7100 G3 upgrade

I think this is the right driver.
http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/FTP/newertech/MAXpowrG3PDSv103.sit

If not, try here.
http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/index.cfm?load=newertech.html

Lin
Version 2.0.5 from here is the most recentest, all-singingest and all dancingest. You need both control panel and extension, and, if you are running an OS earlier than 8.1 ⚠, the LibMoto extension also. Go into the Extensions folder, and insert a single space in the MAXpowr extension's name before the 'M', so that the extension loads early (but not earlier than EM Extension) at startup. Leave the control panel in its alphabetical order. This is all to be done before you exchange the daughter cards.

Having installed the MAXpowr card, you must press the CUDA switch. I haven't done this in a 7300, only in 8100, 8500 and 9500. Note the position of the CUDA on the board, because you may have to peer between the fins of the card's heatsink when the card is in place. Be sure to seat it properly. It 'snaps' into place when you press hard enough. Use a plastic outlet tube from a can of compressed air to winkle between the fins, if you need to, and hold the button in for at least 20sec. Continue reassembly, and then restart the Mac. You can customize the settings of the control panel through the Apple::Control Panels route. One worthwhile setting is to have the original soldered-in L2 cache set to 'off', not 'off if ...'.

There is a suite of utilities from NewerTech: Cache-22, Clockometer, Gauge PRO and RAMometer, which enable you to test the performance of your upgraded system. If you are presently at the point of having trouble with the process after installation of the G3 card, but did not install the software before you removed the 604e card, you will find it least frustrating to return to taws, ie put the 604e back in, and proceed from there.

Do you mean an external adapter cable for the video signal cable? If so, some more detail of what you have and wish to do will help us to help you.

Lin
I just noticed that Dave gave you the same link, but mentioned software for a PDS card in a NuBus Mac (such as the 8100). You need that for the PCI Macs (such as yours, 8500, 9500 and many others), v2.0.5.

Lin
I owe you, and Dave, an abject apology for giving the wrong info. about the required software above. My eye saw 7100, but my brain(?) saw 7300 each time. Quel embarras! The 7100 (an AV model in your case?) is a NuBus Mac. The upgrade processor 7MX71/81 replaces the AV card (or the HPV card) in the PDS slot, just as in an 8100, and that now makes sense of your video difficulty.

First, the link that Dave and I both gave you is the best one, and you need the G3 PDS software v1.0.3. How to install remains the same.

In an 8100 one needs a special cradle (NewerTech calls it a video card caddy, but what's in a name?) for the vid. card, and a passthrough flexible cable from the daughter card. The cradle has a cutout to allow access to the VRAM on the vid. card. These cradles were sold separately, and occur infrequently in eBay sales, but if any will have one, it may be the eBay sellers kps101 or clandestine1. I was able (and fortunate) to get processor card and cradle from the latter in one purchase in early 2004. The vid. card (AV or HPV), once suitably cradled, is installed into the NuBus slot (mostly for support) next to the PDS slot containing the G3 daughtercard. Its DB-15 connector will appear to be upside-down from the rear of the case.

Lin
What this pic barely shows you is the solution to your difficulty. The video card caddy embraces your PDS video card, and has an extension at its case end to overcome the fact that the video card, when it is inserted into the NuBus slot, is short of the case and and the anchor point for the DB-15 video connector. Your present problem will vanish. It is a little finicky to put the vid. card into the caddy, but when it is done ...

I have not used the G3 upgrade you have, but I bought a Sonnet G3 board for a 6100, moved it to a 7100 and it is now still purring in an 8100.

The 7100 comes with two video options. A built-in, odd-shaped port that used an HDI-45 connector and a high resolution board. The board is what you are having trouble reconnecting to with the G3 board.

In the 7100, I could still use the built-in video (with less memory thus less resolution or colors). The problem is that you have to use a now hard to find HDI-45 cable.

If you can live with less colors on the monitor and can find the HDI-45 at a used computer store or on Ebay, you may try this option.

G4 400 Mac OS X (10.3.9) SE, 605, 6100, 7100, 8100, 6500, 9500 (the last four are in operation today)

Lin,

Where are you? If you need another Mac I have a G3 upgraded 8100 that you can have for your pre-schoolers. I am in Toronto.

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