Well... I got it replaced just fine and nifty, but since I don't have the proper side plate for it (yet, i'll be making it work sometime this week) I didn't have the programmer's button connected, but now i've got it connected, and the iMac makes a popping sound every now and then during startup of OS9 (just updated the firmware, hence the need for the programmer's button) It pops about 3 times during startup, as it's loading extentions. Is that normal?
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Elliott Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz > Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing OSX. It > also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD encoders that the > 350Mhz boards lack. > > 1. Quite easy. Just open it up, and take out the logic board. It's pretty > self-apperent. > 2. Nope. The heat put off by 400Mhz vs. 350Mhz is... still not much. > 3. Probably not much... If the logic board is bad, it probably just won't > boot. I don't see how it could damage other components... It's perhaps > conceivable, but not probable. > > I wish I could find where my school discards old Mac stuff..... > > > -Elliott Price > > Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services > hobbittech.com/quoit > > On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: > >> My school almost threw out a good logic board for a G3 iMac (400mhz >> with firewire) and I'm curious if it'll work to upgrade my 350mhz >> FireWire-less iMac slotload. >> What i'm wondering is: 1: How easy is it to replace it? >> 2: should I be worried about heat issues? >> 3: what kind of damage could this board do to my good imac base if >> it's gone bad since it was last used (The CRT went out on the donor >> system, and the board was removed, and placed in storage for parts, >> but was almost thrown out during spring cleaning.)? >> Thanks >> -Christian >> >> -- >> -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
