I have been told by a local Mac Seconds dealer that there is a possibility of using SATA from a USB connection, inside the machine to run a SATA hard drive, thus not requiring the additional IDE Driver Card, AND a USB/firewire card. It is obvious that the more cards that one puts ionto your thre (3) slots, means that you'll have less slots for next time.
Comments, please? Robert More 0418 603 199 02 4268 6673 116 Bulli Pass Road THIRROUL NSW 2515 I think the USB 2.0 Combo cards can be kinda flaky on Beiges. Something about the USB specification supported. You'll need to keep an eye out for that and look closely at the machines supported by the particular cards you are looking at. OWC has had a pretty good selection of cards and posts pretty clearly the ones supported on Beiges and those that are not. XPostFacto is working on some machines without the upgraded video, but obviously it will work better on ones that have upgraded cards. Just by using an ATI Rage 128 that came with the Blue & Whites will help the compatibility, although obviously Radeon Mac Editions, Radeon 7000s or Radeon 9200s are better. Remember to stay away from the AGPs. You'll need a PCI card. There is something flakey with some of these machines and Panther. I have several Beige machines upgraded to Panther, but one in particular is subject to random freezes and it started back on Jaguar. I've tried every hack I can find, but it just won't work. I think the problem with these problematic machines may start at 10.2.8 (at least some machines start having problems there, even before you get to Panther), but I can't say all do. Best advice I can give you is to put Panther on the machine with XpostFacto and see if it works. If it does, you can probably safely add some memory, and other cards. I think the biggest single improvement you can make is get a new pci ide card. One of my machines has a fast SCSI card and I was really surprised by how much faster it is. It truly is like a new machine. I'll bet it boots up in a third of the time it normally takes. Any every process that requires hard drive usage goes MUCH faster. Of course you're gonna want a much bigger (and faster) drive to go with that card. John Slavin On Feb 9, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2005, at 3:10 PM, jason zwiefel wrote: > >> Lemme ask a dumb question about x- what is the latest version of x >> that I can install on a rev. c beige mt, >> g4/500(previously266mhz),300some mb ram. I am pretty sure it has the >> stock video card that came with the machine, and has a stock 10g HD. >> When I get my digital camcorder, I'd like to do some video editing. >> >> How does 9.2 fare with video from camcorder? > > 10.2.8 is officially supported on that system, and will run reasonably > well. > > The Beige is subject to the 8GB rule: OS X must be installed in the > first < 8 GB partition of the hard drive; this means your drive will > need to be partitioned before installing it. > > You don't have nearly enough drive space for even token video work, > even under OS 9.2. You'll also need a firewire card for the thing, but > those a cheap and readily available; should cost no more than $12-$15. > You may want to investigate a USB/Firewire combo card; even those are > cheap and under OS X USB 2.0 is supported. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pha macy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
