Power Macintosh 8500 Upgrade. Apple WS 8150, Power Macintosh 8100/80 and 8100/80AV

Add to My manuals
130 Pages

advertisement

Power Macintosh 8500 Upgrade. Apple WS 8150, Power Macintosh 8100/80 and 8100/80AV | Manualzz

Upgrades Power Macintosh 8500 Upgrade - 19

Power Macintosh 8500 Upgrade

The Power Macintosh 8500 Upgrade Kit can be used to upgrade a Quadra 800, Quadra 840, or a Power Macintosh

8100. The kit includes everything except:

• The peripherals (such as the hard drive, floppy drive, and CD-ROM drive), which must be transferred from the original unit you are upgrading

• A processor card, which must be purchased separately.

Refer to the appropriate Take Apart chapter (that is, the

Take Apart chapter in the Quadra 800, Quadra 840AV, or

Power Macintosh 8100 manual) for instructions on how to remove the drives from the original unit.

Refer to the Take Apart chapter in the Power Macintosh

8500/WS 8550 manual to see where the peripherals should be installed in the upgraded unit and for instructions on how

Upgrades Power Macintosh 8500 Upgrade - 20 to install the processor card.

Once you have installed all the drives in the upgraded unit and replaced the top housing, copy the serial number from the original unit to the blank serial label on the upgraded unit.

advertisement

Related manuals

Frequently Answers and Questions

What is the primary operating system for PowerPC processor-based Macintosh computers?
System 7, which has been optimized for the PowerPC processor.
What are the benefits of using a PowerPC-based Macintosh system?
It offers compatibility with 680x0-based systems, runs both 680x0 and native PowerPC applications simultaneously, and provides two to four times the performance of the fastest 68040- and 80486-based personal computers.
What should be done if a Power Macintosh system does not power up?
Reset the logic board.
Can composite RAM SIMMs be used in Power Macintosh computers?
No, noncomposite RAM SIMMs only can be used, and they must be installed in like pairs.
What is the purpose of the HDI-45 connector on the logic board?
It connects to a variety of devices, including audio input and output devices, video output devices, and monitor ID sense lines.
What is Apple RAID software?
It protects data from loss during a disk failure and enhances the speed of data storage and retrieval by using disk mirroring or disk striping.
What is the CPU of the 8100/80 and 8150 models?
80, 100 or 110 MHz PowerPC 601 RISC microprocessor.
What is the cache memory of the 8100/80 and 8150 models?
32K of on-chip cache memory.
What system software version is required for the 8100/80 and 8150 models?
System software version 7.1.2 or later.
What is the CPU of the 8100/100, 8100/110 and 8150/110 models?
80, 100 or 110 MHz PowerPC 601 RISC microprocessor.
What system software version is required for the 8100/100, 8100/110 and 8150/110 models?
System software version 7.5 or later.

advertisement

Table of contents