Oh cool! Now does this just pretty much modify the NVRAM making it independent of the software once installed? Like i install it, turn it on, and i can swap out the hard drive with…

I'd try another IDE cable. Can you get the new HD to work off a single IDE chain on its own? JB Click to expand... I tried it piggy backed off the CD-ROM. I have tried a hand…

I'd try another IDE cable. Can you get the new HD to work off a single IDE chain on its own? JB

Oh cool! Now does this just pretty much modify the NVRAM making it independent of the software once installed? Like i install it, turn it on, and i can swap out the hard drive wit…

If you have say, a spare 6GB or something, install os x to that and then get OverDrive installed/turned on so you can then get drives bigger then 128GB in there. http://mac.profus…

I have tried all of that, the OEM one is set to cable selct, i tried that, i tried as a master and master single, master with legacy support, master with 15 heads instead of 16 (th…

Hi sp00nix, sounds to me like you've not set the correct master/slave jumper on the hard disk; this must be set otherwise the drive won't detect properly and screw with whatever e…

Hello again. This time i am trying to install a bigger HDD in my G4 tower. It came with a 10gb drive. I cannot get 10.4 to install on there with any other HDD other then the one i…

well that didn't work lol. It wasn't even recognized as being in a PCI slot

If i get a chance i will try after work and post my findings. I have a whole lot of different cards, some simple scsi, some RAID with 128MB ram, daughter cards, batteries, and heat…

As far as I know, no promise cards can be made bootable. Adaptec cards have a slight-chance of being made bootable. One of the main issues with flashing from PC to mac is the size…

Hmmm, the have ROM and RAM but i don't know if the MAC would read it right. They are Adaptec and Promise raid cards, maybe a re-flashing? I will have to play with it.

They may. But I don't think the G4 would boot from them. scratch that, I doubt it would. Mainly as there has to be a ROM on it. Howerver, since I had an Adaptec with a PC ROM on…

Hello everyone, I have a ton of SCSI 160 and 320 cards and HDDs from dell servers. Would the cards work in my G4 tower? If so OS 9.2 work or would i need OS X? I don't know how p…

... or at least have a spare or borked MiniDock you don't mind hackrificing. Say, jt, if you can find one for sale somewhere and you want to give this project a kick along, I'll t…

CF cards as HDs. I've been reading about wear-leveling and the speculation by some that with daily use the card would be toast after a few months. Click to expand... This is th…

I had thought about putting a CF card in the PCMCIA slot (on my 3400) and using that as a VM module so to speak. Click to expand... Yeah, not a great idea, because PCMCIA is qu…

Thanks for the information, fmwolf. I'm happy to see that a 190 can handle the MLA. I'm glad hear that your CF card has lasted this long. With frequent backups, this hard drive alt…

I've been using my 190 (posting from it) with an ultra II CF for about 3 years now - not on daily basis but frequently enough and with enabled VM. Battery lasts more than 2 hours (…

I have heard that later Powerbooks, into the early G4 series even, used ADB internally for the trackpad. What would be involved in hooking into that, I have no idea. Click to e…

I have heard that later Powerbooks, into the early G4 series even, used ADB internally for the trackpad. What would be involved in hooking into that, I have no idea. Click to e…

The first Apple PowerBook with SCSI Disk Mode would have have to have been the PowerBook 160, 165, 165c, 180 or 180c - I can confirm that the PowerBook 140 and 170 definitely do no…

I have heard that later Powerbooks, into the early G4 series even, used ADB internally for the trackpad. What would be involved in hooking into that, I have no idea. Click to e…

I have heard that later Powerbooks, into the early G4 series even, used ADB internally for the trackpad. What would be involved in hooking into that, I have no idea. Click to e…

The first Apple PowerBook with SCSI Disk Mode would have have to have been the PowerBook 160, 165, 165c, 180 or 180c - I can confirm that the PowerBook 140 and 170 definitely do no…