At 1:11 PM -0500 3/13/03, Al Poulin wrote: >I know you have a bunch of old SCSI hard drives, but considering the heavy >duty use you have for your QuickSilver and the fact that a hard drive will >eventually break, I recommend that sometime this year you install a second >ATA hard drive or attach an external Firewire hard drive
Al, this is actually my plan. Thanks for the heads up on the bootable aspect. I am printing your entire memo for future reference. Many thanks yet again. About RAM: I am just now realizing this can be an issue. I can ask Macwarehouse what brand was installed in the G4 originally - the new RAM is PowerUser brand. I have had excellent service over 10 years from them so tend to trust, but one should always keep ones eyes open. I decided to update 10.1 to Jaguar and see how it behaves. If it is also flaky, I will look further to see what is going on. What about Poweruser? I am printing out the recommendations for Crucial and OWC. Many thanks to all who responded about OS and software issues. I have managed to install RAM, update my OS, install all programs and I credit all of you on the list for your encouragement and information! BTW, the Adaptec 2906 SCSI card IS WORKING in Jaguar. Interesting, as it's not supposed to (unless I've confused this with the iMate adapter). But I successfully copied material from zip to hard drive. So we'll see if I get to keep this functionality or if it's a reason for flakiness and will have to go. Now off to maxing out the iBook with some new RAM as well ... it won't take Studio MX on the 128 MG it came with, let alone OS X. Anne Keller Smith, Webdesign mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.earthpigz.com Please no attachments! Thanks. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
