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Apart from agreeing with all the positive feedback in your comments, I would also like to mention that I LOVE the lighting and background ambiance so much in your video. You really managed to show the most important shots in the golden ratio, perfect reflections (in the screens) and just. UGH. SO GOOD 😍
I used to work some at a Mac retailer in the 90:s and remember most machines from the era. I was a Mac fanboy and it was great having access to lots of cool hardware. I remember no real problem with the plastics back then, so it aged really bad. I now have a large collection of vintage 8 and 16 bit home computers, mostly older than the Macs. These machines show much less brittle plastics problems than the macs.
God id love to have one of these so much. They had PowerMac 5XXX all in ones at my elementary school and they’re the first computer memories I have. I know they’re not the most beloved Macs of all time but I really think they have a timeless design and would absolutely make one my main retro Mac if I could get one. Thanks for keeping this one out of the scrapyard.
My dad worked as an Apple Education systems engineer for an Apple reseller. They were cleaning the warehouse at work and at one point he brought like two of these home (circa 2000) and my brother and sister and I would play network games with them. A lot of Bolo!
Thanks! I'm fairly new to this, but please spread the word if you like :) All the TH-cam-y clicks do genuinely help small channels reach a wider audience
If you don't have to pause, and even replay the last few seconds from time to time, you're not watching this properly. There's so much going on here! Such amount of dedicated work, really admirable.
What on earth were they thinking, eh? And thanks, I was winging it with the texture and it turned out well for a first attempt. I think there's something there with practice and refinement...
if not mistaken it was Apple who recommended to raise their Apple ///, 5 inches from a table and then drop them down - hoping to re-seat the ICs which might have come out because of lack of ventilation! :D
What an amazing restoration - and video. I know how long it takes to make those close-ups. One suggestion when you re-install SMD caps: apply solder on one pad, add flux, solder the pad. THEN, apply solder to the other pad. If you apply solder to both, the capacitor won't reach the PCB. It'll work I guess but if you do one at the time and make sure the first pad has reached the PCB, then the second pad will be in place to take solder. Looking forward to the next video!
So glad I got this in my recommended, instant subscribe! No music, no voiceover, just the sights & sounds of giving a well-used PowerMac the respect it deserves. I find this very similar to that one Toyota Sienna detailing video that blew up a few years back, but this is right up my vintage Mac alley. I can't wait to see what you do in the future, hopefully you can tackle a Mac Plus (it's beautifully simple to work on).
And to think we make air fryers using plastics blows my mind to this day! Had heaps of issues being an electrician when they never used UV stabilised plastics. Their junk couldn't last 2 years in our Aussie conditions
Yes! Aside from not wanting to snap those small tabs, that's exactly why I love leaving them. I don't have to look at them all the time, but it's a nice reminder :)
I loved these old machines. They were everywhere in my highschool before they were all replaced with Molar Macs. Actually decent all-in-one Power Macs. Nice restoration, as always! I think you should embrace your cyberpunk restoration aesthetic with the cinder block walls, echo-y room, and metal table surface. I love it, it's really unique. See ya around!
I love the Molar... but I think I might love the 5400 more now (just don't tell the G3). And thanks for the kind words :) Definitely going for the liminal-industrial-cyberpunk thing. Teenage me would be happy, haha
I absolutely love your style of videos. I used these computers when I was in Kindergarten. We had the walls lined with this specific model, probably about 12 of the 5400 model in total . I remember it very fondly. I was always running to get to one to play Thinkin' Things Collection 1 on it. I am glad someone has a deep passion for preserving these computers.
Well, I'm relieved to hear that you didn't try to ship one. There are countless sad stories about that. I hope you'll find one local sooner than later -- I'm rooting for you!
I remember using these machines in the mid-90s in school. Brings back memories. Your technical knowledge is impressive. Solid state drive and a G3 upgrade on top of it. Nice video.
Great work-slow, careful, meticulous, but fast-paced in the editing. Subbed! In the late '90s I had a 5200CD (same form factor). It was famously underpowered, but the I/O was pretty robust for an all-in-one. I was fond of it.
