I would go to the horses mouth (so to speak): http://www.newertech.com/tech_support/support_legacy.php
MacPower G3 PDS I have a G3 with a 4MB Apple HPV card in my 6100... it absolutely rocks (for a 6100)! As to why you had problems with the 7100... I have no idea... I have no experience with 7100 or 8100 machines... I can look at scanning the manual, but first I will need to find it... LOL. Good luck, Derek On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:19 PM, H.S. Thompson wrote: > > Hey Guys, > I recently purchased a, believe it or not, brand new still shrink- > wrapped Newer Tech MAXpowr G3 PDS (240MHz G3, 160MHz 1MB cache) card > to use in my 7100/80. The box also included the VideoCaddy card, so > that I can use my HPV video card along with this upgrade. The only > thing missing from the box was the manual and driver disks. Here are > the specs on my new card: http://www.everymac.com/upgrade_cards/ > newertech/maxpowr_g3_nubus/maxpowr_g3_nubus_240.html > . > > This is where my question comes in. I have purchased a Crescendo PDS > upgrade card directly from Sonnet last year. After many hours and > messing with it, I decided it was defective and got an RMA. When I got > the new one, I had also got a new (used) PM 7100 to try it in, as I > was trying to use the first one in a PM 6100. Without really getting > into to much detail here, here's what happened. I wanted to leave no > chance to damage of damaging the new card by mishandling this time, so > I wore a static band and was extremely careful (I have install 100's > of computer cards, by the way). Of course, the new card didn't work. I > tried everything. Got new driver versions from Sonnet, reinstalled > System OS, reset PRAM, rebuilt desktop, everything. I did finally get > the card to work, very intermittently. What was wrong?? It did not fit > tightly enough in the PDS slot. You have to hold the card very steady > at start-up and once in 30 times the extension won't have the red X in > it and the card works great, of course the computer freezes up > constantly. I tried lots of things to hold the card down tight enough > to fix this, but to no avail. Whats really interesting is the my HPV > card, which of course goes in the same slot, fits fine and always > works. > > I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions on this issue, but that's > not my main question. My main concern is this: They don't make the > Newer brand cards anymore of course, and I am really afraid of these > PDS cards since my terrible experience with the Sonnet crap. > > So, since I don't have the manual or exact drivers for the card, I was > wondering if someone with experience with this specific card could > tell me exactly how they successfully installed theirs as well as any > tips. A PDF copy of the manual or something would be great, along with > a download of the drivers, but not necessary really. I know how to > install the card of course, I just want to know if their is anything I > should be careful of. > > I did find this site which has working downloads for most Newer card > drivers, but I do not know exactly which one to use and I am scared to > use the wrong one (due to other Sonnet card problems). > Here's the link: > http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/index.cfm?load=newertech.html > > I would greatly appreciate any help at all with this new card. I > promised myself I would stop if this one didn't work, I can't waste > any more time on this now, no matter how bad I want it to work. > > Thanks Vintage Mac users! > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
