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.

 

[chriscarruthers]

Nice find! Would be a shame to break it up. Looks pretty clean.

The 933 MHz QS 2002 is great as it has the big L3 cache but without the extra heat of the dual-processors. So arguably a sweet spot for OS 9!

 

[volvo242gt]

All of the Li-SOCl2 batteries are. No, you don't need to solder in a CR2032 holder. Use this instead:

https://www.batteriesplus.com/product-details/primary-other/battery/sanyo/lithcr14250se

It's now made by FDK, but, same chemical compound as a CR2032.

Here's the bad type:

https://www.batteriesplus.com/product-details/primary-other/battery/saft/lithls14250ba

If it says 3.6 volt, it's one of the bad ones. If it says 3 volt, it likely is the safer CR version.

Re: the QS, I'd build that up as your bridge Mac. Keep the G3, fix it, and use it as a vintage Mac.

 

[volvo242gt]

Your local BatteriesPlus.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

All of the Li-SOCl2 batteries are. No, you don't need to solder in a CR2032 holder. Use this instead:

https://www.batteriesplus.com/product-details/primary-other/battery/sanyo/lithcr14250se

It's now made by FDK, but, same chemical compound as a CR2032.

Here's the bad type:

https://www.batteriesplus.com/product-details/primary-other/battery/saft/lithls14250ba

If it says 3.6 volt, it's one of the bad ones. If it says 3 volt, it likely is the safer CR version.

Re: the QS, I'd build that up as your bridge Mac. Keep the G3, fix it, and use it as a vintage Mac.

That sounds like a good idea regarding use and thank you on the batteries.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

All of the Li-SOCl2 batteries are. No, you don't need to solder in a CR2032 holder. Use this instead:

https://www.batteriesplus.com/product-details/primary-other/battery/sanyo/lithcr14250se

It's now made by FDK, but, same chemical compound as a CR2032.

Here's the bad type:

https://www.batteriesplus.com/product-details/primary-other/battery/saft/lithls14250ba

If it says 3.6 volt, it's one of the bad ones. If it says 3 volt, it likely is the safer CR version.

Re: the QS, I'd build that up as your bridge Mac. Keep the G3, fix it, and use it as a vintage Mac.

Ok, great. I saw at least one of the regular apple mod/repair guys on YouTube simply replacing with the same style on newer machines and wondered about that. That company has a convenient location in Boise, where I am half the time, so will pick one up there.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

OK, had a chance to mess around with this one a little bit this morning along with the monitor that came with it, with the broken leg I’ll have to figure out how to fix, and gotta say, pretty happy for 50 bucks!