I find cleaning older Macs like this very pleasing. I detailed my Classic I, which looks like new, except a couple for small dings up front, but it's not yellowed and I restored it to its former glory. Currently runs 7.1 via BlueSCSI V2 with Wi-Fi and a 4GB SD card with a 2GB hard drive image. I love how my system turned out and my next mod will be a Noctua fan mod. The Classic II needs a retr0brite, but it's also restored and working great. Just need to recap the analog board, but for now, the voltage is steady and the audio is clear as a bell.
Sounds awesome! Please get to the analog board sooner than later... the Classic I & II are pretty much guaranteed to have leaking AB caps :( But it sounds like you have a great eye for detail, so they are in good hands
@@iiidiy Thankfully, these aren't that hard to work on. Both logic boards in my Classic I and II use SMD Tantalum capacitors and the one system has had a full recap. Going to order analog board caps for the Classic II and do a full recap on it. I might as well de-yellow the Classic II chassis and add holes to the side of the Classic I for the speaker so it'll be louder.
In 2003-2004, the newspaper I worked at had several Powermacs like these. WE were transitioning t0 the G4 iMacs and many of these were upgraded to G3 with the older ones retired. In 2004, the last of them were scrapped and replaced with Dells. The rest of us got G4s and my boss got a G5.
Zoombinis at elementary school in the late 90s on iMacs, Though I"m almost certain it was a powermac that I first played Myst and Riven on and at my buddies place in happy valley Utah and ever since then I had always found old Apple systems enchanting even being a PC user all my life. Recently started collecting Macs from all eras that I can find deals on. I have a fleet of mid to late 2000s iMacs that I run windows XP on to run LAN parties with some pals. I would love to find a PowerMac to fully reminisce my Original Myst experience and explore the island as it was meant to be explored.
This model brings back so many memories of my childhood, so many shareware and unuseful software to get graphic enhancements in system 7, like Aaron or Kaleidoscope, or Xmas Lights, and killing time using ResEdit to dive into applications hidden resources.
nice video, you have earned yourself a subscriber. But now you should do something interesting with it, such as installing linux with it. I have exactly the same model (black case) and I'm having a lot of fun.
Thanks! I LOVE the black 54/5500s! Definitely on my “grail list” :) This will indeed be used for something interesting - part of a video installation at my office
@@KevinFields777 good question. I didn’t track my time, but it was probably around 40-50 hours spread over a week. The end use depends on the computer… most of the projects on my channel are going into a big video installation at my office, some are working / interactive displays, and a couple are gifted to friends.
That big pile of AIOs at the beginning.. what happened to the rest of them? I’ve been trying to fix a AIO G3 but there’s an issue with the analogue or power board and nothing I’ve done has been able to fix it. Would there happen to be any that could be salvaged from that pile perhaps?
Maaaaybe, but they were in VERY rough shape. I picked up the one in my AIO video last winter, around Dec/Jan and he had several dozen back then. By the time I went back in April, they had been picked through and he was down to the dregs, maybe a dozen or two left, but all in pretty awful condition. He probably still has some left, and you could get a parts machine for cheap, but the parts will all be suspect. Feel free to reach out directly of Mastadon or email if you want to chat further about it
@@iiidiy thanks for the reply! Ah I suspect that’ll be a dead end then as I want a confirmed working power and analogue board. I’m in the UK where these things were never sold, so trying to get ahold of something to even test it with is near on impossible. Of course shipping a whole unit over here is impossible too as it’d arrive as a surprise jigsaw puzzle.
You know, I probably could with the G3 upgrade in there now... but the graphics card would struggle, or would need a PCI card with the complicated "hack" that I did on the Molar. I'm happy with 8.1 on this one. For the nostalgia :)
@@iiidiy I once owned a 6500 (mostly the same board, but different case) - The XpostFacto webiste once told me max MacOs 10.1 will run on this machine. ("The main problem is that SCSI and Ethernet are not working, which makes installation of 10.2 difficult.") The mainbaord had some issues and i am not skilled in electrical repairs, and so it went to trash. After the 6500 i got a used G3DT and maxed it up to its limits: Sonnet G4/800, 768 MB ram, MacOs10.4, ATI rage Pro 128 graphics card - it was my daily driver until 2009. (please excuse me, if i typed some errors, english is not my first language)
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WARNING: DO NOT WORK ON POWER SUPPLIES UNLESS YOU ARE TRAINED IN THE CORRECT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. ALSO... It's September of 2024 and DaVinci Resolve STILL doesn't have a spell-check feature in their text generator... so reply to this comment with your favorite typo!
