Visited my best friend a few weeks ago. "I have a few old Macs if you want them". Me:
After a dusty trip into his attic I have a nice haul. More details on the others coming . . .but:
My first find was a Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1ghz with a matching Apple Studio Display
Completed: (Updated)
- Power supply was dead so I sent it off to acxelectronics on eBay for an excellent and fast repair. (OK I was lazy on this one)
- Replaced the old noisy CPU fan with a new quiet, but powerful Silenx IXP-76-18 - 120x38mm 18dBA 90CFM hooked to 12V Power Supply connector
- Maxed out RAM to 2GB
- Replaced static and distorted heat damaged speaker with the OEM part found on eBay
- Replaced spinning drive with a Samsung SSD via an IDE to SATA adapter.
- Installed 10.4.11 Tiger.
- Added 2nd SSD for Carbon Copy Cloner system backup: (Due the limitation of the PATA to SATA adapter board this did not work on the 100 MHz bus as a second drive, so I put the second SSD on the 66Mhz bus)
- Period correct keyboard and mouse
- Swapped out dual G4 1GHZ processor daughterboard for dual 1.25Ghz card (modest upgrade)
To Do:
- Upgrade video card (Current ATI Radeon 9000 is OK, but @Action Retro inspired me to go faster
