g3 ibook cd drive ejects

[rumble]

someone gave me a g6 600mhz ibook recently and i was going to try to spruce 
it up, but every time i put a cd in the drive it pops it back out.

was this a common or easy problem to fix or is the drive just hosed?

thanks

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Re: g3 ibook cd drive ejects

[Dan]

At 7:55 AM -0700 8/2/2012, rumble wrote:

g6 600mhz ibook


A G6 ?!   Akin to this:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/PowerBook%20G5.jpg

:)


every time i put a cd in the drive it pops it back out.
was this a common or easy problem to fix or is the drive just hosed?


Does the iBook bong, boot, and function properly other wise?

Have you tried cleaning the optical drive?

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Re: g3 ibook cd drive ejects

[Cameron Kaiser]

  g6 600mhz ibook
 
 A G6 ?!   Akin to this:
 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/PowerBook%20G5.jpg

ROTFL!

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Re: g3 ibook cd drive ejects

[Richard Gerome]

  If it is a slot loader and not a tray then yes these were a problem on yours I'm sure. I have a G4 Titanium PowerBook that had the same issue so I replaced it with a super drive and now I can burn anything up to a Dual Layer DVD. If you are not doing any kind of burning you can pick one up fairly cheap. I paid around $56 w/shipping on ebay for mine around 2 yrs ago.-Original Message-
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Subject: g3 ibook cd drive ejects

someone gave me a g6 600mhz ibook recently and i was going to try to spruce it up, but every time i put a cd in the drive it pops it back out.was this a common or easy problem to fix or is the drive just hosed?thanks



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Re: Display Resolutions/Freq., MDD, R9000, Leopard

[Mac User #330250]

--  Original message  --
Subject: Re: Display Resolutions/Freq., MDD, R9000, Leopard
Date:Wednesday, 01. August 2012
From:t...@prismnet.com t...@prismnet.com
To:  G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
 Andreas,  thank you for the excellently detailed and informative
 reply.   I won't have a chance to try it out before the weekend, but I
 wanted to post my thanks before the thread gets too stale.

You’re welcome! Please report back, if it worked and what worked.

I did some testing on my Power Mac G4 Cube, and apperently the boot-args 
variable stored in NVRAM doesn’t do the trick. It ignores the Graphics Mode 
setting with Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard. At least on my Mac.

My guess is that it will propably work if you boot in safe mode. This will 
also clear the boot cashes and recreate them, which may have caused this 
issue.

You can boot in safe mode by holding the Shift key. Other useful keys can be 
found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

Maybe you want to try verbose mode too…

If safe mode doesn’t work, try resetting your PRAM (hold Cmd+Opt+P+R right 
after the chime, until you hear the chime for the third time, then release the 
keys and start holding the Opt key for the boot selection, then the shift key 
for safe boot of Leopard).

If this doesn’t work either, I’d use the com.apple.Boot.plist method. BUT BE 
CAREFUL and make a backup first, so you can restore it from your Tiger 
installation should anything go wrong.


Good luck!
Andreas  aka  Mac User #330250



_CORRECTIONS_
 …, even if you enter Open Firmware (by holding
 Opt+Alt+O+F).
   
Should be: Opt+Cmd+O+F
1. Opt (Option key) is on newer keyboards also “Alt”
2. Cmd (Command key) is also the Windows key, should you a PC keyboard…

 Do this from you
 woring Tiger installation:
   
should read “working”…


_ADDITIONS_
 The display is connected via VGA through a DVI to VGA adapter.
The adapter is also a possible source for this failure, although very *very* 
unlikely…

 Graphics Mode=1280x1024x32@60
You can also try 1280x1024x16@60:
The Format is:
[x-Resolution in pixels] x
[y-Resolution in pixels] x
[Color depth in bit] @
[Refresh rate in Hz]

Thus, 1280x1024, 32-Bit color (16,7 Billion colors), 60 Hz is 1280x1024x32@60.
You can, however, play with different values, like the Color depth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth

8-Bit: 256 colors
15/16-Bit: 65536 colors: “High color”
24-Bit: 16,777,216 colors: “True color”—most environments use 32-Bit though, 
because 1) if fits better in two 16 bit registers and 2) it adds an 8-Bit alpha 
channel (for transparency).

Additionally, you may also choose to try something like 1280x1024x32@75, to 
set a 75 Hz refresh rate; your monitor should support these well:
(CAUTION: but your graphics card may not! Give it a try anyway…)
 SXGA: 1280x1024 60, 72 (HP), 75, 76Hz (Sun)
1280x1024x32@60
1280x1024x32@72
1280x1024x32@75
1280x1024x32@76

 2nd Method: Firmware
(NOT WORKING)
IF you’re interested, this is how to set boot-args in Open Firmware (by 
holding Opt+Cmd+O+F right after the chime):

The following will show all NVRAM variables:

printenv

To set the variable boot-args to whatever you want, use:

setenv boot-args Graphics Mode=1280x1024x32@60
(doesn’t work)
setenv boot-args -v -x
(will give verbose and safe mode, BUT it is better to hold the Shift key for 
safe mode and Cmd-V for verbose, should you really need it ONCE. See 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 for usable modes.)

