My recent switch from three 500MHz/1GB iMacs running Jaguar, Panther and Tiger to a single G4 DA (quickly upgraded from 466 to 533 to 733MHz) was to be able to drive a 20-in ADC di…

Say what? I distinctly recall MacAddict doing an article on various machine upgrades. They upgraded on and painted it to look like a marshall amp. Click to expand... That was …

You can test the Lombard internal fan by itself. Disconnect it and make a drawing of the three wire colors and where they go into the plug housing. Then if necessary remove the c…

Perhaps you can find a 5V point somewhere and connect the internal fan directly to that. Maybe on the USB port. It won't be temperature controlled, but at least it'll run. It wo…

I finally have my Lombard up and running (mostly). However it will overheat if left alone since the cooling fan never comes on. Currently I'm using one of those PC slot fans to d…

AvalancheSJ, it's still worth shopping around for a cheap G4 as you should be able to find one in your price bracket if you hunt. The FSB does make a fair bit of difference and th…

Say what? I distinctly recall MacAddict doing an article on various machine upgrades. They upgraded on and painted it to look like a marshall amp. Click to expand... That was …

Say what? I distinctly recall MacAddict doing an article on various machine upgrades. They upgraded on and painted it to look like a marshall amp.

That iMac is a good performer, and yet I would try for a lower price on it if possible. If you're not taken by the idea of a tower and you just want a convenient little workstation…

well i was looking on eBay and craigslist and both are kinda pricey for a g4 iMac, Mac Mini, and PowerMac, about $90 (£45ish) + shipping about $25 and up. and (with my PC knowledge…

It's not really worth it, for around the same amount you should be able to get a low end G4 on ebay: £35 G4. Much more expandable and all you need is a cheapo monitor to go with i…

For most "normal" modern computing tasks, (web browsing, music, email etc), the 500MHz era G3 iMacs are more than up to the job and will motor along nicely with Tiger and a decent …

I'm looking into buying an iMac G3 (Slot loaded CD/DvD) w/ 500MHz, 256MB (up to 1GB on this model i believe) and Mac OS X 10.4 (tiger i believe) installed. At my work we use Mac Mi…

Sun. Aug 31st 2008 3:19 AM - BOOOOOOOOST! [] ]'> I got bored, so I decided to give my Power Mac G4 Quicksilver a little boost. Removed the CPU module and flipped it over.…

ok I have my eye on Radeon 9800 pro I will give that a try

^^The CPU and Ram upgrades are not the problem here, as a last resort you may need to beef up the PSU for a high end AGP card but if you stick an old Radon in, their power requirem…

to coius I also note that you are running a stock machine no upgrades mine has sonnet/encore st/G4 1.8Ghz CPU and 1GB memory and there in lies my problem, nothing seems to work …

to Rodus and Coius: I have been told because my G4 AGP is no longer stock ie upgraded that no Geoforce cards will work because of power issues is this true ? Click to expand... …

According to this. Yes [] ]'>

just as an example would this card work http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RADEON-GRAPHICS-128MB-CARD-9800-PRO-MAC-EDITION-AGP4X_W0QQitemZ220271815184QQihZ012QQcategoryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQ…

I haven't heard that and would doubt it's correct (maybe someone else can correct me here). IIRC the 5200's were 8x AGP so you'd have to tape a couple of the connectors which is h…

to Bunsen: yes it was a Mac version ( but could have been duff ) to Rodus and Coius: I have been told because my G4 AGP is no longer stock ie upgraded that no Geoforce cards will …

you could flash a PC 6200 AGP for that thing. a AGP Geforce 6200 (has to be the wang version) would work better then a 7000 PCI or AGP, or you could use a Radeon 9800 Pro in it as …

I just got a Geforce4 MX 64MB AGP Card and Leopard runs great on it! Although there is no Core Image, but who cares?!?! I am running Leopard on this puppy with a Dual 450MHz CPU,…

Geforce FX5200 should work too. Hardly a great card but miles better then the 128.