Removing the analog board from a Macintosh Color Classic
Removing the logic board from a Colour Classic is a piece of cake, but getting the analog board out takes a bit more…
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Power Macintosh 6100
If you own a PowerMac 6100 and you’re wondering if it needs recapping, the answer is “probably not”. During this recapping I found…
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Macintosh Portable (backlight)
If you’re lucky enough to own one of these, I’d recommend you get it recapped as soon as possible. But be warned, It’s…
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Macintosh Quadra 840AV
The fastest 68040 computer ever made. I would love to have one of these in my collection, but they’re getting pretty hard to…
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Macintosh Quadra 660AV
One of my favourite “pizza box” Macs. Nuff said. Replacement components 47µf 16V KEMET tantalum capacitors (T491D476K016AT) 10µf 16V KEMET tantalum capacitors (T491C106K016AT)…
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Apple CD300 Caddy-Loading CD-ROM Drive
As if recapping logic boards, power supplies and analog boards wasn’t enough, older CD-ROM drives need recapping too! If you’re “lucky” enough to…
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Macintosh Colour Classic Mystic Upgrade
Boost your underpowered Color Classic by installing an LC575 logic board and increasing the display size to 640 x 480 pixels. Learn the…
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Macintosh Performa/LC580
The Macintosh LC580 is one of the less popular vintage Mac models. Modest speed, heavy and very prone to brittle plastic. If you…
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Discharging the CRT in a compact Mac
All old compact Macintoshes contain a cathode ray tube (CRT) inside the case. The CRT can hold a lethal charge, even when the…
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Macintosh LC
With 17 leaky surface mount electrolytic capacitors that need replacing, you’ve really gotta love your Mac LC if you want to keep it…
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