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madalynmcworm

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Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« on: February 03, 2017, 12:30:36 PM »
Bought this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017VQT5YW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TGIVTP2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Followed disassembly for HD replacement guide:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/PowerBook+G4+Titanium+Onyx+Hard+Drive+Replacement/77
Using a spudger on step 10.

Took off jumper on ableconn so it is in cable select mode.

Booted universal installer, opened disk image and went to drive setup for version 2.1 to use more than 128 gigs.
Installed, running great!
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mrhappy

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Re: Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2017, 07:29:11 AM »
Hey that's great!! ;D
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madalynmcworm

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Re: Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2017, 11:08:06 AM »
Just a follow up. It's been running great.
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Philgood

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Re: Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 05:04:35 AM »
So you are using OS9 ?
I'm asking because I thought this Samsung drive is giving problems under OS9.
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*G4 MDD 1.25GHz (Single 2003)* with 2x 80Gb harddrives, 1Gb RAM, Tascam US-428 and Edirol FA-101 USB/Firewire soundcards-*iMac G3 DV 400MHz* with installs from OS 8.6-OSX Tiger on different harddrives-*Powerbook G4 1.67Ghz* with new SSD ! Love it.

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Re: Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 08:11:35 AM »
Quote from: Philgood on May 31, 2017, 05:04:35 AM
So you are using OS9 ?
I'm asking because I thought this Samsung drive is giving problems under OS9.

Yes. 9.2.2 from one of the universal install disks.

What trouble is it giving you?
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Philgood

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Re: Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2017, 03:57:57 PM »
Here you can read of someone having problems.

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2369.msg14933.html#msg14933

Mactron also reported problems under OS9.
I have still to buy some SSD for my needs so I'm looking for candidates.
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*G4 MDD 1.25GHz (Single 2003)* with 2x 80Gb harddrives, 1Gb RAM, Tascam US-428 and Edirol FA-101 USB/Firewire soundcards-*iMac G3 DV 400MHz* with installs from OS 8.6-OSX Tiger on different harddrives-*Powerbook G4 1.67Ghz* with new SSD ! Love it.

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Re: Powerbook TI SSD Upgrade
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2017, 07:16:52 AM »
Hi.

I haven't had any problems. I didn't read the thread fully, but they appear to be using the SSDs on G4 workstations, and this is in the laptop.

The only problem was the version of Disk Setup wasn't the latest and you have to open the installer image on the disk to use the latest version to get more than 120GB to show up.

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