Re: G4 AGP - whats good replacement

[Richard Gerome]

Title: G4 AGP - whats good replacement

I have always been one for buying something that I can use my old one for parts!!! This way if you have trouble again with another part you can swap it out, but in your case I would buy a working machine and not another one for parts to fix yours... Use your old one for the parts!!! When I had my shop I used to do this with the cars I drove because I would have a place to keep them...   CoolKat -----Original Message----- From: Erik Hancock Sent: Sep 30, 2009 11:10 PM To: "g3-5-list@googlegroups.com" Subject: G4 AGP - whats good replacement    Oh my G4 Agp mac has appeared to die – first power supply and now looks like logic board -  not sure if I should replace the board or perhaps I can just buy a new machine cheap. Wondering about replacing with another system and looking for suggestions – want a comparable system based on what equipments can be reused or is no longer needed (don’t have the $$ to go to the newest machines.) I had a G4 AGP that was 400mHz but was upgraded to 1.5 mHz (sonnet I think) Had a USB ?PCI card for 4 additional 2.0 slots and had Radeon 128K card with DVI and VGA for dual monitors.   Wondering about purchasing a used G4 and not sure what architecture differences are presented by the Digital Audio or the Mirror G4s -   Basically planning to swap out my drives and verify that firmware is updated to handle the faster processer — I was running 10.4 as felt 10.5 was too slow and it was fine as I had it.   Any one have suggestions or experiences to add? Thanks in Advance Erik Hancock --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---