On Jan 12, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote:

> Hi everyone, I am new here. I have a question relating to one of my Beige G3 
> Powermacs, it is the 266mhz model with 128mb of RAM. I am looking to install 
> OS 
> X 10.2 and I was wondering if I would need to update the firmware. Right now 
> I 
> have no idea what version the firmware is and I do not have a hard drive in 
> it 
> currently, I got it along with another one for free with no hard drive. Do I 
> need to install OS 9 in order to update the firmware if it is needed for OS X 
> 10.2? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

No you do not. In fact, the firmware on these models is not updateable (that's 
what the never-used firmware ROM slot is for in these systems)

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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