Giles Ng wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> >Hello all, new guy here...
>
> Welcome to the list!
Thanks...
> >Anyway, let me cut to the chase. I have a desktop PowerBase 200, and a
> >mini-tower PowerWave 604/150. How compatible are the parts inside these
> >two beasts?...
>
> Some things are compatible, but others aren't...
Thanks for the link...
> >The PowerBase 200 uses 5 volt DIMMs. I do believe the PowerWave does
> >also, I can check that just by sticking them into the PowerWave...
>
> Swapping RAM from the PowerBase (PB) to the PowerWave (PW) will work,
> but not the other way (not that you were going to anyway ;-). The PB
> uses 5v EDO RAM only, the PW can take 5v EDO or FPM RAM.
Taking memory from the PB and putting it in the PW is what I was
thinking of...
> >Can I swap the CPU cards?
>
> No. The motherboards are quite different and require the different
> processors...
Hmmm, bummer.
> >If not, can I swap the PCI riser cards between the two mainboards? I do
> >realize that the video chip for the PowerBase is on the riser, and that
> >I would need a separate video card then. I would just use the one from
> >the PowerWave.
>
> PCI cards are fairly safe to swap between machines.
Actually, I do know that I can swap the PCI cards, but I was referring
to swapping the PCI riser/backplane itself. But since the motherboards
are quite different like you say, that probably wouldn't work.
> >Any hints/tips/info would be much appreciated. Thanks...
>
> Hard (and optical) drives unfortunately cannot be swapped (or in this
> case consolidated as I would assume that you were thinking of moving
> the HD from the PB to the PW) as the PB uses IDE drives and the PW
> uses SCSI2.
Well, I could take the CD out of the PB, since it is SCSI. And I'm not
worried about the IDE drive in the PB either. The original one s*** the
bed. That's how I got the thing in the first place. :)
> The tower is definitely the way to go for expandability. There are
> far greater options for upgrade CPU cards with the PW as well. Lots
> of G3/G4 upgrade cards available besides 604e cards running up to
> 275MHz. The PB only has 1 G3 card which has been stated as being
> compatible.
Well, it looks like I'll be giving up on the 200 MHz CPU in the PB.
Once I fill up the 8 DIMM slots in the PW, you won't really notice that
it's 50 MHz slower...
> An important note about processors, although just about any 604 and
> 604e CPU card can be fitted into the PW, do not fit a 604ev CPU card,
> this can fry the MoBo.
>
> Hope this helps. Ask further if you like.
Definitely. Thanks very much. Now to see if I can trade the PB 200 for
some more memory, or that and some of my other 68k Macs for a CPU
upgrade too... Time to get a list of the excess computer stuff I have to
trade...
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