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| Click here to select a new forum. | | ATA Redemption | Posted by: slomacuser on 2009-02-08 04:12:08
Internal ATA 0: CD-ROM + CD-RW
problem is that both CD Drives do not work together. If CD-RW is set to MASTER, CD-ROM is SLAVE, only CD-RW is working. If both are CABLE SELECT only CD-ROM works ...
Internal ATA 1: HDD
specs:
G3 A/V mini tower - 333 MHz
384 RAM (512 MB stick (only 256 used, do not know why) + 2x 64 MB)
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2009-02-08 04:46:26
What revision ROM? I think the early Beige G3's didn't support secondary drives at all, also B&W rev 1 had corruption issues on secondary drives.
| Posted by: slomacuser on 2009-02-08 05:26:30
What revision ROM? I think the early Beige G3's didn't support secondary drives at all, also B&W rev 1 had corruption issues on secondary drives. yep you were right, it was the ROM thing, just replaced the ROM from 333 motherboard and it works now! thx
the story:
I had two g3 mini tower computers, one 233 working and 333 not working. So I replaced the CPU but didn't bother with ROM, hopefully I didn' trash the old motherboard yet ... anyway anbofy know what about RAM? Is ti broken?
| Posted by: equill on 2009-02-08 07:29:23
No. Just unsuitable for the model. All three Beige G3 machines were specified for 384MB total (max.) of RAM with then-current technology, and the desktop version had also a height restriction on the DIMMs. Later SDRAM production accommodated the height restriction and enabled 256MB DIMMs for use in all three versions. However, a 256MB 168-pin PC133 CL3 SDRAM card was then and is now as much as a Beige G3 of any kind can use in a slot, for a current maximum of 768MB.
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