About Your Optional Power Macintosh Audio Video Card
The information in this update describes the additional capabilities of Power Macintosh computers that are equipped with an optional Audio Video AV card. For more information on setting up or using your Power Macintosh computer, see the setup manual that came with you computer. In addition to the standard sound input and output ports, the Power Macintosh AV card provides additional sound input and output capabilities through RCA-type connectors. These connectors are found on devices such as...
Floppy Drive 1
1 Replace floppy disk with known-good disk. During system startup, disk ejects display shows icon with blinking X 1 Replace disk with known-good system disk. Switch off computer. Hold down mouse button while you switch computer on. Replace floppy drive cable. Replace floppy drive. Drive attempts to eject disk, but doesn't 1 Reseat floppy drive bezel and drive so bezel slot aligns correctly with drive. Internal floppy drive runs continuously 1 Replace disk with known-good floppy disk. MS-DOS...
FireWire Technology
This section explains what FireWire technology is and gives specific information on Apple Computer's FireWire card, which ships as an optional build-to-order module on the Power Macintosh G3 Desktop. FireWire technology refers to Apple Computer's cross-platform implementation of the high-speed serial data bus defined by IEEE Standard 1394-1995 that can move large amounts of data between computers and peripheral devices. A digital interface - no need to convert digital data into analog for...
Exploded View
Floppy Hard Drive Chassis Bracket 922-1657 Floppy Hard Drive Chassis Bracket 922-1657 Product family configurations may vary. Jumper Block Kit 076-0716 233MHz 076-0717 266 MHz 661-1302 076-0737 300MHZ Product family configurations may vary. Power Macintosh G3 Desktop Screw Matrix PCI Covers 1 ea 3 Power Supply Case to swing Chassis 1 2 on rear side of Power Supply Total 3 PCI Cards 2 Floppy Drive to Carrier 4 CD-ROM Drive to Carrier 4 Zip-Drive to Carrier 4 Hard Drive Bracket to Chassis 2 Logic...
Processor Module
1 Remove the screw that holds the processor module wire to the logic board. processor module wire attaches to the top of the logic board not underneath . When screwing down the wire, be careful not to damage the capacitor that is next to the screw hole. Use a manual screw driver to avoid damaging the capacitor. Warning The heat sink may be hot to the touch. 2 While pressing down on the top of the clip that secures the heatsink, use a small flatblade screwdriver to lift up on the front tab of...
SGRAM Video Memory 1
The Power Macintosh G3 logic board comes with 2 MB of Synchronous Graphic RAM SGRAM video memory soldered on. The logic board also contains a video memory expansion slot that accepts a Small Outline DIMM SO-DIMM to increase video memory up to a maximum of 6 MB. Apple supports a 4 MB SGRAM SO-DIMM that is 32-bit wide, 144-pin, fast-paged, 83 MHz 12 ns cycle time or faster. Important Use only SGRAM SO-DIMMs. Never use the 256K or 512K video memory DIMMs used in older Macintosh computers. The...