Re: Another RAM Question

2008-09-23 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 9/23/08, Len Gerstel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 23, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: >> >> >> On 9/23/08, J.M.P.Hissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> On 23-09-2008 03:15, Stephen Conrad, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: >>> I found another stick of RAM in a PC This is

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
At 7:10 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: >Externals are good. And there does need to be more than one External. >Actually, the '3 Sets' rule (not previously stated as a Rule' would >fit here also. Maybe some 'Thumb Drives' for groups of Pix? or other >'Data' type files. Well first there

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2008-09-23 Thread Al Poulin
Below is an extract from a message sent by the leadership of the Virginia Macintosh User Group to its members. Al Poulin > The following message was sent today to the Apple User Group > Discussion List > from Fred Showker, coeditor of the MUG Info Manager weekly email > newsletter > (in th

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 23, 2008, at 6:44 PM, diane wrote: > > At 2:01 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: >> >>> >> Diane; >> Your thoughts trouble me, because you are mixing two, only >> peripherally related things. >> >> The 'Mirroring', provides some 'convenience' benefits, but almost >> nothing Re: 'Bac

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
At 1:27 PM -0400 9/23/08, Len Gerstel wrote: >On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: > >Not having experience with mirroring on a day to day machine (but all >my servers have mirrored drives) this is just an fairly educated guess. > >First of all, a single 500GB (or larger) SATA drive on a sa

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
At 2:01 PM -0400 9/23/08, Charles Davis wrote: > > > >Diane; >Your thoughts trouble me, because you are mixing two, only >peripherally related things. > >The 'Mirroring', provides some 'convenience' benefits, but almost >nothing Re: 'Backup Strategy'. > >The NAS, is also a 'convenience' thing

Re: Another RAM Question

2008-09-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 23, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > > On 9/23/08, J.M.P.Hissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 23-09-2008 03:15, Stephen Conrad, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: >> >>> I found another stick of RAM in a PC >>> This is on the sticker >>> >>> G0162.1 5000236 >>> VT QC 53251 >>> >>>

Re: Another RAM Question

2008-09-23 Thread Stephen Conrad
I asked here because I don't have the RAM out of that machine. It was a pain to take out and I don't want to remove it again. On 9/23/08, J.M.P.Hissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 23-09-2008 03:15, Stephen Conrad, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > >> I found another stick of RAM in a PC >> This is

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread PeterH
On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:00 AM, diane wrote: > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something). I was going to go to SATA for upwards compatibility. > > The question is, just how much will this slow the machine down? I've put four 500 GB drives in such a machin

Re: Another RAM Question

2008-09-23 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 23-09-2008 03:15, Stephen Conrad, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > I found another stick of RAM in a PC > This is on the sticker > > G0162.1 5000236 > VT QC 53251 > > A Google search turns up a similar number on some RAM but not this exact one. > What do I have here? To determine your RAM in an

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: > > simple topic may bring days of replies yet another zilch! :) ) > > > A few weeks ago we talked about larger drives and SATA cards in my G4 > 1.42DP, 2gb ram > > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something)

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: > > A few weeks ago we talked about larger drives and SATA cards in my G4 > 1.42DP, 2gb ram > > I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror > or something). I was going to go to SATA for upwards compatibility. > > The question

Re: Beige G3 hd formating

2008-09-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Stro wrote: > > Okay, an update. I unplugged the hd, plugged it back in and zapped > the pram. It started up and let me know the battery was dead (The > date was reset). I now wonder if my problem could be a bad battery. Yes. dead PRAM batteries cause all sorts

Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread diane
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Re: learning about hard drives on a G4 sawtooth

2008-09-23 Thread Jonas Lopez
My reply to you IS IN CAPS AT THE QUESTION/ANSWER below --- On Mon, 9/22/08, MichaelP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: MichaelP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: learning about hard drives on a G4 sawtooth > To: "G3-5 List" > Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 6:18 PM > I'm learning my way around