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You will see shit performance assuming they even work.

Yikes and B&W are the same board with ADB plug and chip removed and a different firmware. I have a B&W I upgraded with a G4 ZIFF ages ago. Very few cards take advantage of the 66mhz PCI slot, and none are great for later versions of OSX people seem to like installing. Beige G3's are stuck at...

The only OEM machine with a G4 ZIFF was the Yikes PCI G4 tower (350/400Mhz), so I would not expect there to be massive quantities of G4 ZIFFs around. Since Beige G3's were PCI graphics only I would think a faster G3 would be better than a G4 anyway.

If they get hard, I wonder if soaking them with alcohol will loosen them up. I should check my old lasers out and see if they still work, been ages since I used them.

Professional cards meant for 24 bit apps.

Sounds like you are stuck in PIO mode 4 which maxes out at 16.7Mbs (ATA 2).

You are better off just repasting the CPU and GPU when you get them on 5+ year old gear. I got an eBay GTX 970 GPU in the other day that was sold as non-working, but the picture of the card showed it had the factory peal off plastics all over it like it was never used. Anyway, the card had all...

What is that unsoldered pin that is in line with the burnt pad? A marginal connection causes resistance and when power is applied causes heat.

If you just need chip, you can snag them from cheap PC ATI Rage Pro video cards. The Apple 4MB cards are getting harder to find same with PC card SODIMMs. Part KM416S1120DT-G8 Category Memory => DRAM => SDR SDRAM => 16 Mb Title Graphics Memory Description Description = KM416S1120DT...

I have one working card and one I got for free because the Inductors by the top external port look charred which I never did anything with (plan on fixing it some day). I do wonder what somebody plugged into that top port. The Nubus PC cards get all the love, but the PCI ones are interesting as...

Mac Pro 5,1 would be socket 1366 and sold with either a X5675 or W3680 topping out at either 3.466 or 3.6Ghz (boost) 6C12T. There is a W3690 that turbos to 3.77Ghz that will currently run you $52 a piece from China, or the X5690 equivalent which I see for low $40's each from China BIN. The...

I expect some kind of new thing to show up eventually that will need some kind of AI processor or use massive amounts of memory to make current low spec systems obsolete. It's the only way to push new purchases other than making the OS more secure and locking out all the old hardware like...

How much for the SS part?

May I ask why you didn't try to fix the original supply (since you seem to be very technically inclined)? I kept some old dead custom PS supplies from OEM systems which I replaced because while just replacing them is cheaper now or at that time, down the road it might be worth fixing the old ones.

I don't think pouring money into any 2013 machine make sense other than from a collecting standpoint. There are plenty of much newer machines being ewasted that are faster.

Nothing modern fits without some "work".

After the 4 minute mark you can see that metal front frame that comes off and the plastic front faceplate that was attached to it. Unless you are removing an optical or floppy drive there isn't a reason to remove the front panel, the back frame comes off with a million screws and the...

The UK was big in Sinclair and then Amiga because they were much cheaper, and Sinclair was home grown (so no import duties). I purchased a new 286/12 Packard Bell probably in 1990 before I was done with college. Before that I had to deal with a C64 + 1541 floppy and a dot matrix printer...

Clones took ages to make an impact in the home market, but they made an impact in the office environment because of price. Before the PC every time you purchased a computer for the office you needed to buy all new software and train the office staff in its use and that was big money back then...

I bounce around between platforms and most of my fun is fixing and setting up machines.