I want to upgrade what I can on my eMac

[macswitcha2]

System details below:

Machine Name: eMac

CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)

Number Of CPUs: 1

CPU Speed: 1 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB

Memory: 256 MB

Bus Speed: 167 MHz

Boot ROM Version: 4.8.8f0

ATA:

ATA 3 Bus > HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8522B

ATA 6 Bus > Maxtor 2F040L0 40 GB

OSX 10.3.9


What can I upgrade? Make better?

 

[Hellhammer]

Upgrade the RAM to 1GB (if purchased after April 13, 2004 , if purchased before April 13, 2004). You can also upgrade to Tiger (10.4) or Leopard (10.5)

 

[puckhead193]

is the hard drive accessible? you could replace it with a fast and larger model

 

[macswitcha2]

yeah I want to upgrade the Ram so I can have 2 GB and possibly get leopard or Tiger but I already have Leopard on my one personal computer. Which is better, Tiger on the eMac or leopard?


I also want to get a faster bigger hard drive, possibly a DVD instead of Cd-rom

 

[macswitcha2]

There is no way I can upgrade the graphics card???

 

[macswitcha2]

Upgrade the RAM to 1GB (if purchased after April 13, 2004 , if purchased before April 13, 2004). You can also upgrade to Tiger (10.4) or Leopard (10.5)

How can I find out when it was exactly purchased? The machine was donated to me.

 

[Hellhammer]

yeah I want to upgrade the Ram so I can have 2 GB and possibly get leopard or Tiger but I already have Leopard on my one personal computer. Which is better, Tiger on the eMac or leopard?

It can only take 1GB I think Tiger may work smoother than Leopard

I also want to get a faster bigger hard drive, possibly a DVD instead of Cd-rom

eMac has Ultra ATA drive and those are quite hard to get but there are some which are faster and bigger

There is no way I can upgrade the graphics card???

Nope

 

[brendu]

you can not upgrade the graphics card, it is soldered to the motherboard.

the ram is the only "easy" upgrade you can do. Max that baby out at 1 or 2 gigs depending on model... i had a 1ghz and it maxed out at 1. 2x512's

the hard disk can be replaced but its not as easy, i never even attempted to find out how.

leopard runs fine if you max the ram out.

 

[Hellhammer]

How can I find out when it was exactly purchased? The machine was donated to me.

http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutidentitycard/index.html

Download that and it'll show you the manufacture date

 

[macswitcha2]

Thanks for all the information!!!

Too bad it cannot have a better graphic card, it will be such a faster machine.

 

[Hellhammer]

Thanks for all the information!!!

Too bad it cannot have a better graphic card, it will be such a faster machine.

It won't really affect normal day use, only if you're gaming or video editing

 

[macswitcha2]

BTW, anyone know why I have to connect a Ethernet cable to the emac in order for it to get internet? The airport it has picks up my WiFi but it needs the cable to work.

 

[MacHamster68]

i`m not a expert and if i`m wron dont shoot me , but first if your mac has 802.11 b standard and your router 802.11g ,
then it might be the encryption as g only supports wep and wpa while the b supports also other standards , or was it the other way round , i could be wrong there but in theory the result would be the same ,
but that could be the problem try to match the encryption of both , because if your mac trys to encrypt your password with wep and your router expect wpa they can`t understand each other , ethernet is not effected by that
the other problem could be if a phone or microwave or similar things are nearby they could cause interference , could be solved if you use another channel some are less affected by interference then others

but like i said i`m no expert , but its always worth to try