Mac Forum / General / Hardware / June 2005

Does anyone know of a source for the little plastic scissors mechanism
that holds the Powerbook keys to the keyboard? I've searched extensively
without success. Does anyone know what this little widget is called? I
might have more success if I searched on the proper name. Thanks.

My beloved 'FrankenMac' - more or less a Beige G3 (Gossamer logic board
with rev. A. ROM) kept running with salvaged parts - was due for a hard
disk upgrade from an abominable Seagate Barracuda 4.3GB drive to a
lightning quick Seagate Cheetah 9.1GB 10k drive. It had always run OS ...

Sometime back I ranted about my "unfavorite" device of all time, the
powerbrick, you know, the ones that don't fit into the socket the right way
around so that they end up covering three outlets, that even if they do fit
the right way still block several sockets, ad nauseam. I ...

I am hoping someone with a long memory or a panchant for older hardware
might be able to help me. I am attempting to get USB working on an old
stock 8600/200, and not having very much sucesss. I am using an ASUS
made OHCI USB 2.0 PCI card (its an NEC D720100 controller, the same

Mac PowerBook G4 won't boot (but will give the boot "bong"). If I press on
the case below the motherboard, it boots and, if pressure is maintained,
functions normally.
If pressure is released, video will scramble, and -- sometimes -- system will

Is there some trick I can use to access the *whole* 200 gig using a
Mac G4 running Mac OS/9???
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I have changed my old iMac with a new modell, iMac G5 20". Formerly I
could burn my movies with iDVD that where about 90 minutes without any
complaints on a single layer DVD. Now with the new system, my iMac
always requests double layer DVD for the same 90 minutes movie. So how

I'm configuring a new workstation for my employer to get me (I'm on a
3-year replacement cycle, and it is now my turn to upgrade my
Quicksilver G4/867, which has been a great machine). Main work uses are
InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Word, Excel, FM Pro; plus I have some

Hi - I am new here (and hope I am in the right place).  I have a stock iMac
350 which has one slot with a 64MB card and a second empty slot.  I would
like to add some RAM, 64MB or 128MB.   I have searched the web for 1-1/2
hours, obviously in the wrong place, for info regarding ...

One of the useful little known features of OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is, if you
hold down the option key as you start System Preferences, and keep it
held down as you start the "Displays" pane, you'll get a new popup menu
that allows you to rotate the display in increments of 90 degrees.

Does anyone know if an adapter cable exists for multi pin plug to usb?
I own a beautiful Umax scanner that doesn't connect to my computer.
Maybe a hub is in order? :?
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