----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Saariaho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: Lombard Upgrades
> Finished my upgrades last night. > > I got a hand-me-down Lombard from a friend who was replacing it with a > 15" TiBook. The screen was shattered and the battery was dead (I tried > every fix I could find online and from previous G-Book messages, so I'm > pretty sure it's really and truly dead). I grabbed a screen on eBay > (absolutely pristine) and bought everything else new from Other World > Computing so I could have warranties and some guarantee of quality and > replacement. I bought a BTI battery, a 30GB TravelStar Hard Drive, two > 256MB RAM upgrades, and a FireWire Card. I downloaded PowerBook Medic's > instructional PDF and used it as a guide to all of the repairs. Once > the hardware was all in place I installed Jaguar, then I hooked into > the internet and installed every recommended upgrade. I ran iTunes and > checked out the Music Store. Then I attached my Canon Optura and > downloaded 5 minutes of digital video into iMovie, I split the clip, > added dissolves and then exported the clip to Quicktime. It's not the > fastest computer I've ever used, but for a $600 investment I'm ecstatic. Congratulations! Looks like it was a very efficient way to spend your computing bucks. > Now for the questions: > > Someone suggested that I fully charge the battery and then let it fully > discharge in order to "break it in". I was under the impression that a > Lithium Ion battery only had a certain amount of charge/recharge cycles > before it would start to wear down. Should I try to keep it at a full > charge as much as possible, or should I let it fully discharge on > occasion? > My understanding of Lithium batteries is that they don't develop "memories" like a NiCad can, so there is no need to "break it in" with a charge-discharge cycle. At one time, I believe that was a recomendation to help the OS establish an estimate of how long you can go on your battery; but I don't think it applies using Jaguar. > I've got the original 4GB drive leftover, I've heard you can turn them > into pretty effective FireWire portables. Has anyone done this, how > does it work? That's what I did with the 10 GB drive from my Pismo. What you do is buy what is called a Firewire enclosure (they come with the electronics required) you simply install the drive in the enclosure. You can get enclosures that use the FW bus for power or you can get one with it's own power supply adapter. For your application since you are using a FW card you probably want to get one with it's own DC supply. Check with OWC; I think they carry them. > How easy is it to go wireless with this model? Do they make an Airport > Card that's compatible? What kind of range can I expect? I'm not sure where the Airport card installs on the Lombard, on my Pismo it installs above the area for the PCMIA cards internally. Does the Lombard have an antenna for Airport installed? If not then you need to get a PCMIA card version. In either case the nominal range is about 300 ft. I have a base station in my "computer room" at home and it covers my entire house, but it can vary depending on what building materials you encounter. > > Every ScreenSaver in Jaguar tops out my VRAM, does anyone know of a any > that will run smooth on a Lombard? Can't help you, I run Aquarium 2.0 on mine and it's fine. > Has anyone upgraded to PowerLogix BlueChip G4 500 MHz CPU? What kind of > performance benefits can be expected from such an upgrade? Yes, I have this upgrade in my Pismo and I'm delighted with it. Would take up a lot more bandwidth to discuss it all. > This email is now three times longer then I would have expected, maybe > I should have broken into multiple parts. > Hope this helps and if you want to discuss it off-list you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
