Any manufacturer is OK as long as they are 5v 168 pin, FPM, 70 ns or faster (most are 60 ns these days which is faster than the 70 ns and thus OK.) You can upgrade one slot at a time and can use up to 128 Meg DIMMs in each slot. Do not use EDO RAM. It can damage your computer. Use FPM only.
Once opened, you'll find the CD drive under the Floppy drive on the right and an empty hard drive bay under the filled hard drive bay on the left side. Your basic drive should be ID 0, and the CD drive ID 3. (double check by single clicking the hard drive icon on the desktop and "Get Info" from the "File" menu. The hard drive's SCSI ID will be displayed in the window that appears. Some Macs used ID 2 for the startup drive, so double check. Apple Profiler will also list the drive IDs in OS 9.x, but I don't remember if 8.5/6 does.) Use any other number for the new drive and do not terminate it. After working with 8.6 for a bit, you'll probably want to upgrade your 8.5 as well. 8.6 was much more stable. David Allen Edwin Morrow wrote: > Also, I > understand you can add ram in > 32 meg chips. Do all the > chips have to be of the same > brand as in some Macs or can > you mix up manufactures? > Also, it there room for a > second drive? It was > suggested that I just swap my > old drive over as I don't > really have the means to > transfer all my old data to > the new HD, but I want the new > HD is the 7200 as it has a > higher os system 8.6.1 where > as the old HD has 8.5. > > Thanks in advance. > > Ed -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
