New Features Update Includes important information about new options for Power Macintosh G3 minitower and desktop computers
About Your Power Macintosh G3 Computer Congratulations on purchasing your Macintosh computer. This update addresses the new optional features and components that have become available for Power Macintosh G3 computers since the original manual was printed. It also includes information about features and components that may have been added to your computer as part of Apple Computer’s Build-To-Order program.
10/100Base-T Network Connection If your computer came with the 10/100Base-T Ethernet option, a 10/100Base-T Ethernet card is installed in one of your computer’s PCI slots. You can connect a cable for a 10Base-T or a 100Base-T Ethernet network to this card. 10/100Base-T Ethernet port (RJ-45) Note: The type of twisted-pair cable you use depends on whether you connect to 10Base-T or 100Base-T Ethernet.
Ultra Wide SCSI Hard Disk Drive and PCI Card If your computer came with an Ultra Wide SCSI hard disk drive, it includes some or all of the following components: m in certain configurations, additional internal Ultra Wide SCSI hard disk drives m an Ultra Wide SCSI card in one of your computer’s PCI slots m an internal Ultra Wide SCSI cable that supports up to three internal devices (including your pre-installed Ultra Wide hard disks) Do not connect any SCSI devices to the external 68-pin SCSI-3 connector or t
The factory-installed internal hard disk and the SCSI card are both terminated. Other SCSI devices that you install and connect to the Ultra Wide SCSI bus must not be terminated. If you attach a terminated device to the internal SCSI interface, the computer will malfunction. Important You use the internal ribbon cable with the 68-pin connector to connect an internal SCSI device to the Ultra Wide SCSI bus.
RAID Disk Volume Management Software Certain Power Macintosh G3 configurations may be available with RAID disk volume management software. This software enables your hard disk drives to be striped or mirrored. The Power Macintosh G3 RAID Software CD can be used as a startup disk. You can start up your computer from it and use the RAID application to initialize and stripe or mirror your hard disks. You can also use the RAID Installer to place a copy of the RAID application on one of your hard disks.
Important To capture video using the video input ports on the optional Power Macintosh Audio/ Video card, a monitor needs to be connected to the built-in monitor port. If you have only one monitor connected to the optional 128-bit 2D/3D graphics accelerator card, you will not be able to capture video. If you want to capture video, switch your monitor to the built-in monitor port or connect a second monitor.
Apple FireWire Card The optional Apple FireWire Card is designed to work with digital video camcorders and decks that use the DV format and have a FireWire port (sometimes marked IEEE 1394 or DV IN/ OUT). The included hardware and software, together with a nonlinear editing application, allow you to capture DV movie clips to your hard disk. You can view the clips in MoviePlayer or other QuickTime 3.0 applications, and edit and render the DV movies.
To connect your Macintosh to a DV camera, plug the 6-pin connector into the Apple FireWire Card and the 4-pin connector into the camera’s DV port. Both of these connectors snap into place when properly engaged. If you want to connect two computers together (or if your device has a 6-pin FireWire port), you can obtain cables through an AV equipment retailer or electronics store.
The technical specifications for the DVD-Video and Audio/Video card are not included in the Technical Information booklet that came with your computer. You can find the specifications in Apple’s Tech Info Library at http://til.info.apple.com/. The software you need to use the DVD-Video and Audio/Video card is installed on your computer. However, if you ever reinstall your system software, you must reinstall the software for the card separately. The software is on a CD included in your computer’s accessory kit.
About the Optional DVD-ROM Drive If you purchased the optional DVD-ROM drive, you use it the same way you use a CD-ROM drive. Follow the instructions in the sections about the CD-ROM drive in your manual, Setting Up Your Power Macintosh. DVD-ROM Drive Specifications Disc formats supported The DVD-ROM drive is used in the same way as a CD-ROM drive and is fully compatible with existing CD media.
Data capacity m CD m 656 megabytes (MB), Mode 1 m 748 MB, Mode 2 m DVD m 4.70 gigabytes (GB), single-sided, single-layer m 8.54 GB, single-sided, double-layer m 9.40 GB, double-sided, single-layer m 17.08 GB, double-sided, double-layer Laser for CD-ROM drive m Type: Semiconductor AlGaAs laser m Wavelength: 775–815 nanometers (nm) (typical 790 nm) m Output Power: m Laser Power: 3.3 milliwatts (mW ) m Power out of object lens: 0.2 mW (typical), 0.
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