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<blockquote data-quote="68Impala" data-source="post: 1522753" data-attributes="member: 305008"><p><strong>I dunno...</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hey!</p><p></p><p>In all the time I've had my MP, I've only used both drives at once, once. For me, it's just the principle of the thing: if I have it, it should be able to work, y'know?</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't know what to plug into without a road map, to be honest with you. Besides, on the pain meds I'm on now, I'm not sure I'd trust me just now with electrical items...! I'd like to be able to just get a cheapie connector and plug the old(er) drive in and be able to use both for the time being...but the wife and I are BOTH tired of replacing stuff only to find something else needing it, y'know? </p><p></p><p>I know, I know...the vagaries of an older computer... *** sigh *** At least it's not a PC! Seriously, if there were an IDE-to-USB adaptor, I could keep the drive where it's at and plug it into an internal USB port I have; that'd be okay till I need to replace that drive. I have <em>other</em> things that require the money I don't have, y'know?<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Straight-Faced.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":|" title="Straight Faced :|" data-shortname=":|" /><img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Money-Mouth.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":$" title="Money Mouth :$" data-shortname=":$" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm currently trying to barter off the 4GB of Apple/Crucial RAM I <strong>had</strong> in my MP1,1 for a pair of Xeon X5355/5365 processors and a larger video card (either an NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT - 512MB; a GeForce 7500LE, or even the 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 PCIe card; if I can do a barter/cash thing I could probably work on that, too. I know, "wish in one hand...."!<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Money-Mouth.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":$" title="Money Mouth :$" data-shortname=":$" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="68Impala, post: 1522753, member: 305008"] [b]I dunno...[/b] Hey! In all the time I've had my MP, I've only used both drives at once, once. For me, it's just the principle of the thing: if I have it, it should be able to work, y'know? I wouldn't know what to plug into without a road map, to be honest with you. Besides, on the pain meds I'm on now, I'm not sure I'd trust me just now with electrical items...! I'd like to be able to just get a cheapie connector and plug the old(er) drive in and be able to use both for the time being...but the wife and I are BOTH tired of replacing stuff only to find something else needing it, y'know? I know, I know...the vagaries of an older computer... *** sigh *** At least it's not a PC! Seriously, if there were an IDE-to-USB adaptor, I could keep the drive where it's at and plug it into an internal USB port I have; that'd be okay till I need to replace that drive. I have [I]other[/I] things that require the money I don't have, y'know?:|:$;) I'm currently trying to barter off the 4GB of Apple/Crucial RAM I [B]had[/B] in my MP1,1 for a pair of Xeon X5355/5365 processors and a larger video card (either an NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT - 512MB; a GeForce 7500LE, or even the 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 PCIe card; if I can do a barter/cash thing I could probably work on that, too. I know, "wish in one hand...."!:$ [/QUOTE]
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