Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread skinnie
Where can I find info about the hack?I've searched already but didn't found it... I am trying to make this machine really lowend on money,because: 1)I'll only use it on weekends 2)I am student and don't have much money. I already thought about sata pci cards,but the money that I have to pay for

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
You can look through the achieves of this list. It has been posted here withing the last two months. I know because I used it. I just don't remember what I did because there has been a lot happening in my life the last two weeks! Peace, Dennis skinnie wrote: Where can I find info about

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
Look for Large HDD in a Sawtooth. I think that was the subject I used when asking. skinnie wrote: Where can I find info about the hack?I've searched already but didn't found it... I am trying to make this machine really lowend on money,because: 1)I'll only use it on weekends 2)I am student

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
skinnie wrote: Where can I find info about the hack?I've searched already but didn't found it... I am trying to make this machine really lowend on money,because: 1)I'll only use it on weekends 2)I am student and don't have much money. Here is the message. I could not find Overdrive so I did

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread romantic
Another solution is the freeware Overdrive http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/209276 Is it just me? 9 out of 10 times Version Tracker download links return a Not Found page. It's gotten to the point that, when I google I avoid Version Tracker results altogether. -- You

Re: g5 pci-e video card advice wanted

2010-03-13 Thread rumble
these are $200 refurbed. is there anything cheaper out there? even a single port would do. why are the pc video cards so much cheaper? can they be adapted for mac? On Mar 13, 1:50 am, PM7500 jburke...@comcast.net wrote: 7800GT. Period. -- You received this message because you are a member

PowerMac G3 boot troubles

2010-03-13 Thread Noah
Hello all, this is my first post to the list. I have had my PowerMac G3 (desktop version) for quite some time now running just dandy with OS 9.2.2 Recently, I went to use it and it failed to load any video. The screen quickly flashed and I then heard it discharge and nothing happened, after

Re: PowerMac G3 boot troubles

2010-03-13 Thread Noah
On Mar 13, 10:44 am, Ted Treen ted.tr...@btinternet.com wrote: Very likely you need a new motherboard battery (Half AA, 3.6v Thionyl).   The G3 needs a kick from the battery to fire up the video. They're around 4 in the UK, probably $5 or so in the States. Ted Would the video still be the

Cube Processor upgrade?

2010-03-13 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I got a CUBE 450MHz for a friend at he wants to upgrade it cheap. It cost $100.00 just Cube and PS and software. So I put in 1 more 256 MB RAM to get it to 768. I will put in a 120BG HDD and I was wondering about a 500MHz processor, I got one a while ago for $60.00 so is that worth

Re: PowerMac G3 boot troubles

2010-03-13 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
Would the video still be the problem even if when I boot into open firmware I can see the text on the screen? Also, the HD doesn't sound like it's crunching and churning like it usually does when the machine boots. I don't doubt that it's the battery, but would it let somehow still load the

Re: g5 pci-e video card advice wanted

2010-03-13 Thread PM7500
I just saw a used one on ebay yesterday for $135. It might still be there if you hurry. Mac cards are more because there are fewer of them made than PC cards and demand from hobbyists is high. I'm trying to get Radeons for my beige Powermacs but can't afford them yet. I had to buy a bunch of Rage

Re: Apple Mail can't access google maile

2010-03-13 Thread mac-in_true_love
I am no expert, but I had the same problem for a while... I am running 10.3.9 on my G4 and using port 587 to acces my gmail account. All the settings have to be perfectoly right; I deviated on some of the details and I couldn't access my gmail account for a while, but then one clear day I looked

Which version of iLife?

2010-03-13 Thread Bill Connelly
I'm running off 2 G4s: QS 2002 Dual 1GHz and a DA Dual 533MHz. Each has OS X 10.5.8 and 10.4.11. I'm doing simple VHS to DVD work, using a canopus ADVC300. I have iDVD 4 and 5 along with iMovie HD 4 and 5. (By the way, Is that iLife 5 and 6?) iDVD 5 doesn't have sufficient output size to

Re: Which version of iLife?

2010-03-13 Thread John Callahan
Bill, Would appreciate info (off list) concerning Steer clear of '08?. I have an Intel iMac. Thank you On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Steer clear of '08? John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.com If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went.¨

Adding internal Zip Drive to G4 AGP Graphics

2010-03-13 Thread JennieM
Hi - my first post here. I've got a G4/AGP happily running OX 10.4 with two harddrives CD-R. Just picked up a BW G3 chassis with an internal Zip drive, which I'd love to transfer to the G4 so as to back up a zillion old Zip disks. Any hardware problems I should anticipate with that? Any driver

Re: Adding internal Zip Drive to G4 AGP Graphics

2010-03-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:54 PM, JennieM wrote: Hi - my first post here. I've got a G4/AGP happily running OX 10.4 with two harddrives CD-R. Just picked up a BW G3 chassis with an internal Zip drive, which I'd love to transfer to the G4 so as to back up a zillion old Zip disks. Any

Re: Which version of iLife?

2010-03-13 Thread Bill Connelly
On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:01 PM, John Callahan wrote: Bill, Would appreciate info (off list) concerning Steer clear of '08?. I have an Intel iMac. Thank you On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Steer clear of '08? Just the argument that so many bells and whistles had been

Re: Which version of iLife?

