I just got an Indigo iMac 500mhz education model. It's running OS 9.2.2 with 384mb RAM! Having some trouble getting OS X on it, though.

That's a pretty sweet rig you've got. If you do get OS X on it, it will run it nicely.

9.2.2 should really haul on an iMac with those specs.

Congrats!

And welcome to the PPCMLA!

Peace,Drew
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Cool! Gotta love the old G3 iMacs!
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• Power Macintosh 6500/225

The odd thing is that OS 9.2.2. actually freezes a lot on it.

Hmm.

What sort of trouble are you having installing OS X? As far as I know, it should just install with no trouble at all...

Peace,
Drew

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That definitely does sound like trouble. I wonder if your cache could be bad...

When your iMac freezes with OS X, are you trying to boot the installer CD or is it after you've installed OS X to the hard drive?

Peace,
Drew

It messes up while booting from the cd. And if I have a bad cache, is it replacable?

Correct me if I'm worng, but I don't think that the cache on those machines is replaceable without a CPU replacement.
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• Power Macintosh 6500/225

Sounds expensive.

Right. Isn't the CPU soldered to the motherboard? So that would need a motherboard swap, which, surprisingly, isn't a terribly expensive thing. Still, it's probably more expensive than picking up a 400 - 450 MHz Sawtooth or so. But then factor in the cost of shipping, adding a display, etc...

Peace,
Drew

I don't care enough about this iMac to do a motherboard replacement. Right now, on the Apple Discussions thread, we think the cd drive is failing. I posted a WTB/WTT ad on the trading section on these forums for a firewire cd drive. (I opened this mac up recently, and when I pick it up, I feel lost screws jingling) If anyone of you have a spare drive, I'd like to buy it from you, or trade something for it.

My iMac went to the great big Trash can in the sky. It can't even boot OS 9 without freezing.

You threw it away?!? Did you try any other OS', such as 8.6?

You should have at least tried selling it, alot of people might be able to use the parts....
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Namely parts like the PAV board, which I assume was working. Those die alot, and replacements aren't always easy to come by...
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I didn't throw it away! I'd never do a cruel thing like that! As in trash can in sky, I mean it went to heaven. (I'm assuming) It's corpse is in my basement. I might sell it.

oooh, ok!

Whew! Had me worried for a bit.
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iMac G5, Powerbook G3/333, Beige G3MT, PM 6200CD, RS/6000

Yeah, when the 68kMLA comes back up, sell its guts.
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• Power Macintosh 6500/225

I've used a lot of the parts in this iMac for other machines.

-edited due to dead link

Sweet! I wonder if one of those suckers would fit inside a pizza-box Mac... What are the dimensions on the iMac motherboard?

Peace,
Drew
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There is bidding competition. I might not be able to get it after all. But someday I'll fix this iMac.

Sorry about the bid war. For what it's worth, that's not me. I wouldn't cut you down like that (unless it were something like a prototype.)

That's an awesome hack! I've got a Quadra 610 and a few 6100s sitting around doing nothing. If those components fit in an LC, they'll definitely fit in one of the 610/6100 style cases. That gives me ideas (like I don't already have enough to do).

Good luck with this.

Peace,
Drew
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I'm winning!

I lost!

I just won a 400mhz mobo!

Now I will make a decision on the optical drive! Someone on Applefritter is selling them, same price for both DVD-ROM and CD-RW. I'm wondering, should I go with DVD-ROM or CD-RW? I feel like I'll go with the CD-RW because I wouldn't want to watch DVDs, and I wouldn't want to install Tiger.

What do you think?

Since my post above I have 'redeployed' the two Indigo 500 and the Snow DVSE 500 by shuffling around their RAM and drives according to age and processor version:

Snow 10.3.9/1GB/30GB (2000) became Snow 10.2.8/768MB/40GB
Indigo-1 10.2.8/768MB/20GB (2002) became Indigo-1 10.4.10/1GB/40GB
Indigo-2 10.4.10/768MB/20GB (2001) became Indigo-2 10.3.9/768MB/30GB

In retrospect, I should have made Indigo-2 the Tiger Mac, as its video is clearer and brighter. Indigo-1's new (different) 40GB HDD (10k rpm) died within a month. Too hot in the space at those rpm, I suspect, so it now has a 20GB 10k rpm, which is doing famously.

I had not used the DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive in the Snow much in six-and-a-half years, and it always sounded as if it was labouring mightily, so I replaced it with a CD-R only. I do all burning externally in LaCie drives, as it happens, and use DVD only for data. Even with their rear 'feet' elevated on 18-mm blocks (40mm for the Snow, so as to get its screen vertical in a rack) for more efficient cooling, they are distinctly warm at the top vent (but not hot) in our summer. If you are thinking about regular use of DVD, I'd suggest an external FW drive.

de
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I'm getting the CD-RW drive. I know I'll never use the DVD function, but the CD-RW function might come in handy. I'll probably keep this mac on Mac OS 8.6 (if that is compatible with the mobo I'm getting) or Mac OS 9.2.2. I may install Mac OS X Puma on it, just because I never used it.

The motherboard came! The motherboard came!

It works!

Well done. Now enjoy!

de
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I just won an auction for a 10GB HD with Mac OS 9.2.2 and Adobe Photo Deluxe installed!

Just ordered the last of the parts.

Final Specs:
400mhz G3
128mb RAM
10gb HD
CD-RW Drive
Mac OS 9.2.2

All fixed and working!

Sweet! Don't you love that feeling of being able to return a Mac that's down and out to working order?

Anyway, congrats on getting it working again. I know this has been a long process.

Peace,
Drew
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