Macintosh question (G3, 7 years old, so OT) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Jun 2006

On 6/29/06, Jeff Walther <trag at io.com> wrote:
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  Date: Wed, 28
Jun 2006 08:26:41 +0000
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> 
 >Does anyone here know about the internals of the G3 line?  I have a
 >motherboard in front of me that I'm attempting to see if it will work.... 
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  The Beige G3 (if you're looking at a Blue &
White (Smurf) MB (the
 case was B&W, not the MB), then the following advice is inapplicable) 
The case for this was the Blue/White case...

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  A Beige G3 could be missing any of three essential
components if it
 was stripped.  It needs a CPU, which comes on a 19X19 pin ZIF module.
 I doubt you overlooked that... 
Indeed.

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   It requires a voltage regulator.
 This is less obvious, but I bet you have that.   If not, it mounts in the ~2"
 vertical slot to the left of the ZIF socket. 
This does not appear to be that motherboard.  I should have included
this on the initial posting, but it seems to be Apple P/N 820-0987-A.

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  The battery, keyboard and mouse can all be dispensed
with if all you
 wish to do is boot the machine.  The battery is a 1/2AA available at
 Frys for about $6 or at Radio Shack for closer to $12. 
The battery I removed is a 3.6V Li, marked ER2S (1/2AA).  The nearest
place to buy a battery, any battery, is Dick Smith's in
Christchurch... the next plane is in 4 months.   I'll probably either
swipe a battery from an old iMac or rig up a pack with three NiMH AAs.

Thanks for the info.

-ethan