You correct Clark. It is an early Quicksilver and not a DA. I tried a 250
gig HD but it only saw 128 gig of it. Hated to waste all that drive space so
I just used a smaller drive on hand. I will look for a dual processor now
and beef this machine up a bit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clark Martin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: G4 Quicksilver question
On 4/8/10 10:28 AM, Keith Proctor wrote:
I just revived a dead Quicksilver and returned it to service. Had to
replace a logic board. It is currently running OS 10.3.9.
This is my first attempt at reviving a dead Mac so bare with my
ignorance here. Done many PCs before, but this is the first Mac I worked
with in this state.
Machine is running beautifully with a 40 gig HD and 1.5 gig of RAM. Very
stable and surprisingly fast for its age.
Question is, just how far can I take this upgrade wise?
I like how this thing runs and would love to put my Adobe CS software on
it.
As it sits now it is configured with:
800mhz processor
1.5 gig Ram
40 gig HD
DVD Read/Write
This is the model they call the Digital Audio version with the audio
connections near the top section of the back panel.
Any advice welcome!
Keith
QuickSilver and Digital Audio are two distinct models of Power Mac G4.
QuickSilver have a light gray (silver) front panel. The DA has a dark
front panel, same as the Yikes, Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet.
If it is a QuickSilver you can upgrade the processor to a dual, at least
1GHz. The memory maxed out already. A video card upgrade is a
possiblity. If this is a QS 2002 then you could put in a PATA harddrive
as big as you can. The earlier QS was limited to 128Gb.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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