Then boot Mac OS by typing:

mac-boot

My resources:
If you’re interested more about Open Firmware commands (quite advanced stuff):
http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_boot.html

Or, even more advanced (from Apple, for developers):
http://web.archive.org/web/20081226025208/http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20081226025213/http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html

Also of interest, but not very helpful for this specific issue:
http://ganswijk.home.xs4all.nl/chipdir/oth/fcode.txt

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Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

[Dan]

In g3 ibook cd drive ejects Dan wrote:

 A G6 ?!   Akin to this:
 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/PowerBook%20G5.jpg


and Bruce replied:
You needed to show it hovering above the table via the exhaust of 
it's fans. It's a laptop! It's a personal hovercraft! 8-P


sigh.  My housemate's 1.5-GHz PowerBook G4 -- purchased in Sept 2004 
-- bit the dust late last week.  It got HOT then froze.  Did the norm 
diags, resets, etc...  It runs great in a heavily air conditioned 
room, with a fan on HIGH blowing directly under the case and across 
the top/ upper right quadrant of the keyboard.  But if you back off 
on the fan in any way - the PB quickly gets boiling hot, then freezes.


Going to open it up shortly.  Kindof hoping the problem is just that 
the fans are clogged with cat fur.  But given the age of the beastie, 
it's probably something more serious.  (No data loss, of course, as 
we have good backups).


My housemate celebrated the macdeath by driving to the Apple Store 
in DE.  She bought a new 13 2.3-GHz MacBook Pro i5 and an iPad 2. 
She's having a blast with it, learning iWork and Bento.  And playing 
Angry Birds on the iPad. :)


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Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

[Bruce Johnson]

On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:

 In g3 ibook cd drive ejects Dan wrote:
 A G6 ?!   Akin to this:
 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/PowerBook%20G5.jpg
 
 and Bruce replied:
 You needed to show it hovering above the table via the exhaust of it's fans. 
 It's a laptop! It's a personal hovercraft! 8-P
 
 sigh.  My housemate's 1.5-GHz PowerBook G4 -- purchased in Sept 2004 -- bit 
 the dust late last week.  It got HOT then froze.  Did the norm diags, resets, 
 etc...  It runs great in a heavily air conditioned room, with a fan on HIGH 
 blowing directly under the case and across the top/ upper right quadrant of 
 the keyboard.  But if you back off on the fan in any way - the PB quickly 
 gets boiling hot, then freezes.
 
 Going to open it up shortly.  Kindof hoping the problem is just that the fans 
 are clogged with cat fur.  But given the age of the beastie, it's probably 
 something more serious.  (No data loss, of course, as we have good backups).
 
 My housemate celebrated the macdeath by driving to the Apple Store in DE.  
 She bought a new 13 2.3-GHz MacBook Pro i5 and an iPad 2. She's having a 
 blast with it, learning iWork and Bento.  And playing Angry Birds on the 
 iPad. :)

Look closely to make sure that a pencil wasn't accidentally hammered through 
the CPU or something on the old one to kind of 'help it on it's way humanely':-)

Just got She Who Must Be Obeyed a shiny new iPad3 for her birthday and she's 
pleased as punch with it, just terrified of handling it 'naked', so I'm 
investigating a seriously armored cover like an Otterbox or something. I'm open 
to any and all suggestions. Even something like this might work:

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Book-like-iPad-Case-Dodo-Moleskin-style/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycle-a-Book-into-iPad-Stealth-Case/

(Mine, protected only by it's Magic cover, took an unfortunate tumble off the 
top of our car while we were on vacation and it's currently hors de combat, 
awaiting the new wifi antenna cable to replace the one I tore getting the 
shattered digitizer and glass off...

Here's hoping fixing the thing I broke fixing the thing I broke doesn't break 
something else ...

There was an old Mac geek who repaired his iPad... to the tune of There was 
an old lady who swallowed a fly)

Also, I don't know when this change was made, but Applecare for the iPad now 
offers accidental damage coverage: 2 incidents with a $50 co-pay. Definitely 
worth the peace of mind!

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University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

[Cameron Kaiser]

 Just got She Who Must Be Obeyed

It's probably because the only creature I must share the house with purrs and
has four legs that I get to keep all my lovely old computers and Macs.

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iMac G4 1GHz user, using HP PC as external DVD

[Mullin9]

I have an iMac G4 1GHz
it does not have a working CD/DVD ROM drive.
I however have 2005 HP PC with a working DVD Drive, and a FW 400 port.
Can I put my HP PC on target mode ? and hook it up to my iMac by FW 400?

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Re: iMac G4 1GHz user, using HP PC as external DVD

[Kris Tilford]

On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:29 PM, Mullin9 wrote:


I have an iMac G4 1GHz
it does not have a working CD/DVD ROM drive.
I however have 2005 HP PC with a working DVD Drive, and a FW 400 port.
Can I put my HP PC on target mode ? and hook it up to my iMac by FW  
400?


There's no FW Target Disk mode for PCs. It would sure be great of  
someone would write a BIOS hack that would enable FW Target Disk mode  
for PCs.


If you're not needing to boot from the optical drive, you can network  
the PC to the Mac and use the optical drive on the PC. If you need to  
boot from the optical drive you'll need an external optical FW drive,  
or another Mac booted in Target disk mode with a working optical drive.


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Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

[Bruce Johnson]

On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

 Here's hoping fixing the thing I broke fixing the thing I broke doesn't break 
 something else ...
 
 There was an old Mac geek who repaired his iPad... to the tune of There 
 was an old lady who swallowed a fly)

It lives! http://www.flickr.com/photos/35245797@N00/7702319546/in/photostream 

That was the hairiest repair I've ever done, and that includes fixing broken 
mass spectrometers and the like. Yeesh! iFixit calls this 'extremely difficult' 
and they ain't lying...

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