Michael McMurtrey wrote:
> I recently acquired a used Power Macintosh 8600. The computer has been
> upgraded with a XLR8 Mach Speed G3 /300MHz. I've installed OS 9.1 The
> Apple System Profiler says it's a 9600. Does this mean it has a 9600
> mother board? How do I tell?
Are their 3 PCI slots or 6, the 8600 only has 3 and the 9600 has 6!
> This computer apparently has no on-board video. The hole in the case for
> the video jack has been plugged with what appears to be a home-made
> plug, and there's nothing on the mother board in the obvious spot where
> the video jack would normally go. What gives here?
> (The computer does have an ATI Rage 128 video card in one of the PCI
> slots and it works just fine.)
Most likely it a 9600 then, as the 8600 has on board video and the 9600 doesn't
> The computer also has an internal Pioneer DR-706S CD-ROM . The audio
> cable is connected, but no audio comes from the internal speaker or the
> external speaker jacks when a CD is playing. This CD-ROM player has a
> headphone jack on the front, and it works. Do I need a separate sound
> card to connect speakers in the usual manner?
Check the monitors and sound control panel, under sound, see if the sound
monitoring source it set to cd or something else.
That might just be it.
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