Apple powermac server g3 minitow Manuales De Servicio

 

 Basics

Data Buses - 19

 

Some Power Mac/Server G3 computers support adding two 

ATA/IDE devices to the same ATA/IDE channel, or what is 

commonly known as master and slave. This configuration 

provides user with the ability to add additional hard drives 

or removal media devices to their system.

The Power Macintosh G3 Minitower and Macintosh Server 

G3 units that support this feature can only be identified by 

looking at the logic board itself and verifying the revision of 

the built-in video ASIC made by ATI Technologies. If you are 

looking at the logic board with the rear connector towards 

you, the video ASIC is located approximately 1” from the 

built-in video connector on the logic board. 

If the ASIC reads: “ATI 3D Rage II+DVD,”  the logic board 

does not support the master and slave configuration;  If the 

controller reads: “ATI 3D Rage Pro PCI,” the logic board