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Help...did i fry my imac? — #9

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #10

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #11

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #12

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #13

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #14

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...
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #15

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #16

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #17

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…
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #19

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 …
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Help...did i fry my imac? — #20

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…
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sharing the display of a g3 aio — #2

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 …
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sharing the display of a g3 aio — #3

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…
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sharing the display of a g3 aio — #4

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 …
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sharing the display of a g3 aio — #5

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 …
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sharing the display of a g3 aio — #6

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…
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