On 4/1/06, Simon Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can obviously remove the original CD ROM and replace with DVD ROM > or Writer and some B&Ws did come with DVD ROMs as well. If you don't > want to go to that level then you can temporarily cable the DVD to > the internal bus with case in open position for the install.
True, but I figured it would be easier & quicker to just cable up an external drive and use that! > As with any OSX install I would take machine back to minimum spec > with PCI cards etc for install process and then add extras either one > at a time or couple at a time. Actually, I've had no problems with /installing/ it - just with running it. > I used to use a B&W 350 O'clocked to 450 running Jaguar in a > commercial print environment 18mths ago and it was rock solid and > only had 384 MB RAM. I was also able to run Adobe CS1 suite on this > machine with no real dramas. Yep more RAM would have been nice but > hey that's all I had. (!!) > Of all the B&Ws I've oclocked only one (the above mentioned work > machine) would take 100mHz over original spec and be reliable, all > others I've only managed to get 50mhz from with out any probs - that > is leaving standard bus rate at 100mhz. I didn't try messing around > with bus rates as this can be detrimental to timing on the PCI bus. Hmm. If I can find a suitable cooling fan to put on the CPU, I might try that. > It also seems that the copper based G3s can take the speed bump more > reliably as well. How does one tell which G3s are copper-based? > There's always ebay to sell some of this extra (and buy extra) or > some kind computer shop may let you swap some RAM....? I am considering selling a whole system or two, if I can find buyers for them... > You may also find that these machines are stable running OS9 with > some of this RAM too - for some reason OSX is more picky That's often the way with proper protect-mode OSs, on PCs as well as Macs. Also applies to SCSI chains with incorrect termination and so on - classic MacOS and MS-DOS were pretty forgiving whereas OS X or NT are fussy. I figure that it's good to know if you have a problem! -- Liam Proven · Blog, homepage &c: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · GMail/Google Talk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · Skype: liamproven · ICQ: 73187508 -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
