Re: BAD: Digital Audio Won't Power On
No worries, I discovered it's a bad power button board. Shorted pins 3 and 6, it powered right on. Thanks all! Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iBook G3 Indigo iBook G3 Clamshell Ariel 366 MHz PPC 750CX (G3) CPU 576 MB RAM 30 GB HDD Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Dan wrote: At 4:39 PM -0600 10/6/2010, Matt Rhinesmith wrote: 733 MHz DA, running Leopard 10.5.8. I was [doin Stuff to the hardware then lost power]. Now, I can't get it to boot at all, and the only way I can get it to even power on is to put one of the AGP 8X video cards (sans tape) into it. If pins 3 11 are taped or I use the original card, nada. When it powers on, I get no disk activity and no video (even from the card that just displays gibberish). Help, I need this machine for school! When it does power on, do you hear the self-test completed bong, or perhaps individual beeps or an odd chord? Try a hard reset: Disconnect all unnecessary peripherals and cards. Unplug the computer. Reset the Power Manager (PMU) by pressing the CUDA button ONCE -- *or* removing the PRAM Battery for a minute then reinstalling it. Then plug the computer in, wait about 10 secs, then try booting it. If that still fails to boot, then try zapping the PRAM (hold down cmd-opt-p-r while booting). PS. I posted a topic in the G-Books group about AirPort on this iBook, but still have no replies, I'd appreciate it if someone would give me some help. I didn't receive that post and I'm too lazy to go into the web interface to browse around for it; could have been eaten by the Googlehole. Try re-posting. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 -- 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: BAD: Digital Audio Won't Power On
Squirt some WD-40 on the switch and it might magically start working again. Naw, it's the microprocessor on the board. I checked for continuity on the switch, it works properly. It could also be the cable between the board and the MB, but I have no easy way to check that. Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iBook G3 Indigo iBook G3 Clamshell Ariel 366 MHz PPC 750CX (G3) CPU 576 MB RAM 30 GB HDD Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger -- 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
BAD: Digital Audio Won't Power On
I have a 733 MHz DA, running Leopard 10.5.8. I was flashing a couple of video cards for it the other day, and I forgot to tape pins 3 11. When I put the original card back in (after giving up for a while on the card flashing), it booted fine, but about an hour later the light on the power button went out and the button stopped working. This wasn't a problem for a while, as I set it to restart after a power failure and I never shut it down. That is, until my parents randomly decided that it shouldn't be on, and shut it down. Now, I can't get it to boot at all, and the only way I can get it to even power on is to put one of the AGP 8X video cards (sans tape) into it. If pins 3 11 are taped or I use the original card, nada. When it powers on, I get no disk activity and no video (even from the card that just displays gibberish). Help, I need this machine for school! PS. I posted a topic in the G-Books group about AirPort on this iBook, but still have no replies, I'd appreciate it if someone would give me some help. Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iBook G3 Indigo iBook G3 Clamshell Ariel 366 MHz PPC 750CX (G3) CPU 576 MB RAM 30 GB HDD Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger -- 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: Always weird problems!!!
If you turn off all activators for dashboard and remove it from your dock, it stops running at boot. Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my Power Mac G4 Yeah, yeah, it's not here yet... I WILL eventually have a sig for this computer. -- 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: Hardware or Software Problem?
What you're seeing is a kernel panic, which usually is because the OS detects a problem with the installed memory sticks. In my experience, it's because there is a mismatch in specs between two or more banks of RAM. I usually run the Apple Hardware Test and look at the specs of the RAM in each bank. For kernel-free operation (at least as far as RAM goes in 10.4.11), match the speeds, latency and other specs and you should resolve your issue. Kernel-free operation, eh? Just gonna let all them applicayshuns run wild? ;-) Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iBook G3 Indigo iBook G3 Clamshell 366 MHz PPC 750CX CPU 576 MB RAM 30 GB HDD Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger -- 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: Hardware or Software Problem?
I know you're joking, but what you say has a... (seed? nucleus? No, what's the word... oh, wait -- nugget!) What you say has a nugget of truth to it. Agreed, one might say OS 9 was very much that way. Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iBook G3 Indigo iBook G3 Clamshell 366 MHz PPC 750CX CPU 576 MB RAM 30 GB HDD Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger -- 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: Won't boot after G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades???
Hey Matt, I am in the process I trying to figure this out and you might be right, the only thing with this link is the card they show is red and mine is green... I will figure it out, and I will try to flash this on my daughters old PC Tower if that needs to be done... I do love a challenge though!!! Splitting the 250g HD and getting the computer to read it will be the last thing I do... Well, first of all, the color of the card doesn't matter at all. It's purely cosmetic. Second of all, I believe there is an OpenFirmware command that will allow you to read/write to a 128 GB or more drive. However, I don't know much about that, so I couldn't tell you how to do it. Maybe some other listers could tell you. Matt -- 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: Won't boot after G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades???
