Power Macintosh
Power Mac G4 (MDD) ATX Power Supply conversion
Submitted by eeun on January 6, 2009 - 8:53pm. Apple | Hacks | Power Macintosh | Engineering Hack 
One dead G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) power supply. There's nothing visibly wrong that might have been an easy fix, and the PSU is pretty densely packed with a lot of silicon caulk applied to keep components from shifting. Better to start from scratch with an ATX power supply...
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Cinema Display: repairing the DVI connector
Submitted by iguana on December 10, 2006 - 6:43pm. Apple | Power Macintosh | Engineering Hack | Electricity & Optics 
I posted a question in the forums about repair of a cinema display 20-inch, whose DVI connector was broken off. I finally have the solution and a working Cinema display again and as promised in the thread I would post the info regarding what color is what pin. So here it is.
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Apple USB keyboard repair
Submitted by eeun on November 3, 2006 - 8:08pm. Apple | Power Macintosh | Hardware 
Disassemble and repair an Apple USB keyboard using tinfoil and superglue.
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Glowing Wallstreet
Submitted by westieg3 on July 3, 2006 - 11:29pm. Apple | Hacks | Power Macintosh | Laptop Mods 
Modify your PowerBook G3 Wallstreet's case so that light from the LCD will pass through the Apple logo.
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Intel Mac mini: Take Apart Guide (RAM & HD)
Submitted by Tom Owad on March 2, 2006 - 4:48am. Apple | Power Macintosh | Guide | Hardware 
This guide describes how to take apart the Intel Mac mini and upgrade the RAM and hard drive.
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Repairing the PowerBook 5300
Submitted by Tom Owad on November 18, 2005 - 4:21am. Power Macintosh | Guide | Hardware 
A design flaw in this PowerBook inevitably leads to a flakey power connector. Learn how to repair it.
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Experiments with the Apple Motion Sensor
Submitted by Tom Owad on March 9, 2005 - 10:48pm. Power Macintosh | Project | Software 
Apple's latest PowerBooks contain a "Sudden Motion Sensor" to prevent damage to the hard drive. Learn how you can use this sensor output to gather data or play games.
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Memento
Submitted by Tom Owad on January 21, 2005 - 7:15pm. Power Macintosh | Review | Software 
Remember a few words but forget where you saw them? Memento provides a clean and easy interface for searching Safari's cache.
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Power Button Mod - Change the Stock LED on a G4
Submitted by tao_ops on October 22, 2004 - 2:41am. Apple | Power Macintosh | Electricity & Optics
How to swap the power button LED in a Sawtooth G4.
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Hard drive sandwich
Submitted by eeun on September 20, 2004 - 1:54pm. Apple | Power Macintosh | Engineering Hack | Peripherals
Using aluminum bar stock, eeun puts the squeeze on hard drive noise!
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