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Upgrades
Power Macintosh G3 Desktop
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PCI or I/O Cards

Before you begin, remove
the top housing.

1 Open the expansion card

cover.

Expansion
Card
Cover
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2 Remove the screw that

holds the port access
Port Access Cover Screw

cover in place.

3 Pull out the access

Port Access Cover Sheet
Metal
Shield cover.

Note: If you remove all

three port access covers,
be sure the sheet metal
shield remains under the
edge of the logic board.
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4 Align the card connector

with the expansion slot
Port
Access Screw
Opening and press straight down
until the connector
inserts all the way into
PCI Slots

the slot.

Note: It may be helpful

to hold the card slightly
away from the port
access opening until the
card fits into the slot.

Note: If the PCI card is a

full 12 inches, be sure
it fits into one of the
three card guides at the
front of the computer.
PCI Card Guide
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5 If you meet resistance,

pull the card out and try
Screw

again.

6 To test the connection,

pull the card up gently.
The card should remain
firmly in place.

7 Reinstall the screw to

secure the card in place.
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8 Close the expansion card

cover.

Expansion
Card
Cover
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Memory—DRAM
Expansion
Card
or VRAM
Cover Release Switches
Support
Foot Open Chassis
Before you begin, remove
the top housing.

1 To unlock the chassis,

move the release
switches toward the
inside of the computer.

2 Tip the support foot out

until it snaps into the
locked position.
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3 Lift up on the tab to open

the chassis.
Tab
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4 Swing the chassis up and

insert the support arm
in the hole.

Support
Arm

Hole in Chassis Floor

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DRAM DIMM DRAM

Note: DIMM shape and
components may vary.

Ejector 1 To remove existing

DRAM DIMMs to make
room for new ones, push
down on the ejectors.
DRAM Slot
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2 Align DIMM notches with

DRAM slot ribs.
DRAM DIMM Notches

Note: The DIMM is

designed to fit in the slot
Connectors Ejector only one way.

3 With ejectors open,

DRAM Slot press the DIMM into the
Ribs (Inside Slot) slot.

Note: Slot may have one

or two ejectors.
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SGRAM DIMM VRAM

Note: SGRAM DIMM shape
and components may vary.

1 To remove existing
SGRAM DIMM, spread
arms of video memory
Video Memory Slot

Video Memory slot apart slightly. The

Slot Arm SGRAM DIMM will pop
up.
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2 Align SGRAM DIMM

notches with VRAM slot
SGRAM DIMM

ribs.

Note: SGRAM DIMM fits

Rib into slot only one way.

Video Memory Slot 3 Press the SGRAM DIMM

into the slot.
Notch
Video Memory
Note: SGRAM DIMM
Connectors
Slot Arm
should be flat and
parallel to the logic
board.
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Close Chassis
1 Lift up the chassis
support arm from the
hole on the chassis floor
and gently swing the
chassis back into place.

Chassis Top

Support Arm

Hole on Chassis Floor

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2 Close expansion card

cover.

3 Press the release

Expansion
Release Switches
switches toward the
Card Cover Support
Foot
outside of the computer.

4 Swing the support foot

back inside the computer
housing.
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Modem Card
Before you begin, do the
following:
• Remove the top housing
• Open the internal chassis
• Remove the I/O Card
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1 Insert a small flatblade

screwdriver in the
modem slot cover on the
I/O card.

2 Gently twist the

screwdriver to pop out
the metal modem slot
cover.
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3 Holding the modem card

at a slight angle to the
I/O card, insert the
metal lip on the modem
card’s connector panel
through the opening in
the I/O card.
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4 Gently swing down the

modem card so that it is
aligned on top of the
modem card slot on the
I/O card.

5 Gently press down

evenly on the modem
card to install it. Be sure
the card is properly
seated.
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6 Reinstall the I/O card in

the computer. Be sure to
insert the three screws
that secure the I/O card
to the metal chassis.