Apple Power Macintosh (7100 Series) Specifications

Service Source K Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150 Power Macintosh 6100/60, 6100/60AV, 6100/66,6100/66AV, 6100/DOS Compatible, andWorkgroup Server 6150

Basics HDI-45 Pinouts - 8 Table: HDI-45 PinoutsPin Description 1 Analog audio ground2 Audio input shield3 Left channel au

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 43Replacement Note: After carefully aligning the side rails, push down firmly on the chassis and slide it to

Service Source K Additional Procedures Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Additional Procedures Battery Verification - 1 Battery Verification Before you begin, remove the top housing. Warning: If handled or discarded impr

Additional Procedures Battery Verification - 2 1 Set the voltmeter to the 10 volts DC scale.2 Hold the positive probe of the voltmeter to the positi

Additional Procedures Battery Replacement - 3 Battery Replacement Before you begin, remove the top housing. Warning: If handled or discarded improp

Additional Procedures Battery Replacement - 4 1 Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, pry open the latch at the end of the battery holder and lift o

Additional Procedures Battery Replacement - 5 2 Grasp the battery and remove it from the holder.3 Return the battery to Apple for proper disposal. F

Additional Procedures Reset Logic Board - 6 Reset Logic Board Before you begin, remove the following:• Top housing• Power cord Note: Whenever you h

Additional Procedures Reset Logic Board - 7 Warning: If handled or discarded improperly, the lithium battery in the computer could explode. Review

Additional Procedures Reset Logic Board - 8 1 Unplug the computer first.2 Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, pry open the latch at the end of the

Basics HDI-45 Pinouts - 9 10 Green ground (shield)11 Green video output (75Ω)12 Video input power ground13 Power for camera +5 V14 Reserved15 Reserv

Additional Procedures Reset Logic Board - 9 3 Grasp the battery and remove it from the holder.

Additional Procedures Reset Logic Board - 10 4 Press the power on button. 5 Disconnect the power supply cable from the logic board. Wait 5–10 minute

Additional Procedures Reset Logic Board - 11 Note: This procedure resets PRAM. Be sure to check the computer’s time/date and other system paramete

Service Source K Upgrades Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Upgrades Expansion Cards - 1 Expansion Cards Before you begin, remove the following:• Top housing• SCSI hard drive cable Caution : Review the ESD pr

Upgrades Expansion Cards - 2 1 Remove the expansion port cover from the rear panel.Expansion Port Cover

Upgrades Expansion Cards - 3 2 Loosely connect the expansion card connector to the adapter card connector. Note: Be sure to fit the adapter card p

Upgrades Expansion Cards - 4 4 Insert the connector on the bottom of the adapter card into the expansion slot. Note: Make sure that the tab on the

Upgrades Expansion Cards - 5 5 Attach the thumbscrews.6 Reconnect the SCSI hard drive cable making sure you run the cable over the expansion card.Th

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 6 CD-ROM Upgrade Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in Bulletins/Safety.CD-ROM

Basics HDI-45 Pinouts - 10 21 S-video input chroma (C)22 Reserved23 Reserved24 Reserved25 Reserved26 Red ground (shield)27 Red video output (75Ω)28

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 7 1 Remove the blank CD-ROM drive bezel from the top housing.2 Install the slotted CD-ROM drive bezel in the top housing.S

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 8 3 Pry off the metal 5.25" drive bay shield. 5.25'' Drive Bay Shield

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 9 4 Attach the CD-ROM drive carrier to the CD-ROM drive with four Phillips screws.CD-ROM Drive CarrierCD-ROM Drive

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 10 5 Push in the CD-ROM drive and carrier.CD-ROM DriveCD-ROM Drive Carrier

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 11 6 Align the slots at the lower edge of the CD-ROM shield with the tabs on the bottom housing.7 Swing up the CD-ROM shie

Upgrades CD-ROM Upgrade - 12 8 Connect these cables from the power supply to the CD-ROM drive:• CD-ROM audio cable• SCSI data cable• CD-ROM drive po

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 13 DOS Compatibility Upgrade Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 14 Note: The DOS Compati-bility Upgrade Kit comes with a DOS Compatibility card installed in a bracket adapte