2010-03-13 Thread Bill Connelly
Here's a nice video showing off some of the features of iMovie 9 ... just wondering about me being on a PPC G4, non-Intel Mac: http://tecnotur.us/Randy/Randy_Ubillos-iMovie_09.html Any special eBay offers to stay away from? There appears to be several 1/2 price offers out there. I guess none

Re: Adding internal Zip Drive to G4 AGP Graphics

2010-03-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 13, 2010, at 2:54 PM, JennieM wrote: Hi - my first post here. I've got a G4/AGP happily running OX 10.4 with two harddrives CD-R. Just picked up a BW G3 chassis with an internal Zip drive, which I'd love to transfer to the G4 so as to back up a zillion old Zip disks. Any hardware

Re: Which version of iLife?

2010-03-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Just the argument that so many bells and whistles had been dropped from iMovie 8, that Apple put iMovie 6 out on their site for awhile, as a free download: http://www.macworld.com/article/138476/2009/01/goodbye_imovie6.html Sort of.

Cube Troubles

2010-03-13 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I have a G4 Cube 450 that shuts down and or reboots for no apparent reason, also it has problems seeing some firewire drives that all the other PPCs have no problem with. Is this an indication of a logic board on the bum? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
I could not find it anywhere. What I found called Overdrive was for USB drives so I went ahead and did the firmware hack. Works fine from what I can tell. A 320 Gig drives that I can see 312 gigs of. Sounds like the normal amount of false advertising. roman...@ideal-access.com wrote:

Reformatting PC HD

2010-03-13 Thread Fred Thiel
Hello all I have a friend at work who had his PC die probably from a virus. He bought a new one, but I told him he might be able to reformat his old HD and use it for extra storage. He doesn't know very much at all about computers, so I offered to try to help him. Is there a way to take

Re: Reformatting PC HD

2010-03-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 13, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Fred Thiel wrote: I have a friend at work who had his PC die probably from a virus. He bought a new one, but I told him he might be able to reformat his old HD and use it for extra storage. He doesn't know very much at all about computers, so I offered to try

Re: Reformatting PC HD

2010-03-13 Thread John Martz
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Put it in the external enclosure, plug it in to the Mac,  fire up Disk Utility, select the drive and erase the disk in MS DOS format. You can repartition the thing if you really want but just erasing the drive

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-13 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
Does it pass AHT? Well I finally ran to earth my Apple Hardware test disc for eMac. Unfortunately the eMac it came with was a 1GHz or earlier (SW version 1.2.2s/n 691-4177-A) so when I restarted with the CD it said that it could not run and offered me a restart. So no further on.

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

2010-03-13 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
Does it pass AHT? Well I finally ran to earth my Apple Hardware test disc for eMac. Unfortunately the eMac it came with was a 1GHz or earlier (SW version 1.2.2s/n 691-4177-A) so when I restarted with the CD it said that it could not run and offered me a restart. So no further on.

Re: Which version of iLife?

2010-03-13 Thread Bill Connelly
On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Just the argument that so many bells and whistles had been dropped from iMovie 8, that Apple put iMovie 6 out on their site for awhile, as a free download:

Re: Cube Troubles

2010-03-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:51 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a G4 Cube 450 that shuts down and or reboots for no apparent reason, also it has problems seeing some firewire drives that all the other PPCs have no problem with. Is this an indication of a logic board on the bum? I have

Mac OX TIGER 4.1

2010-03-13 Thread stevo137
Anyone know where to find Tiger ? I am having a hard time. Plus people are trying to sell me os systems that are not tiger. -- 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. The list FAQ

Re: Cube Troubles

2010-03-13 Thread Donald Burr
On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:51 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a G4 Cube 450 that shuts down and or reboots for no apparent reason, also it has problems seeing some firewire drives that all the other PPCs have no problem with. Is this an indication of a logic board on the bum? When

Re: Cube Troubles

2010-03-13 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/13/10 7:47 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:51 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a G4 Cube 450 that shuts down and or reboots for no apparent reason, also it has problems seeing some firewire drives that all the other PPCs have no problem with. Is this an indication

Re: Cube Troubles

2010-03-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Donald Burr wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:51 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a G4 Cube 450 that shuts down and or reboots for no apparent reason, also it has problems seeing some firewire drives that all the other PPCs have no problem with. Is

Re: Mac OX TIGER 4.1

2010-03-13 Thread Richard Gerome
I got mine off craigslist in Philly: Tiger $35 (DVD) and Leopard $45 !!! -Original Message- From: stevo137 stevo...@hotmail.com Sent: Mar 13, 2010 11:08 PM To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Mac OX TIGER 4.1 Anyone know where to find Tiger ? I am having a hard time.

Re: Cube Troubles

2010-03-13 Thread John Carmonne
Yes, RAM can cause various problems. But for it to cause random shut downs or restarts would be unlikely. A controlled shut down or restart (applications quiting, the desktop depopulating) would be a software issue. Uncontrolled shut down or restart (screen blanks all of a sudden

iMac G5 isight, frequent Kernal Panics, inspite reinstalled OS Tiger

2010-03-13 Thread Mullin9
I have an iMac G5 iSight , 1.9 GHz CPU, Mac OS 10.4.11 new 500 GHz HDD as of Nov 15 2009 I have frequent Kernel Panics, OS freeze, and intermitted dead keyboard and mouse, I sought to fix the KP, by re installing the 10.4.2 restore OS tiger, and doing the OS update to 10.4 11 My OS is recently