Expanding my MDD 867mhz with a segate Barracuda 120GB

Hi. I'm running Logic Pro on my Mac G4 MDD 876mhz. I want to upgrade my system and have more capacity on the drives. I like to have all my audiosamples (+40 G) on one internal slave HD. I'm currently running the 40G HD that came with the computer. Memory is 1GB DDR/SDRAM. I've bought a Segate Barracuda 120 GB 7200 ATA 100 HD, this disk is going to be my slave HD cause the system is yust runnig fine on the original 40 G disk. How to install the 120G HD? Can I use it along side the 40G HD? If yes, there is no need for reinstallation OSX? I've read that the MDD is capable of running 2 G DDR/SDRAM, will it make mine work faster if I put in 2 x 512 extra?
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G4 876 mhz Mac OS X (10.3)

i wish I had the talent to understand music apps like Logic Pro.
i am an old MIDI man, still using sheet music, MIDI keyboard and finale notepad.
anywho. are you running 10.4? Core Audio is a part of Tiger, maybe the Core Audio element is having problems with slow disk access. just an idea
if you cannot put a faster HD in the ATA100 drive carrier (the two drives in rear of MDD are ATA100 channel) you can aim for a SATA drive.
for about $60 you can get an SIIG 4channel SATA150 PCI controller. you can then put the card in an open PCI slot, put 1 or 2 SATA HD's in the front HD carrier, of course dont forget the power convertors, and make sure nothing gets caught or crimped. I helped a buddy put two 200GB Hitachi 7200rpm 8MB SATA HD's in his MDD 1Ghz about 6 months ago. I have no idea how he did it, but He got them striped as RAID 0 for serious HD usage for his desktop video and Final Cut projects.
MORE ram is always better. especially with heavy cpu access programs. 2GB of RAM is max for the MDD, and I bet Logic pro will run so much better with more RAM. Less pageouts and less VM usage by the OS. The OS uses part of the Boot Drive for VM if you dont have enough Real system RAM. that could cause some of the issues. The RAM is decent now. you can get 512MB for less than $80 if you look around. Always get the good Mac stuff though. Crucial, RAMJET, OWC, TransIntl.com... I did the bad thing and got some CHEAP stuff for $39 and thought Hey its CHEAP. boy it was crappy. My Mac barely worked with it. ok sorry or the Rant.
send an email about your Mac music stuff.
otherwise good luck dude.
LUKE
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