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Squeezing what I can out of a G4.
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 244505" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>That should be a VERY stable system. I take it that it was Stable at one time?</p><p></p><p>I know the DEATHSTAR IBM drives OH TOO WELL. Back in the day on Anandtech Forums, the drives performed so well everyone bought them including Anand for his servers. Within the first year most died a horrible death including some in Anands own servers. There was a Class Action Lawsuit against IBM. If the system was fast at one time and is going slow now, the DEATHSTAR could be getting errors which will cause, SLOWNESS, Lockups, corrupted files, ETC. I had a 40GB IBM start to go in my G4 500 and it got slower and slower and then I started hearing faint clicking from the IBM. New Seagate made the machine like it used to be., I backed up that deathstar just in time for it to die completely. So getting the new drive would be the first thing I would try. The 933 CPU is pretty fast, but you can get faster but that might be over the budget. You have plenty of RAM for Panther. Put in the fastest HDD you can. One thing, is that 933 the Quicksilver with the two skinny drive covers? Those might not STOCK take more than a 120GB drive. The MDD (Mirror Drive Door) ones will. You can get a PCI IDE ATA 133 card for it that will allow any sized modern drive. SATA would work but I think that would push it over your budget.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 244505, member: 8287"] That should be a VERY stable system. I take it that it was Stable at one time? I know the DEATHSTAR IBM drives OH TOO WELL. Back in the day on Anandtech Forums, the drives performed so well everyone bought them including Anand for his servers. Within the first year most died a horrible death including some in Anands own servers. There was a Class Action Lawsuit against IBM. If the system was fast at one time and is going slow now, the DEATHSTAR could be getting errors which will cause, SLOWNESS, Lockups, corrupted files, ETC. I had a 40GB IBM start to go in my G4 500 and it got slower and slower and then I started hearing faint clicking from the IBM. New Seagate made the machine like it used to be., I backed up that deathstar just in time for it to die completely. So getting the new drive would be the first thing I would try. The 933 CPU is pretty fast, but you can get faster but that might be over the budget. You have plenty of RAM for Panther. Put in the fastest HDD you can. One thing, is that 933 the Quicksilver with the two skinny drive covers? Those might not STOCK take more than a 120GB drive. The MDD (Mirror Drive Door) ones will. You can get a PCI IDE ATA 133 card for it that will allow any sized modern drive. SATA would work but I think that would push it over your budget. [/QUOTE]
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