Apart from agreeing with all the positive feedback in your comments, I would also like to mention that I LOVE the lighting and background ambiance so much in your video. You really managed to show the most important shots in the golden ratio, perfect reflections (in the screens) and just. UGH. SO GOOD 😍
Thank you for the kind words, and I'm relieved that someone notices the reflections ❤️
As a lifelong tech enthusiast, this is the real deal. This is the kind of love missing from tech TH-cam.
@@joshman1019 thanks, appreciate that! There are some great channels doing caring work… but a lot of quick turnaround content too :)
I used to work some at a Mac retailer in the 90:s and remember most machines from the era. I was a Mac fanboy and it was great having access to lots of cool hardware. I remember no real problem with the plastics back then, so it aged really bad. I now have a large collection of vintage 8 and 16 bit home computers, mostly older than the Macs. These machines show much less brittle plastics problems than the macs.
God id love to have one of these so much. They had PowerMac 5XXX all in ones at my elementary school and they’re the first computer memories I have. I know they’re not the most beloved Macs of all time but I really think they have a timeless design and would absolutely make one my main retro Mac if I could get one. Thanks for keeping this one out of the scrapyard.
Great job on this one! This makes me wish I had time to continue fixing up my childhood Performa 580CD.
Life gets in the way. I hope you can eventually find the time!
My dad worked as an Apple Education systems engineer for an Apple reseller. They were cleaning the warehouse at work and at one point he brought like two of these home (circa 2000) and my brother and sister and I would play network games with them. A lot of Bolo!
Nice! Having two of these on a home network would've been so fun! I haven't played Bolo before, I'll have to give that a try, thanks
Nice job on troubleshooting the video problem!
blown away by the quality and attention to detail! and you've got only so few subscribers?? your channel definitely deserves better recognition.
Thanks! I'm fairly new to this, but please spread the word if you like :) All the TH-cam-y clicks do genuinely help small channels reach a wider audience
If you don't have to pause, and even replay the last few seconds from time to time, you're not watching this properly. There's so much going on here! Such amount of dedicated work, really admirable.
Thanks! I try to move along quickly so it doesn't get stale... but there's a lot to get through! :)
Love the documentation from the service manual 🤣I like your technique for adding texture back in. Impressive work!
What on earth were they thinking, eh? And thanks, I was winging it with the texture and it turned out well for a first attempt. I think there's something there with practice and refinement...
if not mistaken it was Apple who recommended to raise their Apple ///, 5 inches from a table and then drop them down - hoping to re-seat the ICs which might have come out because of lack of ventilation! :D
Very thorough job, my goodness! It makes me miss my Power Mac 6100/66 DOS. I opted for that one instead of an all-in-one for more flexibility.
The 6100 DOS was extra-flexible with the dual boot! Hope one day I can find one too :)
What an amazing restoration - and video. I know how long it takes to make those close-ups.
One suggestion when you re-install SMD caps: apply solder on one pad, add flux, solder the pad. THEN, apply solder to the other pad. If you apply solder to both, the capacitor won't reach the PCB. It'll work I guess but if you do one at the time and make sure the first pad has reached the PCB, then the second pad will be in place to take solder.
Looking forward to the next video!
Thanks for the kinds words and advice! :)
That’s pretty amazing I gotta say
Lemmings would have to have been my favourite game to play whilst using these in school.
Yes! Lemmings is the best!
So glad I got this in my recommended, instant subscribe! No music, no voiceover, just the sights & sounds of giving a well-used PowerMac the respect it deserves. I find this very similar to that one Toyota Sienna detailing video that blew up a few years back, but this is right up my vintage Mac alley. I can't wait to see what you do in the future, hopefully you can tackle a Mac Plus (it's beautifully simple to work on).
@@sebr6460 Welcome, glad the algorithm brought you here! :) I’d love to do a Plus at some point, hopefully I run across one!
