Original Message: ----------------- From: Bryan Blumer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:51:54 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 54/5500 mobo in 5200?
Hard drive size doesn't seem to be much of an issue with that particular machine. I have a Western Digital 80 GB hard drive in mine and am running 9.1 with 32 MB of RAM. Kevin O'Grady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/1/04 12:39 PM: > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Kevin O'Grady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: 54/5500 mobo in 5200? > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:44:43 -0500 > > > On Nov 30, 2004, at 9:43 PM, Gene Osburn wrote: > >> Anybody here ever transplanted a 5400 or 5500 mobo into a 52xx series >> case? >> What kinds of mods are necessary? Recommendations? >> >> Pax, > > I have accomplished this task several times. It's a good way to breath > new life into an old machine. Just pull the motherboard and swap. > Everything is on the mobo. It just slides in and out. Drawback.... > MAX ram is 136, not sure what the max size hard drive would be, but on > the brighter side they use the cheaper IDE/ATA drives. Parts should > be very reasonable, and you can equip these units with internal modems > or ethernet and USB with use of angle adapter. > > Kevin I have one with a 5400 board running a NewerTech G3/300, Maxed RAM and a 40gig Hitachi drive with OS 9.1 installed and it's quite a nice machine. I have not however been able to get any USB card to work in the PCI angle adapter. YMMV -- Aloha, Ken -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
