iMac G4 15in upgrades (HDD + RAM)

[beige matchbox]

First off taking it apart is a non issue, busy trying to find out what hardware is compatible

Ideally i want to fit a 250Gb HDD, from an article on xlr8 your mac - "Just a FYI that in 2003 several owners have noted that the iMac G4 has native 48bit addressing support for "big/large" IDE drives (those over 128/137GB)." - i can't see any reason a bog standard 3.5in ide drive wont work, am i right?

>link to article<

And on the ram front, theres a dimm slot on the inside, afik it'll have 256Mb in there at the mo, and if i remember correctly it's 133Mhz sdram, what the max size i can fit in that slot?
Same goes for the outside slot, which is an so-dimm, currently occupied with a 256Mb stick.



I remember seeing loads of articles on this subject around the G4 era, but now all google turns up is G5 stuff

Oh, and before anyone says it's not worth it, get a G5. I don't need one, this is to be my bedroom TV with the addition of an eyetv 410

 

[iPhil]

First off taking it apart is a non issue, busy trying to find out what hardware is compatible

Ideally i want to fit a 250Gb HDD, from an article on xlr8 your mac - "Just a FYI that in 2003 several owners have noted that the iMac G4 has native 48bit addressing support for "big/large" IDE drives (those over 128/137GB)." - i can't see any reason a bog standard 3.5in ide drive wont work, am i right?

>link to article<

And on the ram front, theres a dimm slot on the inside, afik it'll have 256Mb in there at the mo, and if i remember correctly it's 133Mhz sdram, what the max size i can fit in that slot?
Same goes for the outside slot, which is an so-dimm, currently occupied with a 256Mb stick.



I remember seeing loads of articles on this subject around the G4 era, but now all google turns up is G5 stuff

Oh, and before anyone says it's not worth it, get a G5. I don't need one, this is to be my bedroom TV with the addition of an eyetv 410

The harddrive Q: the answer is yes on the large drive support (137GB+) the app i use says ATA-6 harddrive so any 3.5 IDE drive would work ..

Ram part: its 2GB max =1GB 184 pin ram in apple slot (internal slot) and 1GB 200 pin in user slot
^^ is for 2.0 usb systems

the hdd/ram upgrade options on 800mhz G4 FP aka iLamp style below:

1Gb total ram 144pin for user slot (512MB max) and 168 pin for internal slot (512 MB max) and any ata-6 hard drive will work since it has large drive support build-in ..