RE: Memory Upgrade Confusion and Second Hard Drive Recommendations ?

Hi,
Afraid I'm a bit confused with what would compatible and what wouldn't and was hoping I might get some advice. I want to increase memory by about a GB on my Power Mac G5 (spec. copied below purchased UK early 2006). I understand that once you have the right cards (two installed in parallel) that its quite straight forward. I searched the apple site and the cheapest it gave me for my model for 1 Gb was:
Apple Memory Module - 1GB DDR2 533MHz Non ECC - 2x512MB DIMMs
at £140
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/91234046/wo/hn5g4hFDfgHw3aTb YlYSoSb9duX/3.0.28.9.5.9
Then Micro Ankiva quote this and I assume here I would need four of them to get the 1 GB. Also though not sure if this would be compatible ?
Apple 256MB PC3200 DDR400 DIMM Desktop Memory 184Pin
£25 x 4 so £100
http://www.microanvika.com/product.asp?PNO=MAC57117
Then finally I came across these guys at Mac:Upgrades offering this which again I assume I would need 2 of them (they said these are compatible but I'm dubious because they are so much cheaper?)
Kingston DDR2 PC4200 DIMM - 512MB
£17.11 x 2 so £cheap !!
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/productinfo.php?productsid=199
Here is my spec.
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 512 MB (2x 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-4200U-444 OK)
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
Serial Number: CK6100AVV5V
Any advice on this is hugely appreciated.
Finally while I'm here I figured I may as well ask for recommendations from people with regards reliable second internal hard drives. Ideally I'd like to go for 500GB - I currently have 160 GB. Would this be possible with what I have - I read (though not sure correctly) that maybe only 500 Gb in total is possible. Anyway any pointers on this too gratefully received.
Thanks
Phil

Hi MrJax
Couldn't find your machine via the serial number on apple support pages. Is it a DDR2 G5? 8 slots - max 16gig ram - PCI-X? If so its the same as mine and I'm just looking to upgrade my ram after having some shoddy old dimms die on me! Many thanks to the reseller that did me on that one!!!
RAM can be a real conundrum, clock speeds and CL's...very confusing. Keep an eye on my post as well as I'm researching what to install as well. Keep in mind whatever you have in there will affect the speed of new RAm you add, so adding faster RAM than what's already there its pretty pointless.
In the past I've always gone with Crucial RAM. I've installed it on several machines over the years and its always been very reliable.
I've just moved abroad and so can't buy Crucial here so will be going for Kingston this time round, just not sure which exact dimm type yet.
Kingston have a better warranty situation than Crucial (think crucial is a year) and from what I've heard, from people who should know, it's very good RAM. Both are really cheap and to be honest whichever you go for buy it from the manufacturer. Crucial deliver really fast, as i said I've always bought from them and never had an issue. Even one time when I thought the RAM was dodgy they sent me a replacement without any problem! Both Kingston and Crucial walk you through the Ram options on their websites, its very straight forward.
I'll keep you posted on how the Kingston RAM shapes up
As for HD's. My advice is to go for a Western Digital drive. If you're in the UK then hit ebuyer.com Great prices.
Hope that helps.

Similar Messages

  • Adding and configuring a second hard drive in a Power Mac G4

    I am using a Power Mac G4 with the original 20GB hard drive and running OS 9.2.2.
    I would like to upgrade to 10.4 (Tiger) installing it on a 80 GB Seagate Ultra/ATA 100 which I need to install as a second hard drive.
    This is where my problem arises. From what I have read I cannot install OS 10 on a drive configured as SLAVE. On top of this Apple article ID 106728 has a note not to “change your Apple –installed disc drive to ATA ID-1 (slave) when adding other ATA devices.”
    Is this article correct or am I misunderstanding it? I was hoping I could just install the new drive on top of the original and switch the configurations of the drives making my original drive the SLAVE and the new drive MASTER and just install OS X on the new 80GB drive.
    Or can I put the new drive in the position of my original drive configure it as MASTER and put my original 20GB drive above it and configure it as slave?
    I am hoping someone can let me know if these configurations will work.
    Another question is: If I switch the position of my original drive will I lose access to the data on it?
    I would like to keep the OS systems on separate drives because I need to continue to run my old software and Heidelberg scanner (SCSI, running on LinoColor Elite 5.1 for which updated drivers are not available). This will not be possible in classic. I want OS X on the larger drive as I will be loading updated software eventually and it will become my main OS system.
    Power Mac G4 450GH, 768mb ram (AGP graphics )   Mac OS X (10.4)   Currently running 9.2 and will be upgrading to OS 10.4

