Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Ted Treen
Gus wrote: > >> To effectively run Panther or Tiger you'll need to invest in >> an ATI Radeon video card because of a video bug that effects the >> onboard Rage video. You can also enable Quartz Extreme with a Radeon >> card using PCI Extreme 3.1, which will really speed up some graphics

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread PeterH
On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Mullin9 wrote: >> The best Firewire cards use the Texas Instruments chipset. Others may >> also work, I'm not aware of any that are unbootable. On the other >> end, >> the enclosure end, Oxford chipsets are by far the best, and some need >> to be avoided, specifical

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Mullin9
Kris Tilford wrote: > On Oct 1, 2008, at 12:45 AM, Mullin9 wrote: > > > I have a Beige Powermac G3, > > Is there a way to add the FireWire 400 card in the PCI slot, > > and boot off an external Hard drive. > > Yes. You can add any FW400 card and boot OS X from external FW drives > using XPostFac

Re: dvd player on B&W Mac

2008-10-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:26 PM, insightinmind wrote: > Any updated versions out there? Any hints? They quit making the patches for Apple DVD Player somewhere about 10.4.3's version. If your Apple DVD Player doesn't work, forget about it and use VLC instead. --~--~-~--~~~

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Jeff Bequette
ebay- radeon 7000 mac edition Jeff Bequette [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Gus wrote: > > >> To effectively run Panther or Tiger you'll need to invest in >> an ATI Radeon video card because of a video bug that effects the >> onboard Rage video. You can also enable Quartz Extreme

Re: dvd player on B&W Mac

2008-10-01 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:06 PM, insightinmind wrote: > > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> 2) a Radeon 7000 video card (with its integral DVD decoder) >>> either in >>> a standard 33 MHz PCI slot or the double-clocked video-only 66 Mhz >>> PCI slot AND a patched version of D

Re: dvd player on B&W Mac

2008-10-01 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Clark Martin wrote: >> 2) a Radeon 7000 video card (with its integral DVD decoder) either in >> a standard 33 MHz PCI slot or the double-clocked video-only 66 Mhz >> PCI slot AND a patched version of DVD Player 4.7. > > Huh... I have a Radeon 7000 in one B&W G3 and it

Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-01 Thread Steve R
ROTTEN SMELL RAISES APPLE TOXIN FEARS Toxic ... Apple's Mac Pro. Asher Moses October 2, 2008 Apple is investigating damning claims, published in a leading French newspaper, that its computers emit a toxic odor containing chemicals including the cancer-causing b

Re: dvd player on B&W Mac

2008-10-01 Thread Clark Martin
PeterH wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Scott Stephens wrote: > >> I have a B&W 400 mz, I add a dvd rom I get userd (it workes) . >> But fast I put in a dell dvd player I get out of my old Dell >> (gx240) it wold not wolk in my mac but it works in the Dell. It was >> in it. So what

Re: Power Mac G4 power supplies

2008-10-01 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 1, 2008, at 5:24 PM, PeterH wrote: > > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Dan wrote: > >> Which model Power Mac G4s can use which power supplies? I was doing research on this topic a few days ago: http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Apple-Power-Supply-c-253_247.html? gclid=CIrvnOGOgpYCFQNfFQodwCYEEA

Re: dvd player on B&W Mac

2008-10-01 Thread PeterH
On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Scott Stephens wrote: > I have a B&W 400 mz, I add a dvd rom I get userd (it workes) . > But fast I put in a dell dvd player I get out of my old Dell > (gx240) it wold not wolk in my mac but it works in the Dell. It was > in it. So what dvd (rom or rw) do work

dvd player on B&W Mac

2008-10-01 Thread Scott Stephens
I have a B&W 400 mz, I add a dvd rom I get userd (it workes) .   But fast I put in a dell dvd player I get out of my old Dell (gx240) it wold not wolk in my mac but it works in the Dell. It was in it. So what dvd (rom or rw) do work in this mac?   Scott   --~--~-~--~~---

Re: Power Mac G4 power supplies

2008-10-01 Thread PeterH
On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Dan wrote: > Which model Power Mac G4s can use which power supplies? Every basic model used a different PSU. The Gigabit Ethernet and the Digital Audio used the same basic PSU, but for the DA, the monitor power receptacle was covered-over. Otherwise, the two are

