At this point I would be suspicious of 'something screwy in the PRAM'.
I don't KNOW, but there are too many 'zap the pram' fixes for strange
problem comments to ignore that as a possibility.
JMHO
Chuck D.
On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, at 02:00 PM, Robert Kay wrote:
I got four quick responses
Hi Richard;
The 'Options' for XpostFacto booting have gotten changed from your
previous settings.
When you click on XPF and it comes up with the 'choice of what to do'
screen, click on 'options' --- the 'verbose messages' choice is i
believe the top item on the left side of the screen, click on
On Monday, April 11, 2005, at 07:02 PM, Walter wrote:
(I can't boot from the CDrom drive...don't know why; never could)
thanks again for your help.
-- Walter Albertson: Visualizer
http://www.walteralbertson.com
Hi Walter;
Just something to try --- (From S900 manual)
From Machine OFF
(1) hit
Anyone with an S900DP that could help, would be appreciated.
I have an S900DP that I received with only the main processor. I have
located a daughter card, pulled from an S900. Now I need the spec. for
the connector cable between the two processor cards.
I can figure out how to make a usable
On Saturday, June 11, 2005, at 11:28 PM, James Rice wrote:
I'll pull mine out tomorrow and look at it. The main point would be
making certain that pin one lined up on the proper pins. I've been
meaning to clone mine as I have two S900DP's and one is missing the
cable too.
James
--
Hi Jeff;
I'll pop for a couple!
Charles Davis
1973 Reeves Mill Road
Sutherlin, VA 24594-3819
On Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at 03:54 PM, Jeff Walther wrote:
I have ten VST UltraTek/66 cards (converted from Promise) I want to
get out of the house. The guys at Firmtek didn't like me selling
Hi Barry;
Unfortunately, these old work horses seem to have a tendency for the
connectors (card, cable) to 'get flakey'. This shows up at the most
unhelpful times (case opened, something moved PHYSICALLY. Sometimes a
LOOK can be enough to do the damage.)
The cure, for me anyway, is to take
On Sunday, August 7, 2005, at 01:31 PM, Adrian O'Sullivan wrote:
Thanks, guys, for the (as always) welcome suggestions. The good news
is the
S900 is up and running again normally ('nominally' I believe they say
at
NASA) with my old Sonnet Crescendo G3/400 installed (chimes and max RAM
Hi Folks;
I have accumulated a newer tech 'MAXpower G3' cpu card. But don't
have the documentation for the switch settings. Can anyone supply me
with this information please?
Chuck D.
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Hi David;
A QUICK pass through the comparisons shows things that are needed
attributes of an OS, but I DIDN't see things addressed like Microsoft's
continued habit of releasing unsecure systems. I.E. the continuing
trail of 'Security Updates' that are often
found wanting within hours of
Hi Gary;
One thing that I seem to be the only one to have noticed and commented
on --
The CPU card/ MB socket connection seems to NOT be the most consistent
thing in the world. I too have had consistent results with a 'stock'
CPU. The upgrade cards however seem to be prone to exhibit
Hi Gary;
Yes --- you got it!!! Front/Back --- Maybe push front, but not real
hard! It's a weird thing, you just need to experiment.
Chuck D.
On Thursday, September 8, 2005, at 08:09 PM, Gary Gorbet wrote:
Thanks for your reply, Chuck.
Yes, I cleaned the CPU card contacts with an
Next question!
Is the CPU card you are trying to use a ZIF Carrier --- if so, the
next possible place to look for flakey connections is the ZIF socket
itself. Also another (less likely) possibility, is a 'bad solder'
joint on one of the ZIF socket connections. Turn the card over, and
look a
Hi Folks;
The 'Open Firmware' accessible on 'real' MACs (beige G3 -- upgraded to
G4) with the OPT + CMD + O + F key combination before the 'startup
chime' ends, doesn't seem to show up on my S900.
The question. (a couple possibilities)
Different keystroke combination?
Just
For me, doing 10.2.6 prior to the 10.2.8 was the only way it would work
successfully.
This was on both a S900 (400Mc G4 upgrade) a Beige G3 (400Mc G4
upgrade)
Chuck D.
On Sunday, September 25, 2005, at 12:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi. No one replied to my last post so I thought I
Hi Elliot;
Next thing!
The security updates.
Since I was having problems, and re-doing things at the time, I took
the track of downloading, and burning on a CD the various updates
available via Apples Software Update Facility (Not sorry for the
extra work, I've saved countless 'on-line' hours
On the J900, the top PCI slot has a small 26 pin, card edge connector,
in line with and adjacent to the PCI connector. I'm assuming that it's
additional contacts for a video card of some sort. WHAT card???
Chuck Davis
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Small Dog
Vague memory of similar problems a long time ago ---
TRY --- put a monitor on the 'onboard monitor connection' (remove the
'second' one.)
--- Check the 'monitor settings, i.e. make sure nothing special is
'expected' by the machine. (No 'second' monitor)
--- remove the 'onboard' monitor
---
Another $ .02 worth
I've just spent a week or so trying to get a Crescendo G4 700/1M to run
in my S900.
VERY PICKY about memory. NEW 128M DIMMs from OWC weren't good enough to
run.
Best results were with 512M NON-interleaved.
Presently running an XLR8 carrier with a ZIF that is marked as 450.
Hi Folks;
System S9001gig ram8 - 128meg DIMMs.
XLR8 carrier with 450meg ZIF running at 400Meg.
OSX.2.8 with all current patches.
Finally got a UltraTek66 IDE card to run in the unit, with a
Khypermedia KDVRW8X drive.
Ran 'Patchburn', choosing a Phillips driver as target.
This did
I hate replies to my own posting, but more info. The 'stopped mouse
movement' is for the 'USB Trackball', the ADB mouse doesn't have a
problem.
Chuck Davis
On Thursday, November 24, 2005, at 07:25 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
Hi Folks;
System S9001gig ram8 - 128meg DIMMs.
XLR8
On Friday, November 25, 2005, at 03:12 AM, Kennedy Brandt wrote:
Charles wrote:
Have NOT (so far) been able to fine a faster buss(vs 50) speed that
doesn't flake out.
The S900 logic board was very picky about a lot of things -- bus speed
being
one of them. One of UCC's own processor
Jacqueline;
Unfortunately, I have found the S900 to sometimes be quite picky Re:
memory
Remove ALL memory DIMMs, see if you get a chime with just the on the
motherboard memory, then add one DIMM at a time. Hopefully, you will
get back to the ful house 'with' the chime still happening,
Hi Bernie;
Not absolutely certain, but ---
Swap the IDs on the hard disks, and you SHOULD then be able to boot off
of the 'backup' disk, with both HDs available to the system. This
should allow you to repair the boot problem on the original HD.
Chuck Davis
On Monday, January 2, 2006, at
Hi Jacqueline;
Try unplugging the card with the little round sockets (kbd, modem) and
reseat that, also try tracing the wiring to the speaker and reseat the
plug on the MB.
After that, it's 'strip down everything' and add parts one at a time
time.
Chuck D.
On Friday, January 13, 2006, at
Me also!!!
I sent a message directly to Dan, wishing you all well, and saying I
couldn't hack the difficulty trying to 'login' --- I'm running X.2.8
Chuck Davis
On Wednesday, January 25, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Paul A. Corsa wrote:
Am I the only one having difficulty signing on to the new Google
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