Brian Durant wrote: > I have experienced this on my G5 as well, but there was a firmware > update a while ago that took care of this issue. It only crops up > these days if I need to reinstall the system. > > Go for it :-) > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Bruce Johnson > <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu <mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> > wrote: > > > > On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Ted Treen wrote: > > > > > However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with > > systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers > > at > > bootup don't work, and there were other problems. > > > > Maybe here, I mentioned it a while back. > > > Anyone any first-hand experience, or know the facts? > > > I have one on my Intel iMac at work (1st gen) and my upgraded GigE at > home, and neither of them recognize the keys at startup. > > I have several old Mac keyboards laying about at work and one at home. > I just plug the old keyboard into the new one if I need to start in > safe mode. > > Makes recovery from problem a bit of a hassle, but otherwise I really > like the new keyboards. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > U of Az College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs > > > Thanks Bruce & Brian.
Guess it wouldn't harm to borrow one from a MacPro at work, and try it on my work G5 dual 2.5. They're Jan 08 keyboards - I'll see if they require a F/W update first. Will report back. Cheers, Ted --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
