Unstable PowerMac G4

2011-01-30 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
Hi All, Setup: PM G4 1.25gH, Model M8570, 80GB HD, 1 GB RAM, either a Nividia Geforce4 Ti or a ATI Radeon 9000 Pro both have 128 MB of VRAM, OS 10.4.11, Geekbench result 771-785. Very clean cabinet in and out. No signs of damage in or out. Symptom: Will boot and operate properly. With or

Re: Unstable PowerMac G4

2011-01-30 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: If 10.4 doesn't work well, it could be memory speeds. Do they all have the same speed? Are they all Apple original? I don't think what I have is OEM. Here is what I do have and tried: 2- Kingston KVR400/1GR, 1GB, DDR PC3200 CL3 non-ECC

Re: Unstable PowerMac G4

2011-01-30 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Dan wrote: Freeze - not a kernel panic, just a complete system lock-up - no activity in windows, menu bar items don't update, and the mouse cursor is immobile? Yes. Use the power button to shut down. Boots right back and operates ok. I have only used Safari,

Re: Unstable PowerMac G4

2011-01-30 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: Could this be a PSU problem? Normally, when Geekbench starts its performance test, the CPU heat will increase. If the fan pitch is a direct indication of the fan speed (what I believe it to be) it doesn't make much sense to me that the

Re: Power Mac G5: how to repair a broken PSU?

2010-06-04 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
Most likely the other components were capacitors. Readily available. Uses lead free solder. But have a high degree of difficulty. It does give me high hope of fixing two logic boards and two power supplies I've been pondering over. Nope, the other component was diode.My friend found that

Re: Power Mac G5: how to repair a broken PSU?

2010-06-03 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
Give it to a friend who knows a lot about electronics and hope he can fix it! I just wanted to report back: he fixed it! A fuse was blown, possible due to a peek of overvoltage. Anyway, he used his very expensive multimeter and found out what was wrong, ordered the parts, replaced them,

Re: Utube conversion

2010-04-20 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:35 PM, M Christol wrote: I used TubeSock for awhile, but eventually the saved files quit wotking in QTPro. They worked in VLC. YouTube seems to have found a way to block TubeSock, too. John Carmonne wrote: Hi All Is there an application that will download a Utube

Re: Need graphics utility question.

2009-02-27 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I need to prepare about 100 photos for ID's and class photo composites for our incoming students; each got their picture taken at interview time. The pictures are all taken at the same distance and zoom, waist-up shots (thankfully, last

Re: Safari 4 Beta

2009-02-26 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Feb 26, 2009, at 9:59 AM, George R. Hozendorf wrote: Not sure if this feature was in the older versions of Safari or not, but thought I'd pass it on anyway. I accidently hit the space bar and walla, Safari scrolled down the distance of my monitor. Still have to go back up the

Re: MS stuff

2009-01-11 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote: If it is a .docx (.xlsx, .pptx) file then it is a zip file. Rename it to such and open it and you will see the files inside. -- -hackmiester Per MS .docx, .xlsx and .ppsx are XLM based files. MS offers a free converter. Deaner

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Dec 3, 2008, at 12:09 AM, insightinmind wrote: Spent a few hours tonite using iTunes on a peeeceee (XP), fixing a broken library. OMG. I love my Mac. Have I mentioned I love my Mac? Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files around etc, was slower than

Re: CCC Bootable Backup

2008-12-02 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Dec 1, 2008, at 12:53 AM, Dan wrote: In the past I've had no problem making a bootable backup via firewire with Carbon Copy Cloner. Now that I'm using a USB connected external HD, it doesn't show up when I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences. Is there no way I can boot into a USB

Re: CCC Bootable Backup

2008-12-02 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Dan wrote: At 3:57 PM -0500 12/2/2008, Deaner Lawless Jr. wrote: It seems apple may be saying an APM formatted disk will work on a Intell based Mac. Article HT2595 refers. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2595 but it only works on some models. So now I am

Re: CCC Bootable Backup

2008-12-02 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Dec 2, 2008, at 6:05 PM, PeterH wrote: On Dec 2, 2008, at 2:35 PM, Deaner Lawless Jr. wrote: No. The version of OS X that gets installed on the powerpc-based Mac is NOT universal, and vise versa. Interesting I just assumed Universal meant just that and charged head long

Re: upgrades- Preview

2008-11-26 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: Jeff Bequette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did Preview ever get an upgrade? Adobe is on 8.1.3 but preview is only 3.0.9, and is noticeably worse on pdf's. Preview under 10.5 is version 4.1.

Re: upgrades- Preview

2008-11-26 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Nov 26, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Deaner Lawless Jr. wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: Jeff Bequette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did Preview ever get an upgrade? Adobe

Re: upgrades- Preview

2008-11-26 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr .
On Nov 26, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Deaner Lawless Jr. wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Deaner Lawless Jr. wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: Jeff Bequette

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Nov 18, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Dan wrote: spoke voodoo . . . . now your talking SCSI!!! Deaner --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a

Re: Has anyone had a flicker problem on their G4 Power PC

2008-09-25 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Sep 25, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Hope someone out there can help me figure out this flickering monitor problem. Assistance is highly appreciated. Is your setup (hardware and/or software) new or has it be changed recently? Does it flicker all the time or only during

Re: Has anyone had a flicker problem on their G4 Power PC

2008-09-25 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Sep 25, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Hope someone out there can help me figure out this flickering monitor problem. Assistance is highly appreciated. This is an excerpt from your ASD manual: The screen flickers. • The flickering could be caused by interference from a nearby

Re: Has anyone had a flicker problem on their G4 Power PC

2008-09-25 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Sep 25, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Gabriel Ginez wrote: It does seem to act up more when the temperatures rise. Based on the above info I think the internal fluorescent bulbs and/or the inverter may be failing. Deaner --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message