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.
Yes.
I can put any OS in, it seems 8.1 would be best.
It depends on the amount of memory you have, 8.6 runs quite well as well. 9 is slow.
Are the IDE HDs limited to a 2gig boot limit or under 8.1 as SCSI HDs are in the 7100/8100 cpus?
Not to 2 Gig. since I've got a 6G drinve in mine right now.
With OS 8.6 does IDE 20 gig HDs work as a single bootable volulme? How about larger volumes?
8.1 has some large maximum volume size, any size drive ought to work, though it's mostly a waste of money, imo to start putting really big, expensive drives in there..
Can I upgrade the video ram on the MB?
Yes and No. You can get the MV-16 EN upgrade at Data Memory Systems, that gives you more video memory for *external* monitor use, as well as built-in ethernet. <http://www.datamem.com/viewitems.asp?C=1048&D=CLEARANCE%5FITEMS&K=>
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?
No.
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.
Huh??? 68040 apps are quite well supported in 8.6; I've never run across one that didn't work...
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