cyberknight
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one stick says
1 gb ddr4003200 pc3200u-320331 1 gb 2rx8.400 elixier brand
2nd stick
ddr400 1gb 64x8 elp
PC fettling and repairs thread
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one stick says
1 gb ddr4003200 pc3200u-320331 1 gb 2rx8.400 elixier brand
2nd stick
ddr400 1gb 64x8 elp
cyberknight
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Update mobo rs/rx482sb400
Bios phoenix 6.00 26/09/2005
System manufacturers
Rs480
Model
Awrdacpi
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DCBassman
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Nothing, I'm afraid.
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As I've had little luck persuading the Mac Pro 2,1 to run anything like a modern MacOS, the next idea is to turn it into a Windows 10 machine. Still fairly tricky due to the 32-bit EFI in these, but Youtube says it can be done, so who am I to argue? Certainly well above minimum spec with twin 3GHz Xeons and 32GB RAM!
cyberknight
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thanks anyway
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DCBassman
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Spending quality time with the Mac Pro 2,1, turning it into a *gasp* pure Windows 10 box.
Surprisingly, much simpler than persuading it to run MacOS X El Capitan. Once it's actually finished getting itself together, we'll see how it performs.
At present, it's running from a fairly ancient 200GB 7200rpm SATA hdd, so as it stands, it won't be too snappy. But if all's well, then I'll clone it to an SSD, which will help a lot.
Fingers crossed!
Surprisingly, much simpler than persuading it to run MacOS X El Capitan. Once it's actually finished getting itself together, we'll see how it performs.
At present, it's running from a fairly ancient 200GB 7200rpm SATA hdd, so as it stands, it won't be too snappy. But if all's well, then I'll clone it to an SSD, which will help a lot.
Fingers crossed!
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One of the oddities with the above hybrid is that, for a good while, W10 would not, when modified for this task, fit on a standard DVD. It has shrunk slightly since, so was able to use a 21H1 ISO for it, which will save days of updating.
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DCBassman
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Adventures with Apple now at an end. The machine works really well on its own OS. But getting it to run something more modern is too much like hard work. Never mind, there is still some market for these, particularly in the state it is now in, so I'll move it on at no loss.
StuAff
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4,1s & 5,1s are much easier in those respects. Only problem, modern macOS requires a recent enough AMD GPU…even the earliest ones are £100 at the mo!
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DCBassman
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Has a 5770 in, so better than when I got it. I might have another go at El Capitan.
GuyBoden
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For your old 32bit PC, Debian (Linux) seems a good choice because it is being supported until 2024.
https://www.debian.org/distrib/
https://www.debian.org/distrib/
Jody
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Are you still in need of any ram @cyberknight ? I might have some that will suit at home.
cyberknight
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yes i kind of put it on the back burner after my operation
cyberknight
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my mobo only has 2 ram slots , how much would you want?
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