Last weekend I got a nice iMac 600 MHz G3 slot loader with what
appears to be a bad CD drive. It won't grab the CD and pull it in and
if pushed in won't work (probably not getting it in all the way).
And it is running a password protected OS X, not sure what version.
The owner is gone, it was an
On Nov 5, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
With a bit of searching, I found that if you go to Apple's website and
register your mac, they give you the option on Macworld or some other
Mac magazine...
If that other Mac Magazine is Mac*Life, get it instead, that's the old
MacAddict
Never used anything other then Mac OS X. Please stop with the linux
OK?
Just wand to kwon how to fix this problem.
On Nov 5, 3:28 pm, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:17 PM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
This can mess up OS X really badly if handled wrongly.
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:17 PM, aussieshepsrock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I picked up a G3 Powerbook at my local computer recycler for 10
bucks last sping and I have some questions about whether my plans for
it
are reasonable. It boots to the blinking question mark just fine and
iDVD and iMovie refuse to run on my iMac. They just crash and throw
up an error message. This has happened ever since I tried to reinstall
iMovie 6 after upgrading to Leopard and realising that it was no
longer continued. I have just bought iLife 08 and the two programs
still refuse to
On Nov 6, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Questions: Where is this bandwidth comming from?
Little Snitch can show each individual source and how much it's using.
It also allows you to control which processes can connect or not.
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
At 3:20 PM -0500 11/5/2008, Doug Burton wrote:
upgraded DA to Tiger
[no further config information supplied]
when [networked drives] mount the drive window pops up on the
desktop and has to be closed each time I start up the computer. Is
there any way to have them not do this?
Not sure
On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Christopher Icha wrote:
iDVD and iMovie refuse to run on my iMac. They just crash and throw
up an error message. This has happened ever since I tried to reinstall
iMovie 6 after upgrading to Leopard and realising that it was no
longer continued. I have just
At 8:26 AM -0800 11/6/2008, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Where is this bandwidth comming from?
The video streams are compressed and/or one or more of them might not
be full color (8 or 16 bit instead of 24 or 32 bit) or something.
All 4 webcams have normal people moving and talking on live screen.
Hi All,
I currently have zero cash assetts to make any acquisitions or I'd
have already been out in the market. I might have some things coming
to hand which will let me spend a few bucks on this powerbook.
Further Info on the Powerbook:
The Name Plate Says -
14.1 TFT / 300mhz - 1mb/64mb/8gb
Hi,
Every time I try to clone my Panther Partition to a partition on
another disk I get the same error and CCC is telling me:
System/Library/CoreServices/BootX:Input/Output error
Can I just ignore the error or can it cause problems when I'm using
the error-clone?
What gives?
I have a Tiger
At 10:14 AM -0800 11/5/2008, Tom wrote:
This is a sudden sound that wakes up people sleeping in nearby
bedrooms and irritates me as well.
1) You're booting that often?
2) Suppressing the BONG is, IMO, just NOT a good idea. That bong
indicates that the hardware self-test passed. If you
At 5:49 PM -0700 11/5/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
Question: I have a need to put an external hard drive next to a UPS?
could there be adverse effects on the HD? Thanks in advance, Jeff
ONly if the UPS truck runs over it :-)
Seriously, no, not
On Nov 6, 2008, at 9:16 AM, norm46 wrote:
Never used anything other then Mac OS X. Please stop with the linux
OK?
Just wand to kwon how to fix this problem.
Did you try the suggestions in my first response:
If this is happening even AFTER you've reset the password, then what's
happened is
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Jeffrey Engle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question: I have a need to put an external hard drive next to a UPS?
could there be adverse effects on the HD? Thanks in advance, Jeff
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
On Nov 6, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
IMO it is something to be avoided if possible.
Assuming you choose not to avoid this how about going to the
electronics store and getting some copper shielding to place between
them? Or the same from a local metals dealer?
Why?
2008/11/6 Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10:14 AM -0800 11/5/2008, Tom wrote:
This is a sudden sound that wakes up people sleeping in nearby
bedrooms and irritates me as well.
1) You're booting that often?
2) Suppressing the BONG is, IMO, just NOT a good idea. That bong
indicates that the
On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Nov 6, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Paxton wrote:
My question is how to bypass the password.
Try:
http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
Nice find! That one goes into the saved-messages folder. Thanks!
--
2008/11/6 Wallace Adrian D'Alessio [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Jeffrey Engle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question: I have a need to put an external hard drive next to a UPS?
could there be adverse effects on the HD? Thanks in advance, Jeff
--
-hackmiester
At 10:02 AM -0800 11/6/2008, yawg wrote:
Every time I try to clone my Panther Partition to a partition on
another disk I get the same error and CCC is telling me:
System/Library/CoreServices/BootX:Input/Output error
One or more files in that directory or the directory itself, on your
source,
At 11:22 AM -0700 11/6/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Nov 6, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
IMO it is something to be avoided if possible.
