Re: Digest for g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 3 Topics
On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:32 PM, g3-5-list@googlegroups.com wrote: I have an occasional problem similar to those mentioned above. My G52 2.3 GHz Dual Processor (early 2003 if I remember correctly) fan speeds sometimes make no sense at all. I have the same problem with my G4 MDD: OS 10.58 1.42 GHz. 2 GB ram USB 3 PCI card Sonnet SATA card with two 1.5 TB drives 350 GB hard drive on the ATA bus where the OS 10.58 is installed. About every two weeks or so the temperature spikes and the fans speed up. Usually after a restart everything returns to normal for while. I have left Activity Monitor running and it doesn't show any increase in CPU usage, nor does it show any rouge applications running. I have opened the case and blew out and vacuumed the dust, including the side panel which acts as an air intake and the PSU as good as I could. My problem didn't show up until I installed the Sonnet card and I am wondering if that is the cause. Other than that it runs great and I don't feel like removing the Sonnet card to verify if indeed that is the problem. Nick -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Strange fan issue with G5 + Leopard
I had the problem of fans running wild with my G5 tower. Fortunately it was a week before the Applecare ran out. The problem was with the logic board, which had to be replaced. It cost about $2K, so time ago. Jeff -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G4 Quicksilver sleep
I decided to add a four port USB 2.0 card to my Quicksilver. This one has a NEC chipset. It works well ,except my sleep function no longer functions.I removed the card. Sleep funtion now works. I am confused. Any solutions? Gene -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Digest for g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 3 Topics
On Dec 8, 2011, at 6:40 AM, Nick Adams wrote: I have the same problem with my G4 MDD: OS 10.58 1.42 GHz. 2 GB ram USB 3 PCI card Sonnet SATA card with two 1.5 TB drives 350 GB hard drive on the ATA bus where the OS 10.58 is installed. Nice specs for a G4 MDD PowerMac Nick. I might get a SATA PCI card some time in the future so I can use larger, newer drives, but only if the SATA card is also supported by my MorphOS2.7 installation. The G4 PowerMac MDD was such a great case design, but is noisy with the stock fans. It was a powerhouse for Apple for a long time and was improved over the largest range of clock speeds, more than any other CPU that I can think of. I think it was a much better case design than the later G5 PowerMac's, with room for more drives and easier to work on. My dual 2.7GHz G5 gets used most for running MacOSX, but the dual 1.42GHz G4 is more fun, since it can also run MorphOS2.7. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 Quicksilver sleep
On Dec 8, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Gene Henley wrote: I decided to add a four port USB 2.0 card to my Quicksilver. This one has a NEC chipset. It works well ,except my sleep function no longer functions.I removed the card. Sleep funtion now works. This is a known issue with the NEC chipset; go through the archives of this list it's been discussed many times. there are two solutions: use partial sleep: put the monitor and HDDs to sleep but leave the mobo awake get a USB card with a working chipset; I forget the manufacturer right now. IOGear has them. I thought NEC chipsets were ok ... hmmm ... sorry if I misled anyone a while ago in another thread. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
hard drives
PM G4 933 with PCI SATA card. My SATA card (Seri-Tek1S2) has internal and external connections. The internal connection is connected to a 500 GB Seagate drive and seems to be working great for almost a year now. My first question - Why doesnt the drive show up in the System Profiler? The card shows up on the PCI Cards but no drive shows up in the Serial ATA or anywhere? Can I fix this? Second question - I am going to use the external SATA connection to connect to an external enclosure - strictly for back-up. I am going to use a Seagate drive because I still have good luck with them. Is it better to use one of the new green Barracuda 5900 rpm drives or the standard 7200 Barracuda drives (that I have been using for years)? Online reviews have not been helpful. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Digest for g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 3 Topics
Il giorno 8-12-2011 15:40, Nick Adams ha scritto: Sonnet SATA card with two 1.5 TB drives About every two weeks or so the temperature spikes and the fans speed up. My problem didn't show up until I installed the Sonnet card and I am wondering if that is the cause. If I get it correctly, with the SATA card you installed two additional big HD drives; could it be the HDs are creating more heat, hence the fans spin up? PS: Next time, please insert the appropriate title into the subject field, instead of leaving the Digest text. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: hard drives
On Dec 8, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: My SATA card (Seri-Tek1S2) has internal and external connections. I think you've got the model name wrong? The 1S2 was two internal connections only. The model that had two internal and two external was called the 1V2+2, or 1VE2+2, or 1eVE2+2. The internal connection is connected to a 500 GB Seagate drive and seems to be working great for almost a year now. My first question - Why doesnt the drive show up in the System Profiler? The card shows up on the PCI Cards but no drive shows up in the Serial ATA or anywhere? Can I fix this? I don't think so. If you boot from these SeriTek cards you can't Safe Boot either. There are some limitations to SeriTek cards, and lack of the HD showing in System Profiler is one. I assume this could be patched rather easily, on the hackintosh side there are often patched versions of System Profiler that show unsupported hardware, but these are normally Intel versions that won't likely run on a PPC Mac, and might not help this specific issue. Second question - I am going to use the external SATA connection to connect to an external enclosure - strictly for back-up. I am going to use a Seagate drive because I still have good luck with them. Is it better to use one of the new green Barracuda 5900 rpm drives or the standard 7200 Barracuda drives (that I have been using for years)? Probably doesn't matter. The main issue with external enclosures is cooling. Many enclosures lack any fan or active cooling, so higher RPM drives under heavy usage have been known to overheat in an external enclosure. It's likely the 5900 RPM green drive runs cooler than the 7200 RPM normal drive, but if it's only for backup, and you're rarely accessing the drive, use whichever you want. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Rolling Back to Panther OSX
Lo, At 00:33 08/12/2011, you wrote: If you plan to re-partition your existing hard drive, instead of adding a second hard drive to install another version of any OS on to, you need the Leopard 10.5 install DVD. The Panther and Tiger install CD/DVD's Disk Utility does not allow re-partitioning a hard drive without reformatting, or otherwise wiping out all data on the hard drive, but Leopard can resize partitions without destroying the data and can preserve your existing Tiger install. Ubuntu PPC version LiveCD also has partitioning tools that preserve data. I used GParted to re partition my mac mini. Martin N Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: hard drives
On Dec 8, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: PM G4 933 with PCI SATA card. My SATA card (Seri-Tek1S2) has internal and external connections. The internal connection is connected to a 500 GB Seagate drive and seems to be working great for almost a year now. My first question - Why doesnt the drive show up in the System Profiler? The card shows up on the PCI Cards but no drive shows up in the Serial ATA or anywhere? Can I fix this? Second question - I am going to use the external SATA connection to connect to an external enclosure - strictly for back-up. I am going to use a Seagate drive because I still have good luck with them. Is it better to use one of the new green Barracuda 5900 rpm drives or the standard 7200 Barracuda drives (that I have been using for years)? Online reviews have not been helpful. Well, I read those reviews too but I don't think I saw any Mac folks on them. I've a lot of Seagate HDD's and can't say anything bad, so I just bought 8 Seagate 2TB Green 5900 RPM 64 MB drives for two RAID boxes because Seagate uses them in the NAS and RAID systems they sell, plus a lot cheaper at this time:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
