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  1. Rikintosh

    Yep, Another iBook casemod

    I was wondering what to do with this ibook g3, I got it with a bad lcd, I took it apart but I wasn't careful, and the lcd cover ended up scratching from the inside, damaging the white paint. Then I tried to paint with white spray but it didn't look good, so I tried to remove the spray with paint...
  2. J

    Can't remove stripped Torx screw from iBook G3

    Hi all, I've recently taken it upon myself to restore an old iBook (G3, model A1005, to be exact) that's been sitting in my basement for the last few years. I've been following this iFixit article to start by removing the hard drive and the bottom cover...
  3. H

    Max drive size on G3 iBook with mSata adapter

    I am in the process of refurbishing a 900MHz G3 iBook. Unfortunately (and expectedly) the hard drive is dead. My main use for the machine will be making lossless CD rips, so I'd ideally like to add a large 512GB drive using an IDE -> mSATA adapter. Due to the lack of ALAC/FLAC support under OS9...
    • heapsgood
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    • g3 processor hard disk drive ibook g3 msata os9 ssd
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  4. H

    iBook Clamshell keeps putting itself to sleep when attempting to install 9.2

    Hello all, hope your doing well. I noticed that my iBook Clamshell wouldn't boot one day, so I tried removing the battery and it got it to start into the installed 10.2 and it seems to be working fine. I decided recently that I wanted 9.2 installed instead, but when I boot from the install CD...
  5. P

    Resolved Could use some help on ibook G3 fan

    Hello! I am really new to PowerPC ibooks, and I recently got my hands on a ibook G3 500mhz model. To say the least it is a amazing ancient computer(coming up on 20 years old!). I have had one issue with it though. The fan never turns on. I was reading about how the ibook G3 model were in the...
  6. Appleuser201

    Is Linux still worth it on a G3? Anyone currently doing this?

    I know nothing about linux on intel or ppc... never used it, only seen videos about it. Ive seen threads posted here on linux and I am now wondering, A G5 quad is very fast on linux and G4s are actually quite usable (from videos ive seen), but can a G3 be made usable today for light...
  7. B S Magnet

    Missing memory? an area on clamshell logic board where onboard memory was never added

    Hi. Longtime, but occasional reader here. So I've owned a couple of Rev. C clamshells (an indigo and a 466 key lime) over the last dozen years. With the latter, I restored it partially earlier this year — adding a 128GB SSD, a DVD-RW (which mates to the original bezel), and an LG XGA 1024x768...
    • B S Magnet
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    • clamshell hardware hacks ibook ibook g3 ibook g3 clamshell logic board memory motherboard rev. c
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  8. punger

    Need help debugging some iBooks

    Hello, a while back I won a couple auctions on Ebay. For around £20 total I managed to get three iBook G3s, one iBook G4 and a broken charger (auction was for spares/repairs) . Because of the broken charger I haven't got around to testing them until just this morning when one arrived. None of...
  9. GetToDaChopa

    Battery replacement for Clamshell g3 iBook advice

    Sorry if this has been asked before (actually no, I'm not sorry) but all this talk about using an old g3 iBook has made me want to get mine out and going. So i want battery life again, instead of plugging it in all the time. Have you guys replaced yours? if so was it worth it and has the battery...
  10. AmazingHenry

    The G3 Challenge

    UPDATE: Trying to get the software installed now. Unfortunately, I seem to have terrible luck when it comes to things like this, so I'm getting error messages. But I figured it out before, so there must be a way! So, I have decided that, starting Tuesday, I am going to try and use my G3...
    • AmazingHenry
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    • ibook ibook clamshell ibook g3 ibook g3 clamshell is it obsolete powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 84
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  11. A

    Guide - Installing OSX and OS9 via USB on an iBook G3 Clamshell

    So I purchased an ibook g3 clamshell off ebay a couple of weeks ago. One of the original blueberry models. I replaced the original 3gb hdd as it was making scary sounds. However when I went to reinstall os9/x I discovered the cd drive was faulty. The original ibook had no firewire port, so...
    • AC910
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    • clamshell ibook g3 panther usb
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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