SATA Question
Hi All... I upgraded the 160GB SATA drive in my G5 iMac (first gen) with a Seagate 500GB/7200 drive. After installing the new drive, I noticed the old one had a jumper to force a 1.5GB transfer mode. I didn¹t put this jumper on the new drive. Everything seems to be working okay. Could this cause any problems down the road? Thanks, Amanda -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: eMac, Airport card
Dave, Kasey and Elliott are right, you won't need to download anything else, provided you're running OS X --sometimes in OS 9 the Airport software won't install if the card is not physically present at installation time. The only caveat, and it seems stupid, but it's not: make sure to push the card all the way in until it clicks. Good luck! Felix On Jan 23, 1:10 am, Dave cubs1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to install an Airport card in an eMac. I read Apple's instructions and everything seems simple enough. My question: once I put it in and boot up, do I need any additional software to start receiving wifi? Thank you! -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: eMac, Airport card
I might add, Don't forget to attach the antenna after it clicks. I missed that the first time. John G On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Ashgrove wrote: Dave, Kasey and Elliott are right, you won't need to download anything else, provided you're running OS X --sometimes in OS 9 the Airport software won't install if the card is not physically present at installation time. The only caveat, and it seems stupid, but it's not: make sure to push the card all the way in until it clicks. Good luck! Felix On Jan 23, 1:10 am, Dave cubs1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to install an Airport card in an eMac. I read Apple's instructions and everything seems simple enough. My question: once I put it in and boot up, do I need any additional software to start receiving wifi? Thank you! -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: SATA Question
At 12:23 PM -0800 1/24/2010, Amanda Ward wrote: I upgraded the 160GB SATA drive in my G5 iMac (first gen) with a Seagate 500GB/7200 drive. After installing the new drive, I noticed the old one had a jumper to force a 1.5GB transfer mode. I didn't put this jumper on the new drive. Everything seems to be working okay. Could this cause any problems down the road? SATA is supposed to auto-negotiate the speed. There are some crapola interfaces around that fail to do so properly (let's face it, there is a reason some cards are cheap cheap cheap). So drive manufacturers included a mechanism to let you nail the speed down... Macs, using a built-in interface, should never have this problem. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: SATA Question
On Jan 24, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:23 PM -0800 1/24/2010, Amanda Ward wrote: I upgraded the 160GB SATA drive in my G5 iMac (first gen) with a Seagate 500GB/7200 drive. After installing the new drive, I noticed the old one had a jumper to force a 1.5GB transfer mode. I didn't put this jumper on the new drive. Everything seems to be working okay. Could this cause any problems down the road? SATA is supposed to auto-negotiate the speed. There are some crapola interfaces around that fail to do so properly (let's face it, there is a reason some cards are cheap cheap cheap). So drive manufacturers included a mechanism to let you nail the speed down... Macs, using a built-in interface, should never have this problem. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. I think you need to be reminded of one of the later MacBook Pros, there was a firmware update that enables the 3.0gb/s and it caused MAJOR issues... -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: SATA Question
At 8:35 PM -0700 1/24/2010, Kasey Smith wrote: On Jan 24, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:23 PM -0800 1/24/2010, Amanda Ward wrote: I upgraded the 160GB SATA drive in my G5 iMac (first gen) with a Seagate 500GB/7200 drive. After installing the new drive, I noticed the old one had a jumper to force a 1.5GB transfer mode. I didn't put this jumper on the new drive. Everything seems to be working okay. Could this cause any problems down the road? SATA is supposed to auto-negotiate the speed. There are some crapola interfaces around that fail to do so properly (let's face it, there is a reason some cards are cheap cheap cheap). So drive manufacturers included a mechanism to let you nail the speed down... Macs, using a built-in interface, should never have this problem. I think you need to be reminded of one of the later MacBook Pros, there was a firmware update that enables the 3.0gb/s and it caused MAJOR issues... Oh yea. That's the flip side -- the high-end interface vs the cheap peripherals. It ain't pretty either. heh. You pays the big bucks for the high-end laptop but then get cheap when you upgrade the hard drive! For the bonus round, you explode at the laptop manufacturer for providing the better interface! Hey, let's face it -- them there engineers that design this stuff are idiots. They're worse than the putzes that design kitchens with high cabinets for use by short women. Well, we put up with SCSI Voodoo for years. Then there was IDE/IRQ Voodoo in the PC world. We solved it for a few minutes, with a very cool variant of SCSI-3, formally called IEEE-1394, er a Firewire. So, in the tradition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, we've jumped back into the muck. Behold: SATA Voodoo! I know! Let's produce some HDs that have SATA 2 and SATA 3 interfaces (3 and 6 Gbps!) but that can only actually throw data at about 1/2 Gbps. Oh, and let's hide the MTBF numbers, and cut the warranty from 3 years to 3 months! Yea. Let's do that! sigh. Don't worry. There is faster Firewire, faster SATA, faster USB, faster wi-fi, faster bluetooth, and Light Peak coming! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
