Power Mac G4 – need more speed!

Hi
Regarding: G4 100/BUS 400mhz AGP.
It now has 80GB @ 7200 hard-drive with existing 10GB @ 7200, 1.5Ghz 7455 processor and 1.5GB RAM – some might say an unnecessary expensive – but I now have a significant increase in speed.
1. Can anyone suggest anything that I haven't considered for speed increase?
2. Is there any way I can convert this mac to run SATA drives rather than ATA/IDEs?
I am also hoping to replace my bulky 17" display with a slim equivalent combining good resolution with great colour/print representation. Catch is, my budget: £200. Any thoughts on this?
Can anyone help?
Stu

i have a similar setup, and asked a similar question recently...lots of helpful people around here...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=831456&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=832907&tstart=0
i've opted to add a sata card (Firmtek-SeriTek) and a pair of 250GB WD Caviar SE16's (striped/RAID0) to expand my capacity and (hopefully) performance (the card + the 2 drives was approx $200 USD)
-i also added an updated video card (ATI Radeon 8500) a little while back, but that was so i could run quartz-extreme/openGL software, not necessarily for performance - i wouldnt have changed it otherwise.

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Ere are the specs on the Mac I need more power on. Mac Tower Processor 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Memory 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB Serial Number H00354XF20G Software OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) Harddive 640 GB SATA

ere are the specs on the Mac I need more power on.
Mac Tower
Processor 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB
Serial Number H00354XF20G
Software OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)
Harddive 640 GB
SATA Disk
(2) Harddrives 1 TB
SATA Disk
RAM 6 slots total -- 6 are filled with 1GB
(3) UAD Quad cards installed
I use this computer stictly for audio recording.
Pro Tools 10.3.7
Interface Apollo 16
Pro Tools is curretnly not compatible with Maverick. Also, I believe that Pro Tools 10 only allows 4GB ram to be utilized (not sure )
I know Pro Tools 11 allows more, but not sure how much more. Also not sure if the upgrade to Pro Tools 11 I will have to purchase all new plug ins or if my existing ones will continue to work in it.
The platform changes from 32 bit to 64 with the upgrade to 11
If it is as simple as adding more ram, what mode-part #l would you recomeend. Can the processor be upgraded also ?
The new tube like Macs are non compatible with UAD Cards. Those cards a must my sessions

You can use Activity Monitor to check if apps run as 32 or 64 bit - simply look at the "Kind" column (you may need to select it under View -> Columns) and see if the app in question is listed as "Intel" i.e. 32 bit or as "Intel (64 bit)".
While in Activity Monitor you can also check if Pro Tools is close to the 3-4 GB limit of a 32 bit app - if you aren't you will probably not benefit from more RAM.
Your MacPro (it appears to be a Early 2009 model) should have come with a small booklet showing how to install RAM and what kind of RAM that you need. Any RAM that fulfills the requirements should work but your safest choice is probably to buy from a retailer/online store that supports Macs as they will usually know what kind of RAM you need for your mac model.
Upgrading the CPUs should be possible, but I haven't seen Apple document how to do this, so you will probably have to google around a bit to find instructions and CPU part numbers.
Your choice of CPUs will also be limited by the motherboard and CPU socket so you may be limited to faster version of your current CPU chip and some slightly newer versions.
Going from your current CPU to the fastest version included in the 2009 MacPros would be going from 2.26 GHz to 2.93 GHz. This would only give a modest 30% speed boost. Using newer and highly clocked CPUs might boost this somewhat more maybe to 50% ?

Need more speed

Hello!
My setup:
- I'm using Aperture 2.1.4 on an iMac 3.06 GHz with 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 1 TB harddrive and Mac OS X 10.5.8.
- Right now I have 8 Projects with 3.250 photos. The Aperture-Library - 3.62GB - is on the internal harddrive.
- The originals are all RAW-files (from my Canon EOS 450D) and are stored on an external FireWire 800 iomega 2 TB drive. The folder containing the 8 sub-folders (coresponding to the projects) is 67.4GB.
- I have about 820GB free on the internal harddrive and 1.82TB free on the external harddrive.
My problem: I need more speed while editing! Highlights recovering, levels adjusting, changing the saturation or contrast - only to name a few - are realy slow!
I've renounced to generate any previews, but I'm not very sure I see any diference in speed. I even close ALL my other apps while editing in Aperture!
What can I do to accelerate working with Aperture?
Do you think holding only the current photos in the Aperture-Library (managed while editing and referenced after this) will bring an increase in speed?
Thank you for any advice!
Regards,
Vlad

