Upgrading my G4 MDD with a SONNET Encore/Crescendo MDX G4 Duet 1.8GHz Dual CPU Upgrade
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Here's the Schematic for the AcBel Power Supply that's in My machine: (The Power Supplies in MDD's are prone to failure due to bad caps. So it will be a wise move to re-cap my system's power supply.)
Here's list of capacitors required to re-cap the AcBel MDD Power Supply:
I don't want do go the way of the ATX Power Supply mod in this machine!
Here's list of capacitors required to re-cap the AcBel MDD Power Supply:
I don't want do go the way of the ATX Power Supply mod in this machine!
I'd be interested in seeing your results. Those are nice computers; thanks for posting about them!
Today I got OS9.2 onto the MDD Machine, which uses a Radeon 9200 Mac Edition for its display. (The machine now has both the 9800 Pro and 9200 PCI Mac Editions installed!)
Because the MDD has the SONNET installed, I couldn't install OS9 directly onto it, as it needs a special driver to work with the SONNET, which needs to be installed before the SONNET's installed into the system.
In order to get OS9 onto a disk with the necessary SONNET and ATI drivers installed, I turned to my QuickSilver, as it's not upgraded as yet:
This is what the MDD looks like inside now: (It's pretty much as MAXED out as it can possibly be)
The reason why the 9200's installed is because OS9 doesn't work with the 9800 Pro, and the 9200's the absolute best card I can fit into the machine which supports OS9 and runs together with the 9800 Pro in the machine.
So it's the 9800 Pro for OSX and the 9200 for OS9.2
Because the MDD has the SONNET installed, I couldn't install OS9 directly onto it, as it needs a special driver to work with the SONNET, which needs to be installed before the SONNET's installed into the system.
In order to get OS9 onto a disk with the necessary SONNET and ATI drivers installed, I turned to my QuickSilver, as it's not upgraded as yet:
This is what the MDD looks like inside now: (It's pretty much as MAXED out as it can possibly be)
The reason why the 9200's installed is because OS9 doesn't work with the 9800 Pro, and the 9200's the absolute best card I can fit into the machine which supports OS9 and runs together with the 9800 Pro in the machine.
So it's the 9800 Pro for OSX and the 9200 for OS9.2
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Thanks!
It's a pleasure!
I’ve also slotted the SONNET TEMPO PCI SATA card to really get things cooking!
I’ll have to get another SAMSUNG 870 EVO SSD along with another Erico Bracket.
This drive will replace my current storage drive with high speed, more energy efficient storage and also allow me to carry out a direct comparison between the PCI SATA setup and the ATA to SATA converter adapter.
I’ve raided my G3 B&W (9200 and SONNET TEMPO), my G4 Digital Audio (9800 Pro ) and my G5 (2GB DDR RAM) to complete this system, so I’m going to have to purchase replacement parts in the future!
The Mac edition’s and SONNET PCI SATA cards unfortunately don’t come cheap! This is why a complete G4 collection will bankrupt you!
I’ll have to get another SAMSUNG 870 EVO SSD along with another Erico Bracket.
This drive will replace my current storage drive with high speed, more energy efficient storage and also allow me to carry out a direct comparison between the PCI SATA setup and the ATA to SATA converter adapter.
I’ve raided my G3 B&W (9200 and SONNET TEMPO), my G4 Digital Audio (9800 Pro ) and my G5 (2GB DDR RAM) to complete this system, so I’m going to have to purchase replacement parts in the future!
The Mac edition’s and SONNET PCI SATA cards unfortunately don’t come cheap! This is why a complete G4 collection will bankrupt you!
