This is my first G3 PowerBook! I'm the proud second owner of a 266 MHz PowerBook G3 Series II machine - complete with two batteries (one completely dead - Battery Reset 2.0 sees it, resets it, but it won't charge), a floppy drive, and a 20x CD- ROM module. It has Mac OS 9.1 installed, 64 MB of RAM, a 2 GB hard drive, and the infamous yo-yo/UFO power adapter.
I'm conditioning the good battery, which appears to have never been used, and got 128 minutes the first time, 137 the second with Battery Amnesia. I could live with 2+ hours, but would prefer a lot more. I've been Googling in hopes of finding instructions for rebuilding the battery, but I've only found tutorials for the Pismo/Lombard battery. I know of one company that rebuilds for $85, and OWC sells a brand new battery for $100, but I'm hesitant to invest that much in a battery for such an old 'Book. Can anyone help me with the rebuild? Based on a tip in yesterday's Miscellaneous Ramblings Mailbag <http:// lowendmac.com/misc/09mr/mb0513.html#4> I've ordered an original AirPort Hub from eBay for $15 shipped. The person who sent in the tip says the WiFi card in the hub is a standard PC Card and will work with Apple's AirPort drivers. Cool! I'll be sure to post about it when I confirm this. I'd like to boost RAM on this machine and put in a larger, faster hard drive - 5400 rpm, 8 MB cache would be nice, and it doesn't have to be bigger than 10 GB. Once it's upgraded, I'll look into getting OS X installed - leaning toward 10.3, although I've heard it can handle Tiger nicely with 512 MB. <http://lowendmac.com/myturn/0805my/deuel- wallstreet.html> If anyone has some WallStreet/PDQ RAM (128 MB or 512 MB modules) or a 5400 rpm hard drive (8 GB or larger), please contact me directly. Thanks! Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
