I have the same machine and still use it all the time because there is so much good software that I use which is not available for my Macbook Pro. I installed a gigabit PCI ethernet card, a sata drive with SeriTek 1S2 PCI controller, an external Firewire OWC hard drive, GeForce4 Ti 4600 video card, 1.5 GB ram, and a 4 port usb card.
My advice fwiw - Choose a sata drive with the best warranty and capacity you are looking for. Back up everything you have. Install the SeriTek 1S2 in any open PCI slot. It allows you to connect up to two internal sata drives. Install new drive(s) (I used Seagate 7200 rpm 500GB), connect, format, reboot, and reinstall software and your other data. I had zero issues with this set up. You can always hook up an external firewire drive as well. I chose an OWC unit and it works well. Again, choose something with a good warranty and just connect, format, and reboot. Note - My sata drives do not show up in the System Profiler. I never bothered to find out why but maybe because they are being run through the PCI card. They do show up in Disk Utility. Barney > On Jan 29, 2017, at 3:09 PM, William Tomcanin <wt8091...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm sure that this question has been asked before, but I would appreciate > receiving any information regarding replacement / upgrades for my "old" > (original) hard drive. > > I'm concerned that it has been with me for over 15 years. How should I > replace and/or upgrade it? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > -- > 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 > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> and our netiquette guide is at > http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > <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 > <http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
