Quote: Originally posted by cal422: Well i figured it would be safe to go to at least 400 MHz because of the iMac DV and iMac DV Se models. So you think i could go up to…

Before you ask, theoretical max temperature (according to Motorola) is 180F, but I'd maybe start to worry at around 155F-165F. Stay Frosty!

Hey Cal, this is my advice. Ok, I am NOT trying to be rude, so dont get mad or anything, but right now you dont really know anything. Like.... at all... so here's what I would d…

I've come across an old 2.88 MB floppy drive, pulled from an OS/2 machine. Any chance I could get this to work with my beige G3 MT? (No, it's not yet in my possession, or I'd try …

Won't work. The beige G3 has no support for 2.88 MB floppy drives. It might work in some Quadras; they had support for 2.88 MB floppy drives in ROM (but only had physical 1.44 MB …

Good to know. Thanks!

I found this on the "Apple Knowledge Base Beta" and am rather intrigued. Can anyone shed any light on this? Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White): 1.6-Inch Hard Disk Drive Retrofit…

Hey. I have the 9mg .pdf file on how to disassemble the iMac, but I cant figure it out. How do you get the front lower panel off? The part with the speakers? It says you just…

You need to pull the tabs away from the case, not push towards it. It took me a while to figure this out. Get a pair of needle nose pliars and pinch the little clip as you pull t…

what pdf file are you talking about? Where can i get it?

thanks so far... but what little clip? Do you mean the plastic tabs on the side? Or what? Ca$h

Ca$h: Why are you taking apart your iMac again? ------------------ Why 1394 won't be like "1394".

Please post the URL for the guidelines for disassembling your iMac.+ ------------------ ---- iMac DV SE Graphite 500 mhz G3, 512 mb, 75 gb

I've taken this off a couple times, it's pretty basic stuff. You can remove the front lower panel first, but i've found it easier to pull out the mobo/HD/CD tray and remove the low…

this discussion made me remeber, has anyone heard of talkin that metal sheilding off of the moniter board on the sides so it has a better look(in my opinion). I have always wanted …

Its RF shielding. Mine is coming off. I already got rid of the RF cage on my processor, so my heatsink works EXTRA good now. One thing...when I turn my volume MAX, I can he…

so i can take it off? and nothing will get all screwed up? i can barely tune in radio stations as it is with an antenna so like my little imac will tune them in. i lost that little…

I've just read the IEEE Spectrum last night and found something interesting for those who would like to see Apple ditching Motorola or even the whole Power PC CPU. From http://ww…

There were rumors flying around a long time ago about Apple possibly contacting Transmeta for processors. Supposedly, it is not very difficult to have a PowerPC morphing unit on th…

Well, I guess that the Crusoe running PowerPC code is just a rumor right now (right?). Though, that Crusoe demonstration running x86 at the same speed but at just 1 W really turned…

It's not a performance wise chip though, it was meant to be for small appliances and laptops, a 600Mhz Crusoe can barely match the speed of a 450Mhz Celeron. ------------------ Pe…

I think this is a very viable possibility for an ultrathin business notebook or tablet from Apple.

Transmetta is going IPO...but that's beside the point. The chip was created to consume very little power while still offer "descent" performance. If the G3s go to .13 (IBM made of …

A friend of mine has a couple of RAM chips lying around from some "cannibal" projects, some of which are from a Compaq that may have used PC100 memory chips. Now, I know these chip…

Stick it in the mac and fire up apple system profiler, that will be your ID...