Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

I used t use XPF on my old Beige G3 and it was challenging, but fun to get it up and running. I checked on the 8GB restriction and found this in my old notes: What's New * Avoids the mis-application of the 8 GB limit on "Old World" machines by the Mac OS X Installer. When I failed to

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

Well, I installed 10.2 on the hard drive via an iMac G3 and swapped the drive into the Beige G3. I also installed the PCI VGA card into the newer one from the old one but it doesn't output anything at all, no signal. I am really scratching my head here. I have an Apple to VGA adapter with DP s

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 3:44:11 PM Subject: Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware At 11:10 AM -0700 1/13/11, Bruce Johnson wrote: > This sounds annoying like what happened to my Beige when I tried using XPF to >upgrade it. > > Never did get 10.3 to work on my B

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

At 11:10 AM -0700 1/13/11, Bruce Johnson wrote: This sounds annoying like what happened to my Beige when I tried using XPF to upgrade it. Never did get 10.3 to work on my Beige; that's when I upgraded to a Sawtooth G4. I've had 10.3.9 working on my beige tower for about 4 years now. It's ac

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On 1/13/11 2:09 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: I forget where exactly it is on the Mobo, but it looks like this That is a surface-mounted CUDA button, as used on the last PPC Macs. Earlier PPC Macs used a through-hole CUDA button, which h

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On 1/13/11 1:50 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: Not sure what the CUDA button is. Where is it located on the machine? I think I will try it when I get home. Thanks for the tip, I hope that gets it back up and running I forget where exactly it is

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

> I forget where exactly it is on the Mobo, but it looks like this > That is a surface-mounted CUDA button, as used on the last PPC Macs. Earlier PPC Macs used a through-hole CUDA button, which had a red-colored button. Similar buttons wer

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > Not sure what the CUDA button is. Where is it located on the machine? I think > I > will try it when I get home. Thanks for the tip, I hope that gets it back up > and > running > I forget where exactly it is on the Mobo, but it looks

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

, 2011 1:10:00 PM Subject: Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:45 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > It recognized the disc and just restarted, then no video > from my VGA PCI card, so I tried the Apple Display port, when you press the > power button my monitor recognizes

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:45 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > It recognized the disc and just restarted, then no video > from my VGA PCI card, so I tried the Apple Display port, when you press the > power button my monitor recognizes it for a few seconds then says no input. This sounds annoying like

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

around 3:15 est. -Jeremiah From: Kris Tilford To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 10:14:25 PM Subject: Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware On Jan 12, 2011, at 5:18 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > Thanks for the tip! I'll boot u

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 12, 2011, at 5:18 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: Thanks for the tip! I'll boot up the ol' iMac and install XpostFacto after dinner and get with everyone with a progress report. No! Bruce was right, the Beige has the 1st 8GB restriction, you may corrupt the HD if you do th...@! In orde

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 12, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: No you do not. In fact, the firmware on these models is not updateable (that's what the never-used firmware ROM slot is for in these systems) Actually on the Beige G3 the firmware slot is populated with a ROM DIMM, either a Rev.1, Rev.2, o

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware On Jan 12, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > I have a G3 iMac with 10.3.9 on the hard drive. would I be able to swap the >hard drive into the Beige G3 without messing anything up, because I know if >you >do that with an iMac G3 without upda

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > Thanks for the reply, I have a G3 iMac with 10.3.9 on the hard drive. would I > be > able to swap the hard drive into the Beige G3 without messing anything up, > because I know if you do that with an iMac G3 without updating firmware, it

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

> Hi everyone, I am new here. I have a question relating to one of my Beige > G3 > Powermacs, it is the 266mhz model with 128mb of RAM. I am looking to > install OS > X 10.2 and I was wondering if I would need to update the firmware. Right > now I > have no idea what version the firmware is and I d

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 12, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: I have a G3 iMac with 10.3.9 on the hard drive. would I be able to swap the hard drive into the Beige G3 without messing anything up, because I know if you do that with an iMac G3 without updating firmware, it will mess up the video drive

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

. Thanks! -Jeremiah From: Bruce Johnson To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 5:32:17 PM Subject: Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware On Jan 12, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > Hi everyone, I am new here. I have a quest

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

On Jan 12, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > Hi everyone, I am new here. I have a question relating to one of my Beige G3 > Powermacs, it is the 266mhz model with 128mb of RAM. I am looking to install > OS > X 10.2 and I was wondering if I would need to update the firmware. Right now

Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

Hi everyone, I am new here. I have a question relating to one of my Beige G3 Powermacs, it is the 266mhz model with 128mb of RAM. I am looking to install OS X 10.2 and I was wondering if I would need to update the firmware. Right now I have no idea what version the firmware is and I do not have