To get OS X on an IDE drive, it must be installed on the first partition of the drive and that partition must be 8GB or less. This can be overcome with the use of a Sonnet ATA/100…

Thanks, Wackymacs, but I tried that, too. I get the screen with the refresh button on the left and the arrow button on the right, but no drives appear (with a good OS9 install disk…

Your USB card should be one with the NEC controller chip on it. Then it will work in both Mac OS 9 (as USB1) and in Mac OS X (as both USB1 and USB2). I've heard, but not tested …

Power on the iMac, with a good known-working startup disc inserted, and hold Option. Wait, and a screen should appear showing the bootable options. When you can hear the hard drive…

I recently acquired an iMac G4 Flat Panel that will not boot. When turned on, you can hear the hard drive spin then stop, then the DVD combo drive spin and stop. I cannot get this …

I think I will get the B&W. And a 450. (I remember I seen something about this, but can I pull the processor from a Yikes! and put on a B&W?) Click to expand... …

I did fresh install of OS 8.6, AppleShare, and Timbuktu. Disabled all of the unnecessary extensions. So far it's holding out. I still think I'll pop the hood and give it a once-ove…

I had no end of trouble with OS X 10.2.8 on my Beige G3, after a while it would just die. It then turned out it was going into power saver mode : , so I disabled that and it's b…

I disabled unnecessary extensions, and now I can't even get to the finder... The CPU could be overheating. That is what was causing my Beige G3 to crash in between one and…

The CPU could be overheating. That is what was causing my Beige G3 to crash in between one and seven days for a year or two. If you have it overclocked, move the jumpers back to…

I think I will get the B&W. And a 450. (I remember I seen something about this, but can I pull the processor from a Yikes! and put on a B&W?)

Maybe I'm missing something, but what does that have to do with firmware? Click to expand... Nothing, I'm just going through the OS options. The next steps are disabling all u…

I'm running OSX 10.2 on my Biege G3. Also 9.2.1 will work. Click to expand... Maybe I'm missing something, but what does that have to do with firmware? Beige G3 uses ROM chips,…

I'm running OSX 10.2 on my Biege G3. Also 9.2.1 will work.

(a) move to 8.6? Click to expand... That's what it was originally running; it was just as bad.(I downgraded to 8.5 to see if it would make a difference) ( B) is ther…

(a) move to 8.6? ( B) is there an option of a firmware upgrade?

I have a Beige G3 that I have set up running OS 8.5 with AppleShare IP. For some reason, it keeps crashing. I can't seem to figure out the problem. If I boot it up, it will disappe…

The shielding on Macs is more to meet regulations than anything else, as far as I know. Should work fine without it. Click to expand... Same with the new iMac G3's. I've taken …

B&W G3 officially added to the question. STILL NO JOY about Headgap's timing out? (I don't bother emailing them) Click to expand... Well if the B&W is in the run…

STILL NO JOY about Headgap's timing out? (I don't bother emailing them) Click to expand... I'm not getting anything here either. Something's definitely awry.

B&W G3 officially added to the question. STILL NO JOY about Headgap's timing out? (I don't bother emailing them)

The shielding on Macs is more to meet regulations than anything else, as far as I know. Should work fine without it.

I've taken mine out because its a pain in the butt to keep taking it in and out every time you work on it. It works just the same, same with a clamshell i had a couple years ago.

Getting the shielding back on just now almost killed me, and some people have taken the shielding out of their clamshells to make them more translucent, so I wondered if you needed…

Yes. It shields the innards from RF both internal and external. I would posit that a shield-less icebook would get crappy wifi, have audio problems from the audio cable inducting n…