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Sawtooth + Leopard Inexplicably Consuming RAM — #6

Hmm well. If the memory used by the processes is not what's draining your memory usage... you know that almost all free memory is normally eaten up by UNIX systems for the file sys…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 - 05:25

Rough value of a Powermac G4 350 Sawtooth? — #2

Is 25 bucks for a 350/10gb/DVD reader/ZIP/64mb ram graphite a good deal?I have plenty of ram to upgrade it with, along with a HD. Click to expand... Is that a sawtooth or just …
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Thu, 21 Aug 2008 - 21:25

Sawtooth + Leopard Inexplicably Consuming RAM — #5

Hmm well. If the memory used by the processes is not what's draining your memory usage... you know that almost all free memory is normally eaten up by UNIX systems for the file sy…
68kMLA Hardware by ealex79 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 - 17:41

Sawtooth + Leopard Inexplicably Consuming RAM — #4

That's the thing, the process with the biggest RAM usage is like 40-60mb (Kernel), with a bunch of smaller ones below it. It's like lots of tiny processes are starting but I can't…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 - 13:16

Sawtooth + Leopard Inexplicably Consuming RAM — #1

My Sawtooth (500mhz, 1.75gb, 10.5.4) never has free RAM. Let me explain. It is running Leopard, apache, mysql, and TorrentFlux (Python). When I first boot the machine, 1.5GB of …
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 - 18:02

Pismo hinge — #2

Yeah it can with new hinges from places like powerbookguy.com. Good luck on the Pismo.
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Wed, 20 Aug 2008 - 17:31

Pismo hinge — #1

I ve bought a Pismo (500 mhz) on eBay, and it was sold broken. At home I unplugged the pram battery, and then it booted fine. The Pismo is in great condition. But the screen is s…
68kMLA Hardware by didius Wed, 20 Aug 2008 - 17:05

CPU Upgrade Compatibility? — #6

This Q is quite FA around here. Perhaps we need a FAQ page. My short answer is go to xlr8yourmac.com under articles->systems->g4 from their front page navigation ba…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Wed, 20 Aug 2008 - 12:16

CPU Upgrade Compatibility? — #5

The Quicksilver uses a 133mhz bus, the Sawtooth only uses a 100mhz one. The Quicksilver 800 CPU would have a multiplier of 6, so it would only run at 600mhz on a Sawtooth, if it wo…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 - 12:06

G4 (sawtooth) graphic cards — #9

I pulled a PCI radeon 7000 32mb out of a beige g3 to put in my sawtooth, it still would be better than the stock rage 128 pro AGP right?
68kMLA Hardware by xypex982 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 - 02:46

iBook G3 Bad Ethernet? — #11

Dug out a crossover cable, successful connection. Strange because both machines should not need it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274?viewlocale=en_US So I guess I don't need an…
68kMLA Networking by Sludgedragon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 - 16:02

CPU Upgrade Compatibility? — #3

Thanks for the link -- I guess what I'm really asking is: Can I put this http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-PowerMac-G4-Quicksilver-800-MHz-processor-HS_W0QQitemZ190244586323QQcmdZViewIte…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 - 15:34

CPU Upgrade Compatibility? — #2

the main problem you have with a sawtooth and dual CPUs is that most of the boards don't support Dual CPUs. If you have a revision newer than Rev 3, you can do it. I am hoping th…
68kMLA Hardware by coius Tue, 19 Aug 2008 - 10:23

CPU Upgrade Compatibility? — #1

I'm possibly interested in upgrading the CPU in my Sawtooth (500mhz now). I don't want to buy one of the 3rd party upgrade cards -- I'd prefer to buy a stock CPU that was pulled w…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 - 04:47

Help me identify my G4 powermac. — #12

since it is a sawtooth could i put in some other g4 cpu in it like a quicksilver's, or even a duel cpu? Also what are good after market cpu upgrades that are compatible? Click t…
68kMLA Networking by Bunsen Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 09:46

Help me identify my G4 powermac. — #10

Ok it does have agp, I just didnt know if they put agp in and then did some other major changes later on (well obviously the quicksilver), so since it is a sawtooth could i put in …
68kMLA Networking by xypex982 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 05:04
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