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

2010-05-21 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
Maybe a local Apple dealer/repair center can diagnose the problem for free or a reasonable fee? An acquitance had a problem with his old PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet and took it to his local repair center here in Spain. They told him the problem was the front panel with the on/off button and

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

2010-05-21 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
I'll try that. Thanks for the idea. I have a local certified apple repair company (or whatever it is called) only a few drive minutes away. I only fear they will want (too much) money for the diagnosis. Well, call them about charges before moving your 25kg behemoth :-) At least in Spain,

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-24 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
Every BW G3 and G4 was a breeze to work on, except for the nasty sharp bits pulling the optical drive cable and after a while you develop sufficient scar tissue across your knuckles that you don't notice. Having work in both the beige G3 desktop and G4 GE, as well as inside many

Beige G3 problems

2009-12-08 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
I have an old 233MHz beige G3 desktop I workin with at a hobby. last week I installed a trio of 128Mb SIMMs I bought through LEM Swap. I exchanged the old memory for the new one following the Apple instructions per the manual (and after checking through the net) and restarted the computer.

Re: Upgrading a Beige

2009-09-14 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
I recently put a Sonnet G4 in my BlueWhite. Works fine now I've sorted the firmware - Sonnet's tool for this didn't work, but one from someone else did. Liam, do you have the G4 enabler CD? I got a Sonnet G4 card for my beige G3 but without the CD! Would you be interested in a deal?? Gorka

G4 Cube power supply question

2009-09-11 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
I just received a 450Mhz G4 Cube bought via LEM Swapt. It is an US model and came with a US power supply. While I can easily find and European style adapted for the plug, I have been unable to check if this power suplly can be used with European voltage (220v). Many power sources have

Re: G4 Cube power supply question

2009-09-11 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Gorka Martinez Mezo wrote: Can I use the supplied power source with this Cube, or do I have to find an European power source? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58689 -- Neu: GMX Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate für nur 19,99 Euro

Re: Smurf

2009-09-08 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
The smurfs (pitufos in Spanish) were very popular in the early 1980s Spain. When the PowerMac G3 BW appeared, it was quickly nicknamed pitufo as both were blue and white. The original iMac G3 was popularly known as cabezon (Big headed), while the fancy iMac G4 was known as Lamparita (desk

Sonnet Encore upgrade for desktop beige G3

2009-08-24 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
A couple months ago I bought in eBay an used 500MHz Sonnet Encore ZIF card to upgrade a Beige desktop G3. The seller send me a pdf file with the installation instructions but nothing else. Due to work/burned computer/personal issues I wasn`t able to have a close look to the upgrade intil now.