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Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Tools used in this guide

Flathead Screwdriver

Phillips #0 Screwdriver

Step 1 -

The Powermac G3 Blue And White

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 2

Start By Disconnecting the computer, and lifting the tab on the side of the computer, and lowering the side panel.

Step 3

Ram

The PowerMac G3 B&W supports up to 512MB of PC133 Ram

It has 4 ram slots for an optimal configuration of 4X 128MB

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 4

Removing The CPU

Start by using a flathead to gently pry off the clip, remember you have to put it back on again!

Then, remove the heatsink.

This reveals the Motorola PowerPC G3 CPU, this is the 400Mhz Model.

Step 5

Then, lift the metal retaining lever.

Then, lift the CPU out of it's socket.

This is the Motorola Co-Processor.

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 6

The CPU: A Motorola XPC750MIP400CM (400Mhz PowerPC 750/G3) With 1Mb Of Level 2 Cache.

This is another one of those unique apple connectors, it it is a 288 pin keyed PGA socket.

Step 7

Graphics Card:

The Powermac G3 Came Standard With A 16MB ATI 3D Rage PCI Mac Edition Card, there are only a few available upgrade cards.

Start By Removing this Screw.

Once that's done, pull the card out.

Sorry Guys, Regular PCI Cards Won't work here, only Mac Edition PCI-Compatible Cards, and this card won't work in a PC, Also, graphics cards only work in the first slot, the other 4 PCI Slots won't support graphics cards.

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 8

Firewire Module:

Unplug the power cable from the logic board.

Then close the case and remove this screw.

Then open it again.

Step 9

Then remove this screw too.

Then lift the module out, there is a connector undernieth it, to be careful while doing this.

Then we can move on.

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 10

Removing the Optical Drive/ZIP Drive Caddy:

Start by pushing in these tabs, and pulling the blue drive bezel out.

Step 11

This will reveal 2 phillips screws.

Remove them.

Then push the back of the cage out the front of the case far enough to remove the ribbon and power cables, than slide the cage completly out, and set it aside.

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 12

Removing the drive cage:

Step 13

Removing the power supply

Disconnect the power connector from the logic board (this looks alot like a standard ATX connector, but I have yet to test the voltages)

There is a 4-Pin Cable connected to the front panel box, remove it.

Disconnect the internal fan cable.

The Fan Connector

Then Route all of the cables up through the case to the level of the power supply.

Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White Teardown

Step 14

Remove these phillips screws.

Now, you can slide the power supply towards you, and remove it.

Sorry, but my camera battery died, I will post photos on how to remove the logic board after I take them