For under $50 you could pick up a G4/500MHZ Sonnet processor on ebay. I had one in mine for awhile and it was great. Look on newegg.com for a dvd burner. You can get a DVD/RW DL for about $20. you may have to use patchburn.
-Jonas On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Robert Long <texasche...@hotmail.com>wrote: > thanks ksam 279 I really appreciate all you people are doing to help me. > I know a little about my macs but not too much. I could not even begin to > know how to upgrade or fix one. > > > Robert Long > > > > ------------------------------ > From: kasm...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:32:54 -0700 > > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > > yes, you have it right. > On Dec 21, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Robert Long wrote: > > Here is what is on my G3 ser. SB913SWCG9D > ETHERNET ID *00 50 E4D8 6A* 310 MHZ 512K CACHE 64 MB SDRAM HD CDR > I think this chip speed, cache and memory > sdram and no dvd > right? > Robert Long > > > > ------------------------------ > From: kasm...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:24:16 -0700 > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > > Try looking on the back, below the power plugs. There should be a sticker > that has two barcodes and says something like > > 400MHZ/1MB CACHE/64MB SDRAM/6GB HD/DVD-ROM/KB > > This means that the machine has a 400MHz CPU, 1MB of CPU cache, 64MB of > RAM, a 6GB hard drive, a DVD-ROM drive (and a DVD decoder card on the video > card, same with DVD-RAM), and i have no idea about the KB. Those are the > specs from the factory, and it should help with determining if your machine > has a DVD drive. Also, you can flip the drive door down and if theres a DVD > logo there, you have a DVD drive. If not, you most likely have a CD-RW > drive. > > On Dec 21, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > Mine is just blue side panels and front. I tried a OS 10 4 tiger and it > won't read the disk. > Robert Long > > > > > I suspect that you B&W is not equipped with a DVD drive. > > Larry > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/> > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
