[G4] Upgrading a Sawtooth

[Miller, Rich]

ok, i wasn't pushing for a flame war. i was just moved to present a
dissenting viewpoint. 
here are the answers i have direct experience with:
1. the sawtooth here at the office took a radeon 7k pci upgrade without an
issue. 
2. the cdrom needs to be supported. (i suggest checking www.lowendmac.com
for a list of supported upgrades. 
3. not sure haven't gotten that far yet. 

as i said, didn't mean to forment a virtual riot. 

cheers

-rich 

-----Original Message-----
From: lavode at attbi.com [mailto:lavode at attbi.com]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 3:09 PM
To: Power Macintosh G4 List
Subject: Re: [G4] Upgrading a Sawtooth


> on 4/14/03 2:31 PM, Alberto de Leon wrote:
>
> > Hi!... for years many people had upgrade old machines; (Even Me) and my
> > advice (and about a hundred more people) is do not do it!!!
>
> To which Miller, Rich at RMiller at hbi.com wrote:
> 
> > i couldn't agree LESS. 
>
> To which Alberto de Leon replied:
>
> OOOOOOHHHH sorry!!!!! But Macintosh is very EXPENSIVE...and if you want to
> live older days keep on going... but better Go PC?s

Rich and Alberto, I appreciate the advice, but there are two things which I
do 
NOT want to discuss here:
1.  Macs vs. PCs
2.  Whether to upgrade or not.

Please do not discuss these issues under this topic, and limit your comments
to 
answering the actual questions, which were:

1.  Does the Sawtooth accept a 2nd video card and its drivers without
problem 
or driver conflicts?
2.  What are the requirements for replacing the internal CD-ROM? Can it be
any 
old ATA drive, or does it have to have certain specs?
3.  Is the mobo upgradable to a more current board?

Thanks,
Lavode


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