Power Macintosh G3: Audio and Audio/Video Card Internal Connectors

This article describes the internal connectors on Audio and Audio/Visual cards.

There are five different connectors used on the two cards. A description of each card's connectors is below.

Audio Card

The Audio card has two connectors on the circuit board itself.



Figure 1, Audio card connector locations

Connector J8
This connector is for a Front Control Panel module which includes infrared, headphone jack and volume controls. This connector is not used in the Mini-Tower and Desktop Power Macintosh G3 systems.


Connector J10
This connector is used for adding an internal modem to your Power Macintosh G3. Currently the Apple/GV 56K Flex modem is the only modem qualified for this slot.


Audio/Video Card

The Audio/Video card has four connectors on the circuit board itself.



Figure 2, Audio/Video card connector locations

Connector J2
This is a DAV connector. The Digital Audio Visual (DAV) connector permits PCI cards that have DAV connectors to manipulate audio and video signals directly from the Audio/Video card.

Connector J4
This connector is for a Front Control Panel module which includes infrared, headphone jack and volume controls. This connector is not used in the Mini-Tower and Desktop Power Macintosh G3 systems.

Connector J6
This connector is for a TV/FM Tuner module. This connector is not used in the Mini-Tower and Desktop Power Macintosh G3 systems.

Connector J7
This connector is used for adding an internal modem to your Power Macintosh G3. Currently the Apple/GV 56K Flex modem is the only modem qualified for this slot.

Published Date: Feb 20, 2012