I was the original poster of your quote below: I would recommend going to the three links below for more information on the upgrade that you want to do.
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/g3.shtml http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/IDE/ http://www.mactoolbox.com/ You are correct in assuming that the Rev. A does not support slave drives. I apologize for failing to mention that I also removed and replaced the Rev. A ROM with a Rev. C ROM in order to add the capability of slave drives and faster processors. Yes, I did install the slave drive with a stock sled and it mounted fine. Once I went back and set the slave jumper correctly, formatted and partitioned the drives, the install of OS's and Applications went extremely well. I have four partitions on the slaved 40 GB Maxtor and installed 9.1,9.1.2,9.2.1, and 9.2.2 on them for testing and maintenance. I use the 9.2.2 for classic under 10.1.5 that I have on the master 60 GB. Your MMV but, I am extremely happy with my Gossamer running OSX on it. I intend to try 10.2 on it in the near future, as soon as finances will allow. I have had almost no problems with X and am considering a complete departure from OS 9 . To make sure that I have covered everything , I will re-iterate its configuration, as it stands now. : BGEDT G3 Rev. C (was rev. A) 400 MHZ cu. Ziff 1 MHZ (from B&W) over clocked to 433 MHZ / 35 MHZ 768 MB RAM (was 32 MB) 60 MB Maxtor as Master drive in bottom ( was 6 GB) 40 GB Slave to CD Sony CRX 120E CDRW IDE drive set to Master ( was stock 24x cd-rom ) Maxtor 2.0 PCI 4 ext. & 1 int. port USB card Asound 4 port powered USB hub Radeon ME 32 MB PCI card Logitech Wheel mouse , optical with a 3rd button under the wheel. Proview 17" VGA monitor Cannon N656U USB flatbed scanner Epson 777 USB printer SanDisk USB Flash card reader for my Kodak Digital Camera OSX 10.1.5 Main system with 9.2.2 as classic ( on separate partitions & drives ) I differ from the average opinion that BGE's are not a feasible machine for OSX , since I am avidly using it for PS 7.0, IE5.2, MS Office V.x, iTunes 3, and a host of other intensive Apps. And am having no difficulties with it. Good luck with yours. Andy3 > From: Dennis Hamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 10:24:38 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Subject: Re: Beige G3 and ZIF Question > > I'm about to try the same kind of install. I have a Beige Desktop 233 > and would like to install a second HD, Maxtor 100 GB as slave to a > replacement TDK 48x CD. I'm told I need an upper bay sled which I > purchased. How was your install?... and did you use a sled for the > upper or lower bay (where Zip drive would have gone)? > > Also, what kind of improvements have you seen with the ATI Radeon 32MB > video over the stock "Rage"? > > Oh, and BTW, I thought Rev. "A" didn't support slaves? I have Rev "B" I > think because I my G3 came with RagePro. > > Thanks! > > Dennis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Andy3 originally wrote : >> That is what I did to my BGE G3 233 Rev. A. >> >> Here is what I did to it : Replaced the Ziff with a B&W G3 400/ 1 MHz Put in >> a >> ATI Radeon Mac edition 32 MB video board PCI Replaced the memory with three >> 256 MB memory boards Replaced the stock 6 gig ata drive with a Maxtor 60 GB >> as >> master in the bottom and a Maxtor 40 GB as slave to the Replaced stock 24x cd >> for an ATA Sony CDRW -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