Power Mac G4 power supplies

2008-10-01 Thread Dan
Help! I seem to have confused myself. (yea, ok, i know). I'm trying to mix'n'match some parts from partial systems. Had this stuff written down, but now I can't find it... Which model Power Mac G4s can use which power supplies? Thanks, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA,

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread PeterH
On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Ted Treen wrote: > Swaplist or ebay: I had a Radeon 7000 (flashed PC PCI card) in my > beige > running Panther for a couple of years & it handled DVD player and > everything else I threw at it. No problems. FLASHed 7000s are great cards. When seeking a FW or USB c

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 1, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Gus wrote: > > >> To effectively run Panther or Tiger you'll need to invest in >> an ATI Radeon video card because of a video bug that effects the >> onboard Rage video. You can also enable Quartz Extreme with a Radeon >> card using PCI Extreme 3.1, which will really

Re: What is "Kicker.bundle" + my fix

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > System = MDD dual 1.25, 2GB RAM, Telephone-Dialup. > > System FREEZE -- > > Copied & trimmed sys.log > > Problem shows up AFTER a call to " /System/Library/ > SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-network " > > Anybody

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Gus
> To effectively run Panther or Tiger you'll need to invest in   > an ATI Radeon video card because of a video bug that effects the   > onboard Rage video. You can also enable Quartz Extreme with a Radeon   > card using PCI Extreme 3.1, which will really speed up some graphics   > operations, I'v

What is "Kicker.bundle"

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Davis
System = MDD dual 1.25, 2GB RAM, Telephone-Dialup. System FREEZE -- Copied & trimmed sys.log Problem shows up AFTER a call to " /System/Library/ SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-network " Anybody have any information as to what the system thinks it supposed to

Sonnet G4 upgrade on Sale

2008-10-01 Thread Larry Stotler
In case anyone is interested, I just saw this on the sonnet site: G4/800 upgrade for G4 systems for $99: http://store1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?cPath=51_52&products_id=29&osCsid=799519ddd8f5f688469fb0186971831d --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this messag

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 12:45 AM, Mullin9 wrote: > >> I have a Beige Powermac G3, >> Is there a way to add the FireWire 400 card in the PCI slot, >> and boot off an external Hard drive. > > Yes. You can add any FW400 card and boot OS X from external

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Mullin9 wrote: > > I have a Beige Powermac G3, > Is there a way to add the FireWire 400 card in the PCI slot, > and boot off an external Hard drive. > > Did any Beige G3, ever came with a Firewire 400 built in. Nope & nope. The 'bootability' of Firewire , or USB, is

Re: Wireless for PB 3400

2008-10-01 Thread Simon Royal
Hi The 3400 can take any 16-bit card. Something like the Orinoco Silver or WaveLAN would work, but you would need some drivers from the net. Simon --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User

Wireless for PB 3400

2008-10-01 Thread Nick Hull
Is there a (cheap) wireless card for a PowerBook 3400 running OS 8.6? How much should it cost? -- Free men own guns - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desk

Re: Hard drive upgrade progress

2008-10-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:28 AM, PeterH wrote: > All SATA drives have an "L" shaped data cable and an "L" shaped > power cable. I don't have much experience with these SATA connectors, and the Apple cables in my G5 are so much better than the cheap cables on a PC I'm messing with. Even with the

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 1, 2008, at 12:45 AM, Mullin9 wrote: > I have a Beige Powermac G3, > Is there a way to add the FireWire 400 card in the PCI slot, > and boot off an external Hard drive. Yes. You can add any FW400 card and boot OS X from external FW drives using XPostFacto 4.0. The best Firewire cards u

Re: Hard drive upgrade progress

2008-10-01 Thread PeterH
On Sep 30, 2008, at 7:56 PM, diane wrote: > None of my research indicated the POWER connector is different on the > SATA drives. All SATA drives have an "L" shaped data cable and an "L" shaped power cable. The goal was: for the first time all kinds of drives ... 3.5" hard, 2.5" hard, 5.25"