[cyberman]

I messed up my quicksilver 2002 motherboard and need to buy one. However, I haven't been able to find out if there is any difference between the two revisions: assembly numbers 820-1276-A and 820-1342-B (a.k.a. apple part numbers 661-2503 and 661-2606)

Anybody know if there's any acutall difference between the two?

[booboo]

Only significant difference AFAIK is in the ROM - the Rev B's are capable of supporting HD's over 120GB, which is nice.

That means that the Rev A's have no practical advantage over the 'Digital Audio' mobo's, and the QS AGP is definitely flaky compared with the DA . . .

[Big Mac]

Bummer, cyberman - I can sympathize. Where are you planning to buy the motherboard from?

[cyberman]

Originally Posted by Big Mac

Bummer, cyberman - I can sympathize. Where are you planning to buy the motherboard from?

I was gonna get a used from ebay.com, but every qs mobo that comes up there is the older revision.

The next best place i found is
http://www.dttservice.com/appledeskt...ermacg4qs.html

$295 for repair/exchange. They're located nearish where I live, so shipping won't be too much.


The worst part is: I did the damaged to my motherboard myself. I was in the process of moving everything to a pc chasis for better and quieter cooling. I had finished drilling holes and was inserting the cpu card back into the socket, but a couple of the pins on the mobo got bent. I managed to bend them back, but not without breaking off the top .3mm or so on a couple of the pins. Just enough to ensure they don't make contact with the pins on the cpu card.

Man, it was easier to bend back pins on athlon xps....

[Captain Curt]

(.3 cm right? 1/10th of a inch?) Try a bead of solder on the ends of the pins. What have you got to lose?

[cyberman]

Originally Posted by Captain Curt

(.3 cm right? 1/10th of a inch?) Try a bead of solder on the ends of the pins. What have you got to lose?

I do mean .3mm or so. The pins on the mobo cpu socket are reaally small.

Good idea! I think I'll try it.

[cyberman]

Gah, the pins are far too small. I'm just gonna buy a new motherboard

[Captain Curt]

Well, at least you know that your money is well spent.

[cyberman]

Sigh, I just got a motherboard back from dttservice.com. They sent me a rev A board. I needed a rev B board since I have a 160gb hd.


Guess I should have mentioned that in the beginning. I figured mentioning that it was a quicksilver 2002 and the assembly number 820-1342-B would have been sufficient.


Oh well, time to email them.

Unless someone knows where I can find ultra cheap ultra ata card (mac bootable) for macs?


Cheapest I've been able to find was a $64 Acard ultra ata 133 model at a yahoo store.
I've seen pc ultra ata cards for less than $30

[kick52]

you can buy a G4 motherboard at www.forevermac.com for £100 ($200) but i dont know if thats the quicksilver.

yay! i got a sawtooth. its comming on wednesday.

[cyberman]

Originally Posted by kick52

you can buy a G4 motherboard at www.forevermac.com for £100 ($200) but i dont know if thats the quicksilver.

yay! i got a sawtooth. its comming on wednesday.

Probably a yikes or sawtooth at that price. Besides, international shipping is expensive

[cyberman]

I just called DT&T (the company I sent my mobo to). The guy on the phone said they don't pay attention to things like "that," referring to the lack of 48 bit lba support on the mobo they sent me. Or even the product number stamped on the mobo. (I sent them a dead qs 2002 board , 820-1342-B, they sent me back a 820-1276-A, presumably a qs 2001 board). I will be mailing the incorrect board they sent me back to them and they have agreed to repair my original motherboard.

Lesson learned: always include instructions detailing what you want to happen, including that the defective part must be replaced by a part of the same model number if it can't be repaired.

Man, for $250, I think they should be able to pay attention to part numbers... (I work in online retail, I pay atention part numbers and the like for things selling for much less than that)