veggie Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I bought a Quicksilver off ebay about a week ago and it finally came in yesterday. You don't know how happy I was. It came in the orignal box with the original keyboard and an mx700, the original installation disc, and a 10.1 upgrade disc, but the machine itself has panther on it. -733mhz -1gb ram -64mb video card Am I correct in thinking that this Pioneer DVR-111D will work perfect in it? And will I be safe in putting Tiger on it? I kinda want to max out the ram and just try leopard on it to see if apple was right in not supporting it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cavallo Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 try leopard assist on google, may be is possible to install it on your g4. 733 g4 qs is one of the best machine ever produced, the dvdr 101 is one of the best and the first dvd produced specially for apple. bye Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-801002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCH Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Great machine; You can even overclock it: http://thomas.perrier.name/otherStuff/quicksilverg4ove.html ... I know, is a bit of a dirty work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-801083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenn0X Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 leopard assist did not work on my 800 mhz 1.25 gb quicksilver. i set the clockspeeds in open firmware to 867 but when install is loaded it says leopard is not compatible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-801176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggie Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 So tiger would be better for this machine? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-801249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenn0X Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 yes tiger works fine on my quickie. installed from a 4 cd retail version due missing a dvd rom. any pioneer or hitatchi ide dvd rom works in the quicksilver. including booting from mac dvd. have a 1.25 ghz quicksilver wich i upgraded with an hitachi dvd writer and works fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-801311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggie Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 thanks Im gonna install it tomorrow Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-802193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_sinjon Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 It's worth trying Leopard Assist. I used it to get Leo running on my G4 Dual 500 and it runs better than Tiger. I even have software CI support which I didn't have with Tiger. Most important thing is to make sure your firmware is up to date before you start. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-810905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggie Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Ive put tiger on it and it performs much better than panther did, but you say leopard performed better than tiger on your machine? I might have to borrow a friends copy of leoppard and try it out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-811003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_sinjon Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Leopard definitely "feels" better than Tiger did although I've not run any benchmarks to prove it. The best thing for me was as I said the software CI support for the Radeon 9000 pro. It's never going to break any pots but it does give me all the "eye candy" in Leopard and it means my three macs are all running exactly the same system. Go to LowEndMac for info on installing Leopard on an unsupported Mac, but to be honest with the up to date firmware, Leopard Assist was a breeze. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-812112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Congratulations. I myself have a 733 Digital Audio G4. It came down between that one and the model you have. They have pretty much identical specs, so it came down to aesthetics for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-812574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggie Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 yeah, so far its all that I hoped for, i saw a quicksilver at a pawn shop yesterday while looking for a beater bike, guess how much it was? $500! I paid $143.51 with shipping! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113178-got-a-733mhz-quicksilver/#findComment-812649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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