Product specifications

Upgrade Instructions
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Contents
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Before Upgrading to the Mac OS X Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Supported Hardware and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Specific Board Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Determining Installed Avid Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Determining Installed Storage Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the Mac OS X Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Removing Boards from the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off Power to the Avid PCI Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Removing the Avid Boards from the 5-Slot G4 Platform . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the Avid Boards into the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Replacing the 3D Effects Board Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Upgrading the Hardware to Use an Avid Symphony System . . . . . . 18
Installing Boards in the G4 Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Board Locations in the 933-MHz G4 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Board Locations in the Dual 1-GHz or 1.25-GHz G4 Platform . . . . . 24
Installing or Replacing Boards in the Avid PCI Extender . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing the Fibre Channel Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31