    Hi, Thelisa -
    Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
    Is this article correct or am I misunderstanding it?
    Yes, to both - the article is correct, and yes, you seem to be misunderstanding it.
    In the context of the article, "Disc drive" does not mean a hard drive. Earlier in the article it states -
          Solution
          "Disc drive" refers to CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, Combo drives, SuperDrives.
    The reason is that on most (if not all) G4s, an optical drive must be jumpered as Master in order for it to be a bootable drive. So, if an optical drive has been jumpered as Slave, it can not then be used to boot from the OSX Install disk.
    You will need to place the drive to be jumpered as Slave in the top position of the bracket (the drive sled), and the one jumpered as Master in the bottom position of the sled.
    The reason for this is the location of the connectors on the IDE ribbon cable (the data cable) - the one jumpered as Master needs to be attached to the end connector of the cable, and the one jumpered as Slave to the middle connector of the cable.
    Because of the physical limits of the cable itself, the one jumpered as Slave must be on top, else the connectors won't reach to the proper drive.
    Which drive is jumpered as which is your choice, but the one jumpered as Slave must be on top.
    If I switch the position of my original drive will I lose access to the data on it?
    No.
    The designation of Master or Slave is, for the most part, simply to allow the Mac to have a unique physical address for each drive, so it can tell one from the other (this is separate from the pathname addressing that the OS uses). Re-jumpering a drive nor changing its physical location will not affect its contents nor their usability.
    One result that may be important sometime is when the machine in question is set up as the Target machine in a firewire Target Disk Mode arrangement - only the drive jumpered as Master will be visible on the Host machine.
    Article #58583 - Firewire Target Disk Mode

  • I have a MacBook Pro and an 1TB WD my passport for mac. I bought a second hard drive to act as back up and when I went to do this the original passport won't mount. It is showing in disc utility but it will not repair. I am told the mac cannot repair it.

    I have a MacBook Pro and an 1TB WD my passport for mac. I bought a second hard drive to act as back up and when I went to do this the original passport won't mount. It is showing in disc utility but it will not repair. I am told the mac cannot repair it and I need to back up the files and then restore the hard drive. But I can't open the hard drive to move the files onto the new one!
    Help me please. I am not very technical so please answer as if I have no clue!! This hard drive has my iPhoto on it and all my pictures of my son, wedding and my current photography course so I  desperate to get it back!
    Any help will he appreciated!

    disk0s2: I/O error.
    disk0s2: I/O error.
    The MBP's disk is damaged and requires replacement.
    Genius Bar Reservations: http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

  • Can I add a second hard drive and if so what cable etc would I need to do so?

    Can I add a second hard drive and if so what cable etc would I need to do so?
    This question was solved.
    View Solution.

    Hi,
    For many 17" (or 17.3") machines such as Envy 17, dv,  Pavilion 17 .... you can add a second HDD (my old loan dv7 has two HDD's and my current loan Envy 17 also has 2 HDD's). You would need the following kit:
        http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=379
    Regards.
    BH
    **Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
    Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

  • I have an external hard drive set up as a Time Machine backup on my IMac. I want to add a second external hard drive and put my Aperture Photo Library on it. Is there a way to have the photos on this second hard drive automatically back up to the Time Mac

    I have an IMac with an external hard drive set up as  a Time Machine for automatic backups. I want to add a second external hard drive and load my Aperture Photo Library on to it so that the library can be shared by both me and my wife. Is there a way to automatically backup the photo library that will be on the second hard drive to the Time Machine hard drive?

