Re: EIDE Interface Speed in Clamshell G3s?

2012-07-22 Thread Bruce Ryan
> There are a few tricks you need to know when taking it apart or you could > crack some parts trying without it, there is also a special tool you need to > get for it too it's made of plastic... Tool is called a ‘spudger’ Easily available online for £1.50 (UK) so should be just a few $ in the

Re: EIDE Interface Speed in Clamshell G3s?

2012-07-22 Thread Richard Gerome
for it too it's made of plastic... -Original Message- >From: Koralatov >Sent: Jul 22, 2012 7:35 AM >To: GX-Group >Subject: EIDE Interface Speed in Clamshell G3s? > >I'm finally thinking about reviving my dead Key Lime iBook, which suffered >a hard-dis

Re: EIDE Interface Speed in Clamshell G3s?

2012-07-22 Thread Bruce Ryan
> I've been looking into relatively cheap PATA/IDE SSDs on eBay, but > I'm not sure whether they'll be faster than a regular spinning disk. > I'm quite interested in this one: . > > The specs are: > >> Performance >>Capacity(GB) 16 GB (4C) >>

Re: EIDE Interface Speed in Clamshell G3s?

2012-07-22 Thread James E. Therrault
On Jul 22, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Koralatov wrote: > I'm finally thinking about reviving my dead Key Lime iBook, which suffered > a hard-disk failure some time ago. Since it'll mostly be used for mucking > around in Terminal, disk capacity isn't particularly important, but speed > is -- I've become u