[G4] Re: help on installing an internal mac modem (i'm A NEWB!)

[Al Poulin]

On Sep 14, 2006, at 2:24 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
wrote:

> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Brandon Sternburg <happyhlaut at yahoo.com>

> I just got an old tower g4 and plan to upgrade it. I
> understand the pci port upgrades. Installing hard
> drive and ram. But i am trying to find an internal
> modem for my tower i've come across the internal
> modems suppoively supposively use in these Tower PC's
> but looking at the pictures i can't figure out how you
> install it. I'm not sure exactly which model i have.
> It is a 533mhz g4 tower with a very small microphone
> port. So i figure maybe it's the digital audio  model
> which also featured the agp card. Reguardless the port
> on the back that looks like it should be where the
> modem goes. but the port has a small metal box there
> with what i thought was a modem. It had a phone port.
> I only had to move it to the side. Howerver the
> operating system (os X 10.3.9) says there is no modem.
> I thought maybe it was a driver issue but even started
> up under os 9 there is no way to access this modem. if
> it IS a modem. reguardless i want an internal modem
> and before i purchase it i need to figure out:
>
> 1. if the lil box potentially hard wired to the mother
> board is a modem
>
> 2. if it isn't how do i install a modem in it's place.

I don't have the technical answers you need, but these links will help 
verify you have a Digital Audio 533.
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/index.shtml
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418

If the original model is not there, it looks like someone modified your 
machine.  And yes, the modem port is a phone line port.

Al Poulin
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