So, I just got an iMac G4 for free.
TheGreenDoctor
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It is an 800 MHZ model. I haven't had a chance to really check it out yet. Anyway, I'm a hardcore old school Macintosh type person. I have a large collection of Apple II and Macintosh computers; which I will post about in due time. Just a minute ago, I booted it up for the second time of owning it. It is a little sluggish, wit I figure running Spring cleaning will take care of that.
It seems to need a new hard drive as it has the high pitched whine of an old, heavily used hard drive.
I'm really excited to check it out, as I am when I check out a new piece of older hardware. I like looking through and checking out every detail, seeing how it was used, and then archiving everything for future reference for historical purposes. The mouse doesn't seem to work unless I have a mousepad under it. It is running Tiger OS 10.4.11, and I will probably not upgrade the system, but I will probably copy the contents of my dead iBook G4 to it, and then even upgrade the hard drive to something like a 500 GB Western Digital from the 60 GB Maxtor that is currently installed. That should be more than enough for what I intend to use it for, which is music and internet browsing.
S.M.A.R.T. indicates the drive's status as failing, and I hear the occasional "click of death" So I know I must back it up ASAP.
I'm going to play with it a bit, then shut it down with the intent of a complete teardown and thorough cleaning, along with imaging and swapping the original Hard drive out, then safely labeling and storing the original drive away with the rest of my original drives.
I hope to integrate this system with my other 2 main machines, an AMD PC I built, and an extensively upgraded Beige Power Mac G3 (G4 1GHZ, with ATA 133 Hard drive controller, along with 768 MB RAM and 80 GB hard drive) that I use as my archive system. I plan on getting many years of enjoyment out of using it.
It seems to need a new hard drive as it has the high pitched whine of an old, heavily used hard drive.
I'm really excited to check it out, as I am when I check out a new piece of older hardware. I like looking through and checking out every detail, seeing how it was used, and then archiving everything for future reference for historical purposes. The mouse doesn't seem to work unless I have a mousepad under it. It is running Tiger OS 10.4.11, and I will probably not upgrade the system, but I will probably copy the contents of my dead iBook G4 to it, and then even upgrade the hard drive to something like a 500 GB Western Digital from the 60 GB Maxtor that is currently installed. That should be more than enough for what I intend to use it for, which is music and internet browsing.
S.M.A.R.T. indicates the drive's status as failing, and I hear the occasional "click of death" So I know I must back it up ASAP.
I'm going to play with it a bit, then shut it down with the intent of a complete teardown and thorough cleaning, along with imaging and swapping the original Hard drive out, then safely labeling and storing the original drive away with the rest of my original drives.
I hope to integrate this system with my other 2 main machines, an AMD PC I built, and an extensively upgraded Beige Power Mac G3 (G4 1GHZ, with ATA 133 Hard drive controller, along with 768 MB RAM and 80 GB hard drive) that I use as my archive system. I plan on getting many years of enjoyment out of using it.
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I'm currently backing up the drive right now, and I'm getting a lot of errors.
Are your G3s tray loaders or slot loaders?