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phunguss Active Tinkerer Stillwater, MN -------- Joined: Dec 24, 2023 Posts: 511 Likes: 437 |
May 20, 2025 - #1
$50 Ebay local pickup
Power Macintosh 7600/120 604 with keyboard and mouse -full of dust, cleaned -Power button shattered, 3D printed replacement -Internal Quantum loud and not recognized -BlueSCSI external boots fine Testing to be done: -Alternate graphics cards -Firewire cards -USB cards $30 UofMN ReUse Center MacPro4,1 case missing door and rear grille -3D printed grille, painted, installed -For PC-Hackintosh build $9 UofMN ReUse Center -PowerBook1,1 G3 Lombard 333MHz, no hard drive -Borrowed power brick from 3400c -Would not power on, battery shorted? Removed battery and get chime -Installed CF adapter (see the red light on the side of the translucent keyboard) -Installed OS9.2 $5 Free Geek Minneapolis -MacPro4,1 "Partially gutted, as-is", loose parts rattling around inside, optical drive tray will not come out -4GB RAM, no drives, no drive trays, HP FirePro V3800 graphics (untested) -Stripped down, found 7 loose hard drive screws. No other missing parts. -optical tray was bent, but recoverable, removed burrs -Upgraded wifi from b/g to b/g/n -Installed NVME drive -Installed USB3 card ($1 Free Geek) -Upgraded RAM to 24GB -Installed Quadro K2000 (keplar) video card -Installed Sequoia 15.5, Mojave 10.14 Had to have a "cat scan" Loose screws found behind mobo Bent optical drive tray, but fixed it. Liked by ScutBoyanderic |
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