Well, this definitely didn't go as expected.
First off, I managed to wreck the HARMONi's FireWire daughterboard trying to transplant it. I thought I had all the standoff screws removed and I didn't, and managed to pull off one of the headers. The main G3 card is fine, but the FireWire bus is now unresponsive because half its data lines are gone.
If someone is good at SMT soldering, it's a matter of restoring the header to four solder points. I would be happy to prepay for your time and shipping. Unfortunately, I usually solder myself to the board instead of the wire, so I think I would make it worse.
But now the strawberry G3 is having random fits of issues with the optical drive. So I swapped the optical drive with the blueberry. Now it's just a different set of discs it doesn't like.
If I get 10.2 and 9.2.2 installed on them without hurling them in the street, it will be miraculous. I suppose I can use a USB video input for the time being, though the quality won't be as good.
Anyway, any SMT solder jockeys reading this, send me a PM. I would sure appreciate it.
First off, I managed to wreck the HARMONi's FireWire daughterboard trying to transplant it. I thought I had all the standoff screws removed and I didn't, and managed to pull off one of the headers. The main G3 card is fine, but the FireWire bus is now unresponsive because half its data lines are gone.
If someone is good at SMT soldering, it's a matter of restoring the header to four solder points. I would be happy to prepay for your time and shipping. Unfortunately, I usually solder myself to the board instead of the wire, so I think I would make it worse.
But now the strawberry G3 is having random fits of issues with the optical drive. So I swapped the optical drive with the blueberry. Now it's just a different set of discs it doesn't like.
If I get 10.2 and 9.2.2 installed on them without hurling them in the street, it will be miraculous. I suppose I can use a USB video input for the time being, though the quality won't be as good.
Anyway, any SMT solder jockeys reading this, send me a PM. I would sure appreciate it.