I wouldn't think so, if it only runs at 105� F as a top temperature now. Just don't take the thing up past 500MHz would be my advice... I'm scared to do it on my iMac DV SE, as at …

If you do it yourself, the only thing I would suggest is being VERY careful. The resisters your are moving, are very fragile. A buddy of mine tried to overclock his iMac (bondi 2…

Great... that makes it even more simple! When I crush one resistor I get 500 MHz, when I crush two 550 MHz, When I crush them all I get a dizzling 1000 MHz ....

lol I guess it's hard to mistake a resistor for a capacitor...I know certain capacitors are used for timing purposes, and taking them out would increase speed. Just look at my OC'd…

What If i were to overclock it to 1 ghz, what would happen. Would my imac melt? Or would it not boot?What is the max speed you think I could overclock my DV SE without hurting it. …

Ok I am not saying that I have ever OC'ed a computer, but I don't think it would be wise to double the speed of a chip at a speed such as 500MHz. I think the safest speed bump you …

I tested my 400MHz DV @ 500MHz. It wasn't stable. Kinda disappointed because it was a copper one.

You have to remember, the higher clocked G3 chips are already near their limits, it's pretty rare to get an overclock from 500, but from 350 (if it is a copper), you are almost gua…

I've posted this before on the apple insider boards, and someone there said i should try posting here. If you want to read what people on AI have written click here Here is what i…

SCSI idea that I don't know if will work or not...I heard it was risky but worked for me, and like I said, it's an idea for SCSI, I'm not sure if you can do such on IDE... Only pl…

Avoid the Single setting. The Single setting is a foolproof setting if just one drive is on the IDE bus. It causes the drive to respond to all commands, regardless of if they were …

I'm @ a friend's house right now, but when i get home i'm gonna try both of your suggestions. One question, however, where would i locate this so called "CUDA master reset button".…

The CUDA switch is on the motherboard, it is not the normal reset, or the programmers interrupt switch that you refer to. I don't know where it is on an iMac, but it looks like a …

This is a pic of the CUDA switch on a 2nd generation iMac - a DVSE 400 to be exact. Apologies for the image quality. I could not find a good pic online, and had to grab one with…

Further thoughts, I have to run off and do some work, so I had better kick them out now. If the blank HD is confusing the iMac, try booting while holding down Cmnd-Option-Shift-De…

Well...i tried the CUDA button and the battery trick. At first i couldn't find the CUDA switch, so thats why i did both. Maybe it wasn't the CUDA switch, it was way smaller than t…

reader50, I was under the impression the the Imac had 2 IDE channels. 1. The two connectors on the Mboard show "ide0 "and "cd-rom". Usually, each channet has ONE connector. 2. Th…

IDE controller generally has a Primary and a Secondary, with each supporting a master and a slave, thus 4 devices can be connected to 1 IDE controller. Most G4s have DVD and Zip o…

4 device capability would be very nice in an iMac. I certainly can't argue with you on that, I have never had an iMac. I have been trying to help based on my G4 experience and wha…

A friend of mine had the exact same problem with his iMac DVSE, though he hadn't opened the machine recently. He was uploading some updated html pages to his site, the iMac bombed…

Joshua: as much as i'd love to take it into the shop, i really can't afford that, and by opening it up and removing all that stuff i'm quite sure my warranty is completely null and…

Um, as far as I'm aware of, CDROMs should ALWAYS have their own power-cord plugged in. Infact, at the back of your CDROM, there might even be a third cable for audio...

The best idea I have left would be to plug both drives into a PowerMac and take a look at them. This would also be a good time to transfer data across. We seem to be having a near…

Cosmo, I just installed my new HD and it went off without a hitch. I am formatting it as we speak. I am using a DiamondMax 30 GB. My question is did you remove the mobo and the…

I did remove the mobo and the daughtercard, and i was quite annoyed @ myself after doing so, because i realized that i had wasted time, and made more room for error...I'm taking it…