Upgrading an iMac 350 to Fire Wire?

rhoqrhoq
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I have an iMac 350 - it has 2 USB ports and I would like to add Fire Wire. Is this at all possible?



I know that the models that came out following mine shipped with Fire Wire.

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    I don't know why I remembered this.



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    It's a processor upgrade and a firewire port rolled into one.



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  • Reply 2 of 9
    franckfranck Posts: 135member
    Ebby,

    You can't use that model on a 350MHz iMac (100MHz bus, slot loading)
  • Reply 3 of 9
    rhoqrhoq Posts: 190member
    Thanks - Does anyone make something similar for an iMac 350 with a slot loading drive?
  • Reply 4 of 9
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    there is no upgrade for this machine....
  • Reply 5 of 9
    rhoqrhoq Posts: 190member
    In theory, let's say I could get my hands on the panel from an iMac DV that has the Firewire/USB/Ethernet ports - would I be able to swap it with the USB/Ethernet panel that is on my machine?
  • Reply 6 of 9
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    [quote]Ebby,

    You can't use that model on a 350MHz iMac (100MHz bus, slot loading) <hr></blockquote>



    Woops, sorry 'bout that.
  • Reply 7 of 9
    franckfranck Posts: 135member
    [quote]Originally posted by Rhoq:

    <strong>In theory, let's say I could get my hands on the panel from an iMac DV that has the Firewire/USB/Ethernet ports - would I be able to swap it with the USB/Ethernet panel that is on my machine?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I don't think so.

    AFAIK ( I changed an iMac 350 's Hard Drive last weekend), this panel is directly connected to the motherboard, and this model probably doesn't include a Firewire chip on the mobo.



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  • Reply 8 of 9
    rhoqrhoq Posts: 190member
    Hmmm...I changed my HD last week as well (I got a Western Digital 100 Gig, 7200 RPM), but I really wasn't paying attention to the board. I will have to take a better look when I install a slot loading DVD this weekend.



    It kind of sucks that were stuck having only USB 1 on our iMac 350 machines...
  • Reply 9 of 9
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Rhoq:

    <strong>

    It kind of sucks that were stuck having only USB 1 on our iMac 350 machines...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well that's the problem with Apple's comsumer stuff, you can't upgrade them.
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