Thanks! On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:43 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
> Pulling the battery will dump the PRAM memory. If there is a CUDA switch > on the mobo yes, get a small stick, reach in and hold it down at least 60 > seconds. > > CUDA looks like a tiny silver square with a black or red tiny button in > the middle. > > Somewhere online there will be a photo or digaram of your mobo. > > > Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ > http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer > https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer > http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications > http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ > http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ > > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Mira Kehoe <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Thanks, everyone, for your advice! I successfully swapped out the video >> cards this afternoon; it only took 10 minutes. Some applications seem to >> take a little more time to open or close, but everything seems to be >> working fine as of now. >> >> I appreciate the experience of this group.... many thanks! >> >> Mira >> >> >> On Saturday, October 24, 2015, Mira Kehoe <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> By "home page", I mean my "desktop"... I'm the only user on this >>> computer, so I don't log in. >>> >>> The Apple person said the the graphics card is the last thing to "boot >>> up" ... I'm not sure that's the term he used, but he said that's why >>> the blue screen is taking so long. >>> >>> It wouldn't hurt to change out the cards and see how it behaves. >>> >>> I think that using the utility you mentioned could be a good idea, but >>> I could possibly get myself in a situation I can't interpret. >>> >>> The Apple Genius Bar will let you bring in any Apple device, they just >>> won't "repair" anything that's too old. They have been very helpful >>> over the years. >>> >>> Thanks for your thoughts, >>> >>> Mira >>> >>> On 10/24/15, NODEraser <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 9:54 PM, mkehoe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> The Apple genius bar person was pretty sure that the video card on the >>> >> 1.25 >>> >> dual G4 is causing the symptoms I've been having: long time on the >>> solid >>> >> blue screen before my home page appears, etc. >>> > >>> > They still provide support at the Genius Bar for PowerPC products? >>> > That's pretty surprising. When you say "home page", I assume you're >>> > talking about the login screen when booting? I don't see how your >>> > graphics card could affect that unless there's something going on with >>> > hardware identification/initialization that is causing a delay. You >>> > could use a utility like XPostFacto to enter verbose mode on startup >>> > and look at any messages that stall for a while. >>> > >>> > While there is a difference between those two cards (the 9000 is a >>> > level or two higher than the MX 4 in terms of performance, depending >>> > on the specific model of card) there shouldn't be any noticeable >>> > difference in OS X itself, unless you're doing some gaming or running >>> > a really high resolution. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > [Greg Bennett] >>> > -Independent Carpenter, Electrician & Lighting Designer >>> > -Purveyor of Classic Apple & Macintosh Gear >>> > http://www.hsiprodsvcs.com/ >>> > http://www.macshack.us/ >>> > >>> > -- >>> > -- >>> > 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 >>> > >>> > --- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> > Google Groups "G-Group" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/g3-5-list/cVU18wSNV7c/unsubscribe. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> > [email protected]. >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> > >>> >> -- >> -- >> 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] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "G-Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','g3-5-list%[email protected]');> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/g3-5-list/cVU18wSNV7c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','g3-5-list%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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. 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