Re: My QS

2009-08-21 Thread dorayme
Date: Thurs, Aug 20 2009 4:19 am From: Len Gerstel On Aug 20, 2009, at 5:12 AM, dorayme wrote: Date: Wed, Aug 19 2009 10:27 pm From: Kris Tilford http://www.smsassembly.com/products.php?cat=32 In Australia, 500MB coasts over $AU130! The reason I have stopped at 1 GB (three

eMac Combo Drive DL

2009-08-21 Thread Po-en Tsai
Hello, Wondering if the 1GHz eMac with 60Gb Hard drive and combo drive, will the combo drive read Double Layer DVD's? I'm about to get that eMac, and have documents on DL DVD's. Cheers, Po-en Tsai --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: eMac Combo Drive DL

2009-08-21 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Po-en Tsai wrote: will the combo drive read Double Layer DVD's? My understanding is that all DVD drives are supposed to read dual layer DVDs. My experience is that home burned dual layer DVDs sometimes have problems on some drives. Most commercial created DL

Re: eMac Combo Drive DL

2009-08-21 Thread Po-en Tsai
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Po-en Tsai wrote: will the combo drive read Double Layer DVD's? My understanding is that all DVD drives are supposed to read dual layer DVDs. My experience is that home burned dual layer

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-21 Thread John Niven
I've used HandBrake to convert DVD's to a format that went onto my iPod nano, but I couldn't see how to convert other files. I ended up buying MP4 Converter which seems to do the job, though I have had some audio sync problems which I haven't tracked down yet. --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Dana

G4 Upgrade - Radeon 7000 card - images freeze and break up

2009-08-21 Thread corolla2
Hello, I recently bought a Power Mac G4 Sawtooth and made several upgrades to it with no problems -- until I added a ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition video card. My G4 is running OS X 10.4, updated to 10.4.11. It has a Sonnet Encore ST G4 1GB processor; 1.25 GB of RAM; and a 120 GB IBM Deskstar/Apple

Re: G4 Upgrade - Radeon 7000 card - images freeze and break up

2009-08-21 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:56 AM, corolla2 wrote: Hello, I recently bought a Power Mac G4 Sawtooth and made several upgrades to it with no problems -- until I added a ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition video card. My G4 is running OS X 10.4, updated to 10.4.11. It has a Sonnet Encore ST G4 1GB

Need help fixing iMac G3

2009-08-21 Thread Wm. Arnold
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Re: G4 Upgrade - Radeon 7000 card - images freeze and break up

2009-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 21, 2009, at 6:56 AM, corolla2 wrote: Hello, I recently bought a Power Mac G4 Sawtooth and made several upgrades to it with no problems -- until I added a ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition video card. My G4 is running OS X 10.4, updated to 10.4.11. It has a Sonnet Encore ST G4 1GB

Need Help fixing an iMac G3

2009-08-21 Thread Wm. Arnold
I have an iMac G3 350mHz that has a moving reddish background on the Rt. side ( the data is OK ). I have removed covers moved tapped without any result. I was in the electronic service business but never worked on monitors. Retired in 98. Any help will be appreciated.

Re: G4 Upgrade - Radeon 7000 card - images freeze and break up

2009-08-21 Thread Mike
I read something regarding sticking to the default apple drivers for video cards, I can't recall which model though, but it could be worth a shot! If there's any way you can install the os to another drive/ partition, and see how it goes without installing the ati drivers, or try an

Monitor clarification

2009-08-21 Thread Dana Collins
Am hoping a knowledgeable individual will throw out a clarification for me, re: larger 30 monitors. About six months ago, I investigated what dual - link DVI means (like that required for the Apple 30 display), with a concern towards uch a unit requiring two actual, physical DVI connections to

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 20, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Thank you for responding, Bruce. Let's see if I can be clearer. The movie was found on YouTube, and was downloaded as (I am sure) a Flash movie via Perian, then ported to QuickTime. QT's movie inspector says this about the resulting

Re: Recommendations for iPod repairs?

2009-08-21 Thread Ken Daggett
On 21 Aug 2009, at 09:06:27 PDT, iWill wrote: I am guessing a battery issue, but it could be something else, so I thought that I would ask if anyone has any recommendations for repair shops? - Hmmm. It's been a couple of years, but I had a Nano with a busted screen. I googled

Re: Recommendations for iPod repairs?