Assuming you choose not to avoid this how about going to the
electronics store and getting some copper shielding to place between
At 12:48 PM -0600 11/6/2008, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
Error bongs stop bootup.
Certain fatal test results stop the boot. Others don't. eg:
Transient bus, cache, and memory errors.
In fact, I've got a Lombard here that has a dying cache. It does the
error chime then boots just
My question is how to bypass the password.
Try:
http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
Worked great, thank you. The iMac came up with OS X 10.1.2.
Definitely need to nuke and pave.
--
Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
USA
Previously, at 13:19 pm -0800 11/6/08, Paxton wrote:
Now I need to find a working CDRW or DVD to replace
the bad one. It
looks like a laptop drive in there, it is so thin.
This is the iMac
with a CDRW installed.
Do I have to find one the same size CD or DVD or can
I put in a
thicker drive as
This is pretty straight forward. I have a Lacie FireWire CDRW Case I'd
like to Open Up, but I can't figure out how to do it without breaking
parts or pieces of the housing. Shattering Shards Sliding through the
Ether isn't something I'm neccessarily opposed to, but if I can avoid
that I'd be
Update:
The Case appears to be 100% plastic upon taking another look at it.
Someone just advised to 'check under the feet' and that didn't bear
fruit. My assessment -revised- is that the case is constructed of a 5
sided box with openings at front and rear for firewire jacks and the
drive door
On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote:
At 3:20 PM -0500 11/5/2008, Doug Burton wrote:
upgraded DA to Tiger
[no further config information supplied]
no further supplied because it's not relevant.
when [networked drives] mount the drive window pops up on the
desktop and has to be closed
2008/11/6 Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 12:48 PM -0600 11/6/2008, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
Error bongs stop bootup.
Certain fatal test results stop the boot. Others don't. eg:
Transient bus, cache, and memory errors.
In fact, I've got a Lombard here that has a dying cache. It
insightinmind wrote:
Know anyone in the medical profession that could x-ray it for you?
might ruin the disk/data inside ...
Bill Connelly
X-rays should not have an adverse effect on a hard drive. It is metal
which will block the X-rays and shield the interior of the drive.
On 11/6/08 10:13 AM, Simon Royal of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent
Dana
I have a USB bluetooth in my other Mac and I have not noticed any speed
difference between that and the internal that was in the iMac.
My only reason for questioning was because I have the internal card sitting
here and
Have to buy a bootable external hard drive, though, right?
This sounds like a good plan ~ just don't have a bootable drive yet.
On Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at 09:15 AM, dc wrote:
Use a cloning utility like arbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper and you
will have a bootable system with all
On Nov 6, 12:40 pm, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Forget TM. It's not ripe yet.
Use CCC. The new version is very nice. You tell it what folders to
copy and it does it. As an incremental backup, If you check the
archive modified and deleted items box, then instead of deleting
the stale
I assume that each Mac would need its own, dedicated backup partition
on that external storage, and that it would be bootable.
Would it be feasible, or better even, to use Network-attached Storage
(NAS) with CCC? I understand that NAS can work via ethernet and Wi-
Fi. My wife prefers
On Nov 6, 2008, at 5:16 PM, insightinmind wrote:
The QS is connected by a slow USB connected Airlink wireless bar,
with an iffy Zydas driver.
The 4.5.70 driver has been flawless at my site ... over both laptops
and desktops.
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
You
Since mine is an optical drive, mischievious x-rays aren't much of a
concern for me.
Also Dennis is probably accurate in his observation, Metal drive
housings would be pretty handy in most instances to fend off xrays.
I think my best option is someone who has either done it before or can
point
-- On Thu, 11/6/08, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How much bandwidth is in use?
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9:56 AM
At 8:26 AM -0800 11/6/2008, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Where is this bandwidth comming from?
The
Update:
The Case appears to be 100% plastic upon taking another look at it.
Someone just advised to 'check under the feet' and that didn't bear
fruit. My assessment -revised- is that the case is constructed of a 5
sided box with openings at front and rear for firewire jacks and the
drive door
Hi Ernest...
It has no 'manufacturers data plate' as one might expect one to look
like.
There is a tiny sticker over the firewire ports ...very tiny... with a
number string on it, but I have no idea whether it's a serial number
or not.
That number is: 890311121069C514 and there really is
Hi Ernest...
It has no 'manufacturers data plate' as one might expect one to look
like.
There is a tiny sticker over the firewire ports ...very tiny... with a
number string on it, but I have no idea whether it's a serial number
or not.
That number is: 890311121069C514 and there really is
39 matches
Mail list logo