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 15 1 Remove the expansion port cover from the rear panel.Expansion Port Cover

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 16 2 Unplug the power cable from the hard drive.Hard DriveHard Drive Power Cable

Basics HDI-45 Pinouts - 11 32 Monitor ID33 Vertical sync signal34 Composite sync signal35 ADB power +5 V36 ADB ground37 ADB data38 Keyboard switch39

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 17 3 Connect the power cable that you disconnected from the hard drive to one end of the hard drive power exten

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 18 Installation With CD-ROM Drive Present 6 Unplug the CD audio cable from the computer’s logic board.7 Plug th

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 19 8 Plug one end of the CD audio cable that came with the upgrade kit into the Sound Out connector on the DOS

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 20 Installation Without CD-ROM Drive 10 Plug one end of the CD audio cable that came with the upgrade kit into

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 21 Important: The jumper at location J10 on the DOS Compatibility card is mismarked. When installing the card

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 22 Note: Fold the SCSI ribbon cable back so that it doesn’t get caught under the DOS Compatibility card. The

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 23 Note: Make sure that the tab on the side of the adapter card slides into the slot on the side of the botto

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 24 13 Attach the thumbscrews that secure the DOS Compatibility card to the computer’s rear panel. Note: Fold

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 25 15 Plug the HDI-45 end of the monitor adapter cable into the monitor port on the back of the computer.16 Plu

Upgrades DOS Compatibility Upgrade - 26 18 Plug the 26-pin male connector on the 4-headed monitor cable into the DOS Compatibility card. DOS Compati

Basics HDI-45 Pinouts - 12 43 Video sync ground44 Blue ground (shield)45 Blue video output (75Ω) Pin Description

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 27 Power Macintosh Upgrade Before you begin, remove the following:• Top housing• Power supply• Logic board Cautio

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 28 Note: The Power Macintosh 6100/60 and WS 6150 upgrade kits contain a Power Macintosh logic board, insulator

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 29 1 Press the tabs outward and slide the floppy drive forward a few inches.Floppy DriveTabTab

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 30 2 Place the metal openings that are on the sides of the EMI shield (provided in the upgrade kit) over the scre

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 31 3 Press up on the tab and slide out the CD-ROM drive. CD-ROM Drive

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 32 4 Remove the adhesive strip from the rubber EMI gasket. Note: The gasket should be placed in the middle of t

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 33 6 Using a flat-blade screwdriver, press down and release the four tabs that secure the rear panel to the chass

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 34 8 Remove the existing insulator sheet and replace it with the insulator sheet provided with the upgrade kit.In

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 35 9 Line up the bottom tabs on the rear panel provided in the upgrade kit with the slots in the chassis.10 Press

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 36 Note: Connect the floppy drive cable before inserting the logic board.13 Install the PowerPC logic board.14

Basics Rear Panel Connectors - 13 Rear Panel Connectors The figure on the following page shows the rear panel of a Power Macintosh 6100/60AV compute

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 37 Important: These upgraded units require that DRAM SIMMs be installed in matching pairs (that is, SIMMs of th

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 38 Note: The logic board is secured with two screws.15 Replace the standoff and, using a long Phillips screwdri

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 39 17 Replace the SCSI data cable with the one provided in the upgrade kit.18 Connect these cables to the logic b

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 40 19 Reconnect these power supply cables• Main power cable• Hard drive power cable• CD-ROM drive power cable (if

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 41 20 Replace the power supply.21 Tighten the screw that secures the power supply to the chassis.22 Push in the C

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 42 23 Lift up on the top of the metal EMI shield and slide the floppy drive back into place. Note: The top of t

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 43 25 Replace the top housing and turn the unit over.26 Remove the adhesive strip from the rubber foot provided i

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 44 28 Adhere the 6100/60 or WS 6150 sticker to the front of the unit, directly over the current model name. Note:

Upgrades Power Macintosh Upgrade - 4529 Run MacTest Pro in looping mode or other software in demo mode for 1 hour as a burn-in test.Note: Contact Fi

Service Source K Exploded View Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Basics Rear Panel Connectors - 14Power Macintosh 6100/60 AV Rear PanelS-Video InDB-15 VideoS-Video OutEthernetSCSIHDI-45 VideoPrinterModemADBSound O

Exploded View 1Top Housing(PM) 922-0807(WS) 922-0993Blank Bezel922-0358Slotted CD Bezelw/ Caddy 922-0805Slotted CD BezelCaddilessPower Supply661-1

Basics Logic Board Connectors - 15 Logic Board Connectors The figure on the following page shows a Power Macintosh 6100 Series logic board.

