" Mike:
I'm sorry for the delay. I meant to get back to you but I've been backlogged at work

I have had NO sleep problems in 10.2.1 or 9.2.2. I don't know why others are having them. I have 1.5 GB of RAM on my power Mac--I don't know if the amount of RAM is a factor or not. (I don't think that's an issue which has been commonly reported in the past by owners of PL upgrades in Cubes and AGP Towers (including my tests of the 1GHz early model in my Cube.)-Mike)

I do note that the fan is shooting out hotter air than before and the heat sink is a LOT hotter.

I crunched a Seti @ home block in 11 hours with the 1GHZ! before it was 30 hours!

I tried to run the norton Utilities Benchmark--but it went OFF THE SCALE in 9.2.2.
(I suggested running SpeedRun instead, both are just a benchmark but SpeedRun has more recent comparisons. It was one of the benchmarks used in my 1GHz PL upgrade review in my Cube, but Apps tests also noted there, which are the most important performance tests.-Mike)

It is truly amazing to see how the 1GHZ moves this system. Thanks to Sonnett, I think I can keep this Power Mac for 2-3 more years!
Joe"

I've updated Joe's Sept. 27th report in the database to include the above comments.

"Mike:
As I mentioned to you earlier I was going to attempt to take a 20 GB Firefly USB and switch the harddrive with a 5 GB Firefly Firewire. It took about 5 minutes to perform and works without a problem.
The cases are different depths therefore it would not be possible to just replace the drive since the 20 GB has an increased depth compared to the 5 GB version.
Both seem to work fine on my mac after transfer. If there was a way to obtain an outside case then one could just upgrade the drive I imagine.
Mark F."

Update - a SmartDisk employee replied to this post with comments noted in the next day's news page.

" While trying to figure out why I wasnít getting credit for the 100 free Kodak prints from the .Mac service I realized that the account is set to bill my credit card automatically $99.95 on september 30, 2003. Other users might not be aware of this.
To check your account go to www.apple.com, click on the .Mac tab, click on "Account" on the botton part of the tab, login, on the top right click the ëBilling & Subscriptioní button, on the bottom youíll see a checkmark below ëAuto Renewí. Uncheck it.
Ricardo G. "

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  (FYI - Illustrated CD drive install guide here covers G4 towers up to the Digital Audio Model, Beige G3 MT, B&W G3 and 8600/9600 Macs.)
  
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• TDK VeloCD 48x16x48x in FW case used w/7500 (OS 9.1)
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