PowerBook G3 Wallstreet PDQ RAM Compatibility

#31 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 - 22:49

That was me Friday...

Glad to see you know what I mean now. I wasn't sure if it was possible to make it clearer... or if my thinking was off. I put some feelers out to see if a R2 ROM will run a R1 pb. I'm pretty sure it will, but no source to back it. The only sources I've found are the ones that say that all cpu cards are changeable, which according to apple is true, but as we've found is not. Hopefully someone on the LEM facebook page can help. However, now I'm wondering...

Maybe there are two different R1 ROMS. One for the 14.1 and one for 13.1/12.1 . I wish I had some testing units, but alas, I have only my R2 PDQ and its two 300 R2 cpu boards.

Lastly, I'd grab the upgrade, but 120$ is not in the budget atm...

#32 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 - 01:23

Here's what the seller had to say:

I thought about that too, but I must assume it was not flashed in a PDQ. I got it with some WallStreets a while back, and at least two of those were not PDQs. If I had a PDQ, I'd test it out, but I don't.

So it is highly likely it was flashed on a pre-PDQ machine. I therefore am unwilling to take a $120 + $60 (shipping) risk that it "might" work, nor am I willing to spend time to figure out how to restore the Sonnet card's ROM to its pre-flashed state. But perhaps one among us here is willing to do that. Simply refer to the Amazon link I posted before to purchase. And return here to let us know what happens!

#33 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 - 01:27

Well, I don't have the $120+, the knowledge to flash it, nor am I close enough to make a trip with my PDQ... :'(

Anyone in MA want to lend a test run?

EDIT- Is there anyway to make OF show the ROM version? Or, is it shown in system profiler? TRYING THIS NOW! IF IT IS THIS EASY AND WE MISSED IT....... 8-o

Edit 2 - Houston, We have ignition!!!

In system profiler, my ROM version reads as $77D.41F6 . See what your says, ask sirigan to test his. (feels like a kid in a candy store

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