Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card
John Callahan wrote: > >> Anyone know where I can find a replacement fan for this card? >> >> Thanks, and Happy New Year! >> Dale Hoffman >> >> ~~--~--~--- >> >> > > > Fan is available at http://hardcoremac.stores.yahoo.net/ > g4qucafan.html. Sixty dollars but if you look further you can find > them a lot cheaper. Got mine for fifteen dollars although don't > recall where. While you are at it I would reseat the CPU heat sink > also. I used THERMALTAKE Super-Thermal Silver Compound @ Radio Shack. > I understand there are thermal blankets available that serve the same > purpose and are easier and safer to use. Good luck > John Callahan > jcalla...@stny.rr.com > If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they > went.¨ > --Will Rogers > extreme positive = (ybya2) > > > > I can see why you went else where. Did you see their price for Tiger? I don't remember it costing that much when it came out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Powermac G4 dual 500MHZ v. G4 single 533MHZ
So are you saying that I can add large drive support to the digital audio without the pci ata card? How? How do I build a Hackintosh? My brother just got me a 1.8GHZ dell dimension for $20 at a second hand shop. -Jonas On 12/27/08, PeterH wrote: > > > On Dec 27, 2008, at 2:15 AM, jonas ulrich wrote: > > > I have a 533MHZ G4 PowerMac with a 133MHZ bus speed and 3 dimm > > slots. I also have a Dual 500MHZ PowerMac G4 with a 100MHZ bus > > speed and 4 dimm slots. I want to run one of these with Mac OS 10.4 > > Server. Which will offer me the most expandability and speed? > > > Hands down, the machine with the faster bus. > > When Apple redesigned the G4s for the faster bus, they also wanted to > increase the number of PCI slots, so one of the RAM slots had to go. > > The result was the Digital Audio series (which includes the > Quicksilver series). > > The LBA48 "property" can be added to all of these, anyway, so there > is no reason to add a PCI ATA card, hence no need for an additional > PCI slot. > > Should you consider a faster processor, and you really should, get > one which is designed for both 100 and 133 MHz buses. > > But, for that money, you could build an Intel-based Hackintosh, which > could easily out-perform any G4 Mac by 5-to-1. > > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Mail oddity
I'm trying to set up Mail in a second account. After logging into the account I open Mail only to have it automatically close before I can set up the Mail account. Does anyone know what's happening here? George Mac OS X 10.5.6 Mac Mini 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: AGP video card for a G4 Sawtooth
Mike Baker wrote: > Any suggestions for a video card for a G4 Sawtooth? It has an AGP slot with > an ATI Rage (16 MB) in it. I know an ATI Rage 9200 will work in a PCI slot, > but I'd like to take advantage of my AGP slot. > Would there be any advantage to having the 9200 or another PCI video card in > a PCI slot and an AGP video card in the AGP slot? Most of the video cards you can get have two outputs that can drive discrete displays (mirrored or extended desktop.) Better to get an ATI 9200 AGP card and drive two monitors off it. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
re: Your network settings have been changed by another application.
Peter Mc Court wrote: > On 3 Jan 2009, at 03:26, Charles Lenington wrote: > > > snip-- > Hi Charles, > > Below is the fix (from the G3-5 list, by Jack Sparrow, September 30, > 2008) - it worked like a charm for me, although I had to re-enter my > all my network locations/settings (no big deal as I use DHCP), > passwords etc after the restart. I suggest therefore that you note > all network location details (IP numbers (if you don't use DHCP), > server addresses etc) before you do this procedure - cheers, peter > > >> According to MacFixIt, this is the solution you're looking for: >> >> Never-ending "Your network settings have been changed" message; fix >> >> Some users have reported an issue wherein, after applying Security >> Update 2008-006 for Mac OS X 10.4.11, their systems repeatedly display >> the message "Your network settings have been changed by another >> application." This message is sometimes accompanied by dropous in >> wireless connectivity. >> >> The potential fix is as follows: >> >> Delete the following files from Library/Preferences/ >> SystemConfiguration >> >> com.apple.airport.preferences.plist >> NetworkInterfaces.plist >> preferences.plist >> com.apple.nat.plist >> then restart. >> > > > > > Thank you all. I went with Peters input. Problem solved. I apparently missed that topic while on the road back in Aug/Sep/Oct. I haven't read all those msgs yet. Only 10,000 more to go, too many lists. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
AGP video card for a G4 Sawtooth
Any suggestions for a video card for a G4 Sawtooth? It has an AGP slot with an ATI Rage (16 MB) in it. I know an ATI Rage 9200 will work in a PCI slot, but I'd like to take advantage of my AGP slot. Would there be any advantage to having the 9200 or another PCI video card in a PCI slot and an AGP video card in the AGP slot? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Airport Dual Band Network.... Here's how!
Clarifying... FREE, I just couldn't put the "recipe" on the list, or I'd get my fingers slapped :-) I think the email is 3mb or less, can I send it to you? Jeff On Jan 3, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Dana Collins wrote: > On 1/2/09 6:24 PM, Jeffrey Engle of macgu...@gmail.com sent > >> Anybody want to know how to do this? >> >> As we know when you have a 802.11a/n network and there are older Macs >> in the house that run 802.11b/g your network must adhere to the >> lowest >> frequency. Making the network slower. >> >> I have found a way to provide two networks using two Apple Base sta- >> tions to install a 802.11a/n and 802.11b/g networks. So that your >> older Macs >> that don’t have 802.11n capabilities won’t slow down your newer >> Macs that >> run 802.11a/n 5gHz~300Mbps. This gives your newer Macs the higher >> speed all the time thus eliminating the “lowest common denomator >> speed” >> and you don’t have to waste all that potenial bandwidth of your new >> Macs. >> >> >> Paypal strongly preferred at: >> twoapplen...@gmail.com >> Ships from: >> Jeff Engle >> Kamiah, Idaho 83536 >> >> 208-935-0992 >> eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback >> > Hi Jeff, > I’m curious about the results of the subject, but I’m also curious > if you’re a) offering to explain the procedure, or > b) trying to sell something (like the information itself?). > > Clarify when you have the chance :-) > Best regards, > Dana > > Paypal strongly preferred at: twoapplen...@gmail.com Ships from: Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 208-935-0992 eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Airport Dual Band Network.... Here's how!
