Setting up a system for the first time!

[Shane Ross]

[Harvey Z] “1. Any problems using the WFP 2707 monitor in this setup? Any issues with the LHe and the 2707?”

Why would there be problems? It is a computer monitor that connects via DVI. I have the 2405 and that works fine. And the monitor should not conflict with the Kona card at all…they have no relationship.

[Harvey Z] “2. Which operating system OS version should I have installed? Any problems with this setup and Leopard?”

You can ONLY run Leopard on this machine. The newer MacPros cannot run Tiger at all. So update the OS and QT fully and you should be fine. That is what I have done…and I have the new MacPro 3.0Ghz machine. And I have 3 Seagates that I installed internally as well…thinking about moving the system drive up a slot and installing a 4th for 2TB (500GB drives, $120 each)

[Harvey Z] “3. I have a number of older SCSI drives about 6 ranging from 20 – 80 GB each. Is it advisable to try and integrate these or will a SCSI card and these older drives in this system cause us grief?”

Forget those old drives. Not worth it.

[Harvey Z] “4. I’m a novice at this… is what I want to do straight forward or is an integrator or a technical advisor hired by the hour the right way to go?”

Depends on what you are doing, but yeah…an advisor..CONSULTANT, is the way to go. I did that when I leapt into HD.

Shane

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[David Roth weiss]

Harvey,

Do everything Shane said. You will find that setting up a MAC is like child’s play if you are coming from the PC side.

Let me add just a few things to what Shane said…

1. Before adding any software or hardware, first plug in your new MAC, establish an Internet connection, and run the Apple Software Updater (to find it click on the blue apple in upper left hand corner). Keep running the updater and rebooting several times until you get a message that your software is up to date.

2. Now, install your additional RAM and hard drives, stripe the media drives uisng Apple Disk Utility, and make sure everything is working happily.

3. Now, install FCS2 and then run the updater over and over again like you did before, until you get the message that you software is up to date.

If you don’t do the updates as fully and completely as I’ve told you, I assure you, your system will not work properly.

David

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[Todd Reid]

In addition to all this great advise.

It is always a good thing to run a “repair permissions” before and after installing major software programs. You’ll find it under Applications/Utilities/disk utility.

In a initial install, like your planning, I may do this 2 or 3 times, depending on the OS updates that pop up.

Maybe overkill, but it is recommended.
Heck, it sure hasn’t hurt me to do it!

[Harvey Zinc]

Thank you gentlemen. This advice is much needed and soooo appreciated!
I’ll post my process here once I start (2-3 weeks). It might be of help and interest to others.

Thanks again.
HarveyZ