I have a slightly off-topic follow-up question to this string's starting question....
> 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. I've heard of people putting 5500s into LC 580s. This would mean that a 5260 or somesuch lower-order board would work there too, right? I've gobs of the lower-order boards, of little purpose. I know the 52xx series is held in low regard. But surely it's faster than a 580, no? And if it works in the old case, it would seem to me to be a good use of the newer mobo. I've got plenty of the 52xx mobos, and a few LC 580s hanging around doing nothing. I just wish I could upgrade, similarly, my tons of LC 520s and 550s and 575s! t -- Signwave Finder Mail 0.5a - http://www.signwave.co.uk/ -- 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
