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<blockquote data-quote="goodolebwinches" data-source="post: 7027"><p>First off, you need to give more information as to your machine's specs. I'm assuming you own the original model with upgraded RAM.</p><p></p><p>I own this model desktop. There are various things that could affect your machine's start-up time in OS 10.2.6. They vary from fragments on the hard drive, the original 5400rpm hard drive in the machine(assuming you still have the original hard drive), the ATI 16mb VRAM graphics card, and if you upgraded from OS 9 without updating the firmware. Assuming you have the OS 10.2 install software disk.....I can only offer this advice.</p><p></p><p>First admit that your machine is outdated and could use a couple of upgrades!</p><p></p><p>Go to the store and purchase:</p><p>1. Any 7200rpm 8mb cache hard drive</p><p>2. Mac Edition Radeon 8500 or 9000 graphics card</p><p></p><p>Then, turn off the machine and open it up:</p><p>1. Disconnect the original hard drive and leave it completely disconnected until further advised.</p><p>2. Install the new 7200rpm drive and the new 32mb+ graphics card</p><p>3. With your OS 10.2 install cd in hand, turn on your machine and insert the install CD.</p><p>4. Go through the install process and make sure you install all the graphics card software as well.</p><p>5. Get all the updates for OS 10.2.......bringing it up to 10.2.6</p><p>6. Once all of this it said and done, turn off your machine and open it up. Your original hard drive should be a Quantum 5400rpm drive...remove the drive's jumper and reconnect it(this will set it to slave, but fear not..for you can still start-up from this disk).</p><p>7. Your machine should be a better running machine for handling OS X now. You should be able to select which disk starts up under SYSTEM PREFERENCES-START UP DISK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodolebwinches, post: 7027"] First off, you need to give more information as to your machine's specs. I'm assuming you own the original model with upgraded RAM. I own this model desktop. There are various things that could affect your machine's start-up time in OS 10.2.6. They vary from fragments on the hard drive, the original 5400rpm hard drive in the machine(assuming you still have the original hard drive), the ATI 16mb VRAM graphics card, and if you upgraded from OS 9 without updating the firmware. Assuming you have the OS 10.2 install software disk.....I can only offer this advice. First admit that your machine is outdated and could use a couple of upgrades! Go to the store and purchase: 1. Any 7200rpm 8mb cache hard drive 2. Mac Edition Radeon 8500 or 9000 graphics card Then, turn off the machine and open it up: 1. Disconnect the original hard drive and leave it completely disconnected until further advised. 2. Install the new 7200rpm drive and the new 32mb+ graphics card 3. With your OS 10.2 install cd in hand, turn on your machine and insert the install CD. 4. Go through the install process and make sure you install all the graphics card software as well. 5. Get all the updates for OS 10.2.......bringing it up to 10.2.6 6. Once all of this it said and done, turn off your machine and open it up. Your original hard drive should be a Quantum 5400rpm drive...remove the drive's jumper and reconnect it(this will set it to slave, but fear not..for you can still start-up from this disk). 7. Your machine should be a better running machine for handling OS X now. You should be able to select which disk starts up under SYSTEM PREFERENCES-START UP DISK [/QUOTE]
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