G4 Powermac Graphite and Silver (?) with display for 50 bucks. Fires up anyway.

[sunvalleylaw]

Ok, Another one. I now have two from this era, also my G3 Blue and White that is freezing upon booting. Still haven't had time to fiddle with troubleshooting that one yet. This one came with a beat up keyboard, and a 17 inch Cinema Display with a broken support. Works though!

The machine fires up fine. I am wondering about using this one as parts for my blue and white, just as I like that look or if I will end up with two from the era. Hmm.

 

[Nixontheknight]

That's a G4 Quicksilver, you cannot use that for parts in a G3 B&W, the parts are very incompatible

 

[sunvalleylaw]

That's a G4 Quicksilver, you cannot use that for parts in a G3 B&W, the parts are very incompatible

Ok. Hmm, will read up more. Headed to EveryMac to study. I have a couple office and home locations so I am sure I can find something useful to do with it.

 

[finkmac]

why don't you use the blue and white as parts for the quicksilver

 

[sunvalleylaw]

why don't you use the blue and white as parts for the quicksilver

I just like the look of the Blue and white. But maybe if something is useful. But if they are not interchangeable from Quicksilver to BW, wouldn't think the reverse would work either??

Like I said, I will study some more. I am a lawyer (where I have used Macs to do legal work) and ski instructor (where I have used Macs to make end of year movies for the kids' team I ran for years, mostly on iMacs I owned) and not a very good tech. So I have some learning curve. LOL!

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Is this one of the bad batteries? It doesn’t look like it is bad right now, but I could go ahead and replace it.


some more pics of the inside

 

[finkmac]

all of them are bad batteries. yoink the holder and slap a cr2032 holder on it

 

[sunvalleylaw]

all of them are bad batteries. yoink the holder and slap a cr2032 holder on it

Ok, will do. Will check the G3 also. The batteries in the others I have (SE/30 and G3 Beige 266) have been changed.