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    iMac G3 tray-loading IO door & interposer – reverse engineered replacements

    Great job! Yes, it would be interesting if you shared it; I have two tray-loading drives and neither of them has a cover.
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    Two cards found in a G4 DA

    Yes, thank you, I understand. Sorry I didn't mention it. I suppose that 3D function can't be experienced without the original glasses. I was completely unfamiliar with those Formacs; I'd never even heard of them. I don't even know how they ended up in a DA.
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    Two cards found in a G4 DA

    This connector:
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    Two cards found in a G4 DA

    Wow! Thank you so much for all this information! I think the Formac will be a great addition to my collection; I'm going to keep it. I saw in a PDF that there was a card to add a "TFT" port; I suppose it must have been DVI.
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    Two cards found in a G4 DA

    Hi, lately I've been finding some very strange things, things I've never seen before. Some friends brought home a G4 DA, and when I opened it up, I found two PCI cards inside that I'd never seen before. The first is a Formac graphics card, which according to Google seems to be 128-bit and...
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    USB cable link PC/Mac drivers

    Thank you so much! I already have the drivers!!! I'll have to try it out one day :)
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    USB cable link PC/Mac drivers

    Thanks for your quick reply. I want the drivers to store with the cable; I don't intend to use it unless I have no other option. Let's see if I can find something.
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    USB cable link PC/Mac drivers

    Hi. I recently got this cable, but it needs drivers to work. The box only has the instructions, but no drivers. Do you know where I can get them? Thanks.
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    I think I've done the full dump via telnet this time; I've attached it, I have configured "unlimited scrollback". It's a shame I didn't do it properly before updating. Is it useful for comparing with the initial dump I made of the iMac G3 firmware? A question for you and also for @herd. If a...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    Hi! Before seeing your reply, I managed to repair the iMac. It seems it was some cold solder joints on the VRAM chips. I reflowed them with flux and a soldering iron, and now I don't have those artifacts anymore. Now that the iMac is working, I'm a little hesitant to try this new firmware...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    Hi, yes, as you say, it's an iMac, and I'm using the original Rage Pro. The graphics problem appeared before the patcher, as you can see, it already happens in OpenFirmware before running the command. It appeared after changing the CPU and cache chips, but not immediately. That's the strange...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    I've added some Geekbench results under Sorbet Leopard. These are for illustrative purposes only. G4 600MHz - 512kb L2 cache - 5:2 cache ratio G4 600MHz - forced 1MB L2 cache - 5:2 cache ratio G4 600MHz - patched 1MB L2 cache - 2:1 cache ratio
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    You made me sweat!!! :) Plus, add to that how complicated it is to type Open Firmware commands with a Spanish keyboard layout, hahaha, it was hard to find the ":" and the "\" key. I've attached what I got from teltet, before and after; I hope I did it right. I've attached photos of the whole...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    This is the output before the update. Did I do it right? I used a Linux PC; I don't have a modern Mac, and I saved the terminal text as a .txt file. I haven't updated yet; I need to figure out how to run the installer from that link. Otherwise, I'll try desoldering, programming, and soldering.
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    Okay, that's very helpful. Thank you. You're able to understand all this with great ease; I can barely grasp it. I'm rereading it; I admire you. Just a quick note: this part: 0x3F40: # of L2s : 0x01 ; (what would two L2 caches mean?) -> could it indicate that there are two L2 cache chips? I...
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    Power Mac 7600 SCSI CD-ROM issue

    Hello. Something very strange is happening to me, and perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but I have a PM 7600 that has a Sonnet G4 upgrade, and it came with a non-functional SCSI CD drive. I've managed to get a couple of working drives, one DVD-ROM and one CD-RW, but both give me the same...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    Good evening everyone! I've been working on this for the past week. I know it's nothing groundbreaking, it's not the first time it's been done, but I'm going to document everything I've done and discovered, and in the end, I need your help to finish it. I have an iMac G3 DV 400MHz, and I had a...
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    iMac G3 Rev A-D FSB bus overclock

    Great work!!! Were you able to compare the performance difference in operations like booting up, copying large files, or copying several small files? In these cases, would the increase be more noticeable? Daily use.
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    iMac G4 20" Power Supply Repair

    It looks like I need to replace the capacitors in the PSU. Can you access it and take a picture? If they've leaked acid, it will be visible.
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    Help Identifying a G4 CPU Upgrade

    Congratulations, I'm glad it works. And I'm also glad you confirmed that a clip for socket 370 works; you could even install a quality heatsink. I hope I can find one someday, but it will be difficult; they're not very common, especially in my area. Enjoy it.
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