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Well... franken-iMac is done... :) — #16

Probably. Mezzanine to PCI to Voodoo2. Then hook up the monitor out to the voodoo2 in, and hte monitor in to the voodoo2 out. Theroetically it should work. If anyone has a mac…
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Well... franken-iMac is done... :) — #17

Well, I was looking at my microconversions card, and the connector from the mac to the 3d card is really weird looking. How does the connector transfer data between the card and t…
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Well... franken-iMac is done... :) — #18

bascially weird looking connector = Mezzanine Mezzanine= PCI slot only smaller So get a mezzanine PLUG (not socket) to plug into the mezzanine connector on your iMac (if it has o…
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Well... franken-iMac is done... :) — #19

Would there be a way just to SLI another video card to the one I already have? (iMac gamewizard) instead of having to rip the card apart to get the plug out?
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Well... franken-iMac is done... :) — #22

If there is a way to get any 'ol V2 to work on the iMac you can get SLI...but you'd have to get the Obsidian 24x card. It's a dual V2 card, runs a bit more in the $$ dept., and is …
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Well... franken-iMac is done... :) — #24

Really. ARgh. a month ago, my computer was pimp. Lots ram, upgraded hD, voodoo2, and 333mhz. didnt have the 466 mhz upgrade though, was planning on getting one in a bit. now T…
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G4 to replace a G3 (beige) — #1

I was just wondering if, in theory, I can simply pull out my G3/300 from my beige G3, and replace it with a G4? Will it function properly, and will I be able to use Alti-Vec? Wil…
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G4 to replace a G3 (beige) — #2

You would simply require a [expensive] G4 ZIF socket upgrade card for this to work, oh, and be sure you have the Royal VRM, not the bad one... the VRM is this square module under/r…
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replacing the hard drive — #1

Anyone tried this yet? (CrazyMac? You out there?) What I really want to do is replace the iMac's HD with the HD in my iMac. And maybe later swap that for one of these huge but …
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replacing the hard drive — #2

Oops. Let's hear it for proofreading... What I meant to say was that I want to replace the HD in my *iBook* with the one in my iMac.
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replacing the hard drive — #3

I don't think you'll have much luck putting a hard drive from your iMac into your iBook. First of all, you'll need a notebook hard drive. The power consumption of a desktop hard d…
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replacing the hard drive — #4

...And the new huge hard drives won't fit either. As far as I know, assuming it used the same interface as the iMac (which I don't believe it does), you'd need to find a way to ge…
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replacing the hard drive — #5

caslis.com/mac/ibook/ibdrive.html Go to the above URL for instructions to replace the HD in your iBook. I did it, it's not really hard, but it's a lot of work and stress (�3 hours)…
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replacing the hard drive — #6

What was that company again that will do it for you and even transfer your HD data to the new drive? After seeing the picts I don't think I want to do it myself.... but at the sam…
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replacing the hard drive — #7

MCE Powerbook Products will do it. Their web site is at http://store.powerbook1.com/ . If you have them do it, let us know how things work out... I've been thinking about having…
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replacing the hard drive — #8

Personally, "improvising" on your iBook the way mentioned in "wibur"'s post is kind of outlandish. Maybe he didn't know the drive sizes and all... No matter. You can also order iB…
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replacing the hard drive — #9

I'm just about to put a 12gig 2.5" IDE (9.5mm) drive into my Rev 1 (3 gig) iBook. I'll post back later to let you all know how it went
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replacing the hard drive — #10

Ok, that has to have been the most stressful thing I have ever done in my entire life (Including total component transplants on antique synthesisers, open clock multiplier surgery …
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replacing the hard drive — #12

Thanks. The only problem is, I really don't want to have to do that again, but my brother's now commenting on how cool it would be to put a 12gig drive in his iBook (and guess who …
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replacing the hard drive — #13

Yes indeed, I was clueless enough to think just maybe I could put a desktop drive in a laptop. Thanks for the replies.
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