Len Gerstel writes, <Anything from another beige G3 will work. Processor, drives, ram from a B&W will. But if there is a B&W carcass, it is best to upgrade that with parts from your beige.
<They would probably say Sonnet, or NewerTech or some other name on the zif card. Easiest way is to fire up the mac before parting it out and seeing what system profiler says about the processor> No way to power up, that's why he asked me to find out what to look for on visual inspection of the processor. He's got access to enough to be able to take more than just one and plans to snag several likely candidates -- in the event that some of these Macs got junked for good reason, such as "dead processor" in this case -- we'll be able to test them on MY Mac. Obviously if we get lucky, we'll get a good fast one that works on the first shot, but if not, we keep trying. Anyway, thanks for the info on how to tell if the processor is an upgrade like this. <Bus speed on the beiges is 66MHz, B&W is 100. I am using a 350 from a B&W in a beige at 400 with no problems. In a beige, the processor speed is set by the jumpers that Bruce's link describes. So that no matter what the processor says (exclusive of sonnet and some other upgrades) it will run at whatever the jumpers are set to. If you set the speed too high (533 for a processor rated for 266) it will either not run at all, or will overheat of start randomly freezing the system.> and: <I have the pull from a beige that has a barcode on it from Apple with the following text on it: XPC750FIP266CF XPC750- the manufacturers name for this particular G3 266- the rated speed FIP and CF ??> Thank you. In addition to the jumper info (link saved, thanks for including it, Bruce), THIS is the info we want -- how to determine the rated speed. The rated speed is the speed I plan to use it at: no overclocking, thank you, I'm a total chicken of possible complications (and he's on the conservative side also). We just want to find one whose rated speed is higher than 266. The higher the happier -- so long as overclocking is not necessary to get it that way. <No overclocking means no fan, unless you stuff the case full of 10K rpm SCA drives (High speed, high heat server grade SCSI drives).> Thanks, and, hahahaha, no plans to stuff this one with hard drives at all. Maybe, in about ten more years at the rate I'm going, the 20-gig HD I've got now will begin to seem cramped, but in that case either replacing it with a bigger HD (doesn't have to be server quality) will hold me but good. <If the card is not recognized, you can just download the usb 1.4.1 driver from Apple and install it.> Thank you so much. :-) But the FIRST move, after putting in the USB card, should be to "reinstall" the 9.2.2, and if it's STILL not recognized, download and install this driver? Thanks again! ~Yersinia. ________ "Smith & Wesson -- The ultimate "Point & Click" user interface." -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
