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dead video card on G4 and switching to G5
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<blockquote data-quote="brettotte1" data-source="post: 1828742" data-attributes="member: 403216"><p>My bad, it's been several years since I've purchased the G4 & iMac from ebay. The newer iMac has an Intel Celeron Core 2 Duo chip. Both have Firewire ports. I found a CD with MS Office for OS X as well, so I'm hoping that will install on 10.11.6. Not sure why I didn't install it when I gave her the mac, but I may have not found the CD at that time years ago.</p><p></p><p>Since the G4 is OS 9.2.2 and the iMac is OS 10.11.6 are they compatible to still connect via Firewire in Target Disk Mode?</p><p></p><p>I've since found based upon the sound ports are vertical that the G4 seems to be an AGP graphics card and it runs OS 9.2.2 which means I can't drag n drop apps from it to the OS X machine due to different OS. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/faq/power-mac-g4-how-to-upgrade-usb-firewire-ethernet-identify-pci-agp.html#identify" target="_blank">What USB and Firewire ports do the Power Mac G4 have? Upgrade to USB 2.0 and Firewire 800? Gigabit? Identifying PCI vs. AGP?: EveryMac.com</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3082" target="_blank">Power Mac G4: How to Differentiate Between Models - Apple Support</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_400_agp.html" target="_blank">Power Macintosh G4 400 (AGP) Specs (Power Mac G4 - AGP, M7824LL/A*, PowerMac3,1, M5183, 1810/1843*): EveryMac.com</a></p><p></p><p>The only thing I've ever upgraded in any computer over 35 years is RAM several times & I thought I wouldn't mess with replacing the video card, but it appears with a youtube tutorial that it's quite easy on a G4. She really hates change and if I can avoid having to learn new bookkeeping software to teach her myself or buy Quicken 2007 for $33 that'll also be a little different on her "internet surfing" computer that she fears her finances will be available to the world to steal, that I may buy one and bring with me.</p><p></p><p>From this it seems it is possible to transfer via target disk mode the files from os 9 to os x though:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1879788" target="_blank">How do I find the FireWire Target Disk Mo… - Apple Community</a></p><p></p><p>I'm just glad I got her to cut down from 4 macs to 2 over the last 30 years that I have to maintain. 1 for games (solitaire), 1 for typing letters (printed and email), 1 for bookkeeping, 1 for "internetting".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brettotte1, post: 1828742, member: 403216"] My bad, it's been several years since I've purchased the G4 & iMac from ebay. The newer iMac has an Intel Celeron Core 2 Duo chip. Both have Firewire ports. I found a CD with MS Office for OS X as well, so I'm hoping that will install on 10.11.6. Not sure why I didn't install it when I gave her the mac, but I may have not found the CD at that time years ago. Since the G4 is OS 9.2.2 and the iMac is OS 10.11.6 are they compatible to still connect via Firewire in Target Disk Mode? I've since found based upon the sound ports are vertical that the G4 seems to be an AGP graphics card and it runs OS 9.2.2 which means I can't drag n drop apps from it to the OS X machine due to different OS. [url=https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/faq/power-mac-g4-how-to-upgrade-usb-firewire-ethernet-identify-pci-agp.html#identify]What USB and Firewire ports do the Power Mac G4 have? Upgrade to USB 2.0 and Firewire 800? Gigabit? Identifying PCI vs. AGP?: EveryMac.com[/url] [url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3082]Power Mac G4: How to Differentiate Between Models - Apple Support[/url] [url=https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_400_agp.html]Power Macintosh G4 400 (AGP) Specs (Power Mac G4 - AGP, M7824LL/A*, PowerMac3,1, M5183, 1810/1843*): EveryMac.com[/url] The only thing I've ever upgraded in any computer over 35 years is RAM several times & I thought I wouldn't mess with replacing the video card, but it appears with a youtube tutorial that it's quite easy on a G4. She really hates change and if I can avoid having to learn new bookkeeping software to teach her myself or buy Quicken 2007 for $33 that'll also be a little different on her "internet surfing" computer that she fears her finances will be available to the world to steal, that I may buy one and bring with me. From this it seems it is possible to transfer via target disk mode the files from os 9 to os x though: [url=https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1879788]How do I find the FireWire Target Disk Mo… - Apple Community[/url] I'm just glad I got her to cut down from 4 macs to 2 over the last 30 years that I have to maintain. 1 for games (solitaire), 1 for typing letters (printed and email), 1 for bookkeeping, 1 for "internetting". [/QUOTE]
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