It's hard to visualize without some sample data and the table definitions, but there's a chance this will work. I'm assuming this isn't dynamic SQL, but multiple reports, each report with a version of this SQL?
USE MyDB
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE 1 = 1 AND Factor = '1' AND varVE = 'XYZ'
AND varS + varL + CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), aDate) IN
(SELECT varS + varL + CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), aDate, 121) AS SLA FROM MyTable WHERE varD = 'val1' AND varE = 'val2' AND varC > 'val3'
UNION ALL SELECT varS + varL + CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), aDate, 121) AS SLA FROM MyTable WHERE varD = 'val4' AND varE = 'val5' AND varC < 'val6'
UNION ALL SELECT varS + varL + CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), aDate, 121) AS SLA FROM MyTable WHERE varD = 'val7' AND varE = 'val8' AND varC = 'val9'
UNION ALL SELECT varS + varL + CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), aDate, 121) AS SLA FROM MyTable WHERE varD = 'val10' AND varE = 'val11' AND varC LIKE '%val12%')
This should be somewhat faster, unless it's the last "LIKE '%VAL12%'" that's really the root cause of all the performance problems.
Provide some sample data and a little additional info, perhaps we can help more?
EDIT: Also, although I use it myself during the authoring/development phase of a query from time to time (where I have to make lots of changes to the WHERE clause on the fly), the "Where 1 = 1" should go away for real life production use. (Even
though interestingly enough, the optimizer rarely seems to complain too much about it from a performance perspective, it's the SQL equivalent of forgetting to take the price tag off of a gift.. ;-)

Mac Mini Needs more room

Hello, This is my first post.
Can someone advise me on the best course of action? My Mini keeps telling me that I need more room on my startup disk. What should I do?
I keep deleating files (podcasts, pictures, etc.) but it does it again within a few more days. This is also making my mini slow down. I thought about getting an external hard drive, but was not sure if that would take care of the problem.
Any Suggestions?
Thank you in advance.

I ran the Mac Janitor --
When I click on the HD in my finder, it says 19.98gb available.
This is the information from my system profiler:
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Mac mini
Machine Model: PowerMac10,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.33 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.4f0
Memory --
DIMM0/J11:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR SDRAM
Speed: PC3200U-30330
Status: OK
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 30
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 30
Sleep On Power Button: Yes
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On LAN: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: Yes
ATA Bus:
ST9402115A:
Capacity: 37.26 GB
Model: ST9402115A
Revision: 3.01
Serial Number: 3NV00LKN
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 37.13 GB
Available: 16.98 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /
MATSHITACD-RW CW-8124:
Model: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8124
Revision: DACD
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 1
Socket Type: Internal
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Hello. Glad I found this forum. Wish it was prominently advertized on the Apple home page. Anyway, I have an old Power Mac G4 running OS X 10.0.4. Well, actually, I've always run it in OS 9.2. In fact recently I started playing with it again and switched it to OS X 10.0.4 and it seems to be unstable. The display dissappears after a while running. The machine is not off, just no display. Hitting the smaller reboot button brings it back up, only to have it repeat the failure. But that's not really my question. I want to use this machine as a Skype phone and for iMovie in OS 9.2. Skype is only available for OS X 10.3.9 and later OS's. So, if it's not a major hassle and expense, I want to upgrade to OS X 10.3.9 or later. That's where I need some advice. Having never attempted such a project, I'd like as much feedback as I can get about what to expect going in. Here are some questions:
1. Will I still be able to run OS 9.2 (either concurrently or by switching the startup disk when needed) if I upgrade to OS X 10.3.9 or later?
2. Will this instability with OS X 10.0.4 dissappear if I uprgade?
3. Where can I find the appropriate upgrade software?
4. Can I jump from OS X 10.0.4 to a version as late as OS X 10.3.9 without any intermediate steps, and without creating all kinds of little inconsistencies that I will have to chase down to make it work right in day to day use.
If I get answers to all that, I'll be blown away by the spirit of helpfulness on this forum! But anything you can offer will be greatly appreciated. I don't really want to do anything fancy with the machine, just Skype, hopefully iMovie and maybe stream some TV programs if all goes well. Thanks for reading through all this and for anything you can offer.
Power Mac G4
Hard drive: 38.34 GB
Built-in Memory: 384 MB
OS 9.2 & OS X 10.0.4