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 20:24 -0400, Richard Gerome wrote: Thanks Bruce, it was the video card swapped in the old one and will download the OS to the new HD and then download the disc that came with the video card then put the new one back in and hope it will boot up then... Very cool!!! Thanks again!!! If this is an AGP 8X card, it may need the pins 3 + 11 hack to work properly. Info here: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11 -- Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my Dell Precision 360 Dell Precision 360 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 1 GB RAM 36 GB 15K RPM SCSI HDD 80 GB IDE HDD Ubuntu 10.04 LTS -- 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: Freeware Memory Tester?
On Aug 26, 2010, at 16:46, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know of a freeware RAM tester? I just added 2x256 DDR400 sticks of RAM to my G5 from my scrap heap, and want to make sure the sticks are actually good. The G5 boots, but that's not a guarantee of stability. The machine is a dual G5 Powermac, if that makes a difference. I do not have a copy of the Apple Hardware Test.. I dunno if it works on PPC, but Intel Ubuntu CDs come with MemTest86+. The 86 seems to imply that it's x86, but it may have been ported, as it's open source. I warn you, though: it takes a F*ding* LONG time. -- 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: Digital Audio Processor Swap
If you can't get the 733 working, you should at least overclock your CPU to 533 MHz. Mark Sokolovsky/Midnight Rider has instructions, and I posted them on the IMP blog at: http://impodcast.com Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iPod touch -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GU d- s: a C UL P L+++ E W++ N o K- w--- O++ M++ V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5+ X+ R+++ tv++ b DI+ D+ G+ e-- h-- !r y --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- iPod touch 3rd Gen 32GB iOS 4.0 600 MHz ARM CPU 256 MB RAM Hey all, I have read through some of the older threads for info, but could not find anything quite like this so here goes: I have a G4 digital audio 466mhz system that I would like to do some upgrades to, but nothing extreme. I want to start out by speeding it up a little, so I bought a used processor out of a 733mhz Quicksilver system. A friend of mine told me it Could be made to work so, I bought it. Now, I didn't get the heatsink and fan with it. So can the old 466 cooler be modded with a fan to work? Or, will I have to keep looking for the QS 733 goods. At present there aren't any on e-bay. I can still run the Mac as it is and wait if I have to, and I have not test fitted or altered anything yet. I am putting this machine together on the cheap just to have something to mess with, but at the same time I don't want to damage anything by overheating it out of stupidity either. LOL I am going to be doing some other upgrades later, but wanted to get a faster processor first. Thanks! -- 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
G3 Lime iMac and 10.4 instal CD
Lime iMacs can't boot from external HDDs, as they have no FireWire and booting from USB isn't supported on G3s. Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my jailbroken iPod touch -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GU d- s: a C UL P L+++ E W++ N o K- w--- O++ M++ V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5+ X+ R+++ tv++ b DI+ D+ G+ e-- h-- !r y --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- iPod touch 3rd Gen 32GB iOS 3.1.3 Spirit Jailbroken 600 MHz ARM CPU 256 MB RAM On Jun 15, 2010, at 12:30 PM, g3-5-list+nore...@googlegroups.com wrote: G3 Lime iMac and 10.4 instal CD -- 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
MySpace.
Bruce: Nice Dilbert reference. :-) -- Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my most mysterious white hole of doom! Or, perhaps IBM ThinkPad T23 would work better. -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GU d- s+:- a C UL++ P L E W+++ N o K++ w--- O++ M++ V- PS PE- Y PGP- t+ 5 X R+++ tv b+++ DI+ D- G++ e-- h! r-- y --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- 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
Utube conversion
OK, if you think that a 400 MhZ G4 can handle Crash video, you need to try it with the most recent version of Crash and Tiger. It's not video, it's a slideshow, going at ~.75 FPS! This is my experience, with a 733 MhZ G4 Digital Audio w/ Tiger 10.4.11 and 1.25 GB of RAM. -- Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my most mysterious white hole of doom! Or, perhaps IBM ThinkPad T23 would work better. -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GU d- s+:- a C UL++ P L E W+++ N o K++ w--- O++ M++ V- PS PE- Y PGP- t+ 5 X R+++ tv b+++ DI+ D- G++ e-- h! r-- y --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- My ThinkPad is running Linux Mint, a free and open source alternative to Windows. It is fully compatible with Windows through OpenOffice.org, WINE, and many other tools that come preinstalled. It is also far less susceptible to viruses than Windows. More info available at linuxmint.com. More info on OpenOffice.org available at openoffice.org. More info on WINE available at winehq.com. -- 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
