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stonent
Junior Member
USA
155 Posts |
 Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 17:59:24
Well in my quest to try to get my 840av working. I went back to the 10$ section at the computer store to see what other 040 macs they had. I saw a Centris 650 and a Quadra 650 side by side. I looked inside the Centris and it had a surface mounted CPU. But the Quadra didn't. Not only that, it was in PRISTINE condition. There was another Q650 on the bottom of the stack with a CD but it wasn't so clean so I decided I had plenty of CD-Rom drives anyway.So I took it home and it booted right up clean install of 7.6 and had 24MB ram and a 230 MB drive. So out comes the CPU and I dropped it in to the 840av. But sadly same symptoms. No chime. I took the 40Mhz cpu from the 840av and put it in the 650 and it worked fine at 33Mhz. (Time to chip it I think!) I gathered all the ram from the 840av and it worked fine in the 650. But I had an idea... I've got a Dell PowerEdge 6100 server with 1GB of ram, so I dropped in a single 64MB simm and it worked. So later I'll try all 64mb simms and see what happens. Looks like I've found a cheap hobby. Funny thing is how fast this system feels. I don't remember 33Mhz computers (or 133mhz ones for that matter being this fast). Also the VRAM is maxed out :) Since it is so quick feeling I'd like to Max out the rest of it. I've got a 36GB 10,000 RPM drive here that needs a home.. Chances of it working? I've got a myriad of other scsi drives as well. What am I likely to get working on it? Useless 6360 16/1.2/8.6 :(
SE 1/20/6.0.8 :)
Q840av 20/0/DOA :(
I may be nobody here, but in the Dell forums, I've got over 8000 posts :) Edited by - stonent on 23 Oct 2002 18:05:41 Edited by - stonent on 23 Oct 2002 22:01:03 |
stonent
Junior Member
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 18:02:41
Damn. I want one of their Color Classics, but they want 149,159, and 229 for the 3 that they have. :( They have a 180Mhz tower for only $99.They've got quite a few cheap power macs. Does anyone know if any of the power macs took regular Simms versus the hideous odd dimms? Useless 6360 16/1.2/8.6 :(
SE 1/20/6.0.8 :)
Q840av 20/0/DOA :(
I may be nobody here, but in the Dell forums, I've got over 8000 posts :) |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 18:07:02
The first generation PowerMacs (6100/7100/8100) and clones all use 72-pin SIMMs. They are the only PPC's that don't use DIMMs.Keep looking for a CC! I got mine from a thrift store for $20! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 18:54:32
Run A/UX on the Quadra! It takes a bit of hacking, but A/UX should run well on the Q650, assuming it has a full 040.Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700 (2), LC 575, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180
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stonent
Junior Member
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 20:56:12
Not only that, I have 256mb of ram in it now. AUX sounds like a good idea. Now to figure out why it freezes when I connect my Syquest 270mb drive to it. My SE doesn't, it worked just fine..Useless 6360 16/1.2/8.6 :(
SE 1/20/6.0.8 :)
Q840av 20/0/DOA :(
I may be nobody here, but in the Dell forums, I've got over 8000 posts :) Edited by - stonent on 23 Oct 2002 22:02:28 |
stonent
Junior Member
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 18:27:24
If I do find a cheap cc. I'll be awefully tempted to make it a 6360av CC.Useless 6360 16/1.2/8.6 :(
SE 1/20/6.0.8 :)
Q840av - DEAD :`(
Q650 256/230/7.6 Woot!
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 21:39:28
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I looked inside the Centris and it had a surface mounted CPU. But the Quadra didn't.
So the Centris 650 has a SMT CPU? I think that I should get one for my 540c. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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stonent
Junior Member
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 21:53:28
Well if you think you're up to soldering 9 zillion little wires, then go for it. But I think the Centris has an LC instead of a full 040Useless 6360 16/1.2/8.6 :(
SE 1/20/6.0.8 :)
Q840av - DEAD :`(
Q650 256/230/7.6 Woot!
I may be nobody here, but in the Dell forums, I've got over 8000 posts :P |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 23:28:50
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Well if you think you're up to soldering 9 zillion little wires, then go for it. But I think the Centris has an LC instead of a full 040
Actually, it does have a full '040. However, not all C650s have a SMT CPU. We have 2 C650s at the Shop, both with built in ethernet, and they have socketed '040s. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6 Edit - I just remembered that I once saw a LC/Performa 580 mobo with an SMT CPU. It was soldered onto some little board that was only a cm bigger than the CPU itself, which fit into a standard '040 socket. It was sorta weird. Maybe you might have luck finding one of those. All the other 580s i've seen though have been standard socket type ones. Edited by - maclover5 on 24 Oct 2002 23:31:58 |
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