Basics Logic Board Connectors - 16Sound InSound OutADBSerial PortsAV DisplayConnectorSCSIEthernetDRAMSIMMsSoldered DRAM601ChipROMCache601PDS

Basics Apple RAID Software - 17 Apple RAID Software Apple RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) software protects data from loss during a disk

Service Source K Basics Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Basics Apple RAID Software - 18 • If you wish to use your server's startup disk for Apple RAID, do not install the Apple RAID program on your s

Basics Apple RAID Software - 19 back up your system files now. Back them up in such a way that you can restore your system files separately from the

Service Source K Specifications Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Specifications Processor - 1 Processor CPU 6100/60 & 6150: 60 MHz PowerPC 601 RISC microprocessor Built-in MMU and FPU32K of on-chip cache memo

Specifications Memory - 2 Memory RAM 6100/60 & 6150: 8 MB RAM soldered on board; expandable to 72 MB via 2 SIMM sockets on logic board (requires

Specifications Memory - 3 ROM 4 MB installed on SIMM socket VRAM 6100/60, 6100/66, 6150 & 6150/66: None 6100/60AV & 6100/66AV: 2 MB on Pow

Specifications Disk Storage - 4 Disk Storage Floppy Drive 1.4 MB Apple SuperDrive Manual Insert Hard Drive 6100/60: 160 MB or 250 MB hard drive 61

Specifications Disk Storage - 5 CD-ROM Drive 6100/60: Optional internal CD-ROM drive 6100/60AV: Internal AppleCD 300 Plus CD-ROM drive 6100/66 &

Specifications I/O Interfaces - 6 I/O Interfaces SCSI One SCSI port; DB-25 connectorSupports a maximum of six external SCSI devices (five when CD-RO

Specifications I/O Interfaces - 7 Expansion Slot 6100/60, 6100/66, 6150 & 6150/66: Internal expansion slot supports either a processor-direct sl

Basics Power Macintosh System Overview - 1 Power Macintosh System Overview PowerPC microprocessors are a family of processors built on reduced instr

Specifications I/O Interfaces - 8 Sound (continued) Bandwidth: 20 Hz–20 kHz (± 2 dB) at 44.100 kHz sample rate THD+N (total harmonic distortion plu

Specifications I/O Interfaces - 9 Video (continued)6100/60AV & 6100/66AV: One HDI-45 DRAM-based video port on logic board supports direct conne

Specifications I/O Devices - 10 I/O Devices Keyboard Standard, extended, or adjustable keyboard Keyboard draws 25–80 mA, depending on model of keyb

Specifications Video Display - 11 Video Display Video Display All Power Macintosh 6100 series computers support monochrome, color, VGA, and SVGA fo

Specifications Video Display - 12 Video Display (continued) In addition, the AV versions support (via the DB-15 connector) • Macintosh 19" Col

Specifications Electrical - 13 Electrical A/C Line Input Voltage 100–240 VAC; RMS single phase, automatically configured Input Line Frequency 50–6

Specifications Physical - 14 Physical Dimensions Height: 3.4 in. (85 mm)Width: 16.3 in. (415 mm)Depth: 15.6 in. (399 mm) Weight 14.0 lb. (6.4 kg), w

Specifications Environmental - 15 Environmental Operating Temperature 10–40° C (50–104° F) Storage Temperature –40 to 47° C (–40 F to 116.6° F) Rel

Service Source K Troubleshooting Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Troubleshooting General - 1 General The Symptom Charts included in this chapter will help you diagnose specific symptoms related to your product. Be

Basics Power Macintosh System Overview - 2 Previously, RISC technology had been used only in high-end workstations and commercial database servers.