2009-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:06 AM, iWill wrote: I have been looking at an iPod nano for a friend that Apple declared as dead. I have managed to get it back to life to some degree, but I think that there is a hardware issue that is beyond my skills. It powers up when hooked up to a cable (usb

Re: G4 Upgrade - Radeon 7000 card - images freeze and break up

2009-08-21 Thread pdimage
On 21/8/09 14:56, corolla2 victoria.mie...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I recently bought a Power Mac G4 Sawtooth and made several upgrades to it with no problems -- until I added a ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition video card. My G4 is running OS X 10.4, updated to 10.4.11. It has a Sonnet Encore

Re: Recommendations for iPod repairs?

2009-08-21 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:06 PM, iWill will.englefi...@gmail.com wrote: I have been looking at an iPod nano for a friend that Apple declared as dead. I have managed to get it back to life to some degree, but I think that there is a hardware issue that is beyond my skills. It powers up

Re: Recommendations for iPod repairs?

2009-08-21 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
I repaired my 5th gen ipod broken screen through www.ifixit.com. The components were fairly priced, although SH was a rip off (more than the actual cost of the components, which may have weight less than 100gr!). They have both repair tutorials and troubleshooting guides. Maybe you can get

Re: Recommendations for iPod repairs?

2009-08-21 Thread iWill
Thanks all, ifixit was the first place I looked, but the nano is really small and delicate, unlike my hands! I know that the guides there are great, I recently had to perform open HD surgery on my iBook :) I will take a look at iResq (thanks Bruce) Also, I will take a look at the dock

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-21 Thread Clark Martin
John Niven wrote: I've used HandBrake to convert DVD's to a format that went onto my iPod nano, but I couldn't see how to convert other files. I ended up buying MP4 Converter which seems to do the job, though I have had some audio sync problems which I haven't tracked down yet. I believe

Re: Monitor clarification

2009-08-21 Thread Clark Martin
Dana Collins wrote: Am hoping a knowledgeable individual will throw out a clarification for me, re: larger 30 monitors. About six months ago, I investigated what dual - link DVI means (like that required for the Apple 30 display), with a concern towards uch a unit requiring two actual,

Re: G4 Upgrade - Radeon 7000 card - images freeze and break up

2009-08-21 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Corolla ( + )!( + ) I have the Radeon 7000 MAC (AGP) it is a native card and was not modified or flashed from another model. In the About This Mac/More Info.../Hardware/Graphics/Display panel it is identified as ATI VGA: Chipset Model:ATY,RV100 Type: Display Bus: AGP

Re: Be gone, Mail, be gone

2009-08-21 Thread PaperSmyth
That is cool. I cannot wait until I am geeky enough to go though all the hoops to try this. On Aug 2, 8:10 am, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: Well, the last bit of feature that Mail.app has that I envied it when I reluctantly dropped it is now in T-Bird. You can now select a line in a

Re: Apple G4 CPU upgrade options

2009-08-21 Thread d p
Thanks Len and Christopher for your informative replies. :) I'm either looking at getting a hold of a 500Mhz, whcih doesn't sound like much improvement, or buying one of these third party processors as you mentioned. I didn't pass the test for the dual proccesor capability. I scored a Uni-N

Re: keyboard, layout corrupted somehow, HELP

2009-08-21 Thread PaperSmyth
Oh, I fixed it myself. Yea! Just in case anyone has this problem again, check this post at Apple.com: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9928867 Heh, heh! I feel so geeky now. BTW, the ampersand was not affected as I had stated perviously. PaperSmyth Thanks, Guys

keyboard, layout corrupted somehow, HELP

2009-08-21 Thread PaperSmyth
Fellow Groupies, Somehow, for the second time this year, my keyboard has been remapped somehow. I cannot type the following characters colon, semi-colon, ampersand, at sign, apostrophe, question mark, comma when using the nine-key number pad (almost anything about the numbers actually) Is

Re: Apple G4 CPU upgrade options

2009-08-21 Thread Len Gerstel
On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:52 PM, d p wrote: Thanks Len and Christopher for your informative replies. :) I'm either looking at getting a hold of a 500Mhz, whcih doesn't sound like much improvement, or buying one of these third party processors as you mentioned. I didn't pass the test for the