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edwood69
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		MAC G5 and MOTU NIGHTMARE - 2009/06/20 23:09 Been trying to build studio for years. Every year I save to purchase a used piece of equipment. I have a G4 dual 500 mhz, and also a Motu pci 324 card. This year saved and saved and got a G5 dual 2 ghz model number a-1047. I checked all the specs and no problem. SO the other night I tried installing the 324 card in the G5. Both pci x right? Nope wrong. After many hours I finally found out that Motu changed the PCI cards shape. SO I have 2 questions. Which one would work in the G5. There seems to be alot of confusion out there. Is it a pcix? or a pcie or what? Or better off and what Id really like to do is just install the card in the G4 where it fits and then ethernet it to my G5. I posted this question a few places and no one has responded. So I am asking errr begging. Can I slave the 2 macs together and save myself having to purchase a new Motu card for $300. Does anyone know if this will work? Someone? Anyone? Anxiously await replies. Edwood69
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:MAC G5 and MOTU NIGHTMARE - 2009/06/21 08:34 I’m not sure if you can record from one Mac to the other, I tried that once and it came out choppy, but I may have mad errors back then, I now run a G4 MDD 867. I know I can work on the project after it has been recorded on other machines. Are you having problems with the G4? If not consider recording on it and then transfer it to the G5. I run the M Audio Audiophile 2496 Analog/Digital/MIDI Card+ on both my G4 and my Dell Dimension (what can I say, I inherited it, I’m a Mac man, father was not), it works great on both machines! Much cheaper then the MOTU, even though the MOTU is a better board, depending what you need out, as well as in, if you don’t need that much of a board, you can go cheaper! Good luck!
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universe
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:MAC G5 and MOTU NIGHTMARE - 2009/06/21 19:25 Try System Preferences Apple Menu, (Top Left hnd Corner) Startup Disk/Target Disk Mode.
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harryb
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:MAC G5 and MOTU NIGHTMARE - 2009/06/23 17:29 First off as suggested go to About this Mac and see what G5 you have.

There are two model Dual 2GHz PCI or PCI-X models, and one Dual Core PCI-E. If the card is PCI-E will not work in a PCI or PCI-X and vice versa. A sure giveaway is the memory. PCI-E machines use DDR2 SDRAM memory modules.
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edwood69
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:MAC G5 and MOTU NIGHTMARE - 2009/06/24 02:35 I got into the machine and no it is ddr 3200 ram and a pci slot. See I thought because I had the pci card and I was buying a pci computer that I would be all set. Then it appears that MOTU restyled the pci card so you have to buy a new one. Now its trying to figure out which pci card it is. I think it is a normal pci card. Still wonder if I can ethernet the 2 machines together. Motu got so many complaints that they shut down the tech support section on the Motu website. I am so pissed at this error. I dont want to starve and wait 6 months to save for a new card but dont know what else to do? I dont think my g4 would let me mic 2 guitars a full drum set and a bass all at one time. I think I would get major crashes. I have not tried it yet though. Just so much info at one time. With a singer at the minimum we would be talking 8 microphones. Any other clues would be helpful. Thanks edwood 69
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edwood69
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:MAC G5 and MOTU NIGHTMARE - 2009/06/25 03:34 The other problem I have is that none of my monitors will fit. Does anyone know what kind of adapter I need to get an older monitor showing on a G5? It shows it has 2 monitor ports
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