I doubt that. If you want to reflash the PC graphics card to work with Mac, then that would work however
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B&W powermac g3
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I doubt that. If you want to reflash the PC graphics card to work with Mac, then that would work however
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now when it starts up it says
DEFAULT CATCH code=700
then it says to continue booting type "boot-mac"
so i type boot-mac and then it has a folder with a ? on it and then it flashes the finderr face
what do i do!!!!
now when it starts up it says
DEFAULT CATCH code=700
then it says to continue booting type "boot-mac"
so i type boot-mac and then it has a folder with a ? on it and then it flashes the finderr face
what do i do!!!!
The flashing icon means it can't find the System Folder..
Boot up via the CD, and clearly assign it one.
Boot up via the CD, and clearly assign it one.
OMG this moring it started!!!!! but every thing looks weird its like grey and black what do i do!!!
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m128/papadopolis1024/file-3.jpg
sorry for the bad pic our real camera is gone so i used my cell phone
sorry for the bad pic our real camera is gone so i used my cell phone
What monitor are you hooking up to the graphics card? And what the connectors/adapters that you used?
Most likely it could be the graphics card problem. That's all that I can gather from it! I will have examine the issue further.
I got it working.... I just got an OS 9 disk and now everything looks great.... soon I will put os X on it!
Not Just Yet!
I Woulden't go so far as saying the Powermac G3 B&W isn't good for anything exept light web browsing and office work, I just recently upgraded the crap out of my b&w (1:memory is maxed out at 1gig(2:a usb 2.0 pci card(3:a firewire 800 pci card(4:a SATA pci card5 a seagat barracuda 750gb sata hard drive(6: a samsung writemaster DL(7: an owc blue ray extreme firewire(8: fastmac 1.1ghz g4 upgrade) now true i spent well over a $1,000.00 on this upgrade and my girlfriend might kick me out of the house , but this mac does everything for me like playing games wow screams!toast 9 is pretty fast when burning hd movies adobe photoshop cs3 is awsome. granted i will eventullay have to bye a g5 or intel but not right now.
I Woulden't go so far as saying the Powermac G3 B&W isn't good for anything exept light web browsing and office work, I just recently upgraded the crap out of my b&w (1:memory is maxed out at 1gig(2:a usb 2.0 pci card(3:a firewire 800 pci card(4:a SATA pci card
5 a seagat barracuda 750gb sata hard drive(6: a samsung writemaster DL(7: an owc blue ray extreme firewire(8: fastmac 1.1ghz g4 upgrade) now true i spent well over a $1,000.00 on this upgrade and my girlfriend might kick me out of the house , but this mac does everything for me like playing games wow screams!toast 9 is pretty fast when burning hd movies adobe photoshop cs3 is awsome. granted i will eventullay have to bye a g5 or intel but not right now.
I Woulden't go so far as saying the Powermac G3 B&W isn't good for anything exept light web browsing and office work, I just recently upgraded the crap out of my b&w (1:memory is maxed out at 1gig(2:a usb 2.0 pci card(3:a firewire 800 pci card(4:a SATA pci card
Let me get this right... You upgraded you B&W to use as a desktop machine???
I have upgraded mine, not quite to where you have, but mine is running a RAID5 and is used primarily as an Apache/Wordpress dev server as well as subversion and a big ass NAS.
Because of how solid this machine is, I rarely hit the console for much of anything other than a periodic reboot for the latest iTunes install.
Still, this machine, before upgrading the storage system, cost me $300, and another $100 for the G3 900MHz upgrade. The memory I got a smoking deal, so in the end, I ended up with a PowerMac for $450. The drives would have cost me more no matter what server I chose.
Still, That was all for a server. If you chose to do this for a workstation, why didn't you just find an old Mac mini or iMac on eBay? You would have gotten a much better machine for less than you spent. Even after the upgrades.
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I assume it was for personal reasons.
Personally, I refuse to get a new Intel-based Mac, because I dont' really consider them Macs, and they're less fun than older machines. A lot less fun. The 2.4 GHz iMacs at school are more than fast enough, but just aren't that much fun to use.
However, I love my Beige G3, and like spending money on it even though it's not really worth it.
I currently use a 1.6 GHz Pentium M laptop as my main machine... and will be getting a new one pretty soon. I could get a new MacBook if I wanted, but I just don't want one. I'll probably get a 2.4 to 2.6 GHz Core2Duo.
Recently eBayed a PowerMac 9600, B&W G3, and 733 MHz QS G4... paid $10 for the 9600, $1.29 for the B&W, and $130 for the G4, which is more than I'd have liked especially given it has only 256 MB RAM, a CDRW and a 40 GB HDD instead of the promised 1GB, Combo and 60 GB.
Anyway, I think the 9600 is about the coolest Mac ever made.... the B&W's fun, and the QS is somewhat practical. . . or would be, if it had more RAM. Currently it's got 384 MB since I had an extra 128 MB PC133 stick lying around... even the B&W now has more RAM as I had two 128 MB PC100 sticks to shove in there for 512.
I agree a Mac Mini would be a better deal, but they're just no <i>fun</i>. Now, a cube would be fun. But minis are ugly, and not expandable.
Personally, I refuse to get a new Intel-based Mac, because I dont' really consider them Macs, and they're less fun than older machines. A lot less fun. The 2.4 GHz iMacs at school are more than fast enough, but just aren't that much fun to use.
However, I love my Beige G3, and like spending money on it even though it's not really worth it.
I currently use a 1.6 GHz Pentium M laptop as my main machine... and will be getting a new one pretty soon. I could get a new MacBook if I wanted, but I just don't want one. I'll probably get a 2.4 to 2.6 GHz Core2Duo.
Recently eBayed a PowerMac 9600, B&W G3, and 733 MHz QS G4... paid $10 for the 9600, $1.29 for the B&W, and $130 for the G4, which is more than I'd have liked especially given it has only 256 MB RAM, a CDRW and a 40 GB HDD instead of the promised 1GB, Combo and 60 GB.
Anyway, I think the 9600 is about the coolest Mac ever made.... the B&W's fun, and the QS is somewhat practical. . . or would be, if it had more RAM. Currently it's got 384 MB since I had an extra 128 MB PC133 stick lying around... even the B&W now has more RAM as I had two 128 MB PC100 sticks to shove in there for 512.
I agree a Mac Mini would be a better deal, but they're just no <i>fun</i>. Now, a cube would be fun. But minis are ugly, and not expandable.
b&w upgrade
The main reason i upgraded my b&w the way i did is my love of mac's and like alot of mac owners i dont think the new intel mac's are really mac's (I mean the thing has a!!GODDAMN!!Intel processor,Mac's dont have intel processor's they have motorola G3,G4 and G5 processors) for my personal reasons i'll keep using my mac for whatever until i get a G5 but on Gods green earth i swear i will never(EVER)use a intel based mac. p.s foregive the caps i am a little nuts.
The main reason i upgraded my b&w the way i did is my love of mac's and like alot of mac owners i dont think the new intel mac's are really mac's (I mean the thing has a!!GODDAMN!!Intel processor,Mac's dont have intel processor's they have motorola G3,G4 and G5 processors) for my personal reasons i'll keep using my mac for whatever until i get a G5 but on Gods green earth i swear i will never(EVER)use a intel based mac. p.s foregive the caps i am a little nuts.