Install Add-Ons before or after first setup?

[3587]

My 2009 Mac Pro Quad-Core 2.66GHz is arriving today... Along with an extra superdrive, RAM, PCI USB card, and two hard drives from OWC... Should I install all of that before or after the initial startup process of the Mac?

 

[Keniff]

My 2009 Mac Pro Quad-Core 2.66GHz is arriving today... Along with an extra superdrive, RAM, PCI USB card, and two hard drives from OWC... Should I install all of that before or after the initial startup process of the Mac?

Definitely before, imho...
Let everything marry-up and talk to each other, from the start, I'd say.

imho...

 

[bozz2006]

no no no. after. You want to make sure that the equipment works before fiddling with it.

 

[Consultant]

no no no. after. You want to make sure that the equipment works before fiddling with it.

Exactly. You want to make sure unmodified purchase is working first.

 

[wpc33]

no no no. after. You want to make sure that the equipment works before fiddling with it.

This.

The only benefit I could conceive of, adding parts before setup, could be the GPU.

 

[Markleshark]

Yeah, need to make sure she works okay first.

 

[Keniff]

Yeah, need to make sure she works okay first.

Oh come on guys, all the parts and the machine would have been tested individually and together, it's going to work.

Just get the new stuff in there and turn the bitch on

 

[Markleshark]

Oh come on guys, all the parts and the machine would have been tested individually and together, it's going to work.

Just get the new stuff in there and turn the bitch on

Never had a faulty item delivered? I'd be very surprised. These items can travel for quite a while before arriving on your door step, no harm in switching it on for 10 mins and checking before loading it up.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Absolutely after. Absolutely after. Absolutely after.

If you wind up having a lemonized part from Apple, you'll never know until you take out everything you put in.