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| Performa450's Machines | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-20 03:31:25 Hello, Though I'd actually start a thread for my machines here rather than lots of posts peppered around the Conquests forum. Previous conquests:
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| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-20 03:36:25 PowerMac A1117 Single CPU Dev unit. It's missing the GPU, disks, internal fan assembly and the side panel. The board looks rather dusty too! I sourced a near matching production unit for those parts last year so finally time to have a go at this one! and yes, the CPU is hanging off the board. I hope it's OK... | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-20 09:59:22 Here's a few more pics - showing how the machine has lost a few screws from the factory and what a state the inside is... along with some fancy prototype stickers | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-24 09:09:46 Borrowed the correct hex key from a neighbour and it doesn't look great!  That CPU socket looks like it hasn't been inserted correctly every time: 😱  Plastic damage aside - what do people think of the pins? I've never looked at a G5's pins before but have seen a few mangled intel chips in my time and from this angle it looks like plastic damage  looks like rust on the heatsink standoffs too... advisable to remove these and clean-up? I've heard the CPU cards are easy to ruin on these (but maybe thats the bit I've just looked at...)  Matching watermarks on the board too:  Does this connector look OK on the board? To me this looks alright too:  | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-24 09:16:38 Incidentally, when i said single CPU dev unit, pretty sure this is the single 970MP derivative - something like this: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_dual_2.0.html | |
Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-24 12:06:38Matching watermarks on the board too: And... looking closely at the top left of the board I suspect the connector damage is just to the plastic - you can see the board has lost a couple of capacitors and theres a chipped coil too, so probably impact damage. I will have to check my donor machine to see what is missing. | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-04-27 09:46:31 Have now fully dismantled this - unfortunately found the following: * a cap next to the processor power supplies fell off (!) when the board unclipped. This does not bode well for the rest of it... * here's a shot of the (dead) DVT PSU * nice collection of screws and components in the bottom of the case. What do people think? Basket case or worth getting someone competent to recap it? | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2023-12-06 08:29:08 Not quite as exotic this time - picked up a smashed up Powerbook G4 12" as I needed a charger, and genuine chargers appear expensive on the bay. It has turned up, but is in pretty decent shape apart from the smashed screen. There's a jammed memory bay door screw, but, other than that and the screen, it appears to be in good working order. Even the battery appears to be charging, and it's taking a while like my working G4 iBook! It's a 1.5 GHz with 512 MB RAM, combo drive and a 60 GB disk. I used to have one of these back in the day and it's a great little machine. I'll likely drop it on trading post later - just scanning the drive (which appears fine) and then will hunt out an external display adapter, which has gone walkies | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2024-06-04 23:31:30 Picked up an interesting looking Newton - not sure if that’s a 110 or 120. https://www.ebay.com/itm/116182273904 | |
| Posted by: Performa450 on 2024-06-20 08:56:10 Newton arrived today. It's a DVT MessagePad 120 containing two surprises, leaked NiCADs and OS 1.4b1.00 | |
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