Paul Campbell wrote:
> 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.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Paul Campbell
>
Have you considered just getting a new G4 machine and stop flogging a dead horse?
For all the money you're plowing into the PCP210 (which was a great machine in its
day...I still have one with a Sonnet 300MHz G3 card installed), you can pretty get a
much more powerful G4 Mac with more memory, more disk, more everything, plus you'll
be able to run OS X. That's what I'm planning to do after Macworld. Gotta see what
Apple is planning to introduce in New York <g>.
herb
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