Thank you - I will do that. I had no idea that they were in existence. I'm a bit green when it comes to the mechanics of the HD.
On Jul 13, 12:57 am, Jonas Ulrich <jonasulrich3...@gmail.com> wrote: > What ever you do, DON'T GET A USB ETHERNET CARD. it will be very very slow. > also it is much cheaper to get a pci ethernet card. you can probably just > search pci ethernet card on ebay. I know someone who just installed one and > it works great. > -Jonas > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM, sam <adopt...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > G4 Sawtooth - 400, OS 10.4.8 > > > We had a massive lightning storm last night and after reading a bunch > > of post and trying out 3 different cables I've come to the conclusion > > that I zapped my ethernet port. I'm a little miffed about this as I > > DID spend the money on good surge protectors. On the other hand I'm > > thankful that everything else seems to be working fine. (and I have a > > PB with which I can still access the net) > > > I opened up the machine and saw that the ethernet port is built right > > into the board so this is not a quick fix situation. Nor a cheap fix. > > > I've decided to try the apple USB ethernet adapter. But from what I > > understand it will only work on OS 10.5.2. How can I upgrade without > > the internet connection? And can my Sawtooth handle 10.5.2? Is there > > some way to connect my old G4 titanium PB (10.4.11/500) to the > > sawtooth and transfer the files? > > > Any help or advise is greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks much, > > Sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
