after pulling my G3 to bits and harvesting the analogue board from it I can't visually see anything that has failed.
according to someone on YouTube they state if the Flyback is dead it could put a short on the horizontal transistor/circuitry and pull down the power rail, however when I...
Hello! I've been working on my Mac Plus for a month and I got this issue out of nowhere.
(The diagonal lines are from the camera)
As you can see, the display is very compressed vertically, strange display resolution. I tried adjusting the height potentiometer, but it's maxed out, if i turn it...
Hello, if one has to revive things for nostalgia, how many farads is the main capacitor (the main big and black one) used in the iMac G3 (Blueberry)?
I wonder where this capacitor sold?
Thank you.
Hi All,
I've recently joined the classic mac owners club, with three fixer upper SE/30's in various states of decay.
Having selected the best logic board of the three, with no leaking caps or exploded battery. I've cleaned and recapped it. Not yet recapped the analog board or PSU but have...
i know these crts usually have transformer issues. the issues have been getting worse since last month with sometimes the monitor popping 100% of the time that its on. i would love to fix it but i have no prior experience with crt repairs and i dont want to break either the monitor or the...
So i’m restoring a classic II and i’m having some troble finding the schematics for the analog board...
By the way I did replace some physically leaking capacitors at the PSU stage and had some voltage readings for the hard drive beeing 3.56V and 10.50V i assume they’re suposed to run at 5 and...
Hello everyone!
I introduce myself, my name is Rodrigo. I live in Argentina, so I apologize if my English is bad.
First, I apologize for asking for help without having helped before. I've been reading forums since 2017, but I've only just had time to get back to work on the Mac during...
Hello everyone,
Here is an iMac G3 Graphite 600 MHz model from Summer 2001. The CRT screen has some significantly noticeable discoloration, and the entire right portion of the screen has a green tint and is darker than the other half of the screen. The image also doesn't seem to fill the entire...