On 1/2/09 6:24 PM, Jeffrey Engle of macgu...@gmail.com sent > Anybody want to know how to do this? > > As we know when you have a 802.11a/n network and there are older Macs > in the house that run 802.11b/g your network must adhere to the lowest > frequency. Making the network slower. > > I have found a way to provide two networks using two Apple Base sta- > tions to install a 802.11a/n and 802.11b/g networks. So that your older Macs > that don¹t have 802.11n capabilities won¹t slow down your newer Macs that > run 802.11a/n 5gHz~300Mbps. This gives your newer Macs the higher > speed all the time thus eliminating the ³lowest common denomator speed² > and you don¹t have to waste all that potenial bandwidth of your new Macs. > > > Paypal strongly preferred at: > twoapplen...@gmail.com > Ships from: > Jeff Engle > Kamiah, Idaho 83536 > > 208-935-0992 > eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback > Hi Jeff, I¹m curious about the results of the subject, but I¹m also curious if you¹re a) offering to explain the procedure, or b) trying to sell something (like the information itself?). Clarify when you have the chance :-) Best regards, Dana --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: External FW drive mounts on SOME machines not others
See if it shows up in Disk Utility. It may just need to be formatted for that computer even though they are both running the same OS. -Jonas On 1/2/09, glen wrote: > > > > > > - Original Message > > From: Charles Davis > > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Friday, January 2, 2009 8:07:12 PM > > Subject: Re: External FW drive mounts on SOME machines not others > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:13 PM, ProGearDeal wrote: > > > > > > > > Try turn on the system > > > Power up the drive then connect the firewire cable. > > > > > > > Since I'm not certain of the 'robustness' of the Firewire interface > > in the first place, I don't think I like the idea of 'Hot Plugging' > > the FW cable.Just my foible. > > > > > On Mac's much older than your MDD I sometimes have to unplug and replug the > FireWire cable to the FW port on the drive to get the drive to mount. Perhaps > a bad connection or some other fault with the FW port or cable. > > However if you are not comfortable with the procedure, then don't do it. > Maybe there is another solution. ---glen > > > > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Yosemite with busted (?) firewire
At 11:46 AM -0800 1/2/2009, Kyle Hansen wrote: >On 1/2/09 10:48 AM, "Beniamino Cenci Goga" >Broadcast into the ether: > > What are the chances it is the FW chip on the logic board to be busted >> and not the daughter card? System profile says Firewire 2.2.2 >> regardless the daughterboard is inserted or not. > >Very slim. I have replaced hundreds of them. It's usually not the >Logic board. That daughter card - does it matter if it comes from a rev 1 or rev 2 Smurf, to go into a rev 2? (sometimes this list is a little freaky with its timing; had a fw on a smurf go bad today) Thx, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Yosemite with busted (?) firewire
On Jan 3, 2009, at 1:12 AM, ProGearDeal wrote: > > Please double check your firewire cable. > Most likely, it is your firewire cable got short curcit and burn the > board. In fact I have the feeling that I burnt the FW of a couple of eMacs and iMacs at the university... :-( Ben --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Reasonable Pricing for Selling a PowerMac G4
On Jan 3, 2:55 am, Paul wrote: > I think you'll get more for the parts. For instance, the power supply > in good used condition tends to go for about $60 on eBay, much more > than a Sawtooth PS. This is despite my being able to get a complete > working Gigabit or Digital Audio machine on Craigslist for not much > more than that. That might very well work out. I would be able to restore my machine to the original Sawtooth, including the original video card, memory,HD and original 400MHz. and sell the GigaE parts. Only thing missing would be a case of course. Bucky --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Your network settings have been changed by another application.
On 3 Jan 2009, at 03:26, Charles Lenington wrote: > > I get the following in a box when I attempt to enter network > > Your network settings have been changed by another application. > > Clicking OK just causes the box to refresh. There was a brief > mention on > another list but it went away by itself. Any clues? > > To close s/p window I have to force quit. > > So far it's on 2 computers. > > mini 1.42 > MDD dual 867 > > both w/ latest updates for OS 10.4.11 > > Will check other boxes while waiting reply. > > Thanks > Charles > Hi Charles, Below is the fix (from the G3-5 list, by Jack Sparrow, September 30, 2008) - it worked like a charm for me, although I had to re-enter my all my network locations/settings (no big deal as I use DHCP), passwords etc after the restart. I suggest therefore that you note all network location details (IP numbers (if you don't use DHCP), server addresses etc) before you do this procedure - cheers, peter > According to MacFixIt, this is the solution you're looking for: > > Never-ending "Your network settings have been changed" message; fix > > Some users have reported an issue wherein, after applying Security > Update 2008-006 for Mac OS X 10.4.11, their systems repeatedly display > the message "Your network settings have been changed by another > application." This message is sometimes accompanied by dropous in > wireless connectivity. > > The potential fix is as follows: > > Delete the following files from Library/Preferences/ > SystemConfiguration > > com.apple.airport.preferences.plist > NetworkInterfaces.plist > preferences.plist > com.apple.nat.plist > then restart. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
