PatS Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Hey, I'm looking for a little help yet again (maybe I'll get some replies this time...) This time it's about upgrading some things in my computer... In my sig you can see all my specs, but here's what I am looking to do: Upgrade my x300SE to a x800GTO. Now I am using the Radeon9700 kexts/driver/w/e and they are working perfect for me x300... I have QE CI and whatnot... So if I switch to a x800GTO (This one) will I have to change a ton of stuff, or will they just continue to work? I am assuming the vendor id's and device id's will have to be changed, but that shouldn't be hard... right? Ok, and I am also looking into upgrading to 2 GB of RAM... this shouldn't be a problem at all... I think... But does anyone know of any place I could pick up some cheap DDR2 533 MHz.... I'm looking for 2 sticks of 512... And lastly I'm needing another HD... If I make an image of my current drive, I can restore it to the new one in the OSX installer using the disc utility, right? So, these are just some basic questions... but I don't want to muck to much stuff up... I only have about $100 right now to use... so priority is given to the video card... I will then worry about HD, and then RAM.... Thanks for any helpful info that may be given... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34476-concidering-some-upgrades-and-need-some-input/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Video - should work with changing only device id's (get all of the ones you changed previously), repair permissions, remove extensions.mkext and extensions. kextcache and reboot RAM - use a RAM search engine like DealRAM.com and others HD - format the entire drive as FAT32 using a Windows/Linux disk/partition utility. Don't use Windows itself because it has a limit to how large a partition it can format as FAT32. Then, when you go into Disk Utility, you will see the primary partition icon below the hard drive icon (the primary partition is 99.0% of hard drive). Click the partition and erase as MacOS Extended Journaled. You don't need to make an image to restore. Go to the Disk Utility Restore utility and drag the icon of your current OSX installation to the Source field and drag the icon of the primary partition of the new HDD to the Destination field. When done, you need to set up your bootloader. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34476-concidering-some-upgrades-and-need-some-input/#findComment-244307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatS Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 Awesome rammjet thanks for the help. One quick thing though... If I do the HD thing like you said, what is the point in making it FAT32 at first, if I am just going to make it MacOS Ext. Journaled? And also, I don't use a bootloader, I just hit esc at boot and choose the drive I want to boot from.... so if I changed out my drives like that, would I HAVE to use a bootloader? and if I have to, how do you recommend going about that... last time I used a bootloader it killed my whole computer... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34476-concidering-some-upgrades-and-need-some-input/#findComment-244335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Formatting as FAT32 is an easy way to ensure that the PC-style MBR (Master Boot Record) gets written to the hard drive. BIOS on a PC looks for this for some instructions. Afterward, you are formatting the primary partition (99%) of drive as MacOS Extended Journaled. The remaining 1% (much less actually) that you didn't re-format is the MBR. If you are happy booting the way you are, then you don't need a bootloader set up. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34476-concidering-some-upgrades-and-need-some-input/#findComment-244427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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