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Power Supply - 2 Symptom Charts Power Supply System does not power up1 Reset logic board. (Refer to Additional Proced

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/System - 3 System System intermittently crashes or hangs1 Verify that system software is version 7.1.2 or later (6100

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Video - 4 Video Screen is dark, audio and at least one drive operate, fan is running, and LED is lit1 Adjust brightne

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Video (Continued) - 5 Video (Continued) Partial or whole screen is bright and audio is present, but no video infor

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Video (Continued) - 6 Video (Continued) Multiple Scan monitor attached to Power Macintosh 6100/60AV displays ghost

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Floppy Drive - 7 Floppy Drive Audio and video are present, but internal floppy drive does not operate1 Replace intern

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Floppy Drive (Continued) - 8 Floppy Drive (Continued) Floppy drive attempts to eject disk but doesn’t 1 Push flopp

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Hard Drive - 9 Hard Drive Internal hard drive runs continuously1 Update driver software of hard drive using HD-SC Set

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/CD-ROM Drive - 10 CD-ROM Drive CD-ROM drive does not accept a compact disc1 Exchange disc (if disc is dirty or damage

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/CD-ROM Drive (Continued) - 11 CD-ROM Drive (Continued) Computer with 600i CD-ROM drive makes stuttering sounds whe

Basics Power Macintosh System Overview - 3 Compatibility is not limited just to applications. INITs, CDEVs, drivers, and other Macintosh utility sof

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Peripheral - 12 Peripheral Works with internal or external SCSI device, but does not work with both1 Replace external

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Peripheral (Continued) - 13 Peripheral (Continued) Cursor does not move 1 Reboot computer.2 Verify that mouse is c

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Peripheral (Continued) - 14 Peripheral (Continued) Double-click does not open application, disk, or server1 Remove

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Miscellaneous - 15 Miscellaneous About This Macintosh reports more memory than is installed1 Verify that RAM SIMMs ar

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Miscellaneous (Continued) - 16 Miscellaneous (Continued) Stack Overflow Errors in DOS/Windows EnvironmentIf you en

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Global Village Modem “Busy Serial Port” - 17 Global Village Modem “Busy Serial Port” Using modem gives message: “Can’

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Global Village Modem “Busy Serial Port” - 18 Global Village Modem “Busy Serial Port” Resetting modem in TelePort Cont

Service Source K Take Apart Power Macintosh 6100/WS 6150

Take Apart Top Housing - 1 Top Housing No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure.Top Housing

Take Apart Top Housing - 2 1 Press up on the tabs at the back of the top housing. 2 Tilt the back of the top housing and remove it from the bottom h

Basics Power Macintosh System Overview - 4 of the fastest 68040- and 80486-based personal computers, the real promise of PowerPC technology is that

Take Apart Power Supply - 3 Power Supply Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in Bulletins/Safety.Power Su

Take Apart Power Supply - 4 1 Remove the screw that secures the power supply.Power Supply

Take Apart Power Supply - 5 2 For easier access to the power supply, release the tabs of the floppy drive and slide the floppy drive forward a few i

Take Apart Power Supply - 6 3 Disconnect these power supply cables • Main power cable• Hard drive power cable• CD-ROM drive power cable (if installe

Take Apart Power Supply - 7 4 Slide the power supply forward slightly. Power Supply

Take Apart Power Supply - 8 5 Tilt the front of the power supply and lift it out of the computer. Replacement Note: Move the floppy drive forward.

Take Apart Logic Board - 9 Logic Board Before you begin, remove the following:• Top housing• Power supply (optional) Caution: Review the ESD preca

Take Apart Logic Board - 10 1 Disconnect these cables from the logic board:• SCSI data cable• Speaker cable• LED cable• CD-ROM audio cable (if prese

Take Apart Logic Board - 11 3 Remove the customer’s RAM SIMMs and 256K cache SIMM before returning the logic board to Apple. Note: Grasp the cache

Take Apart Logic Board - 12 Note: The connectors for the cache and ROM SIMMs are functionally the same, and the ROM and 256K cache SIMMs may be in

Basics Power Macintosh System Overview - 5 provided in the Symptom Charts section of the Troubleshooting chapter under the “System” topic heading.3

