Re: Logic board interchange

2010-03-10 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/9/10 11:10 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: Does anyone know of an interchangeability list for logic boards in G3 iBooks. I have a G3 iBook 500 MHz that has a problem with the speaker jack that I think will need a logic board to fix it and I was wondering if I can upgrade it to a faster processor.

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread dc
On Mar 9, 11:09 am, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Any experience with stacking drives in the sleds offered under the   vent fan of a Quicksilver 2002? My Seagates (750 500GB) look awfully close together run off the   onboard controller. For heat and ventilation reasons, would

Re: AEBS Picture (Off list please)

2010-03-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:32 AM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: I'm on dial up, and ROL didn't mind having a look. Yes they should have been sent directly to member.:-D Gee sorry All, Im an old man and has so happy that I could send pictures of something meaningful that I failed to change

Re: Logic board interchange

2010-03-10 Thread Richard Gerome
I'm assuming you are talking about the dual USB White iBook??? I would have to say if they made the same iBook with a faster processer you should be able to do this... I am not sure if they made one or not... As far as the sound goes, if it is not coming out of the speaker but is coming

Re: Logic board interchange

2010-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:49 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Is this some thing that is replaceable? The machine will give sound through the headphones or USB speaker but not internal speaker. In system preferences the only choice in output sound is headphone mode. This is why I think maybe the jack

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Derek Jones wrote: My Power Mac G4 keeps making this whining noise when I try to use it, I think It has something to do with the hard drive, but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated, thank you. Sudden onset whining noises can come, pretty much from

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread Doug McNutt
At 09:00 -0700 3/10/10, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Derek Jones wrote: My Power Mac G4 keeps making this whining noise when I try to use it, I think It has something to do with the hard drive, but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated, thank you. My sawtooth G4

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Doug McNutt wrote: My sawtooth G4 has a recurring problem that fits your description. It's the fan on the ATI AGP video board. Easy test is to stick your finger, carefully, on the fan. If the sound goes away you got it. If the fan bites your finger off

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 9, 5:50 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 11:09 AM -0500 3/9/2010, Bill Connelly wrote: Any experience with stacking drives Do not stack bare HDs directly upon each other, ever. As long as the drives have some reasonable air gap between them, there shouldn't be a problem. I

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread Bill Connelly
On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:49 PM, t...@io.com wrote: I use flat angle brackets from the hardware store. I can't remember if I get the 1.5 or the 2. Just get four of them, and screw them onto the sides of the drives. This will hold one drive above the other with a gap depending on the size of

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:49 PM, t...@io.com wrote: I use flat angle brackets from the hardware store. I can't remember if I get the 1.5 or the 2. Just get four of them, and screw them onto the sides of the drives. This will hold one drive

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread John Callahan
Start it up on your OS install disc and see if the whine stops. On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Derek Jones wrote: My Power Mac G4 keeps making this whining noise when I try to use it, I think It has something to do with the hard drive, but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated, thank

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread Bill Connelly
On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: I had 2 x 120GBs stacked using the apple bracket in my DA, along with 320 and 500GB SATA drives single layered next to them. I had no issues with heat with either a 533 or 933 QS processor in there. When I put a dual 1.2GHz G4, THEN I had

Hd all of a sudden FULL??

2010-03-10 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Here's what I did... 1 500gb drive, 2 partitions, I went to delete one of the partitions, then erase free space... now it says it's full? where before there was only 30gb on it? I'm either going nuts or did something stupid here? any ideas? Jeff -- You received this message because you

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: The sleds provided by Apple, only allow about 1/4 between 2 Seagate HDs (750GB and 500GB ones). That works just fine. The spacing is just as small in our big rack- mounted SAN and that has 12 or 16 big drives in it grinding along 24/7.

Re: Logic board interchange

2010-03-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 10, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Richard Gerome wrote: I'm assuming you are talking about the dual USB White iBook??? I would have to say if they made the same iBook with a faster processor you should be able to do this... I am not sure if they made one or not... As far as the sound

Re: Logic board interchange

2010-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:18 PM, John Carmonne wrote: The reason I'm thinking the jack is because the system preferences doesn't show the speaker option in the sound pane. It's like the jack thinks head phones are plugged in. This is often due to deformation of the jack itself, pop it open,

Re: Right group for questions about exporting from G4 QS to a Macbook SL

2010-03-10 Thread dorayme
John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com Mar 08 03:37AM -0800 ^ On Mar 8, 2010, at 2:08 AM, dorayme wrote: 1. I will make a fresh and tested backup with SuperDuper of my main working Tiger drive on my QS to my external HD volume via FW and Superduper. 2. I will wipe the 320GB HD on the Macbook

Re: Logic board interchange

2010-03-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:18 PM, John Carmonne wrote: The reason I'm thinking the jack is because the system preferences doesn't show the speaker option in the sound pane. It's like the jack thinks head phones are plugged in. This is

Boot chime on G4

2010-03-10 Thread MichaelP
Is this a sign of impending doom? The chime is absent both on Boot and on restart. I'm using OS 10.3.9 I've tried resetting the sound preference with external speakers removed - but with no effect. Michael -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Hd all of a sudden FULL??

