I would think Quartz Extreme would be best for the 66Mhz PCI slot video cards in B&Ws, not the slower normal 33mhz PCI slots that share bandwidth with other cards like in a…

I would think Quartz Extreme would be best for the 66Mhz PCI slot video cards in B&Ws, not the slower normal 33mhz PCI slots that share bandwidth with other cards like in a…

I thought about doing that, But I also have an ATA 133 controller card as well as a USB/FW card, so having that enabled might hinder overall performance.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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, …

Yeah, get with the times and upgrade already. Everyone's doing it!

cache is built into the processor card, so you dont have to worry about that. you will, however, have to worry about the voltage regulator. There is a certain brand that fries an…

I'd like to get a faster G3 before getting a G4. The only reason to run G4 would be OSX but I have another machine with that. I'd just like to trick it out enough to get the Wings …

how much are you looking to upgrade it? I upgraded mine pretty intensely. Specs are in the signature. macsales.com is where i get most of my parts.

The ROMs are on SIMMs so getting a B or C revision is not an issue. I upgraded one of mine to a later revision just so slave drives on the IDE bus worked. I think there are also is…