On Jun 20, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Jancy wrote: > My logic board bit the dust and I need a replacement. I have had a > hard time trying to find an exact replacement board and I believe that > is because of the firmware (?)...it could boot from OS9 which was pre- > installed from Apple along with 10.2...(it was purchased in Dec. of > 2002). I don't use the FW400 and I no longer use OS9. What logic > boards could I use to replace my original if that is possible? I > would really appreciate any info you could give me on this. Thanks > If you need to boot 9 you need a board with FW 400. FW 800 will not boot 9 AFAIK. The MDDs need a special ROM file in the system folder to boot 9 but FW 800 model will not boot it even with the ROM.
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