2010-03-10 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: Here's what I did... 1 500gb drive, 2 partitions, I went to delete one of the partitions, then erase free space... now it says it's full? where before there was only 30gb on it? I'm either going nuts or did something

Re: Hd all of a sudden FULL??

2010-03-10 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: Here's what I did... 1 500gb drive, 2 partitions, I went to delete one of the partitions, then erase free space... now it says it's full? where before

Re: Hd all of a sudden FULL??

2010-03-10 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: Here's what I did... 1 500gb drive, 2 partitions, I went to delete one of the

Re: Right group for questions about exporting from G4 QS to a Macbook SL

2010-03-10 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:48 PM, dorayme wrote: John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com Mar 08 03:37AM -0800 ^ On Mar 8, 2010, at 2:08 AM, dorayme wrote: 1. I will make a fresh and tested backup with SuperDuper of my main working Tiger drive on my QS to my external HD volume via FW and Superduper.

Uses for a Wallstreet

2010-03-10 Thread Trickster
Hello Everyone.. Thanks for all the help in the past. Anyone make any suggestions on what I can use a Wallstreet for? Think the battery is shot, but still runs well. Just looking for ideas. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Re: Uses for a Wallstreet

2010-03-10 Thread John Niven
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/no_computers_in_class_professo.php --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Trickster peter.mccullo...@gmail.com wrote: -- 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.

Re: Uses for a Wallstreet

2010-03-10 Thread M. Worgan, J.
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Trickster peter.mccullo...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Everyone.. Thanks for all the help in the past. Anyone make any suggestions on what I can use a Wallstreet for? Think the battery is shot, but still runs well. Just looking for ideas. data processing with

Re: Uses for a Wallstreet

2010-03-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Trickster wrote: Hello Everyone.. Thanks for all the help in the past. Anyone make any suggestions on what I can use a Wallstreet for? Think the battery is shot, but still runs well. Just looking for ideas. I put Tiger on one of my Wally's and use it while

Re: Hd all of a sudden FULL??

2010-03-10 Thread John Musbach
Next tine please upload file to list for analysis because that's common link to viral infection of the computer. On 3/10/10, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Jeffrey Engle

PM G5 front panel FW port

2010-03-10 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I have a PM G5 2.7 Dual that apparently has a dead FW port, Kinda strange that the port supplies power but no data transfer?? So I have a repair manual that is very detailed for this particular machine. The replacement method includes the removal of the logic board and power

Re: Pros Cons of Stacking HDs

2010-03-10 Thread John Musbach
Replace those droves asap since grinding means failing hard drive. On 3/10/10, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: The sleds provided by Apple, only allow about 1/4 between 2 Seagate HDs (750GB and 500GB ones). That works

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread Derek Jones
Yeah i'm getting a lot of pinwheels, I'll replace the hard drive, thank you. On Mar 10, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Derek Jones wrote: My Power Mac G4 keeps making this whining noise when I try to use it, I think It

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread Derek Jones
I bought it off of eBay and it didn't come with one. What should I do? Sent from my iPod On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:15 PM, John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.com wrote: Start it up on your OS install disc and see if the whine stops. On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Derek Jones wrote: My Power Mac G4

Re: PM G5 front panel FW port

2010-03-10 Thread Richard Gerome
I had this happen on a Clamshell and it wasn't a bad FireWire port, (but not saying it's in your case), it just could be??? I ended up taking this mother board out of the one computer (Graphite and White) and putting it in an (Indigo and White) just because I wanted the 466mhz in place of

Re: Need some help please

2010-03-10 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Derek Jones jbyun...@hotmail.com wrote: Is there nothing I can do to fix it? On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Derek Jones jbyun...@hotmail.com jbyun...@hotmail.com wrote:

Re: PM G5 front panel FW port

2010-03-10 Thread Eric Volker
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:56 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Hi All I have a PM G5 2.7 Dual that apparently has a dead FW port, Kinda strange that the port supplies power but no data transfer?? So I have a repair manual that is very detailed for this particular machine. The

Fun with LN2, was: Uses for a Wallstreet

2010-03-10 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/10/10 4:36 PM, John Niven wrote: http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/no_computers_in_class_professo.php Message is, don't bring laptop to class as it can be destroyed by immersion in LN2. Anyone remind him that similar effects can be had with student and LN2. Sounds like no one should

Re: Maybe Apple Cinema Display beats Dell after all

2010-03-10 Thread Tom
Well, the current Apple 24 Cinema Display for sale on the Apple website does indeed have a glossy screen, and if you look at the ratings and reviews that begin on that same webpage, you notice that a great many people cannot stand the gloss. It sounds like I would not like it either, since many of

Airport setup driving me nuts!

2010-03-10 Thread Jake Zeppa
I just received the Airport Extreme base station I purchased off of eBay (B/G version), which was designed to replace my Powermac which I've been using in Software base station mode for years, in the hopes of better signal. Anyway, I attempted to just use the new base station as my wifi hub,