appleysmappley:
Cornelius, clearly you know your Macs!
Thank you. I have great mentors, one of whom is Kappy.
My next question about OS 9 is, if I have to wipe the hard drive, will the Panther retail box I buy include OS 9 or will I need to somehow add it from the original software pack I have after installing Panther?
You have options.
1. You can choose to install Panther using the Archive and Install option, which will leave OS 9 untouched. However, since you currently have OS X 10.0.4 on your drive, I think a complete reformat, erase and reinstall is advisable.
2. You can copy your OS 9 Systems Folder, OS 9 Applications Folder and any data you have have to a USB jump drive, or CD or an external Hard Disk Drive and restore it after Panther or Tiger is installed.
3. You can install OS 9 from scratch. We will give you step by step directions for doing it.
I'm assuming I can't use the disks that came with my laptop to updgrade my Power Mac G4, right?
It may or may not work. However, the Apple Software License Agreement stipulates that unless you have a multiple user license, the OS can only be installed on one computer at a time.
I'm concerned about OS 9 is because I want to be able to run the OS 9 iMovie that I have on the Power Mac G4 now.
If you reinstall OS 9, that should be included. OS X also has iMovie, although I am not sure if it is included in the Retail Version. You can also purchase iLife which will include iMovie and other apps.
What are the potential pitfalls of buying a copy on eBay? What do I need to know to "know what I'm looking for"? What questions should I ask?
The pitfalls are many. There is fraud on eBay (elsewhere, too, I guess), so you want to be sure you get a reputable seller. You want to be sure that you are getting the Full Retail Version, not computer specific gray disks or upgrade installers. You should ask the seller, in addition, whether you can return the merchandise for a refund if it does not work on your computer. Most reputable sellers want to satisfy their buyers and their business depends on their reputation.
Kappy said I would need more RAM (I have 384 MB). Where would you recommend buying that?
Your computer will support a total of 1.5 GB of PC-133 3.3v, unbuffered, 8-byte, non-parity 168-pin SDRAM in 3 slots. You currently have a 128 MB and 256 MB modules in two slots. You can remove one or both and add two or three 512 MB modules. Check out the list of vendors and prices at ramseeker
Good luck.
cornelius

Power Mac G5 needs to be restarted

My Power Mac G5 (pretty old) starts up but then it keeps giving the message "computer needs to be restarted". I tried several times, also disconnected all drives. Two bright red lights come on inside the G5, on the front, and fans are spinning as loud as jet engines. I also tried to restart by keeping pushed the Command key, but it didn't help.

Depends which G5, but...
LED 1—CPU A: red—contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider
LED 2—Overtemp: red—contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider
LED 3—Power On: red—the main power is on
LED 4—Trickle: yellow—Power Mac G5 is plugged into the wall correctly
LED 5—Open Firmware good: green—no problem
LED 6—CPU B: red—contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider
LED 7—Checkstop: red—contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider
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I need more speed Scotty!