    Open System Preference > Time Machine
    Click Options....
    Ckick on external disk in list and hit the - button below the list to remove from the Exclusion list
    Allan

  • I had a brand new Mac book pro one month old and the hard drive died. Right before it died I was down loading pictures off a memory card and now they aren't on my memory card! They are wedding pictures I took for a friend and irreplaceable! Please help!!

    I had a one month old Mac book pro and the hard drive fried! I was down loading a friends wedding pictures when it stopped working and started heating up. I plugged it in and turned it off as it was making a clicking noise. When I turned it back on the was a grey box with a question mark and nothing else. When I took my memory card out the pictures were gone. I took it back to best buy where I bought it and they said it was dead, needed a new hard drive and all my info is lost! Is there any way to get back those irreplaceable wedding pictures?

    There are some data recovery programs (software). I would look into that for the images on the card. When files are deleted, the files are still there, just the headers are removed. That being said, a format of the card or new files written to the card can overwrite deleted files.
    The physical hard drive could be thousands of dollars to forensically save, with no guarantee.

  • I use only two channels, have plenty of memory in my hard disk, and external hard drive, no effects, and still having problems with Garage band. Giving messages as you have too many live channels

    I'm frustrated, I am doing everything you recommend, I use only two channels, have plenty of memory in my hard disk, and external hard drive, no effects, and still having problems with Garage band. Giving messages as you ave too many live channels, the disk is slow prepare...can you help?

    Quote from: Richard on 15-November-07, 20:33:05
    tornado2003,
    What you need to do is boot into Safe Mode. Then delete the VGA Drivers.
    After that boot normally and install the latest nVidia ForceWare Drivers
    Take Care,
    Richard
    i guess you missed that:
    Quote from: tornado2003 on 15-November-07, 17:26:52
    ive tryed booting xp in safe mode but it just freezes after it loads up a couple of needed files .
    ive even formatted my hard drive and tryed installing a fresh xp on it but it just keeps locking up when it gets to the "starting windows setup" .(this is just after it loads all the drivers from the xp cd)

  • Re: My Macbook 2009 model was recently upgraded with a new hard drive and upgraded to Mountain Lion OS. I am battling to retrieve all my photos that were ''saved'' in iCloud. Can someone help?

    Re: My Macbook 2009 model was recently upgraded with a new hard drive and upgraded to Mountain Lion OS. I am battling to retrieve all my photos that were ''saved'' in iCloud. Can someone help?

    If you are trying to recover photo stream photos, they are only held in iCloud for 30 days.  All you would be able ro recover is photo stream photos from the last 30 days.
    If you have an iOS device that still has the photo stream photos one it, you can save them to the camera roll by opening the my photo stream album, tapping Edit, tap the photos, tap Share, tap Save to Camera Roll.  Once in the camera roll, they can be imported to iPhoto on your Mac as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.

  • My Macbook 2009 model was recently upgraded with a new hard drive and upgraded to Mountain Lion OS. I am battling to retrieve all my photos that were ''saved'' in iCloud. Can someone help?

    My Macbook 2009 model was recently upgraded with a new hard drive and upgraded to Mountain Lion OS. I am battling to retrieve all my photos that were ''saved'' in iCloud. Can someone help?

    While we all have MacBooks in this forum most of us don’t use iCloud. There's an iCloud Support Community where everybody uses iCloud. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer. https://discussions.apple.com/community/icloud/icloud_on_my_mac

  • Where can i buy a hard drive caddy and connector for a second hard drive for my dv7-7190eo?

    Where can i buy a hard drive caddy and connector for a second hard drive for my dv7-7190eo?
    This question was solved.
    View Solution.

