HD swap Question

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Cystonic

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I have a 366mhz Clamshell special edition (SE), with a 10 gig loud as hell HD and 320 megs of RAM.

I want to upgrade to a 80GB Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 5400RPM 9.5mm drive. and max out the RAM slot with a 512meg SO-DIMM chip.

I have all the pertinent info about the install of the hardware. and have confirmed that they are compatible with the clamshell. also I will be putting the 10 gig HD in a 2.5 enclosure to use as backup.

what I need some help on is

1. the best way to transfer the data (ie CCC cloner, burn it or what).

2. what kind of stuff can I do to test the upgrades to make sure they are working properly?

3. any other advice

thanks

-Cystonic
 
If this 2.5 enclosure means you can use the drive as a firewire drive I would suggest the following thing:
first boot from that drive. This way you will see if everything works just fine, since your software didn't change. Use Disk Utility to check and erase the new 80GB travelstar. After this, simply use CCC to directly copy your data from your 10gb firewire disc to the travelstar. Unplug the 10gb disc and boot.
Anyway, I would suggest you to make a fresh install. Always a huge pleasure to see how well the os can perform when it is fresh.
The thing about testing your upgrades:
once you erase, you will get an error if something would be wrong with your new disc. And about ram? Work a bit on your old 10gb disc and use About this Mac to see the whole amount of ram. If working on your old system won't cause any crashes, then the ram should be just fine. There is also a Hardware Test CD coming with most of the macs. Try this one too.
Good luck!
 
You can always pull down the Apple Menu and select "About This Mac" and see if the RAM reported is the same as what you have installed.

As Zammy-Sam said, work with the iBook for a day or two -- do your normal routines and see if you experience any crashes or kernel panics. Those would indicate some sort of RAM incompatibility, or possibly a problem when you "cloned" your drive back over. I would also second the suggestion for a clean install.
 
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