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I don't think the new drive is going to create much more heat than the stock drive. We've overclocked the cpu's on the iBook's and have had very good sucess. ;) Tim

I'm assuming they are usb speakers? What make/model are they? Tim

I'm pretty sure that 10.2 doesn't support software basestation. I know that 10.1 does not. If someone knows of a hack to get it to work in 10.2, share the wealth! ;) Tim

Installing ram into the tray load imacs isn't too hard, just requires removing the chassis. (only a couple screws / wires holding it in) As for the type of memory, as Cheryl mentioned, it uses so-dimms. They are 144pin, mostly used with the powerbook g3 series. On the later rev'd trayloads they...

What do you have the card connected to? It can only run as fast as the device on the other end of the cable. Tim

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there isn't anything you can do to upgrade the video. The tray load iMac's came with either 2 or 6megs of vram, depending on the rev, and the slot loads are either 8 or 16, pending model. Since it's all built into the logic board, it's not upgradeable. I...

There's not much else you can do, unless you are handy with a soldering iron. Move a couple of jumpers and you got yourself a 500mhz unit. ;) Tim

Try pulling the battery out. Hold down the cuda reset for thirty seconds and then put battery back in. If it still continues, try eliminating software. Either boot from a cd or, more reliabile, do a clean install of the os. If it continues to act up after the reset and software elimination then...

Why not just have the reed switch removed? All it does is make the unit goto sleep when you close it. That or just hit an electronics shop and get a replacement one. I'd still look into a loose display cable. Apple certainly hasn't had a lot of luck with those over the years. Tim

I'd still be a bit skeptical about having a blown cpu. Does the substance look like a light powder or does it look like corrosion? Try getting an old toothbrush and some isopropyl alcohol and try cleaning it off. How many ram modules are installed on the cpu? Try just one at a time in each slot...

Well, how's about this. It's very very rare for a cpu module to go bad. You can try doing a full logic board reset, swapping/reseating the ram modules, and also reseating the cpu. To do the reset, pull the batteries out, make sure ac is not plugged in, and hold the little button on the back for...

Just a quick note, don't upgrade too much higher than 9.04 or 9.1, or else you will run into lotsa problems. ;) Tim

Easiest thing to do is try booting from a system disc. If the unit boots up then you know it's software, if it doesn't then it's hardware. Since it's having the problems in both os's I doubt it's software. You can also check your system profiler. If it sees the drive then it's probably a bad...

The most common failures I've seen with the Pismo is a blown ethernet controller. Coincidentally enough, when the chip blows it causes the same symptom you describe. The easiest way to tell if it's the chip is to remove the cpu and look directly beneath it, at the logic board. If the chip below...

I've had good luck with Toshiba and IBM drives. I'd personally recommend the Toshiba over the IBM though. Mostly because of height issues. The Toshiba is 9.5mm while IBM is 12mm. If you are going to do the installation yourself, take your time. The iBooks aren't the most friendliest...

Upgrading your CPU would be quite noticeable. Not nearly as fast as an actual g4, but definately must faster than the stock 603ppc you have now. I know when Sonnet first made the g4 upgrades there were a few issues with getting it to work 100%, but I'm sure their drivers are much better now...

Two things. First, as it was mentioned, you can throw a cd-rw drive into your machine. As for the older units having dvd's and the newer ones having cd-rw's, it's really not a step backwards. Apple notied more people would be interested in backing up their data than watching a movie on their...

As much as I hate to say it, Apple's design on the slot-load drives isn't very good. I've had to replace dozens of those drives. Usually it's part of the loading gets out of alignment and/or the frail plastics inside break. I will say this, the DVD drives seem to be more problematic than the cd...

The PC133 ram will work just fine. Make sure it's a name brand and not some generic stuff. I have a 512mb PC150 in my iMac DV+ and it works great. I've also noticed Mac's like CAS 2 moreso over CAS 3. :) Tim