    Gurra wrote:
    Where can i buy a hard drive caddy and connector for a second hard drive for my dv7-7190eo?
    Hi,
    The right part number for the hard drive kit is 681976-001. The support website for the laptop is on HP Sweden so run the part number on google.co.uk (or your Swedish). I have found the cheapest on us amazon for $38 or £42. 
    Dv6-7000 /Full HD/Core i5-3360M/GF 650M/Corsair 8GB/Intel 7260AC/Samsung Pro 256GB
    Testing - HP 15-p000
    HP Touchpad provided by HP
    Currently on Debian Wheeze
    *Please, help other users with the same issue by marking your solved topics as "Accept as Solution"*

  • Can I make a second libary on a second hard drive and how do I switch back and forth

    I woud like to creat a second libary for itunes on a second hard drive.  I am using the latest itunes and lion on my imac and how do I switch back and forth.

    Yes. You can.
    Start iTunes with the Option depressed and that will allow you to select the library.
    Allan

  • What kind and how to add a second hard drive to my dv7-6157cl?

    I want to add a second hard drive, which can be done on this laptop.  What type of hdd would I purchase?
    Can I add a solid state drive?
    Are there instructions on how to do this on this particular model?
    Thank you

    I would not use a SSD for a second drive, there is really no benefit to this, an SSD would be much better for the primary hard drive where the OS runs from.
    Any standard laptop Sata hard drive will work
    You would need a hard drive hardware kit, includes bracket, shield, screws, and data cable.
    I would contact HP parts to be sure you get the correct part(s) for your specific model
    Here is your service manual which has instructions on how to replace hard drives in that model

  • Problems installing second hard drive and second DVD recorder

    I have tried about every combination of tricks to install a second hard drive.  I want to add a 250GB, WD IDE hard drive to my 3000J 115 7387A32 on the IDE channel.  I have set up the bios then added the drive and the reverse but cannot get computer to boot in either case.  It locks on the first screen where is says hit Enter to.... Enter makes the text go away, but nothing after. I am trying to install it as a single drive on the secondary IDE channel. 
    I know the HD is good as I removed it from another computer.  It does have Win XP on it.  I will format it using Vista IF I can get it installed.
    Basically, I am having the same problems within stalling the second DVD, which is SATA.

    Your initial hard drive should be jumpered as Master. When you install a second hard drive it must be jumpered Slave. There should be a diagram on the case of the HD showing the jumper locations.
    Power Macintosh G3 and G4: IDE Master and Slave Support and Configuration
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24342
    Power Mac G4: Installing Internal Storage Devices
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1815
     Cheers, Tom

  • I had a second hard drive added to my Mac Pro.  How do I format it and not effect my orginal hard drive?

    I had a second hard drive added to my Mac Pro.  How do I format it and not effect my orginal hard drive?

    Just format it with Disk Utility as mentioned above.  Select the new disk on the list at the left.  Click the erase tab.  Specify Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if not already specified and give the disk a name of your choice.  Then click the erase button.
    That's the simplest way to format a disk with a single partition (volum). If you want to create multiple volume (partitions) then click the Partition tab instead of Erase.  You can then use then specify a number of volumes and size each volume by specifying its size or just dragging the slider in the bootm right of each partition.  Give each a name as before and again Mac OS Extended (Journaled).  Click Apply button to create the partitions.
    Since you appear to be new at this just "play" with the erase and partition settings so you can become comfortable with them.  So long as you have the new disk selected on the left you can't really hurt anything since it's a new disk and no data to loose.  You can always go back and erase it back to a single partition.

  • Is it possible for me to move my movies and tv folder to a second hard drive on my computer to free up space on my main hard drive?

    The main hard drive on my laptop is close to full, and it's the movies and tv folders of my itunes that is taking up pretty much all the space. I was just wondering if it were possible to move just that folder onto a second hard drive my laptop has and still be able to view the videos on itunes. Also, is it possible to tell itunes where to download future vidoes?

    You can move the entire iTunes Media folder to another drive.
    This Apple document will walk you through it -> iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
    If you just grab the movies folder and drag it to the external drive, iTunes won't know where the movies are.

Maybe you are looking for