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    Hdd Not Recognized

    Ooops, looks like I misread the Jumper position. Unfortunately the positions were offset slightly from the pins and I repeated my error. Repositioned the jumper to Master. Immediately recognized the HDD and started loading the OS. Thanks for the help.
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    Hdd Not Recognized

    Just acquired a clean G3 B&W with 64MB and no HDD. Added more memory and HDD, then started. The HDD was a wiped drive from a PC so I started from the OS X CD. The disk was read and I received instructions and I got to the point of installing in a HDD, it showed no disks to install the OS. I...
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    Hard Drive Replacement

    I removed the 20 GB HDD and installed the original HDD and ejected the stuck disk after it started on the original HDD. I then installed the 20 GB HDD again and used another disk to start. Right away it recognized the HDD and went through the the proceedure for loading the OS, except I think I...
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    Hard Drive Replacement

    I recently installed 512 MB RAM, a new battery and a 20GB HDD in an iMac. I upgraded the RAM first. It checked out ok. Then I replaced the battery and the HDD. When I started up I got the ? on the screen. I take it that the new HDD was not recognized. Unfortunately I also attempted to start up...
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    Processor Upgrade

    Hey there wait a minute. The Mac I'm working on is just a learning machine. I wanted to upgrade a group of ten that I got for $7 each(my sources are secret, slight issues with OS 9.2, batteries weak,but useable).These units came equipped with, 300MHz processor, 8GB HDD,256 MB RAM. 24X CD drive...
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    Processor Upgrade

    I was thinking macs were quite similar to the PCs in which i've been installing faster processors. Can't swap faster processors in like units? G3-300 to G3-400 ?The only PCI slot taken up is the USB PCI card I installed, there are two more available. I'll have to work around OS X 10.2.8.
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    Processor Upgrade

    I am considering a processor upgrade. Presently I'm playing with a beige PowerMac G3, 300 MHz,OS X 10.2.8, 256 MB RAM, What are the viable processor ungrades available for this computer?
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