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| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-05-23 21:32:09 Video RAM perhaps? | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-05-25 11:07:54 CHEERS !! Been able to boot the 180c HD !  After disassembly, cleaning, shocking the hd on the sides a bit, repairing the screen bezel, I tried booting from a zip, was working ok, but hd was doing strange noises for some time during boot. Then on another try I booted but the zip was not yet in the zip drive, but the happy Mac appeared ! It wouldn't boot to the desktop at first, saying the system was not compatible with the machine (?), then after booting from a diskette and running Disk first aid, it booted fine 🙂 Don't know if it'll last, but happy anyway 🙂 | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2015-05-25 16:58:41 I would backup anything you have on that HDD before it goes. Because its gonna go... its probably got a quantum or a conner in it, which again, melted rubber will crash the heads soon enough. | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-05-25 17:14:17 I would think a 180 would have an IBM drive in it? I'm about 95% sure mine does. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2015-05-25 23:35:28 Yes all those hard drives are on their last legs, tested a IIsi this WE (with a Conner on it) and the HD refused to work properly. | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-05-25 23:49:40 Yeah it will fail sooner or later… but anyway, still booted this morning. It's a Quantum GO160 161mb. Btw, noticed something funny, when it's running there is a smell like ... rotten fish, coming from the screen ! | |
| Posted by: Ferrix97 on 2015-05-26 04:02:01 The capacitors inside the display assembly are leaking!, that's where the smell comes from | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-05-26 04:40:12 !! Will open it this evening and see that. Thanks. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2015-05-26 04:49:14 Yes i agree, caps leaking. | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-05-26 10:08:29 Okayyyy…. opened that screen again . Old herring smell 😀  First look seems ok, but indeed when I zoom on these caps :  Misty and dirty… Do you think a good cleanup with alcohol would do for the moment ? The other board (power I think) seems Ok , no smell, and it's clean.  | |
Posted by: bibilit on 2015-05-26 22:50:29Do you think a good cleanup with alcohol would do for the moment ?Won't last for a long time but do it anyway. | |
| Posted by: Ferrix97 on 2015-05-27 10:26:50 well, it looks way easier than recapping a 145 display. I think it is doable. It doesn't look that bad now, I've seen much worse. But if you don't act now you may end up with a lot of broken traces and lifted pads. | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-05-30 04:14:22 Hi ! Today got a sh…load of old network crap 😛  Bought the lot mainly for this :  Was looking for one 🙂 Lets hope it works… will be able to test it only next week. This is the all lot :  1 Asanté EN/SC-10T with power brick, 1 old router with power brick, 3 appletalk cables with relay plugs, 1 Powerbook modem, 4 appletalk doublers (?), 1 SCSI -> HDI30 , 1 SCSI -> Cen50, 1 appletalk Y relay (?), 2 stuff-I-don't-know-what-is, some appletalk to phone line me think...  and  Good week-end. | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-06-17 12:22:04 Bought this funny useless gadget for the Ti :     | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-06-17 14:17:18 TurboNet adapters are nice. They have LEDs so you can see AppleTalk traffic... which is always. 😛 | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-06-17 14:27:48 Thanks, now that you tell me... Didn't noticed these red LEDs inside that thingy before 🙂 | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-06-19 10:18:12 Thanks to Bibilit for pointing that one ( the screen was good after all Louis 😛 ). Another PB180c, for 10 €. Cheap ones are getting rarer around here… After testing that earlier one with a bad screen (working 10 - 15 mn only) , I wanted one to swap screen , or anyway a working 180c cause these small color screens are niiiiiice . Was sold as non-booting at all. Turned out to be a dead power brick. Managed to boot it on the HD after a few tries , but still that HD is troublesome. But anyway the screen looks good so far.   And also got a 1To firewire ext HD for my home file server MacMini.  Was sold as a Iomega MiniMax, but in fact wasn't. It's made by a Japanese firm called Princeton : http://www.princeton.co.jp/product/phdmm.html#spec Funny thing, mine doesn't have any logo or brand marks, just a sr. number. And a 1 To drive, witch is not listed in the Princeton options list... | |
| Posted by: quinterro on 2015-06-20 17:55:56 That external drive enclosure also looks like a Newer Technology one too. Unfortunately I don't have the model number handy. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2015-06-20 23:07:18 Congrats about the 180 looks good | |
| Posted by: galgot on 2015-07-30 01:17:56 So, I'm trying to stop buying Powerbooks … trying. But I keep buying accessories. here's what I got yesterday, complete in box :   It's handy, and goes well in the collection, a VST zip250 PB G3 drive, VST zip100 PB G3, VST zip100 PB 1400, and that last VST zip100 PB 190/5300/3400c/Kanga.  | |
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