Take Apart Logic Board - 13 5 Remove the Phillips screw from the front edge of the logic board.6 Slide the logic board toward the front of the compu

Take Apart Logic Board - 14 7 Remove the logic board. Replacement Note: Slide the hard drive and optional CD-ROM drive forward. Connect the floppy

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 15 DOS Compatibility Card Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in Bull

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 16 Note : You must remove the sound card (if present) before returning the DOS Compatibility card to Apple.DOS C

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 17 1 Remove the thumbscrews that secure the DOS Compatibility card to the computer’s rear panel.RearPanelThumbsc

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 18 2 Lift straight up on the DOS Compatibility card to remove it from the expansion slot on the logic board.Adap

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 19 3 If a CD-ROM drive is present, unplug the CD audio cables from the Sound Out and CD In connectors on the DOS

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 20 4 If no CD-ROM drive is present, unplug the CD audio cable from the Sound Out connector on the DOS Compatibil

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 21 5 Remove the two screws that secure the sound card to the DOS Compatibility card.6 Lift straight up on the so

Take Apart DOS Compatibility Card - 22 Important: The jumper at location J10 on the DOS Compatibility card is mismarked. When installing a new DOS

Basics Power Macintosh System Overview - 6 5 The Power Macintosh AV systems use the same logic board as the non-AV versions. The only difference is

Take Apart Floppy Drive - 23 Floppy Drive Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in Bulletins/Safety.Floppy

Take Apart Floppy Drive - 24 1 Slide the drive forward a couple of inches.2 Lift up and out on the EMI shield to remove it from the front of the flo

Take Apart Floppy Drive - 25 3 Press the tabs outward and slide the floppy drive forward a few inches.Floppy DriveTabTab

Take Apart Floppy Drive - 26 4 Disconnect the floppy drive cable. Note: You can easily reach the floppy drive cable connector when the floppy driv

Take Apart Hard Drive - 27 Hard Drive Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in Bulletins/Safety.Hard Drive

Take Apart Hard Drive - 28 1 Disconnect the SCSI data and hard drive power cables from the hard drive.SCSI Data CableHard Drive Power Cable

Take Apart Hard Drive - 29 2 Remove the hard drive EMI shield.Hard Drive EMI Shield

Take Apart Hard Drive - 30 3 Press down on the tab and slide out the hard drive. Tab

Take Apart CD-ROM Drive - 31 CD-ROM Drive Before you begin, remove the top housing. Caution : Review the ESD precautions in Bulletins/Safety.CD-ROM

Take Apart CD-ROM Drive - 32 1 Disconnect the SCSI data cable and CD-ROM drive power cable from the CD-ROM drive. 2 Disconnect the CD-ROM audio cabl

Basics HDI-45 Pinouts - 7 HDI-45 Pinouts This section includes an illustration of the HDI-45 connector and a table containing the pinout description

Take Apart CD-ROM Drive - 33 3 Remove the CD-ROM drive EMI shield. Bottom CoverCD-ROMDriveEMI Shield

Take Apart CD-ROM Drive - 34 4 Press up on the tab and slide out the CD-ROM drive. Replacement Note: Be sure to remove the CD-ROM drive from the

Take Apart Bottom Housing Assy - 35 Bottom Housing Assy Before you begin, remove the following:• Top housing• Power supply• Floppy drive• Hard drive

Take Apart Bottom Housing Assy - 36 Note: Once you have removed all the parts listed on the previous page, the bottom housing assembly is what rem

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 37 Speaker & Floppy Cable Before you begin, remove the following:• Top housing• Power supply• Floppy dri

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 38 Note: The chassis is secured to the bottom cover by two tabs at the front of the unit, two rail and tab

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 39 3 Press down and slide the chassis toward the back of the computer. 4 Remove the chassis.Internal Chassis

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 40 Note: The LED cable, floppy drive cable and speaker are part of the internal chassis assembly. 5 Turn t

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 417 Remove the two torx screws from the speaker. 8 Remove the speaker cable from its routing guides. 9 Lif

Take Apart Speaker & Floppy Cable - 42Replacement Note: To replace the chassis, carefully slide rails at the side of the chassis under the metal