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Putting motherboard in a new case — #2

Hi, you can put the 7300 in any ATX Style case. Apple just used a form factor near ATX. The only thing to do is to make your own I/O shield in the back of the case, because most A…
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Blue G3 100BaseT FULL DUPLEX — #1

Does anyone know how to change the duplex setting of the built-in 100BaseT ethernet from the current HALF duplex to FULL duplex without having to get another NIC from another vendo…
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Blue G3 100BaseT FULL DUPLEX — #2

Ckeck your hub setings, I run a Macsence switch and I get default full duplexing. If your hub only handles half then the card will sence and switch to a half duplex. -------------…
MacNN PowerPC

Blue G3 100BaseT FULL DUPLEX — #3

Just reading the docs on the onboard NIC and the secret is that your hub needs to be autosensing and full duplex capable. Meet those conditions and the B&W will connect at 100B…
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Overclocking a 6500 — #1

Is this possile? There are no G3 upgrade cards avalible for my 6500, so i want to overclock it. Im not afraid of heat problems of any sort...Please Help!
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Overclocking a 6500 — #2

Actually two companies make upgrade cards for the 6500. Sonnet and Vimage. Here's a link to the sonnet site: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/crescendo_pcig3-l2.html The upgrad…
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Overclocking a 6500 — #3

I am running the VImage upgrade in my 6500. Haven't had any trouble with it, well worth the cost!! Believe the cost has come down quite a bit since I bought in Feb, also they hav…
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Overclocking a 6500 — #4

Hey! i'm really interested in overclocing my PM6500/225. anyone know where i can get info on it? can anyone PlEASE tell me how to do it? Has anyone overclocked their 6500/225? how…
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Powerbook G3 Overclocking? — #1

I have a powerbook G3 233/14.1 and am looking for a speed bump that will not hurt my processor, does anyone have any successful configurations?...
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Overclocking — #1

My opinion....All processors are the same, only rated for performance. Meaning, chips may qualify for the 400MHz range but released as 300-50MHz models based on performance ratings…
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OverClocking & Surface Mount Jumpers — #1

I have a PC PowerCenter Pro 210 and I know I can overclock it to 240. I need an extra surface mount jumper though and I do not know where to purchase one. So, if anybody out there…
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Hard Disk Error — #1

I have two "dead" hard drives that I think could be rescued. They do not mount but are recongnized as a drive on the SCSI chain. When I try to format them I get a "device not rea…
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Hard Disk Error — #2

Is it possible your SCSI card is third party (in which case you wouldn't want to use Apple SCSI tools and need to download updated drivers and formatting tools from the manufacture…
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Hard Disk Error — #3

I can't do anything to the drives without getting that error. When I try to updade the drivers, initialize or mount them I get a "device not ready error." I am still convinced th…
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Overclocking G3s — #1

I was just noticing that people are overlooking a great resource for info on G3 overclocking: <A HREF="www.xlr8yourmac.com">www.xlr8yourmnac.com</A>. They have great st…
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USB/Serial Adapter — #1

Is there a way to hook up a Personal LaserWriter 300 to my B&W G3 via the USB port?
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USB/Serial Adapter — #2

I've come across two products that claim to enable this via a card that goes in the B&W internal modem slot: the <A HREF="http://www.griffintechnology.com/">gPort</A&g…
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USB/Serial Adapter — #3

Keyspan repied to my query and said they expected to ship an adapter this spring to help connect LaserWriters via USB. I guess I could have used a gPort, but I already bought the …
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Buy G3 Powerbook OR Wait for new 101??? — #1

The prices are really coming down on the G3 PBs now that the new PB 101 will soon be here with Firewire & USB ports. Will new be fairly "bleeding edge", or should I buy instead…
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Buy G3 Powerbook OR Wait for new 101??? — #2

pkalaska, I'm in exactly the same position as you. I'm going to wait until the 101's are launched just to see what they are like. Unless the are really great or very competitively…
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