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I finally received my Power Mac in the mail today and I am a very happy camper. It works like a charm and has OS X Panther as the OS. I am also planning to create some repair guides soon for this Mac as there are currently none besides a teardown. Here are my system specs. However, the outer shell is very damaged on one side…
Now thats a lot of damage! I see that the plastic shell is modular and can be removed. My question is where can I find replacement outer casing parts for this model. @mayer @danj ideas? PS: I wrote this entire question using only a puck mouse and an Apple Bondi Blue USB keyboard that came with the PowerMac. Great deal! Update (11/02/2018) @mayer The guides I made for this Mac are public. Take a look if you wish, I appreciate feedback. One thing I will definitely agree with is if you say that I need to take better pictures. I anticipate making more guides on how to replace the power supply, fan, logic board, outer casing and SSD/HDD. Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Graphics Card Replacement Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White PRAM Battery Replacement Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White RAM Replacement
Let me look in the garage and see if I have one that’s parted out. How’s the PRAM battery? (will it hold the date and time when not connected to the internet)? What’s your RAM configuration? Do you have any programs or games that will run on it? UPDATE Happy Halloween. RAM Type: PC100 SDRAM Min. RAM Speed: 100 MHz Details: Formally supports 100 MHz PC100 SDRAM (3.3v, unbuffered, 64-bit-wide, 168-pin). However, PC133 SDRAM is backwards compatible and may be used as well. Standard RAM: 64 MB, 128 MB* Maximum RAM: 1 GB I forgot how many RAM slots that machine has and EveryMac doesn’t say. Are you going to install system9 too, so you can run older games? UPDATE 2 the OWC - That drive may work but if I remember correctly, you may have to have a 12GB partition with the systems on it. You need to research that.
