Thanks for the input! I have two drives, an 80 GB Apple-branded which came with the MDD with 10.5, and a 20 GB Seagate with 10.4. The Quicksilver came with no drive. Both boot the MDD but neither will boot the Quicksilver (2002), so for now I'm leaning toward the MDD.
In the MDD I'm trying to use the RAM from the G5 iMac, a 512 and 1 GB PC3200 DDR400. The 512 works beautifully. I tried the 1 GB by itself, but kept getting a message that I need to restart the computer. I see others have used two 1 GB modules successfully. I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I might do this. I've tried searching the archives, but haven't yet found such a "how-to" suggestion or link. Thanks again, in advance, -- Dave On Jun 14, 2010, at 9:12 AM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: > > >> IOGEAR Hi-Speed USB 2.0 5-Port PCI Expansion Card (faster data transfer for >> existing peripherals) >> >> FirmTek SeriTek/1S2 Serial ATA/150 Dual Channel Mac PCI Controller (to >> access her G5 iMac hard drive and a future additional drive). >> >> Another GB of RAM > > I'm answering as a G4 MDD lover. > USB 2.0 is the one "need" these machines have. My cards are Adaptec, I > believe. > The SATA card, mine is by FirmTek, but branded Sonnet. If it works, > good for you, if not, open the Energy Saver Pref, and uncheck "put > hard drive to sleep when possible." > Sonnet confirmed to me this option may be a problem depending on the > drives used. Once I did that, it works like a charm. Others here > hadn't run in to this, but it's consistent on my G4s (all of them), > check that box, 15 minutes later Mac is frozen. > Fill it up, the MDD takes 2GB, worth the $60. > > The only time these machines show their age is encoding video. They > are a $200 way to get a Mac that really works great and will run > Leopard beautifully. > > -- > 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
