I went through the same thing with my 333MHz Lombard. Hooked up a DVD drive, tried to get it to play DVD as a movie and...no dice. Did have some success using VLC under OS X but a …

Might be awhile till I can watch dvd's but I will tinker with this powerbook . It is easy to take apart. I like the keyboard and the way the apple logo glows when the unit is runn…

Woo! This thing has been upgraded and is working properly (posting from it now.) Pushed its pathetic 233mhz up to 333 for now, seems perfectly stable with a good fan, though when …

In addition to beachycove's succinct summation I would point out that, as has already been recorded in previous threads in these Forums, most of the older PBs do not begin to recha…

CPU! Which is why you need a faster CPU to decode DVD MPEG2 in software.

DVD playback is not RAM intensive. Looks like you will need to find the DVD decoder card (rare and not too cheap). Click to expand... Well what is it intensive on?

DVD playback is not RAM intensive. Looks like you will need to find the DVD decoder card (rare and not too cheap).

The Lombard is running O.S.9.2.2. I can put a music cd in and it plays. But when a dvd movie goes in I get the no hardware warning. I was hoping to be able to download a deco…

I think lombards needed the PCMCIA DVD card while the Pismos didn't for viewing DVDs. Are you running OS 9.2.x? It looks for specific hardware decoder cards on specific machines t…

Didn't the early Lombards require the pcmcia dvd decoder card?

Are you trying to watch a DVD movie, or are you trying to mount a data disc? If you can't mount a data DVD, then perhaps you simply have a driver problem. Make sure that the CD/DV…

Corrupt power manager settings can cause all sorts of troubles – including the failure to recognize batteries in some models, but as I understand it, this is owing to software in t…

Woo! This thing has been upgraded and is working properly (posting from it now.) Pushed its pathetic 233mhz up to 333 for now, seems perfectly stable with a good fan, though when…

I have a radeon mac edition in both my B&W's (one is the original no number, the other is a 7000) and never seen the need for hacks (I don't play 3d games). Seems fast enou…

i just tried it for giggles in grins, but took it off because it wasn't consistent. Some things would work better, but then they would be slower again if the hard drive was doing …

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…