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Resolved What should I do with my crappy old beige G3 and how do I turn on the PSU?
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I have this beige G3 which doesn't really work and has all these problems and falling apart and most of the plastic parts are brittle and/or broken off. I've had it with the thing and now I just want to get rid of it.
I plan to sell the hard drives as they are very valuable, or at least I thought they were.
On ebay the Caviar 34000 ranges from $80-$190. But browsing the sold listings, only one Caviar 34000 was purchased, and only for $15.95. So it looks like I am not going to make a lot of money from this Caviar 34000
I also have a Quantum Fireball. It is an SCSI drive and it is 3GB. The sold listings of this vary a lot in price! So it looks like I may make more money on this than the Caviar.
There is also an 80mb Quantum ProDrive LPS but that suddenly stopped working for some reason so I can't sell it because it doesn't work.
I already zeroed out the Caviar in the G4 because it is ATA, but I can't zero out the Quantum because it is SCSI and I have no SCSI machine, and the 10.2 disk
I don't want to spend anything to get this beige to work. I don't know for sure what is wrong with it (I suspect the RAM though) and it would not be worth it to restore it. It's only a 233MHz G3 and that can't do much. I'd rather repair a G4. And also lots of plastic is broken, etc. And it also takes up space and it is ugly.
Also I found that the Apple Design keyboard is rather valuable so I would clean that up and sell that. The mouse is a Kensington ADB mouse and I have the OS 8/9 software install floppy for it. doesn't have the zero-over option in it.
The annoying part is the PSU. It has a fan that I really want to salvage but the PSU works (I think) so I can't. I could turn the PSU into a desktop power supply but I can't figure out how to turn it on. Connecting green to black does nothing. I asked here on MacRumors but nobody replied.
This is really why I posted this thread. I want that fan D: but I don't want to ruin a perfectly fine PSU. I could recycle the PSU... I don't really need it and it is not ATX. I'm not sure if it completely works but I think it does (there are no bulging/leaked capacitors). I've had ODD problems which I thought was the PSU but bulbfreak said it could've been a "sad ODD".
I would gladly take some parts if shipping didnt cost too much. Mainly interested in that 233Mhz CPU. lol. I have the same model and want to overclock it but if i Fry the CPU i would have a spare..
Yeah its an old machine but they make amazing os9 machines.. Very capable in 10.2 as well.
The cost of shipping, maybe. I would save the logic board and most of the non plastic bits. You could list them on the rumored "for sale" forum here.
nothing to be honest. But my machine is pretty much in perfect condition. Aside from again a few of the pastics like the support for the second section and one clip. Im not eligible for the Sales forum either but would shipping be expensive? Its just a small chip. That is again if you are willing. I was trying to get maybe something faster for this machine as yes it is old but its a speed demon when it comes to OS9. OSX 10.2 ran alright on the system, but compared to panther 10.2 is a power Hog to the CPU. But i was amazed how usable it was. Im not gonna have a need for the system but i really like it and as mentioned in a few forums want to Over clock mine. But dont want to kill the machine. So if i fry it i could have a spare
Ill agree that its a decent OS9 machine, I have a Tower running at 533mhz and its a great machine. Never loved the desktop though
I've never seen the Tower in person sadly. My family's first 2 machines where desktop PCs both custom built and i hated them. IN the desktops there was never really room for more upgrades versus the towers where perfect.
However this one i found a few years ago. It was my first PowerPC mac, i believe i got it in 2010. I paid $10 for it and it came with the original keyboard mouse and video adapter to VGA. The previous owner didnt say where he got it from but it was upgraded with a 20Gb hard drive, 224mb Ram and a CD Rw unlike the original 32mb, 4gb and CD ROM. I know it originally was a research computer as it has the sticker from a research lab that i will not mention..
I love this machine even though the plastic is falling apart in 2 places and its a lower end mac. Someday id love to give it a better video card and push it to panther or even tiger. But for now its a great gaming Mac even with its tiny 2mb Video.
I have never seen a G3 tower in person either. The desktops seemed to be the big sellers of the line.
I will admit that the "outrigger" desktop design is really slick, and makes them far easier to work on than pretty much any other desktop I've handled. Even so, it has its limitations, with space being a HUGE one. Not only do you have to look for low profile RAM, but also have to consider height with pretty much any component you are placing. As I embark on overclocking mine, I'm probably going to end up epoxying a 40mm fan to the case bottom between the hard drive and logic board to get some air moving over the heatsink, as I really don't see any other way around it. I'm actually not even sure a 40mm fan will fit-I know a 60mm won't-and may end up having to use a 30mm or 20mm fan.
If it were a tower, I could just screw a fan to the top of the heatsink like I did when I put the G4 processor in my B&W(and have been able to overclock to 500mhz, and maybe higher) and be done with it.
I will admit that the "outrigger" desktop design is really slick, and makes them far easier to work on than pretty much any other desktop I've handled. Even so, it has its limitations, with space being a HUGE one. Not only do you have to look for low profile RAM, but also have to consider height with pretty much any component you are placing. As I embark on overclocking mine, I'm probably going to end up epoxying a 40mm fan to the case bottom between the hard drive and logic board to get some air moving over the heatsink, as I really don't see any other way around it. I'm actually not even sure a 40mm fan will fit-I know a 60mm won't-and may end up having to use a 30mm or 20mm fan.
If it were a tower, I could just screw a fan to the top of the heatsink like I did when I put the G4 processor in my B&W(and have been able to overclock to 500mhz, and maybe higher) and be done with it.