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@dramirez I eventually found a MacII donor for a light pipe, but that left me with the same initial problem of having one system without a light pipe. So, I carefully measured the original light pipe and made a .stl for 3D printing, but I have yet to print it. If you want to give it a go, please...

I switched to a DVD-RAM drive in my G3 (G4) MiniTower, which doesn't look pretty. Does anybody know a more eye-pleasing solution like this attached image from eBay, or perhaps a better one?

Nice! That explains it -- FYI mine had soldered in batteries.

I’ll give it a try! Thank you!

I tested a 650 MB PD cartridge in an Apple-branded DVD-RAM player since it has the PD logo on the front. DiskUtility and FWB HDT can see the cartridge but cannot format the disk. Is there a way to make it work?

I have an ATI Radeon 9200 in G3 Minitower, and it works. However, it’s not without conflict. Lately, I have made a ridiculous effort to make my recent acquisition of a G3 Minitower 300 MHz ready for nostalgic recreation. Since the IDE/ATA drive died, the storage solution has changed to an ACARD...

@macuserman I got it working with a “Goodies” disk from the 7.1.2 US version. I also learned that the “Power Macintosh Card” uses a different enabler with System 7.1.2, which is why my clean 7.1.2 install didn’t work.

Did you solve it? I have the same issue with a Quadra 950, the install asks for a “goodies” disk. I tried with a clean 7.1.2 install as well, but it doesn’t want to boot in PPC-mode and complains the HD is an unsupported disk.

Cleaning the RAM sockets didn’t do anything. I’ll check out the Firmware update. Thank you! When I did some more tests with only J1 occupied, one of the 512 MB OWC sticks acted up which resulted in a double beep at boot, so I guess something is wrong with at least one of the OWC memory sticks...

A couple of months ago, when OWC had a good deal on PC100 SO-DIMMs, I thought the time was due to upgrade one of my Pismos to 1 GB of RAM from 384 MB. But after installing two fresh DIMMs, the Pismo could only see socket J1—and with J2 gone, I thought a nice re-seating was in order. However, no...

It’s a tad late, perhaps, but I have similar issues with almost the identical setup. The only difference is I have a G4 400 ZIF upgrade. The System occasionally freezes but the cursor move. I always had issues with MacOS 9.2.2 and my G3 systems. What I did to solve it was to install the drivers...

Looks good! I ordered one, thank you!

Have you tried System 7.5.3? If I remember correctly, that is the last supported system.

Here are some read/write tests performed using Hard Disk ToolKit 2.0.6. Looks pretty solid!?

Well, as long as it’s faster I’m okey! ;) Thanks!

Hello! I used to develop screensavers using Flash and Screentime for Flash. After finding some of my old work and restoring a G3 Minitower, I thought the time was due to pick it up where I left off 20-something years ago. The problem is I can’t find ”Screentime for Flash”. If someone is...

Hello again! After fiddling for a while and installing a ton of software, everything seems to work smoothly and no “deep sleep” issues. The only weird thing I can think of is that the Acard ATA-133 is recognised as “SCSI-buss 1” -- and I haven't found anything in the manual that explains why...

Yes, really expensive! The drive I ordered was an new old stock 2.5 Transcend 64 GB IDE/ATA SSD. I went with it because I use one in my Pismo and it feels reliable.

Well, the extra SSD drive was 170 USD, but it seems as if I don’t need it now when Mercury is working.

Here’s an update on the Mercury Electra SSD in a Beige G3 MT. The Acard ATA-133 AEC-6280M arrived an hour ago with cabling. Instalment was instant, and the system recognised the card right away. I booted from a 9.2.1 CD, opened Drive Setup, found Mercury Electra SSD (120 GB), made two...