This is my second post so be gentle please.
I have some deadlines for videos coming up soon and the videos are 3.5, 3.0, 2.5, 2.5, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0 hours and 1 at 45 minutes. I need to deliver all of these by June 23rd and I thought that by buying a Dual 1.8 G5 using FCE HD, my saving times would be fast. But, there not. I am currently working on a save in QT 262 format, 45 minutes of video, working from a RAID and saving to the same RAID and this smallest of the videos is only 27% done and has an estimate of 9 hours.
I am new to the G5 and was hoping that the Dual 1.8 with 3.5GB RAM, 160GB and 250GB SATA drives and a HighPoint 2220 SATA RAID (300MB/s) card pushing 3x300GB 16MB cache (300MB/s) Seagate Barracudas in 0 RAID configuration would be just fine. What happened?
I am shooting from a Sony HRC-1 in HD 19:1 and capturing in the 19:1 as a standard DV and NOT HD. This video has no special effects at all. Shot straight from the camera to the timeline to the render to the export as a Quicktime 262 because I lost my MPEG 2 encoder when I went to QT7 and did not see the warnings about the encoder being deleted to make me buy another product that does not have the encoder also.
I actually feel that my eMac exports faster than this G5. Any suggestions? I am sure I have not given enough technical information to fully understand the problem or is this normal speed for my configuration?
How can I make it faster (and please do not say buy another computer)? Is FC Pro 4.5HD faster than PCE HD 3.0? Would it be better to have another, 2 or 5 SATA RAID drives added?
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Thanks for the information. I capture in iMovie because as soon as it captures, it will letterbox the clip for me and I then drag the clip into FCE HD. I have DVD Studio Pro, but it is the old version 1.5 from my first efforts of video. It served its purpose then but I realized it would not do what I needed now. I do have a Lacie External LightScribe DL burner (actually just put it inside my G5).
My weak points are getting the video into FCE as a widescreen video placed into a letterbox. I shot everything in the 19:6 ratio, but as DV from the HD camera. So the camera sends a wide format image in DV to my editing software. How do you get FCE HD to make everything Letterboxed?
From there I just want to save the image and tackle the next stage after knowing I can aleast make a DL DVD. I do own a stack of Pioneer DL DVD burners in an enclosure for burning in mass. I just do not know what steps to take anymore ... too many changes from simple DV for me at this time of the game.
I put up a post called "Work Flow Needed Please!" but there have been no takers.
I have 14 more tapes to capture and I need a proven way to capture with either iMovie or FCE HD and a way to letterbox each tape. Editing .. no problem, markers ... no problem, rendering or saving ... sometimes a problem. HELP

Need more speed to my PC

I recently upgraded to Verizon Fios. The house has coax wiring. As part of the install they put an Actiontec MI424WR router in the upstairs office and a Cisco CHS435HDC DVR downstairs in the family. As far as I can tell everything was working fine.
I started thinking now that I have hi speed internet maybe I should check out Pandora, Netflix and whatever else is available through my TV and AV receiver. Since I had a wireless card lying around, I pop that into my computer. With the router next to the PC, the speed was fine. When I moved the router down stairs the speed on the PC dropped significantly. It’s never more than 7Mbps and it’s usually around 3 or 4 Mbps. Up load speed are just under 5Mbps. I tried every coax connection in the house and had similar results. I also notice that the MoCA light in the ONT is flashing.
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EasyRunnin wrote:
I also moved the computer down to the family room to see if the speed improved. It worked very well when it was near the router. So I figure the wiring is fine and that it is a WiFi issue. Is there a relative easy and economical way to improve the speed up in the office?
You might want to investigate HomePNA powerline networking. This uses your home's existing in-wall electrical cabling to create a network. You can buy a two-piece transmitter/receiver kit for around $70. Plug one side in near the router in the family room, and the other side upstairs near the desktop computer. That should deliver full Ethernet speed--much faster than Wi-Fi--with no need to run new Ethernet cabling.

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i am upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1.0 in the order that I am instructed when trying to get free update from the apple site i get error message..what gives with that am i supposed to just stay in os9?

9.1 is helpful for some application compatibility, but more so for running Mac OS 9 within Classic environment in Mac OS X. Classic though is not as good as booting into 9 directly, as many drivers are not accessible to the Classic environment in X. You can find the newer 9 updates if you follow this tip.

HT1338 Need more speed...I have a iMac OS X, version 10.4.11

I have a iMac OS X, version 10.4.11 with 'no updates needed'.
To upgrade do I have to purchase each upgrade or would purchasing the latest upgrade include all previous data?
What is the highest upgrade my system could endure?
1.83 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 667 Mhz DDR 2 SDRAM
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Find out some info. about your computer first. Click on the Apple, and select "About this mac"
- what is your processor type
- how much memory (ram) do you have?
Leopard System Prequirements - (10.5) - http://support.apple.com/kb/sp517.
This operating system is quit old, and you would need to seek it out on places like "ebay" or "amazon"
See if you system will take these first......
Snow Leopard System Requirements (10.6) - http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575.
Lion System System Requirements (10.7) - Mac OS X 10.7 Lion System Requirements
Mountain Lion System Requirements (10.8) - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444.

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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Have you gone through the Troubleshooting section of
http://www.apple.com/support/airport/
What error message are you getting?

