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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / August 2008Upgrading a PowerMac
I have the original 350MHz PowerMac "Sawtooth", Graphite Case. I also have a DP500MHz CPU Board, which I want to put in it. Mac OS9 has no problem, but OSX does. What do I need to do here? In article <23884d62-7a58-40bd-b10f-b1ebb2370ed2@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, > I have the original 350MHz PowerMac "Sawtooth", Graphite Case. I also > have a DP500MHz CPU Board, which I want to put in it. Mac OS9 has no > problem, but OSX does. What do I need to do here? Tell us what problem OS X has and what version of OS X that is, for starters.  Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > > I have the original 350MHz PowerMac "Sawtooth", Graphite Case. I also > > have a DP500MHz CPU Board, which I want to put in it. Mac OS9 has no > > problem, but OSX does. What do I need to do here? > > Tell us what problem OS X has and what version of OS X that is, for > starters. The brand of the CPU upgrade would be useful to know, too, and whether the OP has gone to their manufacturer's web site for any specific instructions, and possibly drivers, for using the card with OS X. SignatureI kill Google Groups posts. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude > > > I have the original 350MHz PowerMac "Sawtooth", Graphite Case. I also > > > have a DP500MHz CPU Board, which I want to put in it. Mac OS9 has no [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the OP has gone to their manufacturer's web site for any specific > instructions, and possibly drivers, for using the card with OS X. Good point. I assumed he was trying to move a board from a Gig-E 2x500 G4 into a Sawtooth case and was having trouble. Didn't think about upgrade cards. Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > > The brand of the CPU upgrade would be useful to know, too, and whether > > the OP has gone to their manufacturer's web site for any specific [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > G4 into a Sawtooth case and was having trouble. Didn't think about > upgrade cards. And it never occurred to _me_ that he might be moving a board from another G4 into the case. SignatureI kill Google Groups posts. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude On Jul 19, 11:36 pm, mikeP...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > The brand of the CPU upgrade would be useful to know, too, and whether > > > the OP has gone to their manufacturer's web site for any specific [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers > <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude Woah, Nelly! Hang on!!! The 2x500MHz board came from another mac, the Gigabit Ethernet model. That mac doesn't work though. On a side note, I installed Mac OS9 with the 2x500 CPU, and now I can't boot into OSX with the original! A circle with a line through it (a "prohibitory sign", according to Apple) appears. Let's start from the beggining... Gregory> OSX 10.4 "Tiger, the latest version that will run on this computer without hacking the CD. When booting, a black rectangle unfurls from the top of the apple logo to the bottom. Don't get the spinning bars. Mike> Don't know the brand, came with another mac. Gregory again> It ain't an update card. Mike again> Good guess... CORRECT! DING! Now I just want to get back to OSX with my original CPU board! Hope this answers any questions you have. > > > The brand of the CPU upgrade would be useful to know, too, and whether > > > the OP has gone to their manufacturer's web site for any specific [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > And it never occurred to _me_ that he might be moving a board from > another G4 into the case. This appears to be yet another drive-by post from Google Groups. I'm so glad I don't see them anymore! : D SignatureSend responses to the relevant news group rather than to me, as E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR > This appears to be yet another drive-by post from Google Groups. > I'm so glad I don't see them anymore! Um, he _did_ respond, and the same day Greg and I posted. You didn't see it, of course, nor did I, since I would only have seen it via someone's follow-up, and neither Greg nor anyone else responded to it. The point is, though, that the guy did monitor the thread and post again, and he's the one waiting for a reply. You get pretty bored sometimes on Sundays, don't you? ;-) SignatureI kill Google Groups posts. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude > > This appears to be yet another drive-by post from Google Groups. > > I'm so glad I don't see them anymore! > > Um, he _did_ respond, and the same day Greg and I posted. Oh did he? My bad then. : ) > You didn't see > it, of course, nor did I, since I would only have seen it via someone's > follow-up, and neither Greg nor anyone else responded to it. The point > is, though, that the guy did monitor the thread and post again, and he's > the one waiting for a reply. How ironic. : ) > You get pretty bored sometimes on Sundays, don't you? ;-) Well actually, I am just today subscribing to this news group, which is why I even bothered reading this thread. Carry on! SignatureSend responses to the relevant news group rather than to me, as E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR > > You get pretty bored sometimes on Sundays, don't you? ;-) > > Well actually, I am just today subscribing to this news group, which is > why I even bothered reading this thread. Maybe you were bored and that's why you subscribed. ;-) > Carry on! Roger! SignatureI kill Google Groups posts. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude > > > You get pretty bored sometimes on Sundays, don't you? ;-) > > > > Well actually, I am just today subscribing to this news group, which is > > why I even bothered reading this thread. > > Maybe you were bored and that's why you subscribed. ;-) Maybe you're right. I see th kitchen needs cleaning though - I think I'll do that now. : D > > Carry on! > > Roger! Over and out! SignatureSend responses to the relevant news group rather than to me, as E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR Just answer the question, please. On Jul 30, 5:31 pm, gabjs...@gmail.com wrote: > Just answer the question, please. I don't see the information necessary for diagnosis anywhere in this topic. No verbose boot dialog, no list of permissions that have been fixed or resisted fixing, and from the order of installation OS X.4 needs to be confirmed as the start-up disk and may need to be repaired, since OS X is notoriously hinky and X.4 (in my own, limited, experience) particularly doesn't peacefully co-exist with an OS 9 bootable system -- requiring OS 9 be modified by OS X so that it only runs in Classic mode. Boot from your OS X.4 install DVD, select the OS 10.4 system folder as your startup disk, and run disk utility to repair it. Alternatively, wipe the hard-drive, install OS 9, update (particularly any BIOS updates), and then install OS 10.4 again. After it boots OS X the first time, run Disk Utility and fix permissions. Download the update package, and after installing it, fix permissions again. When you ask for help next time, please identify your hardware, your software, what the problem presents itself as, and anything you've already tried to fix it. You may want to browse for past topics on your issue, too (such as, in this case, OS 10.4 boot). Some people may not always give direct advice, but bear in mind it was the weekend and senses of humor constrained by a grim work-week may come out to play. When you see something like that going on, it often means the advice you're asking for has recently been posted elsewhere, and the jesters think you should've seen it. I can't say that this is the case every time, but it often seems so to me. Personally, I've bought a few hundred dollars of OS X books, only to have them walk off while I wasn't looking; but they were helpful to me while I had them. There's no boot messages! I said, there's a "prohibitory sign"! |
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