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Got a 6360 and ported over some parts I had from a 6400 motherboard. Was curious about this 60 pin connector (see attached pic) on the AV capture card - anybody know what it does? (I’m guessing it’s for the TV tuner?) Also, I have a Netgear FA311 PCI Ethernet card, which came out of the same...

Has the memory soldered onto the main board been removed or replaced? If it goes bad it can cause issues - it’s used for VRAM, iirc. I think you can just remove it completely and just use what’s in the slots instead. But check me on that.

This is actually pretty doable but if you can find a “broken” Plus keyboard and steal the circuitry, it’s easier. The main issue is that new switches and stuff don’t all line up perfectly with the holes on the board, so you end up needing some bits and pieces. I bought a broken keyboard a...

I ended up narrowing that down to a defective termination on the old HDD I was trying to use. Other devices work fine, as long as that drive wasn’t part of the system. The information about the VIA1/2 chips is interesting though; I’ll definitely be filing that away if I have further issues. 😎

I was able to use mine with an ImageWriter II, but never tried it with a MIDI device. I ended up buying two - the first one came defective. Fortunately they’re not rare or expensive.

So it turns out the card and its design are mostly to blame. Something about the way the cheap cards handle initialization or something - different voltages have to be available at different times and the QS G4 kinda freaks out. The four port card I have, has a VRM bodged onto it that makes it...

I have a 2-port SATA card that prevents my QS G4 from booting - I've read other threads where people have the same problem, apparently the QS G4 is "picky" - and have to move the card to a different slot. But I've tried it as the only card installed*, in all of the slots I have, and I get that...

Okay, so I got a Sil 3114 based, pre-flashed and VRM modded 4-port SATA card on eBay, which I installed in my QS G4. It works out of the box in OS X - I installed 10.4, it's recognized as a bootable device when I hold down 'option' at startup, and it works fine and is pretty fast. However, the...

A BlueSCSI with active termination works fine, so I guess it's just the hard drive having passive-only termination or maybe the termination resistors are even hosed. Yay, I guess? Ugh. What a slog. :-)

I've got an ImageWriter II which seems to work pretty well, except the printout fades on the right 1/2 of the page. (And one other problem, but this is the main issue.) The tech manual says to check the shims and add/remove for the carrier shaft. I found the procedure from the old tech manual...

I ordered this one. It doesn't say what brand it is, but says it will work with a G4. We'll see. If it doesn't, I guess I can complain. https://www.ebay.com/itm/405194112960 *shrug*

It's sitting idle otherwise. I have an Adaptec SCSI card installed, but nothing attached to it usually. (I use it to copy stuff to/from a ZuluSCSI, but usually it's just idle.) I can never remember the exact model number, but it's the same one that was sold as a preinstalled option when you...

Is it possible for CPU upgrades to screw with the ATA controller? It’s an OWC 1.4GHz upgrade, the only nonstock part really. (Except for the ram upgrade.)

Yeah I just ordered what I assume is a flashed one. 4 port, $50. I have a SCSI card in the G4 and I can boot from it, but it only supports 20MB/sec so… meh.

I have open slots. I guess I can give that a try.