1. I have the Q605 I mentioned back from She Who Should Not Compute.*shudder* - Three copies of the Extensions folder, one of which had the System briefcase in it (gee, wodner why it wouldn't boot....,) fonts, control panels and extensions scattered and copied througout the drive - drive is now formatted. ANYWAY... there was an APple Hi-Res RGB monitor connected to it. It worked *fine.* I had it set up to ANOTHER Q605, ran Sim City for about 32 hours straight, no problems (yes, it auto-ran.) She was complainingthe monitor "just shut off" after a few minutes. Given that she had (shudder again) surge protector hooked to surge protector hooked to surge protector ad infinitum, and junk hooked up all the way across, I figured it was that.
Er, well... Hooked the monitor up to that system (pre-cleanup.) Monitor clicked off in a few minutes. And wouldn't turn back on for several minutes. Unhooked the monitor. Given that I saw many, many windows opening one after another, I figured something was getting overloaded. Hooked up a different monitor (a flaky 15" monitor) which operated well enough for me to close everything, see the messs she made, try cleaning it, give up, and reformat the system. Hooked the original monitor back up (the RGB.) This is with a clean, 7.5 install. *click* - monitor dead for several minutes. OK, I have another 605, maybe she did something to the connector, etc. Swap mainboards - same thing. And now it doesn't come on or doesn't stay on for more than a few seconds. What has happened to this monitor? Any ideas? 2. I'm considering putting a large HD in one of the other 605's, and running MKLinux or NetBSD. I'm thinking of using it as an MP3 server (networked, it won't be playing it, just being storage space.) This *should* be able to be seen from both OS 7/8 Macs and PCs (using SAMBA, I assume,) right? Anyone try this? (this is a great form factor for that, IMHO- nice, small, low profile, unobtrusive - I was thinking of it when I saw the "rack mount Mac" on LEM....) -Eric -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
