bell4349 wrote: > my LC630 > presently sports the board from a 5260 and I'm looking to replace that > with the board from a PM6400) and the front panel which gives access to > the cd-rom drive and the hard disk - this being IDE as opposed to SCSI.
> Should you be contemplating replacing the board with one from a PowerMac > 5500,6400 or 6500, you'll need to change to 168 pin memory, but then you > can go to OS 8.6 and be able to contemplate the use of PCI cards - always > supposing you can find the neccessary risers. Hi David, I picked up a 631CD. I also have the guts of a 6400/180. The motherboards/edge connectors do look similar, so I tried to do a plug in replacement. I had to remove the PCI riser card. Then you can just swap the backpanels. However, nothing happened. No "bong", no screen. So I put it aside for awhile. The 6400's case was smashed up (and CDROM is broken) but it does run otherwise. The 631CD is a road apple. So what am I missing in doing this conversion? I was thinking there may be a problem in the power supply side. Isn't a 603e a 3.3v device? I still think this would be a great idea (if it works). Is the edge pin connectors common on all such Macs? Anybody point to the pinout? John -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
