Newbie needs 5300c advice. Hi I just purchased two 5300c's. Is there a site that shows how to open a case and upgrade these?
It looks like these have IDE HDs, not SCSI. I can put any OS in, it seems 8.1 would be best. Are the IDE HDs limited to a 2gig boot limit or under 8.1 as SCSI HDs are in the 7100/8100 cpus? With OS 8.6 does IDE 20 gig HDs work as a single bootable volulme? How about larger volumes? Can I upgrade the video ram on the MB? On some cpus when you overlaod the cpu max ram limit the ram works but is not seen by the OS/CPU and you still get a boost. This true for the 5300c? I never messed with any OS under 8.1 very much and though I have the various X and Jag OS's since all of my macs are pre G3/upgraded to G3. I have usually ended up with 8.1 or 8.6, 8.1 most because of the support for pre powerpc apps in 8.1's language that even 8.6 does not have. I live in Jacksonville Fl. I would really like to meet a local somewhere to be shown hands on the 5300c. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
