On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:40 AM, fickit1time wrote: > That was weird, i posted a reply yesterday and it never got posted. > anyhow here goes: > > The last part of my serial is MMA and according to that site you > posted, it looks like my model is the dual proc 1.0 (not the FW800). > Although it does have 2 firewire ports, i'm not sure what the > differences are. it has only one cpu so i'm assuming when they say > dual proc, they mean dual core.
No they meant dual-processor. There were no dual-core PowerPC cpus ever used in Macs. This one may have had it's cpu board replaced. Under the Apple select 'About this Mac' then click on the More Info button. That'll bring up 'System PRofiler' click on the 'Hardware' head and copy and paste the info therein into an email, that'll help us ID the Mac you have. FW 400 ports have one side that comes to a rough point. FW 800 ports are rectangular. Just found this neat little site: <http://tinyurl.com/6m5y2x8> > So with the proper memory the system boots up fine and i'm able to get > to main os. I believe the os installed is 10.2. This one should run up to OS X 10.5 without any hassles, 10.2 is quite old and there'sa lot of stuff liek modern browsers and such that is not compatible. > I do have one problem with the system though. > When I shut the Mac down from the os, it does not turn on when I press > the power button, I have to unplug the power cord from the back and > reattach, then it powers on. > Any suggestions I may try, I'm afraid it might be a power supply > problem. Try clearing the PRAM: press command-option-p-r during startup until it 'bongs' again. Might need to get a real Mac keyboard for that. Try replacing the PRAM battery, it's the 1/2aa 3.6V Lithium cell on the mobo; they're pretty readily available, even radio shack carries 'em. When those get low you run into odd issues like this, and I'll wager the one in there is original. > > Right now i'm trying to use a regular usb keyboard and I can't figure > out the option key, some sites say to use the windows button but it > doesn't seem to work with my keyboards (i've tried 3) The option key and alt key are the same on my Mac keyboard; use the Windows key for the mac Command key. There are some third party applications to remap the two into the correct order (on the mac, from the left it's: control, option, command, spacebar, command, option, control. On a windows kb it's control, command, option, spacebar, option, command, control) > Oh, I was trying to clear the PRAM, i've tried (c), tried (CROP), but > never got the 2 chimes so i'm not sure the keyboards can use the > command key. I know that older Macs didn't work with my newer Mac keyboard, so you might want to scrounge for a real mac kb. Fortunately the LEM google groups have a group for that, the LEM swaplist: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html> or try fleabay, craigslist or even your local freecycle group <http://freecycle.org>. > > How cool is the case design on these G4's, one lever opens the whole > tower. Yes, it's amazing (Apple's been doing 'tool-less' cases since the early 90's and the advent of the Mac IIC) that no other manufactuerer has even tries copying them let along doing cool case designs of their own. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
