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ericarthur
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Join Date: Aug 2004
 
2005-04-10, 09:18

Hello.

I have a 800Mhz G4 iMac with SD and I was wondering whether I could remove the current HD (http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/...81,373,00.html) and replace it with this other HD from an external drive that I have (http://www.storagereview.com/article...1200BB_1.html). I have taken it apart, partly, before and I'd quite like the extra storage and access speed.

Also, what is the spec of the internal RAM chip, as I have some old RAM knocking about that may be suitable.

Any further tips?

thanks

EDIT: also, the replacement HD is partitioned into 3 parts and has data on it. Is this a problem?
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BlueRabbit
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Join Date: May 2004
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2005-04-10, 10:24

It appears to use PC133, 144-pin RAM. I think that's laptop-sized RAM, not normal RAM. You should download Mactracker, since it has specs on every Mac ever made. It's very, very useful.
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2005-04-10, 10:31

Hi ea,

Not sure about the HD swap, but the internal RAM chip spec is (according to Mactracker ) 1 - PC133 144-pin SO DIMM (user accessible) and 1 PC133 168-pin SDRAM (factory installed).

HTH

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ericarthur
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2005-04-10, 11:50

Ok, well I went ahead and did it. Works fine, although I have been slightly liberal with my reapplication of screws. Now, with a full 120Gb inside and a faster HD, I will have a much better experience, and it will be more Tiger-proof no doubt. There really was a disturbing amount of dust inside.

Ah well, now just 250Mb of downloads to update the system with. Runs quick though.
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