The M5183 is the Model# that is on the back of the tower, this is why someone on here said it was a Sawtooth... I am more up on the iBooks and Powerbooks this is my first experience with a Power Mac... She used to use this for her web designing but it got too out dated I guess, but she still loves the machine and doesn't want to part with it... When I told her I could probably upgrade it she got excited, she knows some people who still own them and they told her the same thing but when she went to a place that used to fix it for her they told her it wasn't worth the money to do it for her... I'm doing it for nothing if she pays for the parts... I looking into a new HD for her instead, the memory I know is cheap...
> >You’re welcome, Rich, that’s what the list is for. But you could have >made it a little easier for people if you had posted the model >correctly the first time. >If that Mac is really a Digital Audio, I’m still wondering from where >you got that M5183 spec? > >I can’t advise you on optical drives or video cards--I just don’t have >enough experience. >But about that harddisk: wouldn’t it be better to get her a new one, >considering that it’ll be her system drive? >Except for lots of WD drives, here’s an interesting ebay offer: >110562634993 (it’s ATA-133) >Maybe other listers can comment what’s the importance of a drive’s >interface: does the Digital Audio have ATA-66? Still, I guess it’s no >harm putting in an ATA-100 or ATA-133 drive? >And is my understanding correct that you can use larger-than-128MB >drives without any tricks, as long as the partitions are all smaller >than 128MB? > >RAM: >I think www.lowendmac.com is a good place to find info and also links >to the stuff you need. For example, I found this page through them: >http://www.ramseeker.com/memory/Power_Mac_G4_(PC133)-512mb/ > > > > >-- Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
