I have 120GB in my Lombard and my sister's Pismo has a 40GB yanked from a mac Mini. Both are PC compatible drives.

As far as PowerBooks go, so long as they're IDE inside, you can use any bloody drive you like. I yanked the 30 gigger in my Pismo right now out of an old Sony lappy

Why don't you want to just get a generic IDE HDD? What do you think came in there from the factory? Every single PowerPC 'Book apart from the Duo 2300 shipped with a standard 2.5" …

That only applies to HDD's above 4 GB with the PowerBook 1400 series.

It will in OSX, but OS9 requires it for audio as Franklinstein said. I think it gives some sort of error about audio hardware on boot, but I can't remember for sure. Click to ex…

Are they like the PDS cards that need a terminator installed if nothing is connected?

Why do you want to run the G3 without the personality card? Click to expand... Because then it would be like a mega church.

Why do you want to run the G3 without the personality card?

Thanks for that recommendation -- an external power jack is a definite plus. I'm sure I can dig up an Adaptec around these parts. Now I know what to look out for. Thanks again!

I've heard that those cards based on NEC chipsets have the best performance and compatibility under OS X. I'm using an Adaptec AUA-1420A, (NEC-based) and have had no problems with …

Thanks, Byrd -- it's good to know that you haven't had any bad experiences. I see generic cards around here for $5-10 pretty regularly. At those prices, I should just try one. If i…

Any generic OHCI compatible USB 2.0 card will work; in fact all the vanilla cards I've put into my PB G4 867 have been detected right out of the box under OS X. JB

You could try Yellow Dog Linux. Terrasoft is a company that still provides PPC workstations. They give simple installation instructions of a few pages you should read carefully, tw…

VLC is NO different in Quicktime.

I use quicktime for 99% of my needs. When coupled with perian it is quite versatile. Oh and I paid for QT Pro if that makes a difference. I do use VLC, but only when QT fails me…

Linux is really picky when it comes to overclocking, and for bad RAM, too. If I overclock my PC gcc will die often and often while compiling anything. And a few computer back I ha…

I kept getting errors with OpenSUSE. Once it came to the part where it would format the drive, it dumped right into the Shell. I said "Screw it!" and went back to 10.4 on the mac…

couldn't you change the cable for the drive or try a different drive? Click to expand... no part of the ittybitty connectors solderd to the pcb of the power lead to the d…

couldn't you change the cable for the drive or try a different drive?

i have bene inside a imac G4 more times then i care to remember and find them rather easy much easier to take apart then this monster i'd choose a imac G4 any time of the d…

Try using VLC instead? Click to expand... I second John8520's idea! I use VLC for everything from flash, to DVD and it plays them great!. I just got a more recent problem that…

just out of curiosity i know you have been inside a emac this guid going at it the right way or what ? http://www.wilko.com/emac/ Click to expand... Yup! That's about i…

Try using VLC instead?

unfortunaly fire wire target disk doesnt work my ibook did not pick up on the emac my wallstreet is not firewire equipped and im not sure if my intel imac could be arsed to …

...Any ideas what's making it do this?... Click to expand... You can look in your user library folder for the Quicktime preferences file(s). Perhaps there is an out of date du…