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1400 G3 upgrade questions — #14

I finally installed a new HD, 8.6, and attempted to hunt down Vimage drivers. No luck except for a .img that did not work. So I tried the xlr8 drivers and boom, unhappy mac with …
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Mon, 11 May 2009 - 01:27

Looking at a PowerBook 1400 — #10

I have changed my mind about the 1400c, ever since I got my Acer Aspire One... Perfect computer for me!
68kMLA Hardware by benjgvps Sun, 10 May 2009 - 15:35

Tiger install on beige G3 with xpostfacto problems — #10

A great feature of xpostfacto is the possibility/necessity to use any disk supported in the early boot process as a helper disk and to boot afterwards into any other disk supported…
68kMLA Hardware by register Sun, 10 May 2009 - 11:27

Tiger install on beige G3 with xpostfacto problems — #9

You can also run Jaguar natively on the machine as it was supported. I too have had many problems with running the bus at 83MHz and using more than 1 HDD, which is sad because the…
68kMLA Hardware by Temetka Sun, 10 May 2009 - 09:49

g4 cube startup issues help! — #5

Cubes are fun machines. When you put it all back together, was everything nice and tight and all cables run in their appropriate channels? Due to their compact design, things c…
68kMLA Hardware by Temetka Sun, 10 May 2009 - 09:46

Looking at a PowerBook 1400 — #9

Hmm I have one of of those little gems, and I can tell you they are very nice indeed. However I have mine now in the back room gathering dust after my cat walked across my keyboar…
68kMLA Hardware by jerrag Sun, 10 May 2009 - 03:50

Apple Monitor IIc diagram - help required — #1

I recently picked up an Apple IIc with monitor, and although the IIc is working perfectly the monitor appears to be completely dead. Having stripped it down I've discovered that th…
68kMLA Hardware by MacMan Sat, 9 May 2009 - 21:13

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #12

When I connect it to another machine in SCSI Disk Mode, only the 4GB partition shows up, and I can transfer data to and from it with no problems.If you should try this, and both pa…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Sat, 9 May 2009 - 03:51

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #11

I see absolutely no signs of a 6 GB hard drive limit. I'm using a 40 GB hard drive (Apple ROMed) in mine. Click to expand... There is a 4GB limit for SCSI Disk Mode...if you ha…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Fri, 8 May 2009 - 20:22

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #10

These upgrade cards, their speeds, the differences between them, etc. is probably the most well documented of the powerbook upgrades out there. Compares Sonnet's upgrade cards: h…
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Fri, 8 May 2009 - 16:16

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #9

Interesting. Is there an objective, side-by-side analysis of 1400 upgrade cards that show performance, heat, and power impacts? I've also got a 333 MHz Sonnet card that I bought …
68kMLA Hardware by alk Thu, 7 May 2009 - 05:15

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #8

I know this is a bit off topic, but the 233 Vimage G3 upgrade, IMHO, is not worth the effort. It runs too hot and bleeds the battery. All the best. Click to expand... The batt…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Thu, 7 May 2009 - 03:14

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #7

I know this is a bit off topic, but the 233 Vimage G3 upgrade, IMHO, is not worth the effort. It runs too hot and bleeds the battery. All the best.
68kMLA Hardware by freudling Thu, 7 May 2009 - 02:13

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #6

I see absolutely no signs of a 6 GB hard drive limit. I'm using a 40 GB hard drive (Apple ROMed) in mine. Click to expand... There is a 4GB limit for SCSI Disk Mode...if you ha…
68kMLA Hardware by LCGuy Wed, 6 May 2009 - 13:22

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #5

Try here: http://www.ppcmla.com/downloads/VPower_Vimage_PB.img.sea I stuffed up my installer disk image. I haven't tested the .sea file, but if everything worked as it should (D…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Wed, 6 May 2009 - 06:32

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #4

Sorry, should have stated the G3 upgrade. Good to know though that it will work regardless while I hunt down online drivers. This shall be my next project.
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Wed, 6 May 2009 - 05:07

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #3

The driver is required to activate the L2 cache. Otherwise, the CPU module will work fine. A G3 without cache is virtually the same thing as a 603e. I have that same processor u…
68kMLA Hardware by alk Wed, 6 May 2009 - 03:48

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #2

Driver for the hard drive or the G3 upgrade? I see absolutely no signs of a 6 GB hard drive limit. I'm using a 40 GB hard drive (Apple ROMed) in mine. As for the G3 upgrade, I've…
68kMLA Hardware by Gil Wed, 6 May 2009 - 02:11

1400 G3 upgrade questions — #1

I am looking to install a 10GB HD in my 1400 with a 233 Vimage G3 upgrade installed. I have the driver on floppy but alas no floppy drive for the 1400. If I install the new drive…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Wed, 6 May 2009 - 01:58

g4 cube startup issues help! — #4

well I know the master slave jumpers are ok. the computer worker great for several weeks after the new hd. I reformateded and installed 10.4 clean and then ran tech tools to chec…
68kMLA Hardware by madmann Tue, 5 May 2009 - 03:46

g4 cube startup issues help! — #3

For shits and giggles, take the hard drive out and just boot from an os x disk, see what happens. Thats how I've figured out bad hard drives and such. Of course, a full size G4 to…
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Mon, 4 May 2009 - 16:19

So, Beige G3's. — #52

I have: G3 desktop OS 9.2.2 (I'm struggling to get it to dual boot Ubuntu) 1000 MHz G3 (running from a 83 MHz FSB) 768 MB ram 80 GB hd 24x cd-rom ATI Radeon 9200 PCI 2-port…
68kMLA Hardware by jiffy Mon, 4 May 2009 - 12:49

g4 cube startup issues help! — #2

I'd take it back to when you replaced the hard disk - did you set master/slave on the new drive? The fact that it's chiming, booting to a grey screen suggests all is good - so I'…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Mon, 4 May 2009 - 06:07
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