

Hi all, After having a bit of a disappointing time with a previous IDE to SATA adapter (erratic system behaviour crashes, flashing lights or not switching on at all) I spent a bit more and got one of the red Startech ones. This one seems to play nicely with old Macs and can confirm works inside...

Hi, I have this PowerMac G4, it's a 466MHZ (Mac OS reports 467MHZ) G4. The machine has an ATi Rage Pro 128 with 16MB of RAM, pretty low end even for late 90's and early 2000's standards. I have two graphics cards for AGP. I read up online about if they are supported or not. The process...

I have a PowerMac G4 model M8570 and when I try to turn it on, the fan and the DS18 light turn red, but there is nothing on the monitor and no Apple’s classic startup chime. The hard drive turn on but there is nothing on the screen, it’s not showing me life. I checked for the BIOS battery but it...

I just got an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro off eBay, and it’s having some trouble working with my Power Mac G4 Digital Audio. I taped pins 3 & 11 to make the card work at 4x, but I still get a black screen. I am able to VNC into the Mac, so I checked System Profiler, which says that no cards are present...

I have my Mac Server G4 connected to a 1920x1080 monitor, which is one of the recommended resolutions in the monitors control panel, but there is a black strip on one side of the screen, and the clock is cut off on the other side, like the picture is too far to the right. There aren't any...

I was out to eat for lunch with my family the other day, and afterwards, I decided to swing by Goodwill on my way home. After browsing through the shelves of electronics, my eyes grew wide. For only $3.99 I got myself a (from the looks of it, pretty new!) ADC to DVI Adapter! I tried it out when...

Greetings everyone! I recently acquired a Quicksilver Power Mac G4, running 10.4.11. It's my first tower Mac and I need some help, so I decided to register here. Question no. 1: The board on this Mac is from a 733Mhz 2001 Quicksilver, but it has the 1Ghz DP chip from 2002 installed (detects L3...

Hello Does anyone know of an active link where I can download a bootable version of Mac OS X server 1.2 or 10.2v3? I've been looking around for this one with no luck. I've tried eBay and haven't seen a single listing on this for some time now. Any help will be eternally appreciated! By the way...

Hey guys! I just brought my MDD to my dorm room to replace my previously brought 500 MHz graphite G4. I've got it hooked up to an LG 19" TV to use for my Apple TV, my G4, and my Wii here. I noticed nearly right away, though, that when the TV is turned off, and then I turn it on, the G4 powers...

Hey all, hope the holidays are treating you well so far. Today I met with someone I contacted through Craigslist and bought his 17" flat panel ADC Studio Display! I asked if he happened to have any other Apple stuff while I was there, so I also got a graphite Apple keyboard and a black Apple...

Hey guys! I might be purchasing a 17" Apple Studio Display in the next week or so, so I had a few questions. I know eyoungren has 6 displays on his Quicksilver, and I don't have 6 displays (or really want that many haha), but since I have no idea how any of these graphics card dealios work, I...

Hi all. I dug my Dual 1.25 MDD out of the closet. I missed it terribly. Anyway, after having it powered on for 15 minutes, I noticed the temps creeping up toward 55°C and soon realized I didn't have CHUD Tools installed. So, I installed version 3.5.2, and then tried installing the Enable Nap...

Hello, I like playing around with old versions of operating systems. About five years ago, I got a 533MHz Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio, Early 2001) to play with 10.0-10.4 on. I then installed OS 9 to mess with more. I recently downloaded and burned a copy of Mac OS X Public Beta to be used on...