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) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
