Yeah, the RAM is never a bad idea to upgrade. On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Mike Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would max out my RAM if I were you (256 MB is too little; if it's a Snow > iMac, it can take two 512 MB RAM modules, but one of them has to be low > profile) and get a new hard drive. It would be easiest to have it installed, > but you could do it yourself if you wanted to take the case off. There might > be a size limit of 128 GB it could recognize even if it was bigger, so you > may want to go with an 80, 100 or 120 GB hard drive, preferably running at > 7200 RPM with an eight or 16 MB buffer. I have a Snow iMac that I am prepping > to be a website server now that I have a G4 Sawtooth. > > > --- On Mon, 12/29/08, Judith Rosenbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Judith Rosenbaum <[email protected]> >> Subject: Which Flash drive should I buy? >> To: "imaclist" <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 11:50 PM >> The hard drive on my iMac G3 is making ominous noises - an >> awful "screee" upon start up. This occurs once or >> twice until I finally hear the HD start up and all is well >> until the poor thing seizes up again. The only way I am able >> to un-freeze it is to pull the power cord, wait a few >> minutes and then attempt to re-start. I will either get >> "bad Mac" icon or it will start normally. At that >> point I have to re-set the date and time. I haven't been >> able to pin down a definitive set of circumstances under >> which this happens, except for: 1) randomly when I'm >> actively using it and 2) when it's been asleep for a >> while. Since this is happening more frequently I want to be >> able to preserve my files - I have no experience with flash >> drives and would appreciate any guidance you can share. >> >> Here are the specs for my seriously out-of-date machine: >> 500Mghz, 256 Mg memory, running OS X.2.8. >> I plan to update my Mac and internet service early next >> year. >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Judith Rosenbaum >> >> >> > > > > > >
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