And to think we make air fryers using plastics blows my mind to this day! Had heaps of issues being an electrician when they never used UV stabilised plastics. Their junk couldn't last 2 years in our Aussie conditions
Thanks bro. Legendary
Exact model they had when I was in school. Wish I had one of these, so many memories thanks for the video!
What incredible attention to detail -- a true Master Class in restoration! Thank you!
Aw, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
So happy you kept the original yellowing on the port covers, nice reminder of how far you’ve come!
Yes! Aside from not wanting to snap those small tabs, that's exactly why I love leaving them. I don't have to look at them all the time, but it's a nice reminder :)
What a score!
I loved these old machines. They were everywhere in my highschool before they were all replaced with Molar Macs. Actually decent all-in-one Power Macs. Nice restoration, as always! I think you should embrace your cyberpunk restoration aesthetic with the cinder block walls, echo-y room, and metal table surface. I love it, it's really unique. See ya around!
I love the Molar... but I think I might love the 5400 more now (just don't tell the G3). And thanks for the kind words :) Definitely going for the liminal-industrial-cyberpunk thing. Teenage me would be happy, haha
Dude!! What a transformation! Adding texture back to the plastic like that was a stroke of genius.
The bare plastic really catches the light! I think there's something here with practice :)
I absolutely love your style of videos. I used these computers when I was in Kindergarten. We had the walls lined with this specific model, probably about 12 of the 5400 model in total . I remember it very fondly. I was always running to get to one to play Thinkin' Things Collection 1 on it. I am glad someone has a deep passion for preserving these computers.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing, love to hear the real-world user stories!
Fantastic work!
Thanks Mr. Beagle :)
I always wanted one of these but the shipping cost and potential for disaster was too great. Great job getting this one running!
Well, I'm relieved to hear that you didn't try to ship one. There are countless sad stories about that. I hope you'll find one local sooner than later -- I'm rooting for you!
What an inspiration. I really like my 5210, but it's having video issues that are keeping me from using it more often. Time to disassemble!
Good luck!
I remember using these machines in the mid-90s in school. Brings back memories. Your technical knowledge is impressive. Solid state drive and a G3 upgrade on top of it. Nice video.
Excellet attention to detail, and problem solving.
Now you can spend the rest of the day playing Hellcats: Missions at Leyte Gulf, and MacPlaymate.
Yes! Thanks for the suggestions! :)
Great work-slow, careful, meticulous, but fast-paced in the editing. Subbed! In the late '90s I had a 5200CD (same form factor). It was famously underpowered, but the I/O was pretty robust for an all-in-one. I was fond of it.
Yeah, it's funny how much slower my 5260/120 feels compared to the 5400/200... can only imagine the education 5200/75! :)
Love the video. I really like the use of the hot air gun throughout and the texture work is pro level!
Thanks!
🥰 Love this restro. , very good job and also love the upgrades 😀 Had the g3 AIO with the same config, but slightly faster CPU, very epic 😃
Merci pour la vidéo
Great content!
I love this form factor so much - I really hope I come across one of these at some point.
I find cleaning older Macs like this very pleasing. I detailed my Classic I, which looks like new, except a couple for small dings up front, but it's not yellowed and I restored it to its former glory. Currently runs 7.1 via BlueSCSI V2 with Wi-Fi and a 4GB SD card with a 2GB hard drive image. I love how my system turned out and my next mod will be a Noctua fan mod. The Classic II needs a retr0brite, but it's also restored and working great. Just need to recap the analog board, but for now, the voltage is steady and the audio is clear as a bell.
Sounds awesome! Please get to the analog board sooner than later... the Classic I & II are pretty much guaranteed to have leaking AB caps :( But it sounds like you have a great eye for detail, so they are in good hands
@@iiidiy Thankfully, these aren't that hard to work on. Both logic boards in my Classic I and II use SMD Tantalum capacitors and the one system has had a full recap. Going to order analog board caps for the Classic II and do a full recap on it. I might as well de-yellow the Classic II chassis and add holes to the side of the Classic I for the speaker so it'll be louder.
