on 6/24/04 5:44 PM, Ron at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Michael Day wrote: > >> Hi....Boris, what I call the "infra-red"-series of Macs are a rather >> incestuous group. By that, I mean that the logic boards are pretty much >> interchangeable, just the form factor of the "tail-piece" is >> different. >> I've built a lot of hybrid machines and never have changed a P/S in >> any of >> them. Why? Well, it never came up as an issue. My "pet" >> 6360-6500/300mhz >> runs great with the stock P/S and I have all the A/V and TV stuff >> installed. >> Mikie > > > What about using the PCI slot(s) ? Hi...I forgot to mention that my 6360/300 also has a USB card in the PCI slot and a NIC in the Comm II slot. Still no power probs Mikie > The issue will be that using the PCI slot may cause problems in the > 54/55/64/6500 logic board swaps into the infrared Macs. > I have swapped several boards but I leave the PCI slot empty to avoid > problems due to insufficient voltage. This issue is addressed on the > Color Classic upgrade sites where a PPC logic board is used and there > are directions to add the necessary voltage for the PCI functions. > As long as you leave the PCI slot(s) empty there should be no problems. > > Has anyone had any experiences using PCI cards in the PPC infrareds > Macs ? > > I have a LC580 all-in-one with a 5500 board installed. I'm doing some > testing on PCI cards for voltage issues. > I tried a PCI video card but didn't use it long term to be sure but > there were no apparent problems. Next I am going to put a USB card in > it next to test all my USB add-ons. > > > Ron >
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