Recent content by AvalancheSJ

Agreed, IDE is 40pin and SCSI is (usually) much faster and more reliable than IDE. a simple SCSI PCI card will suffice. they are cheap nowadays u can pick 1 up on eBay for like $1 + shipping. just be sure u don't get a 50 pin HD adapter that would make ur job really hard lol

well i was looking on eBay and craigslist and both are kinda pricey for a g4 iMac, Mac Mini, and PowerMac, about $90 (£45ish) + shipping about $25 and up. and (with my PC knowledge in mind this might be wrong or right) they have about the same specs for that price range sometimes less 450MHz...

ok i'll check into it. tyvm for all ur help. i'll post back if/when i get it fixed and working or if i need more help.

I'm looking into buying an iMac G3 (Slot loaded CD/DvD) w/ 500MHz, 256MB (up to 1GB on this model i believe) and Mac OS X 10.4 (tiger i believe) installed. At my work we use Mac Mini's with the bare min to run 10.5 (Leopard) and they are kinda slow when ur trying to do anything other than...

yes i am primarily a pc geek but im doing my best to learn about the mac world. its a big change so i feel a little over my head here. the only computer i have other than my mac is a pc and i dint put a fdd in it when i built it and it wont write the mac discs so how can i get the diagnostics...

when i turn on the computer i get a blank screen but i get the mac chime. nothing else happens. this happned when i tried to update it to OS 7.5. the hdd spins up but the floppy doesnt make it's noise. the fan is on and i already replaced my clock battery (for $9!) and still nothing. i need this...

ok, here is my situation. my old mac lc3 just had a bad os update and the firmware is either (A). dead or ( B) needs to be reflashed. but the problem is that i cant flash the rom (cause i dont know how really) and i dont have the origional rom to flash it with. so... how do i get the lc3 rom...