Re: I was just given a G4 733 tower

2008-09-27 Thread CCorsair
Thanks this all good info.. question.. If i move to 10.5 will i be able to run the older video editing software? the person tha gave me the system said he want to make sure we keep that part going.(even in the old OS as is it is much easier to edit a video on the mac then a PC) I know my PC can

Re: iBook G4 not booting

2008-09-27 Thread Marty Levine
Problem resolved for now! and it was not iBook specific - just a general G3-G5 type of problem despited being cautioned I was Off-Topic I brought the laptop and hard drive into this morning's local user group meeting. The problem was a foobared hard drive which we identified by connecting the

Re: I was just given a G4 733 tower

2008-09-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 27, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Charles Davis wrote: On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:15 AM, CCorsair wrote: Thanks this all good info.. question.. If i move to 10.5 will i be able to run the older video editing software? the person tha gave me the system said he want to make sure we keep that part

Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Charles Davis
MDDs -(Dual 1.0 Dual 1.25), 2GB RAM System Preference, click on Network. Network screen comes up, and there immediately appears a 'Warning Box' saying that 'Network Settings have been changed by another Application'. Clicking on the 'OK' button, only momentarily clears the Warning Box.

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 27, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Charles Davis wrote: Yesterday, I did a clean install of 10.4.? onto a spare partition, upgraded to 10.4.11, used Migration Assistant to move user files accounts to the 'NEW' system, ran updates to get current. Problem still there. That isolates the

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 27, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 27, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Charles Davis wrote: Yesterday, I did a clean install of 10.4.? onto a spare partition, upgraded to 10.4.11, used Migration Assistant to move user files accounts to the 'NEW' system, ran updates to get

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 27, 2008, at 1:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/27/08, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 27, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Charles Davis wrote: Yesterday, I did a clean install of 10.4.? onto a spare partition, upgraded to 10.4.11, used Migration Assistant to move user files accounts to

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Steve R
At 1:59 PM -0400 9/27/08, Charles Davis posted: Yesterday, I did a clean install of 10.4.? onto a spare partition, upgraded to 10.4.11, used Migration Assistant to move user files accounts to the 'NEW' system, ran updates to get current. Problem still there. I know you said you

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 27, 2008, at 10:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: \ That isolates the problem to your user stuff. Look in your startup items. How so? Charles said he reinstalled everything. I take that to mean he also re-ran Security Update 2008-0006PPC. Maybe he should have tried 0005 first. ,

Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread Tom
Is there any significant difference between the G4 733s? There is a G4 733 Digital Audio in a blue/gray case, and a G4 733 Quicksilver in a silver case, and I've looked over the specs on Everymac.com and don't really see much difference between the two. Why did Apple put the same processor in two

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/27/08 11:51 AM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: If you want to test it, do a complete re-install again, without transferring the user info, and see if the problem resurfaces. When I want to test an issue like that that is possibly tied to a user acct I create a

Re: Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread PeterH
On Sep 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Tom wrote: Is there any significant difference between the G4 733s? There is a G4 733 Digital Audio in a blue/gray case, and a G4 733 Quicksilver in a silver case, and I've looked over the specs on Everymac.com and don't really see much difference between the

Re: Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread Tom
Do both 733s, the DA and the QS, fail to recognize internal hard drives larger than 128 gigs? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Re: Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Tom wrote: Do both 733s, the DA and the QS, fail to recognize internal hard drives larger than 128 gigs? Natively, neither supports large hard drives. There have been discussions on the list about a way to hack it. The other main difference between a DA and

Re: Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 27-09-2008 22:50, Len Gerstel, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: Natively, neither supports large hard drives. There have been discussions on the list about a way to hack it. Not completely correct. The QS 733ED/2002 has nativly LDS (= Large Disk Support). But helas no level 3 cache. Jo Hissel

Re: Problem since Security Update 2008-0006PPC

2008-09-27 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 27, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 9/27/08 11:51 AM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: If you want to test it, do a complete re-install again, without transferring the user info, and see if the problem resurfaces. When I want to test an issue like

Re: Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread Tom
Well, this is all very good to know and I thank you much for the info. I am in the process of replacing a dead 733 DA (power supply failure maybe, but I don't know how to replace power supplies, and it may be something else), and at first I was just going to buy another DA someplace like eBay,

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-27 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 20, 2008, at 9:09 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 20, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Reference this Bruce, I have a couple of these USB/IDE cables and I've yet to get one working on a Mac, or even my Hackintosh for that