Re: Yikes G4, Can The Computer Chime and still have a Bad CPU?

2010-07-30 Thread Gus
Well I sprung for a mac keyboard. It is an ugly apple pro keyboard v 1.22 that feels like someone soaked i in bleach to get it clean. After pulling keys and putting them in the right locations I hooked it up and was able to boot the yikes board into open firmware with the original G4 400 MHZ Proce

Re: Swapping Out a G5 case

2010-07-30 Thread Eric Herbert
On Jul 30, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: > I fit an IDE controller in a PMac G5. By attaching an external PC power > supply, I managed to get an additional 40GB of space :P. > Mine only has a 9800 XT pro, and I desperately want an upgrade so that I can > play UT2004 online without la

Re: Revisited: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

2010-07-30 Thread Ashgrove
Rich, If the processor is compatible with your motherboard, then by all means, it's a pretty easy swap. Felix On Jul 30, 11:25 am, Richard Gerome wrote: >    Can you swap out just the processor without changing the mother board??? > Maybe after I get this up and running we'll see how much fast

Re: G4 IDENTITY

2010-07-30 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jul 30, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: G4 IDENTITY Date:Freitag 30 Juli 2010N From:george monroe To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com hello all; if i look up my G4 on the web it comes up as a gigabit/ethernet. the system

Re: G4 IDENTITY

2010-07-30 Thread john CARMONNE
On Jul 30, 2010, at 8:59 AM, john CARMONNE wrote: On Jul 30, 2010, at 7:21 AM, george monroe wrote: hello all; if i look up my G4 on the web it comes up as a gigabit/ethernet. the system profiler calls it a agp. to make it more interesting it doesnt have the adc jack where an agp should a

Re: G4 IDENTITY

2010-07-30 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: G4 IDENTITY Date:Freitag 30 Juli 2010N From:george monroe To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > hello all; > if i look up my G4 on the web it comes up as a gigabit/ethernet. > the system profiler calls it a agp. > > to make it more intere

G4 IDENTITY

2010-07-30 Thread george monroe
hello all; if i look up my G4 on the web it comes up as a gigabit/ethernet. the system profiler calls it a agp. to make it more interesting it doesnt have the adc jack where an agp should and it has a nvidia card instead of the ati rage any thoughts? -- You received this message because you are

Re: Revisited: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

2010-07-30 Thread Richard Gerome
Can you swap out just the processor without changing the mother board??? Maybe after I get this up and running we'll see how much faster it is and go from there, if it is still too slow for her I will change out the processor then??? - >Hi Rich, > >>This is a 466mhz and the Model# M5

Re: Revisited: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

2010-07-30 Thread Geke
Hi Rich, >This is a 466mhz and the Model# M5183 how this got like this is beyond me, > (I figured it to be a 400, 450 or 500) it comes up when I click on "About > This Mac" 466mhz and 896mb Maybe a processor swap then? Still weird, because only the Digital Audio and newer have 3 RAM slots l

Re: Swapping Out a G5 case

2010-07-30 Thread Illirik Smirnov
I fit an IDE controller in a PMac G5. By attaching an external PC power supply, I managed to get an additional 40GB of space :P. Mine only has a 9800 XT pro, and I desperately want an upgrade so that I can play UT2004 online without lag. On some maps on the server I frequent, it can sta