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OK, thats helpful thanks - and in terms of the actual Base Station? Are all Airport BS capable of supporting original airport card encryption under OS9?

I was wondering if there’s a recommended base station for running macs with original airport cards? I have quite a few but obviously can’t connect to modern WiFi due to authentication. I know I can use a bridge attached via Ethernet, but I want to use the original hardware and get rid of wires...

thanks for the reply! I might put on the trading post, looking for one of those drives. thanks.

On this note, does anyone know which superdrive apple put in the MDD? I have the 2003 one that came with the CD-RW drive, and I want to upgrade to the DVD-RW superdrive to use iDVD. I know iDVD will not support 3rd party drives, so want to make sure I have the right make/model. Any advice...

Ok, that’s great - and in terms of jumper settings, both set to cable select?

Also, is it possible to install OS9 on one drive, and OSX on another drive for a dual boot set up? I want a larger than 120gb drive for the OSX one, hence this set up. Would I need to set both drives to master with the jumper settings, and press option on start up to select?

OK, thats really useful thanks. In that case, I might look at doing the swap. I wonder how much it will increase fan noise - suppose I'll find out!

I have a dual 1.25ghz card from a non functioning machine ready to go into my single 1.25ghz machine, but I am reticent to do so, as I'm not sure how much of a real world performance bump it would give, and it will make everything quite a bit hotter/more power draw. I'd also like to know how...

I'd also like to know how much strain the extra CPU puts on the fragile power supply? I have a dual card ready to go into my single 1.25ghz machine, but I am reticent to do so, as I'm not sure how much of a real world performance bump it would give, and it will make everything quite a bit...

I’d agree with that - if only there was somewhere in the Uk that repairs them. I haven’t been able to find anything as of yet.

Ok thanks All. I think I will go the ATX route then. There is a resource that lists suitable power supplies somewhere right?

Yes, I used to have one back in the day as an edit machine. I would also prefer to do the ATX conversion for the noise, but I wouldn’t want to loose the ADC capability. Is there a way round this?

Ah yes, ok - I think would also feel the same about trying to fix the power supply! Sadly, I am in the UK and don't think there are any services for fixing these power supplies. I might have to wait about on here to see if anyone has a spare power supply they would like to sell.

Hello again, I have just picked up a dead MDD Dual 1.25 2003 (bootable OS9, FireWire 400, etc) that I would like to get working. I am assuming the power supply is dead, as other components I have tested seem to be working fine. I was wondering if it is possible to repair the original power...

That's great - I'll give that a try. really appreciate your help.

Looks like it boots fine with extensions off - problem solved, apart from finding out which one it is!

Thanks for the replies everyone. I have done a bit more testing. The machine boots fine from OSX Tiger partition, and boots fine from the OS9 installer disk. It seems to hang when it gets to the desktop on my OS9 partition. Maybe I need to rebuild the desktop file or something? Sadly, it...

Hi there, I have just installed a Radeon 9000 Pro into a Digital Audio G4 - the machine boots fine, but when I get to the desktop, it won't let me click on anything, move windows etc. Do I need to re-set the VRAM or PRAM or something? Apologies for such a simple question, I'm slightly out of...

Thanks for the replies, really useful - cheers lads

Hello everyone, I’m sure this is a simple one, but I wanted to be sure. I have a digital audio G4, and a ADC display. I want to retain os9 bootability - is the Radeon 9000 the most powerful card that I can use to do this? I also assume it is a native Mac card? No need to flash, etc? Is the...