ADB on a Yikes! G4?

[MultiFinder]

If any of you remember from the old forum, I posted a thread trying to figure out what my B&W G4 is (we concluded that somebody got a Yikes! G4 and just stuck it in a B&W G3 case for some reason).

If you remember, I popped some pics of the mobo and such in there. One of them was for a sodder point for an ADB port. Since the Yikes! G4 is just a B&W G3 with an official CPU upgrade, would I be able to have an ADB port on my B&W G4 just by soddering one on there and cutting a hole out the back? That would be really cool and handy if it would work. Any ideas?

 

[BeigeG3]

While there may very well be an physical socket / solder point for an ADB port, it may not be supported by the system, or it may be deactivated on the software level. I say go for it, tho. it just might work

 

[MultiFinder]

While there may very well be an physical socket / solder point for an ADB port, it may not be supported by the system, or it may be deactivated on the software level. I say go for it, tho. it just might work

I guess it just depends on how much Apple changed the logic board for the G4. From what I've read, they barely changed anything aside from the CPU and heatsink. The yikes! G4 was produced mainly to get rid of leftover B&W G3 bits and peices that were laying around. So maybe, instead of redesigning the board a bit, they just left the ADB system in there and took off the port. That's what I'm hoping for.

 

[Patrickool93]

Well, try it..Because, honestly the worst that could happen is you do a crappy soldering job...

 

[alk]

I agree. Go for it. There should only be six solder connections to make. That won't take you too long... And fortunately, they are all big. ;-)

Peace,

Drew

 

[~tl]

From what I remember of people adding ADB ports to the early iMacs there were also a few components that needed to be added too. Take a look at this and see if there are solder spots for any of the components they added:

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~t-imai/imace2.html

 

[TylerEss]

When Apple removes support for something just by leaving out a few choice bits, it's always a toss-up as to where they drew the line and said "We'll install this but not that". Good luck!

 

[The Macster]

Well, try it..Because, honestly the worst that could happen is you do a crappy soldering job...

Um...surely the worst that could happen is actually killing the G4? :-/ I certainly wouldn't want to take the risk of messing around with a G4's logicboard in this way...

 

[Bolle]

if you kill the board i`d take the CPU...

 

[MacG4]

good luck if all goes will maybe i will try with my yikes g4

 

[MultiFinder]

Well, once school is out, I guess that I'll give it a go.

 

[The Macster]

Well, once school is out, I guess that I'll give it a go.

Just be careful you don't kill that poor G4 You've certainly got a lot more courage than me when it comes to fiddling with prized Macs - I got really scared about pressing the cuda button on my G3, let alone soldering on its board! (if I knew how to solder )

 

[MultiFinder]

Well, once school is out, I guess that I'll give it a go.

Just be careful you don't kill that poor G4 You've certainly got a lot more courage than me when it comes to fiddling with prized Macs - I got really scared about pressing the cuda button on my G3, let alone soldering on its board! (if I knew how to solder )

lol I'm gonna ask my dad to teach me how to solder. I don't fancy teaching myself by practicing on a G4 board!

"Whoopsie, I dribbled solder across some chips... Oh well, can't be that important! *puts the G4 back together, plugs it in, and presses the power button* Oh noes! The Magic Smoke is escaping!"

 

[Patrickool93]

Get-Back-In-My-BELLAH!

or capacitor...

 

[alk]

Bah. It's just a Yikes! If you kill it, there are plenty of B&W G3 motherboards around that are a 100% compatible cross-grade, and will also give you an ADB port.

I say, go for it, and to heck with the consequences (if you can afford the few bucks for a B&W board).

Peace,

Drew

 

[Quadraman]

I'm not really sure it's going to work even if you manage to get a connector soldered on. The ROM may only recognize a USB mouse and keyboard and connecting up the pins may cause problems.

 

[MacJunky]

lol I'm gonna ask my dad to teach me how to solder. I don't fancy teaching myself by practicing on a G4 board!

Weller's "Better Soldering" booklet:http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/electronic_applications/55578.pdf

Weller's "Tip Care and Use"

http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/electronic_applications/Weller/instructions/Tip%20Care%20and%20Use.pdf

Weller's "Ten Commandments of Soldering"

http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/electronic_applications/ten_comm.htm

 

[The Macster]

Bah. It's just a Yikes!

:O :O :O Only a G4?! Only?! Gah!

 

[Quadraman]

Bah. It's just a Yikes!

:O :O :O Only a G4?! Only?! Gah!

Anything less than a Digital Audio is crap.