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    Flashing AEC6280 for Mac use

    There are two different variations of this card. The one that is labeled ACHIP had a couple more resistors to move. Supposedly the ACARD (the one I have) only has two to mess with.
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    Flashing AEC6280 for Mac use

    I gave the solder points a good scrub with alcohol/toothbrush/paper towel and they look very clean now. Reinstalled, and the card is still seen as a PCI 1911,9 (I think...I'm not at home right now) and the flasher utility says successful during a flash but the card still isn't recognized. Any...
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    Flashing AEC6280 for Mac use

    No, I didn't. I'll clean the flux off, but there wasn't much. I also checked under a microscope to make sure I didn't leave any solder bridges.
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    Power Mac G4 Quicksilver main case fan replacement

    If you are careful, I imagine you could spray-paint one of the Noctua's back to black. If you go lightly, it should affect the sound or flow characteristics. Even better would be to use an airbrush.
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    Beige PowerPC G3 - IDE HardDrive Replacment?

    In my beige G3, I used one of the generic IDE-CF adapters and a 32GB CF card partitioned to 8GB/24GB and it works great. A lot snappier than the original drive. I used one of the Sandisk 32GB Extreme CF cards, UDMA up to 120MB/s. We'll see how reliable it ends up being. In the G4 QS, I used an...
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    Flashing AEC6280 for Mac use

    It's labeled AEC6280 REV: 1.0 and has the ACARD chip on it, as opposed to the ACHIP chip. So it should match up with what Braun did.
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    Flashing AEC6280 for Mac use

    Howdy folks! First time posting here. I've been surfing the forum for a few weeks and figured I should register. I successfully replacing the eeprom on an ATI Radeon 7000 after flashing the chip using a CH341 programmer and having the card work perfectly in my beige G3. I'm now trying to...
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