My beige config is in the signature. Are there any ways to get the freaking dvd player to work on this thing?!?!?!?! I did a mod/hack where you delete the install check file in t…

Read the help doc and found out that when the vga monitor is hooked up a to a monitor, a dialog box shows up in the monitor and sound panel. The powerbook is not seeing the monitor…

how do you tell what revision ROM you have? Click to expand... As you are probably aware, ASP tells you which ROM is installed: $77D.40F2 revision A $77D.45F1 revision B $77…

how do you tell what revision ROM you have? Click to expand... Get to know (and love) LEM. http://lowendmac.com/ppc/beige-power-mac-g3-1997.html

What's the average max stable speed of a 400mhz g3? Click to expand... Can't relate to that one but I pushed my 350 to 420 with no problems.

how do you tell what revision ROM you have?

you best bet is finding one with an 83mhz grackle and switching out the roms. best of both worlds. If you get the high end sonnet, you can only run at the 66 mhz anyways though.

Well, purchased a guaranteed working 400mhz proc off eBay for $14 shipped... Seemed too weird to have a machine with 768mb RAM and a 30gb HD with a 233mhz proc. What's the average…

RESOLVED. Seems that something on the hard disk that for some reason was loaded even while booting from CD was causing the problem. Now it seems slow, but just because I'm used to…

Sounds like a bit of problem determination is required. Try producing a list of boot up times with varying amounts of memory. Also, duplicate that same list without virtual memor…

Well, fixed the slowness problem, but now when I try to install a new 400mhz g3 upgrade card, I get a bong but no display. Ram is confirmed good, as is video. CUDA reset and PRAM …

So in a sense, if I want to overclock, maybe it would be better to stick with a Rev A board? Then I can just buy a pretty decked out G3 (well, nothing very fast) and stick with thi…

The rev A motherboards were the only ones that did 83Mhz I think (kind of like how the Wallstreet 1 did 83Mhz FSB while the later wallstreets were stuck at 66Mhz only).

Ebay seller IC-China has fast ZIF G3s for dirt cheap. They are sold as-is, but for $15 and flat $5 worldwide shipping, who cares? Look under Chips/Motorola and Chips/IBM. As for…

Just one thing - remember that VGA port on the 3400 only allows mirroring - you cannot run an extended desktop on any PowerBook 3400.

Additionally, sometimes turning the machine on at an angle and holding down the trackpad button is required for a 'gravity assist'.

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i used a G3 450 CPU from a B&W (it clocks up to 466mhz in the Beige G3 cause of the 66mhz bus in the Beige) it runs great. i also have 768mb ram in my AIO which alows it t…

No luck. It looks like he deleted some control panels. Will re-install 8.6.1

I once saved a program from an IBM PC 5150's ROM BASIC onto cassette, loaded it back in, then listened to the recording. This was just so I could say that I've loaded an IBM PC pro…

The mains RFI filter capacitor has exploded, caused by a period of disuse. The component is completely non-essential to the unit's operation, and you can safely continue to use it…

Depending on what System you're running, try checking the "PowerBook Display" or "Monitors and Sound" control panels to see if anything is available there. Also, the "Video Mirrori…

drivejumper.com/ClockupG3/homepage.html is a fairly good resource for this sort of thing, when the page loads... Anyways, the Royal VRMs are the bad ones. The Raytheons are good, …

How do you get the VGA port going? Is there a setup or function key to press?