Nice job like always 🙂
Thanks! :)
Wow!! Excellent work and video! Thanks for sharing
in that era our school computers were monochrome Schneiders. Apparently that brand is still selling computers
In 2003-2004, the newspaper I worked at had several Powermacs like these. WE were transitioning t0 the G4 iMacs and many of these were upgraded to G3 with the older ones retired. In 2004, the last of them were scrapped and replaced with Dells. The rest of us got G4s and my boss got a G5.
Absolutely excellent work and video!
Cool retro mac PC video!😊
The brittle plastics triggering my ptsd 😖
Great job regardless 😅
I might have to start putting content warnings on my videos 😄
@@iiidiy that cracking noise brings back some horrific memories 😫😅
Zoombinis at elementary school in the late 90s on iMacs, Though I"m almost certain it was a powermac that I first played Myst and Riven on and at my buddies place in happy valley Utah and ever since then I had always found old Apple systems enchanting even being a PC user all my life. Recently started collecting Macs from all eras that I can find deals on. I have a fleet of mid to late 2000s iMacs that I run windows XP on to run LAN parties with some pals. I would love to find a PowerMac to fully reminisce my Original Myst experience and explore the island as it was meant to be explored.
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That garage was a Cave of Wonders LOL
Thank you! Wonders… misery… same same ;)
This model brings back so many memories of my childhood, so many shareware and unuseful software to get graphic enhancements in system 7, like Aaron or Kaleidoscope, or Xmas Lights, and killing time using ResEdit to dive into applications hidden resources.
nice video, you have earned yourself a subscriber. But now you should do something interesting with it, such as installing linux with it. I have exactly the same model (black case) and I'm having a lot of fun.
Thanks! I LOVE the black 54/5500s! Definitely on my “grail list” :) This will indeed be used for something interesting - part of a video installation at my office
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my Performa 5260 has a dead power supply and the most brittle plastic i have put my hands on
Yeah... mid-90s Apple :(
@@iiidiy even early 2000s apple too, like the slot load imac g3, those are super brittle
How many hours did you put into restoring this Mac, and what do you do with them once you're finished?
@@KevinFields777 good question. I didn’t track my time, but it was probably around 40-50 hours spread over a week. The end use depends on the computer… most of the projects on my channel are going into a big video installation at my office, some are working / interactive displays, and a couple are gifted to friends.
@@iiidiy Very cool! Thank you for sharing.
That big pile of AIOs at the beginning.. what happened to the rest of them? I’ve been trying to fix a AIO G3 but there’s an issue with the analogue or power board and nothing I’ve done has been able to fix it. Would there happen to be any that could be salvaged from that pile perhaps?
Maaaaybe, but they were in VERY rough shape. I picked up the one in my AIO video last winter, around Dec/Jan and he had several dozen back then. By the time I went back in April, they had been picked through and he was down to the dregs, maybe a dozen or two left, but all in pretty awful condition. He probably still has some left, and you could get a parts machine for cheap, but the parts will all be suspect. Feel free to reach out directly of Mastadon or email if you want to chat further about it
@@iiidiy thanks for the reply! Ah I suspect that’ll be a dead end then as I want a confirmed working power and analogue board. I’m in the UK where these things were never sold, so trying to get ahold of something to even test it with is near on impossible. Of course shipping a whole unit over here is impossible too as it’d arrive as a surprise jigsaw puzzle.
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You know, I probably could with the G3 upgrade in there now... but the graphics card would struggle, or would need a PCI card with the complicated "hack" that I did on the Molar. I'm happy with 8.1 on this one. For the nostalgia :)
@@iiidiy But i would really know… Up2you!
@@iiidiy I once owned a 6500 (mostly the same board, but different case) - The XpostFacto webiste once told me max MacOs 10.1 will run on this machine. ("The main problem is that SCSI and Ethernet are not working, which makes installation of 10.2 difficult.")
The mainbaord had some issues and i am not skilled in electrical repairs, and so it went to trash.
After the 6500 i got a used G3DT and maxed it up to its limits: Sonnet G4/800, 768 MB ram, MacOs10.4, ATI rage Pro 128 graphics card - it was my daily driver until 2009.
(please excuse me, if i typed some errors, english is not my first language)
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