I've had two Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop machines for a while that I have been wanting to upgrade and finally found two of these with 1.4ghz P-III's installed. Not Celerons like you …
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanWed, 10 Mar 2010 - 06:37
I don't have access to another G4 to swap due to they surplus'd the other units.. so that isn't an option .
I wasn't able to get to the computer today to try either of the other…
68kMLAHardwareby wardsenatorfe92Wed, 10 Mar 2010 - 04:32
I've had two Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop machines for a while that I have been wanting to upgrade and finally found two of these with 1.4ghz P-III's installed. Not Celerons like you …
68kMLAHardwareby Anonymous FreakWed, 10 Mar 2010 - 04:20
I've had two Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop machines for a while that I have been wanting to upgrade and finally found two of these with 1.4ghz P-III's installed. Not Celerons like you …
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanWed, 10 Mar 2010 - 02:19
I had a chance to grab a FW800 single 1ghz machine for $119 not long ago. That's less than I paid for my 533mhz DA a few years ago. I let it go because the shipping would have been…
I have used those kinds of batteries and holders on old PCs before, they work fine but all eventually leak. So I retrofitted quite a few machines to use coin type batteries (PCs) a…
I had a chance to grab a FW800 single 1ghz machine for $119 not long ago. That's less than I paid for my 533mhz DA a few years ago. I let it go because the shipping would have been…
I wanted to do something like that but don't know how. Would I have to solder the wires to the existing battery socket? If I could attach the wires without soldering, that would be…
I just got my G5 a few months ago. It's a single 1.8 Ghz. I got it for $125 to replace my aging G4 Digital Audio 733. The SATA card in my G4 wouldn't allow the system to sleep prop…
I don't have a G5 yet, but I hope to within the year.
The main thing which kept me away from the was reliability, many more G5 PSUs, boards, and processors cooked themselves to de…
As I suspected, the G4 (Sonnet Crescendo G4 800/1M) was only running at 450MHz, but after running the Sonnet enabler scrounged from another machine it now runs at 800. Much nicer,…
68kMLAHardwareby mac2geezerTue, 9 Mar 2010 - 21:59
I've been replacing the 1/2 AA batteries with a two AA or two AAA battery holder held on with either double sided foam tape or hard locking tape for ages, like so:
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Where did you get the 10 pack from?
I leave batteries in the units I use once in a while, but anything put into long term storage has the battery removed.
System Profiler is notorious for miscomputing CPU speeds for third-party cards. I'd run Metronome (you can download it from Sonnet) to get the card's actual speed.
68kMLAHardwareby ClassicHasClassTue, 9 Mar 2010 - 17:08
Here's a link to a site still selling the replacement cases.
$449 is certainly an optimistic starting price on that auction. *shrug* People are funny enough that I wouldn't bet ag…
Wow! That's a good price!
Do you leave all of your systems setup and plugged in? If not, I wouldn't bother leaving a battery in them anyway. I've lost several computers to expl…
Since I needed a bunch I decided to go with a bulk purchase and managed to find 10 packs for $28 shipped. Nearly every beige Powermac and Quadra I have thinks it's 1956. 8-o