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I did film the moment of truth, but all that happened was the same thing as before, the power button lit up for as long as I held it down with my finger. So I stopped filming, and then several seconds later, I heard what sounds like a fairly whiny unhealthy fan spin up, and I looked down and saw the obnoxiously RGB Corsair keyboard lit up.

I assumed nothing was happening, so didn't hold Cmd+Alt+O+F long enough to get into open firmware and boot via USB, so that's why I'm just getting the icon, I assume.

Actually now that I think of it, wouldn't it be a question mark icon if it were a matter of an HDD with no bootable OS? It might just be slowly booting off the USB as we speak cause I'm still seeing smiley Finder folder icon. ???

#PowerMac #G4 #Quicksilver #OS9 #OSX #OSXTiger

#powermac #g4 #quicksilver #os9 #osx #osxtiger

My name is Gordo @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 03:26 UTC

Was about to test the newly modified ATX PSU in my Quicksilver G4... before I realized it was missing the CMOS battery (I forgot what Apple calls this, but it's the 1/2 AA battery that lives on the mobo... whatever). Why I bought a new battery for it, then realized the PSU was going to need replacing before it would work, and then removed the brand new battery I bought is a mystery to me. Maybe I thought I'd be holding onto it long enough to worry about the battery leaking a corroding the board? (iirc it was a lithium battery though, so honestly no idea what was going thru my head... or where I stored it in the meantime lmao)

#powerMac #g4 #quicksilver #macosx

#powermac #g4 #quicksilver #macosx

My name is Gordo @[email protected] · 2025-09-25 · 00:52 UTC

Okay I'm in a little over my head. If somebody who knows more about electriconics/power supplies could help clear up my confusion, it would be very much appreciated!

I'm following the atxg4.com guide to modify an ATX power supply to work in my PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2002 (link: http://atxg4.com/quicksilver.html), but it is a little light on details, and some of it is just straight up ambiguous (at least to me lol). I can whip up a MIDI controller or an arcade stick with a microcontroller, but that's more programming than circuitry; my actual #EE knowledge is novice hobbyist at best.

Anyway, I *think* I got the "connect the +3.3v line to the Power OK" part right? I interpreted their words + the pinout diagram to mean that I twist them together and they go together into Pin 8? Again, a bit ambiguos; because pin 8 is grey on the ATX pinout, and orange on the Quicksilver pinout, but it sounds like I'm being told to put grey AND orange into pin 8? (See below photo for current status)

#powermac #g4 #quicksilver #atx #psu #powersupply #help

#powermac #g4 #quicksilver #atx #psu #powersupply

four.wheel.travel has moved! @[email protected] · 2025-03-08 · 20:40 UTC

Our New Idria YouTube video is coming! I went out there in November having finally made it to the old ghost town on my third attempt. Editing is coming along, I am at least 50% through, with the weekend ahead of me. This video is at so-called New Idria Reservoir, which is a couple of miles upstream on San Carlos Creek from the town itself. #newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack #powerwagon #fourwheeltravel

#newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack

four.wheel.travel has moved! @[email protected] · 2025-03-08 · 20:40 UTC

Our New Idria YouTube video is coming! I went out there in November having finally made it to the old ghost town on my third attempt. Editing is coming along, I am at least 50% through, with the weekend ahead of me. This video is at so-called New Idria Reservoir, which is a couple of miles upstream on San Carlos Creek from the town itself. #newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack #powerwagon #fourwheeltravel

#newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack

four.wheel.travel @[email protected] · 2025-03-08 · 20:40 UTC

Our New Idria YouTube video is coming! I went out there in November having finally made it to the old ghost town on my third attempt. Editing is coming along, I am at least 50% through, with the weekend ahead of me. This video is at so-called New Idria Reservoir, which is a couple of miles upstream on San Carlos Creek from the town itself. #newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack #powerwagon #fourwheeltravel

#newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack

four.wheel.travel @[email protected] · 2025-03-08 · 20:40 UTC

Our New Idria YouTube video is coming! I went out there in November having finally made it to the old ghost town on my third attempt. Editing is coming along, I am at least 50% through, with the weekend ahead of me. This video is at so-called New Idria Reservoir, which is a couple of miles upstream on San Carlos Creek from the town itself. #newidria #ghosttown #mercurymine #quicksilver #offroad #offthebeatentrack #powerwagon #fourwheeltravel