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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Beige G3 motherboard in 8600 case? | Posted by: Quadraman on 2007-08-13 20:59:06
Since one of the biggest complaints about the beige G3 is how much smaller the case is compared to the 8600/9600, I wondered if anyone had mounted a G3 motherboard into the older, taller case to be able to add more drives to their G3.
| Posted by: alk on 2007-08-13 22:33:01
Have you looked around on www.accelerateyourmac.com? Also, I'm pretty sure this topic has been discussed at length here and at AppleFritter. Short answer is that it is not a drop-in replacement.
Peace,
Drew
| Posted by: Maccess on 2007-09-07 04:53:38
There are lots of places to add extra drives in a Desktop G3:
-Where the Zip drive is and above that (make a special bracket)
-Where the floppy drive is, another Optical drive can be placed there if the front of the case is modified. You'd switch to a USB floppy since the internal floppy isn't supported by Mac OS X.
-Along the floor, where the internal drive is located, you could get a smaller drive and place two in there.
The problem is that the power supply can't handle all those drives. You could use a PC power supply: The conversion is reportedly easy and also involves moving a jumper on the G3 motherboard.
| Posted by: LCGuy on 2007-09-07 05:57:54
I'd like to confirm what alk said...it is possible, no doubt, but its also very difficult, as the 8600 is based on a Tsunami form factor, whereas the G3 is based on a PC ATX form factor. It is possible most likely, but it would require SERIOUS modding.
Maccess: You most certainly can use any standard PC ATX power supply on a G3 very easily...the power supply just drops in, you don't have to cut any wires or mod it or anything, and there is a jumper on the mobo that has two positions: "MAC" and "PS2". For operation on an ATX PSU, move it to "PS2".
| Posted by: Quadraman on 2007-09-07 14:10:24
I'd like to confirm what alk said...it is possible, no doubt, but its also very difficult, as the 8600 is based on a Tsunami form factor, whereas the G3 is based on a PC ATX form factor. It is possible most likely, but it would require SERIOUS modding.
Maccess: You most certainly can use any standard PC ATX power supply on a G3 very easily...the power supply just drops in, you don't have to cut any wires or mod it or anything, and there is a jumper on the mobo that has two positions: "MAC" and "PS2". For operation on an ATX PSU, move it to "PS2". Is the 390W PSU from a Kansas motherboard machine usable?
| Posted by: Maccess on 2007-09-09 01:24:38
Maccess: You most certainly can use any standard PC ATX power supply on a G3 very easily...the power supply just drops in, you don't have to cut any wires or mod it or anything, and there is a jumper on the mobo that has two positions: "MAC" and "PS2". For operation on an ATX PSU, move it to "PS2". Can you point me to a page for exactly that mod? I'd like to read some documentation about it before actually doing it.
| Posted by: LCGuy on 2007-09-09 18:09:46
Here
and here
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