Need help identifying which model G4 I have

MY ERROR!!!

I looked again and I think the main board number ends in PG6T not PG8T. That would mean it would be an MDD either Rev A or Rev C. I need to do some research to figure out where the Airport card is and what a 2-pin connector would actually look like. (I prefer the outsides of a computer over the insides 😉 )

Tom

Let me describe the board best I can.

If I orient the board so that the CPU (I assume thats the stuff under the large metal slotted cube):

A ribbon connector comes in from the top left, next is the CPU, followed by 4 memory slots. Then comes 5 slots, the first I think is called an ATA but whatever it the card my monitor is connected to). The other 4 slots are PCI.

On the lower half of the board starting from the left is a ribbon connector and, what I assume, is the power connector. There's a pretty wide space with small components next and then on the lower right is a card a couple inches square.

Where would the AirPort card be?

Thanks for hanging in there.

Tom

I meant orient the board with the cpu to the upper left.

We may be real close...

I do not have an AirPort card (although I found the slot for it) in this machine. There is a single metal-looking wire parked on the framing next to where the card would be installed. I'm assuming that's the antenna connector. To make sure I'm looking in the right place, if I look to the point on the logic board where the card would slide into and then look to the left and right of that slot there are in fact connectors. The one on the right is empty and there are two pins sticking out. The one on the left does have a black and red wire connector hooked to it.

If these are the two connectors you refer to in your other article it must mean Rev C. And I'm assuming that may mean this is an MDD 2003.

While I have your attention, the AirPort card brings up a question. Is this card the wireless card? When we were configuring the machine originally I chose not to have wireless installed (something I regret right now since I'm trying to get wireless installed). The solution I've been trying is a Sonnet PCI card but we're having trouble getting it to work.

If this slot is for a wireless card are they still available?

Thanks again for all your help.

BTW I did get a note back from Ian (MacTracker) who claims that the model # being used for the MDD 2003 is wrong. His comment is that the number being used is part of an order number. This could mean a couple things. 1) as you suggested, the model # on the outside of the machine does not match what was actually installed (which would make sense if this were a 2003) or 2) the S/N on MacTracker is wrong.

Given when I bought the machine (5/04) and what I've learned here I suspect this computer is an MDD 2003 even though the model # indicates it's either an MDD or a FW 800.

One more round and I think my question will have been answered.

Tom

Thank you so very much for all the help. A good thread!

And thanks for steering me away from trying to find an Airport card. Don't want "b" when I have a "g" WAP.

I sent an email to the vendor you suggested. Sonnet and I are still working through some diagnostics to see why the PCI card they have isn't working on this machine. It certainly could be a faulty card and their very willing to replace it. Before that they are retesting to make sure it works on a G4 with 10.3.9.

My backup plan is to replace the G4 with a Mac Mini I bought recently to connect to my TV (with eyeTV) but that's been pretty disappointing.

Thanks again

Tom