At 12:31 PM -0600 4/1/05, Michael Martin wrote: > > to: [email protected] > > date: April 1, 2005 > >Well, I finally did it. I got OSX running on my StarMax. It takes quite a bit >of work, but it can be done.
Hi Michael, That's great! >The first thing to do is to upgrade the processor to a G3. The OSX code >requires at least a G3. Now unfortunately my son's iMac died recently, so I >used the G3 from it to upgrade my Max. A little tricky, but it was available >and I hate to see hardware go unused. I suggest others use a standard upgrade. You know your stuff! How the heck did you do that? A friend of mine has a couple of dead iMacs (Analogue video boards dead). >Now the next part is to add memory. OSX likes LOTS of memory. With a little >judicious soldering etc, one can add a memory bus extender to the Max to >increase the memory beyond the normal limit. So now my Max has a full gigabyte >of memory! Now THAT is the best news I've ever heard!! I had been wondering if more memory could be added to that serious deficiency of the StarMax's. Could you detail that proceedure with circles and arrows? :-) The last part was perhaps the cleverest part of all. OSX will not install normally on non-Apple machines. So even with all that, OSX would not install on a Max. Now it just so happens that I had a beta copy of Tiger installed on my son's iMac for testing purposes. Since his iMac died, I decided to try an experiment. I took out the HD with Tiger already on it, and installed the HD on the Max. Lo and behold, it booted up! Good trick! Go to the head of the class. As for me I'm totally paranoid about my flickering, picture shrinking and expanding slightly, 17" Apple Studio Display. Have you ever known a video card to be at fault? I took it out and re-seated it yesterday (pressed the cuda for 3 secs.) Cheers, Terry Salt spring Island -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