Power Mac G5, more than two internal HD

Can the Power Mac G5 support more than two internal hard drives?
If no, what are recommended solutions for inexpensive external storage? I work with standard definition video so I'm thinking FW800 would be ok. Thoughts?
Thanks,
jeremy
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It sure can.
Depending on how crazy you want to get, the Power mac will hold up to 11 drives!
For internal solutions
Swift data has a system that will hold 3 extra drives with their Swift Data 200.
http://transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2490&RequestTimeOut=500#top
Maxupgrades has a number of systems that will hold up to 9 extra drives with their maxconnect system
http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category _id=306
For external solutions
Depending on wether you want Firewire or eSATA
eSATA
I am going to buy this when i get $$$
Quite a good system, speeds up to 500 Mb/s
you need to buy a PCI card as well.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusion.html#compatibility
or
Transintl has decent one as well
http://transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2600#top
or
Maxconnect also has one
http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category _id=313
Firewire
This catagory is very vast. Almost every company has firewire solutions.
If you want one that matches your Beautiful Powermac
Transintl again, has a nice one
http://transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2597#top
or
Lacie
http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10033
I think Maxtor amkes decent enclosures. Mine is very reliable
Just do some research on what you find, compare prices and transfer speeds.
work out prices with taxes and shipping
and compare the transfer speeds in the $$ range you are looking at.
let us know what you decide on
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Andrew

What kind of Power Supply to buy for my Power Mac G5?

Hello!
After trying several things, and poking around several forums on the net I have become convinced that my Power Mac G5 needs a new Power Supply. My big question is how do I know what kind of Power Supply to get for it?
My computer is one of the last of the Power Mac G5's with Motorola chips; it has the dual 2.7 GHz processor core. I know the install will be tricky, but I feel confident I can do it.
The Apple store doesn't sell these Power Supplies any more, and our other local Apple repair store said they'd have to "match up the serial numbers" in order to find a new Power Supply... but they also wanted to charge me $200. (I'm a poor high school science teacher and would rather do it myself.)
Any words of wisdom/explanations on how to find the right type of Power Supply for my computer would be greatly appreciated!!!

B_Free wrote:
Thank you both, Mac Man JW & Old Comm Guy!
My problem has been that the computer won't start at all. When I press the button on the front panel, I hear the click of a relay (like normal) but then nothing happens... no fans spinning up, no hard drive spinning up... silence.
When I open the side panel and press the button, I can see that the 2 cooling fans twitch just a little bit but they immediately stop. The only other thing I can see is that the red LED 7 light comes on, and according to everything I've read that light means 'contact an Apple representative.'
This started about 2 weeks ago. Hadn't had any trouble before then... if there were any warning signs I sure didn't see them.
If you think it might be something else I'm definitely willing to listen!
Did you check the liquid cooling system inside your G5 for leaks? That can make your G5 not start up as well. Look at this link: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/faq/powermac-g5-liquid-cooling -info-leaks-issues.html

Power Mac Vs MacBook Pro

Just out of curiosity, would the new 17" MacBook Pro be faster than my recently bought Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5?
I know the Power Mac has heaps more expandability, but let's just compare the stock models for now.

Just out of curiosity, would the new 17" MacBook Pro
be faster than my recently bought Dual 2GHz Power Mac
G5?
I know the Power Mac has heaps more expandability,
but let's just compare the stock models for now.
Apparently the Macbook Pro is the equal to your Power Mac. Take a look at this podcast. The Macbook Pro was 40% faster then the Power Mac 2 Ghz in Java encoding.
http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/byte-001-macbook-pro-dual-g5-powe rmac-44103/
I own a Power Mac 2.7 and am in the market for a Macbook Pro. So I have been doing some research. Looks like the laptop is faster or equal in most areas.
Hope this helps

Hi, I bouhgt a used Apple Power Mac G5, I want to buy a blue tooth card for the same to use wireless keyboard and mouse, i am just curious that why do i need to provide the serial number of my computer, is there any compatibilty issue?

Hi, I am new in Apple Computer, I bought a used Power Mac G5. I want to buy a blue tooth card for the same to use wireless keyboard and mouse. so why it is mandatory to provide the serial number of the machine?

Hello, Serial# not needed...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 10 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1

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