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btw, I haven't been able to boot from a drive connected to it yet ...

Hi, I realized that both Firmtek and Wiebetech sold Sil3132 based controller cards for late-2005 PowerMac G5. I had a Sil3132 card sitting in a drawer so I decided to give it a try. Fortunately, this card has a 4mbit eeprom. The firmware file (ROM.3132.2SE2) was taken from Firmtek's latest...

I did. IIRC, it took less than 3 hours to complete.

The replacement board arrived today, but it was so poorly packaged that it was damaged during transport: A chip and a cap were floating around in the box : They come from the areas in the yellow and red circles. Great. Now I'm stuck with two damaged boards. Repairing is not an option...

most of my macs are stored in an attic where the temp can reach 35°C (91° F) during summer.

Yes. But at least 3 capacitors are missing and lots of PCB traces are damaged as well. Ram and CPU should be Ok though.

I believe there are good chances to save the Q610 mobo. Concerning Q660's mobo, well I decided to get one from eBay. Cost me US$ 81.20 with shipping and import taxes. D'oh!...

Another tragedy discovered today... Quadra 610 and 660av didn't make it :'( The mess was still liquid in the Q610 : Funny though, another soldered Varta battery from a Mac II still showing some charge

Bad, or rejected by a B&W G3 ? It's not the same :lol: Those seem to become pickier about ram quality.

Thank you Doug. I don't understand why it failed last year... Could have been a problem with my Quicksilver, or with the PC mobo I used for flashing. :lol:

That's the original flash chip. See post #4 in this topic.

Thanks to your discussion with Doug, it's a flashed one. ;) I bought a few of those cards with a 512KB chip last year when somebody told us about in this topic. I had to use the UPDFLASH.EXE dos flasher to feed them with Firmtek's ROMFILE.1S2. The red one is a genuine Ratoc (= Firmtek)...

Max: YES !!! :beige: :beige: I tested it in a G4 QS DP800 with OS 9.2.2 IIRC, that firmware was supposed to be compatible with MacOS ≥ 7.6.1 . Am I wrong ? I could test 8.0/8.1 on a Beige G3, but I don't have any older PCI PowerMac in working condition.

Yes, it is.

My turn ... Scared by this thread, I decided to remove dead batteries from the most easily accessible in from my collection. I removed 12, only 1 leaked, guess what brand it was... It was in my PM 8100/80. Even the optical drive has signs of corrosion :O Funny, the exploded/leaked...

I got these over the years: Performa 5400/200 Performa 6400/200 PowerMac 4400/200 PowerMac 7500 PowerMac 9500/200 PowerMac G3/233 DT PowerMac G3/300 MT PowerMac G3 B&W 300 rev1 PowerMac G3 B&W 350 rev1 (bought it new) PowerMac G4 Sawtooth PowerMac G4 Digital Audio PowerMac G4...

I remember reading reports about data corruptions on XLR8YourMac by mid' 1999.

I've always wondered why there was no class action lauched against Apple for such a design flaw.

IRC, corruption may occur even with a <10 GB single HDD, if that drive is "fast" enough. I bet a 9GB Seagate Medalist (ST39140A) would get data corruption.

Those B&W mobos are a pain to get back to work Try unplugging both IDE cables, push 15+seconds on the pram button, etc... Keep on trying various things, it may eventually come back to life but you won't undertand why (no one can) ;)