Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

2013-02-13 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I had a similar experience with my wife's iMac G5 (2005). I bought bargain RAM online and the G5 did not recognize it. When I replaced the RAM with RAM sticks that I bought from OWC, I had no problems. If I learned anything from this it is that the brand of RAM is important. I was able to

Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

2013-02-13 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 13/02/13 05.21, Dan Currie ha scritto: I have since removed ALL the RAM and inserted pairs . I still get the 3 blinks no matter which of the old pairs I put in. I can not get beyond the 3 blinking lights. 2005, G5, 2.7 dualie running 10.5.8. I don't like to be the bearer of

Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

2013-02-13 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 13/02/13 05.21, Dan Currie ha scritto: I have since removed ALL the RAM and inserted pairs . I still get the 3 blinks no matter which of the old pairs I put in. I can not get beyond the 3 blinking lights. Adding to my last post, take a look at this page:

delte user folder on G4 iBook

2013-02-13 Thread janesprando
A friend of mine is going to donate her old G4 iBook and I volunteered to get rid of her personal stuff (User folder) on it. However, she does not have the install CDs that came with it. It is running 10.4. So what would be the best way to delete her User Folder without deleting the OS? Jane

Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

2013-02-13 Thread Dan Currie
Still trying ... frustration is high but forcing myself to go slowly! If success comes I will post ... any other suggestions are welcome! Dan -- -- 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

Re: delte user folder on G4 iBook

2013-02-13 Thread Jim Scott
On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:53 AM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: A friend of mine is going to donate her old G4 iBook and I volunteered to get rid of her personal stuff (User folder) on it. However, she does not have the install CDs that came with it. It is running 10.4. So what would be

Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

2013-02-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: One of the suggested trick was the hair dryer one (it makes the solders contacts temporarily working). In industrial heat gun is just a super hot hairdryer, and Harbor Freight sells cheap ones for $9.99 that are hot enough to easily

Re: delte user folder on G4 iBook

2013-02-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 13, 2013, at 11:53 AM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: A friend of mine is going to donate her old G4 iBook and I volunteered to get rid of her personal stuff (User folder) on it. However, she does not have the install CDs that came with it. It is running 10.4. So what would be

Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

2013-02-13 Thread Bill Connelly
On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: One of the suggested trick was the hair dryer one (it makes the solders contacts temporarily working). In industrial heat gun is just a super hot hairdryer, and Harbor Freight sells

Re: Sleep issue

2013-02-13 Thread diane
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:10 AM, No No grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Diane: One, I assume you have set the energy control panel to never sleep, closed Preferences, open Preferences, reset sleep setting. This can over write bad preference settings. You can also find the energy