Jinnai
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I recently got a PM G3 desktop and I was wondering about upgrades for it and also how to get an OS installed on it most effectively. It currently has a 1GB HDD, but it doesn't boot and according to everymac it isn't the original, so I'm wanting to replace it, but what is the best replacement for it? There's SCSI, onboard IDE, IDE on a PCI card, or maybe SATA in a PCI card, if thats not a waste of resources...
Here's what I'm working with.
1) Whats the fastest hard drive/SSD option I can get for it?
2) Why is there a spot on the motherboard with 34 pins marked "floppy"?
3) Is there a version of the motherboard that can use the "Cache" slot thats blank on this board?
4) What is that little SODIMM looking port by the video circuitry?
5) Does anyone here have a couple 128MB low profile RAM modules I can use? I only have high-profile ones.
6) Whats going on with the personality card and why does it have so many open ports? Can I upgrade it?
Here's the PCI cards I have to work with, I don't know if any are useful for this Mac or not:
There's a Promise Ultra100, a Promise SATA150, and a Silicon Image SataLink sil3112.
Here's what I'm working with.
1) Whats the fastest hard drive/SSD option I can get for it?
2) Why is there a spot on the motherboard with 34 pins marked "floppy"?
3) Is there a version of the motherboard that can use the "Cache" slot thats blank on this board?
4) What is that little SODIMM looking port by the video circuitry?
5) Does anyone here have a couple 128MB low profile RAM modules I can use? I only have high-profile ones.
6) Whats going on with the personality card and why does it have so many open ports? Can I upgrade it?
Here's the PCI cards I have to work with, I don't know if any are useful for this Mac or not:
There's a Promise Ultra100, a Promise SATA150, and a Silicon Image SataLink sil3112.