Hi The board swap took about 15 minutes the only sticking point, the speaker connection being 3 pin on the 700 and 2 pin on the 800. A very easy swap, I just put the same drives in and booted. No real noticeable difference until I loaded Doom, very noticeable. The game is completely playable, the speed is good, as is the sound. Thanks pickle and Michael, well worth the effort.
While I have the case open I thought I'd try a hard drive swap, simple enough. Well maybe not, the drive is in HFS+ and I get the little "where have all my files gone" txt which I cant read booting from a floppy. The 7.5 Startup Disk wont erase the drive from the special menu claiming the drive is locked and the 7.5 Disk Tools disk will not show the desktop. I guess its stuck on working out what the hard drive is? Anyway, while swapping it out of the 700 is easy, swapping it back to the powermac it came from just to format it is a pain, is there an easy way to do this which I'm overlooking or do I need the other bootable drive connected to be able to format it on the 700? Or must it go back to the powermac for formatting? Thanks. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
