[G4] G4 will not accept OSX

[Steve Goldstein]

At 12:49 PM -0400 11/8/05, richard joseph wrote:
>Hi. Just signed up. Couple concerns.
>1. I have a 350Mhz G4, bought in early 2000, still running 9.2.2 but it won't accept OSX. It just gets to the point with the blue screen with the Apple logo and the little spinning wheel. I just keeps spinning.
>I changed the original 10gig hard drive to a 40gig for operating software and application., I also put in an 80gig for my working files. I am running with about 896 megs of ram. Why will it not accept Panther or Tiger?

I am not sure at all about this, but does your computer need a firmware upgrade first before accepting Panther or Tiger?  Check at apple.com.

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>2. I am thinking of a processor upgrade from 350Mhz to 1.4Mhz. Any thoughts about this?
>What is the best upgrade for this machine?


I installed a Mercury (Extreme?) 1.4 GHz from OWC (MacSales.com).  The first one proved defective, so they exchanged it, and the second one has been running just fine.  Also, might I suggest that you max out your installed RAM (memory)?

--Steve