Performa 630CD
A donation from a client of mine.
Narrative »
- Mr. Frye donated this computer to me when he needed an upgrade.
Vital Stats »
- Model Number: M3076
- Serial Number: XC4485YK3YH2
- Build Date: 11/30/1994 9:31 PM
Acquisition Data »
- Acquisition Date: 2006-ish
- Acquisition Method: Donation
- Acquired From: Client Dropoff
Physical Condition »
- Vitals: MacOS 7.5.5, 36MB RAM, 250MB SCSI HDD
- Condition: Good, some yellowing. Plastic is very brittle and some clips have broken.
- 1 November 2014: Machine boots. Bad PRAM Battery. Power Supply has high pitched squeal, likely bad capacitor.
- 13 July 2008: Bad Hard Drive diagnosed, doesn’t affect normal boot, but some apps have problems.
- Other: Original keyboard and mouse present. Power cable not present. None of the associated packaging or manuals is present.
- Repair and Preservation Information:
- If you are replacing the Hard Drive on these machines, please be aware of the following:
- That your replacement disk is no greater than 8GB.
- Devices larger than this may function, but you will only be able to use a maximum of 8GB of space, and partition it into 4GB max partitions.
- That you have connected the disk to another machine and initialized it with Disk Setup ahead of time or you have booted from a system that contains the aLoadIDE extension.
- Failure to follow the above two rules will result in the machine not seeing your replacement disk.
- That your replacement disk is no greater than 8GB.
- OS install CD available at https://winworldpc.com/
- Teardown Instructions: http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/legacy/performa_630_series.pdf
- If you are replacing the Hard Drive on these machines, please be aware of the following:
Associated Accessories »
- Apple Performa Plus Display