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Installed the 10.4 upgrade, connected to Ethernet and SU shows the updates.
A very happy bunny....
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Resolved G4 PowerBook replacement drive.....?
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i am gonna try this adapter with a 256gb samsung msata for my ibook g4 12": https://www.ebay.com/itm/274667825713
we will see how well it works
(not my listing)
we will see how well it works
(not my listing)
That looks exactly the same as the Cy model (£15 from Amazon) I used (Recommended by @haralds....?)
I used a 256gb Transcend ssd.
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Should work. There are multiple vendors on eBay selling the same $10-15 adapter. The only difference between those and the one you link to is that your's is black and not white.
hopefully it works then
i just ordered that as well as a lot of 3x edimax usb wifi adapter, which im hoping are the original model as they recently released a new v2 model that doesnt work on powerpc
Any ideas for an external 2.5" IDE enclosure to USB/FW....?
I see some on Amazon (cheap as chips), but would it need to be powered.
Want to see if I can get anything off the old HDD.
I see some on Amazon (cheap as chips), but would it need to be powered.
2.5" IDE Hard Drive Enclosure - External Caddy Case Mobile Hard Disk Box - USB 2.0 HDD Enclosure, for 2.5inch 7-9.5mm 2TB IDE Portable Hard Disk Box
Feature: 1. USB2.0 Max. 480bps, while downward compatible with USB1.1. 2. ABS material box, strong and durable. 3. Support hot plug and pull, plug and play, with LED indicator light display. 4. Supports 2.5-inch 7-9.5mm 2TB large capacity IDE portable hard disk box, compatible with multiple opera...
www.amazon.co.uk
Want to see if I can get anything off the old HDD.
Any ideas for an external 2.5" IDE enclosure to USB/FW....?
I see some on Amazon (cheap as chips), but would it need to be powered.
2.5" IDE Hard Drive Enclosure - External Caddy Case Mobile Hard Disk Box - USB 2.0 HDD Enclosure, for 2.5inch 7-9.5mm 2TB IDE Portable Hard Disk Box
Feature: 1. USB2.0 Max. 480bps, while downward compatible with USB1.1. 2. ABS material box, strong and durable. 3. Support hot plug and pull, plug and play, with LED indicator light display. 4. Supports 2.5-inch 7-9.5mm 2TB large capacity IDE portable hard disk box, compatible with multiple opera...www.amazon.co.uk
Want to see if I can get anything off the old HDD.
I would guess it depends on how much bus power the USB port to which you connect an external enclosure can supply, versus how much draw an HDD might need to pull. The details on that product don’t specify power requirements.
With this external unit, you might need to experiment with a couple of different USB port combinations with the gear you have, or it could require a powered USB bus intermediary (e.g., a 4-in-1 multi-port switch).
Offhand, I recall the PowerBook G4 USB ports provide bus power on all ports (at 500mA, I’m pretty certain). Contrast this to, say, the Intel MBPs (specifically, the unibody models), which provide 500mA on one port, usually adjacent to the power adapter, whereas the others are not.
In short, trial-and-error things until you find a working combination.
2.5" HDDs may need more than 500mA especially when spinning up, which is why some of those enclosures, including the Digitus DA-71001 I have, include a Y-cable to draw additional power from a second USB port, neatly violating the USB specification.
2.5" HDDs may need more than 500mA especially when spinning up, which is why some of those enclosures, including the Digitus DA-71001 I have, include a Y-cable to draw additional power from a second USB port, neatly violating the USB specification.
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This isn't required anymore, since I found my backup drive (power supply)......Any ideas for an external 2.5" IDE enclosure to USB/FW....?
I see some on Amazon (cheap as chips), but would it need to be powered.
2.5" IDE Hard Drive Enclosure - External Caddy Case Mobile Hard Disk Box - USB 2.0 HDD Enclosure, for 2.5inch 7-9.5mm 2TB IDE Portable Hard Disk Box
Feature: 1. USB2.0 Max. 480bps, while downward compatible with USB1.1. 2. ABS material box, strong and durable. 3. Support hot plug and pull, plug and play, with LED indicator light display. 4. Supports 2.5-inch 7-9.5mm 2TB large capacity IDE portable hard disk box, compatible with multiple opera...www.amazon.co.uk
Want to see if I can get anything off the old HDD.
Another update:
Installed and upgraded 10.3-10.4-10.5.
Then partitioned drive to install 10.4 separately, after 10.4.11 update over Ethernet, WiFi works in Tiger without any tweaks to router (connected to Apple.com, but damn slow).
One funny thing is (in Tiger), when on Ethernet it shows as default computer name on the router, but when on WiFi it shows as what I renamed it in the Leopard install........🤔
Maybe due to the different MAC addresses of the ethernet and WiFi interfaces?