hi all I recently installed a powerlogix G3 400 512 card in my PCP 210. I also traded out two old 32 meg ram modules for two 128 meg modules ($26.97 each at OWC). All went well to that point. Running mac os 8.6, I was able to run at 420 mhz with the bus speed set at 60 mhz. I enabled the backside cache at the default setting and the machine was incredibly quicker than i expected. The good times end there. I then tried to install a western digital 9 gig scsi drive. The power computing version of fwb hard drive toolkit would recognize but not initialize the new drive. I tried using increasingly more recent versions of mac's hard drive setup. I bought fwb's newest hard drive toolkit (PE). I also downloaded hdst's drive toolkit from OWC. None would initialize the drive. Assuming the drive was at fault, OWC sent a replacement which also would not initialize. In my attempts to eliminate possible conflicts, I reinstalled the 604e processor. The drive still would not work. I suspect part of the reason this drive was offered on OWC for such a cheap price was because of similar experiences to mine. But now the biggest problem. At this point I decided to cut my losses and keep using the PCP with the original 2 gig. I removed the 604e and reinstalled the G3. The machine has not started since then. I checked every connection, replaced the battery, and even switched back to the old ram. I didn't even get the startup chime. Needing a mac quickly, I bought a used mac 7600 (which uses the same upgrade chip and ram). The G3 chip would not work...I guess it is fried. I expect I will be able to return it for a new one, and I will also try to return the hard drive (which I suspect is also toast from aborted low-level formatting attempts). The first time the G3 was installed in the PCP, the monitoring software reported it running at barely over room temperature. As soon as I put it back in and tried to start the machine, the little slab of a heat sink got very hot. After that the 604e chip won't work either. I guess the motherboard fried too. I guess I will get the 7600 going with the replacement G3 and get an 18 gig seagate drive to finish off my "new" mac.
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