SCSI idea that I don't know if will work or not...I heard it was risky but worked for me, and like I said, it's an idea for SCSI, I'm not sure if you can do such on IDE... Only pl…

Avoid the Single setting. The Single setting is a foolproof setting if just one drive is on the IDE bus. It causes the drive to respond to all commands, regardless of if they were …

I'm @ a friend's house right now, but when i get home i'm gonna try both of your suggestions. One question, however, where would i locate this so called "CUDA master reset button".…

The CUDA switch is on the motherboard, it is not the normal reset, or the programmers interrupt switch that you refer to. I don't know where it is on an iMac, but it looks like a …

This is a pic of the CUDA switch on a 2nd generation iMac - a DVSE 400 to be exact. Apologies for the image quality. I could not find a good pic online, and had to grab one with…

Further thoughts, I have to run off and do some work, so I had better kick them out now. If the blank HD is confusing the iMac, try booting while holding down Cmnd-Option-Shift-De…

Well...i tried the CUDA button and the battery trick. At first i couldn't find the CUDA switch, so thats why i did both. Maybe it wasn't the CUDA switch, it was way smaller than t…

reader50, I was under the impression the the Imac had 2 IDE channels. 1. The two connectors on the Mboard show "ide0 "and "cd-rom". Usually, each channet has ONE connector. 2. Th…

IDE controller generally has a Primary and a Secondary, with each supporting a master and a slave, thus 4 devices can be connected to 1 IDE controller. Most G4s have DVD and Zip o…

4 device capability would be very nice in an iMac. I certainly can't argue with you on that, I have never had an iMac. I have been trying to help based on my G4 experience and wha…

A friend of mine had the exact same problem with his iMac DVSE, though he hadn't opened the machine recently. He was uploading some updated html pages to his site, the iMac bombed…

Joshua: as much as i'd love to take it into the shop, i really can't afford that, and by opening it up and removing all that stuff i'm quite sure my warranty is completely null and…

Um, as far as I'm aware of, CDROMs should ALWAYS have their own power-cord plugged in. Infact, at the back of your CDROM, there might even be a third cable for audio...

The best idea I have left would be to plug both drives into a PowerMac and take a look at them. This would also be a good time to transfer data across. We seem to be having a near…

Cosmo, I just installed my new HD and it went off without a hitch. I am formatting it as we speak. I am using a DiamondMax 30 GB. My question is did you remove the mobo and the…

I did remove the mobo and the daughtercard, and i was quite annoyed @ myself after doing so, because i realized that i had wasted time, and made more room for error...I'm taking it…

Rev. D with standard mobo (haven't gotten around to the rev. A/B switch yet)

Thanks for all your help...although i still couldn't fix it myself I did get it fixed though...what they did is beyond me, the guy said he "re-did everything you (I) did" He also …

don't go too willy nilly on the internet. My cable ISP recently b!tched and threatened about my upload bandwidth...after oh, only 1.5 gigs of file transfers... anyway, I'm looking…

does anyone know if/how the internal monitor of the g3 all-in-one (artemis) can be shared with an external device? specifically, i'm wondering if another computer's monitor cable c…

Very cool idea, but also very tough. It all depends upon how the monitor is connected to the personality card on the inside. What you would have to do is detach that cable, extend …

thanks for the reply. that's about what i figured i'd have to do. i was kinda hoping that someone else had tried it before and could provide feedback. oh, well. it's been a while s…

argh, as i feared, the connector on the personality card (the a/v version) is some weird proprietary thing. there are two cables leading to the card: one looks like either SCSI or …

spent an hour and a half looking through the maintenance pdfs for the aio (got them from some nook or cranny on apple's site way back when), and learned a lot. unfortunately, very …

Well, that's pretty cool to know. You need to find an EE nerd who will be willing to do that stuff for you! I know a few here, but that won't do you much good. I wonder if you c…