Re: Quicksilver Freezes during software update

2010-11-30 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thanks for the tips so far! I will try rotating the ram and running the test again. I will blow the dust out of all the slots, and boot in safe mode to run the update again. I will also run disk utility, and check the pram battery The hard drive has plenty of free space, it's am 80gb drive. I

Putting 17 screen on a 15 g4 iMac?

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, quick question. I have a working 800mhz 15 iMac g4, and a broken 17 g4 iMac. Would it be possible to put the 17 screen on the 15 iMac? Or the working motherboard from the 15 into the broken 17? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Jonas -- You received this message

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would upgrade to 10.4. It has way more features and I doubt it will be that much slower. I am currently installing tiger on that exact machine. I will let you know how it does. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would upgrade to 10.4. It has way more features and I doubt it will be that much slower. I am currently installing tiger on that exact machine. I will let you know how it does. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Word list Generator???

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Does anyone happen to know of a free or reasonable priced word list generator that will run on Leopard? Thanks in advance! -Jonas -- 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

Re: Installing tiger on a new hardrive

2010-11-21 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Those machines don't support hard drives over 128GB. You can buy a program called Speed Tools ATA High-Cap Driver that will bypass this limit, but you will be stuck with the drive split into two partitions. The other option is to put the hard drive into an external case and plug it into the

Re: Getting there

2010-11-18 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I've also had several Blue and Whites, all of which ran 10.4 fine. Have you checked if the firmware is up to date? -Jonas -- 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: Anti-virus for Mac

2010-11-09 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Why would you buy antivirus for mac I've never heard of anyone getting a virus on a mac, and I never have before. -Jonas -- 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

Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, quick question here, I'm looking to buy some thermal compound, and am wondering if all is the same? Or if there is a better brand I should buy. I'm just looking on ebay, and the stuff is cheap. Just wondering, is there varying qualities? Or is it all the same stuff. Just to be clear, I'm

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thanks everyone! I just bought some arctic silver on ebay. Thanks! -Jonas -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml

Re: Need help understanding webcam differences

2010-11-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Google MacCam. Download it and be sure and put the little extension file in the folder given. It will be clear what to do when you download it. This extension will let you use almost ANY webcam in any application! Here are some possible reasons the picture isn't so great: 1. The camera just

Re: Dead Drive?

2010-10-31 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Try hooking it up to another computer or hook it up through an external case. -Jonas -- 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 is at

Re: Kernel panics on installing 10.4.11 on Powermac G4

2010-10-30 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I had an installation not work because of incompatible ram. For sure check the Firmware version. Run AHT. -Jonas -- 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 is at

Re: Differences between single and dual G4 Quicksilvers

2010-10-16 Thread Jonas Ulrich
The motherboards are the same. You can put a dual on a motherboard that came with a single and it will work just fine. -Jonas -- 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

Re: Over clocking G4

2010-10-13 Thread Jonas Ulrich
If it is a Yikes model, I'm fairly certain that you will have a jumper block you can remove and move some pins around. If it is an AGP model, you will have to do some soldering. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
You can install CHUD tools to make it quieter. Trust me it works very well. -Jonas -- 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 is at

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hmmm... Did you try the version that works for Tiger? I don't have my MDD anymore, and when I did I ran Tiger on it, so I'm not sure about CHUD tools for Leopard. -Jonas On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote

Re: I just bought a Powermac G4 dual 800

2010-10-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yeah those G4 towers rock. And there is a lot you can do to increase the performance. -Jonas -- 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 is at

Re: Digital Audio DP467mhz worth upgrading, and how?

2010-09-29 Thread Jonas Ulrich
There was no dual 667MHZ or 467MHZ according to mac tracker. There was a 466MHZ, 533MHZ, dual 533MHZ, 667MHZ, and a 733MHZ. Cool thing about these machines is that you can put a Quicksilver Processor in it, with one simply modification. I put a 733MHZ QS processor in a single 533MHZ DA and

Re: I just bought a Powermac G4 dual 800

2010-09-27 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Dude, just google LeopardAssist. It isn't even real hacking and is the best way to install Leopard on a G4 slower than 867MHZ in my opinion, and for sure the easiest. I have used it several times and it works great. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: Downclock Powermac G4 mdd

2010-08-25 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Mac User #330250, I have tried replacing the fan in my MDD with one of the fans mentioned in the wordpress link that you posted. It didn't work. I don't know if it is my computer or an incompatible fan. I tried two of those fans and neither of them worked. Just thought I would mention it. Also,

Re: Sawtooth replacement

2010-08-15 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I think you should get a Dual MDD PowerMac. It can do everything you need, and more. I have a Dual 1GHZ MDD that I'm selling for way under your price range. E-mail me off list if you are interested. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I agree with Mike. Clean all the contacts, and check to see if it is a hardware problem or a software problem. Since you know the Ti-books are reliable, use target disk mode and boot the cubes off of the Ti-Book's hard drive. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-08 Thread Jonas Ulrich
: At 2:04 PM -0700 7/7/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I've also been wondering about this. My provider just wanted a docsis modem, so I paid $10 for the cheapest modem on ebay and am getting 6mbps. I'm going to see if that is the limit of the modem, or if that is my connection. Ok. Technically

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I've also been wondering about this. My provider just wanted a docsis modem, so I paid $10 for the cheapest modem on ebay and am getting 6mbps. I'm going to see if that is the limit of the modem, or if that is my connection. Look on ebay though. -Jonas On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Dan

iMac G5 STILL Overheating

2010-07-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Ok I though it was fixed, but my 17 1.8GHZ iMac G5 overheats and the fans rev way up if I even check my e-mail. If it just sits with nothing open it's fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

iMac G5 Overheating

2010-07-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, help would be greatly appreciated. I have a G5 1.8GHZ iMac 17. I just installed leopard and am using the computer for the first time. The fans are revved waaay up, and the temp monitor reads around 180+F. The limit is 185 it says. It's clean on the inside, and it has good capacitors, and

Re: iMac G5 Overheating

2010-07-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
or two? On 2 Jul 2010, at 09:39, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, help would be greatly appreciated. I have a G5 1.8GHZ iMac 17. I just installed leopard and am using the computer for the first time. The fans are revved waaay up, and the temp monitor reads around 180+F

Re: iMac G5 Overheating

2010-07-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yeah! Thanks again! -Jonas On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Mike Linnett mike.dogho...@googlemail.comwrote: Cool! Simple things eh? On 2 Jul 2010, at 17:21, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: Oh good thinking!!! I think that did the trick! It is now at a happy noise level

Re: G5 iMac

2010-06-30 Thread Jonas Ulrich
My MDD runs at around 142F without the CHUD tools, and around 100-120 with CHUD. -Jonas On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.netwrote: On 6/29/10 6:59 PM, Mark Sokolovsky of coolmar...@gmail.com sent 5 blue LED fans and a hydrogen cooled system is in there =)

Re: G5 iMac

2010-06-29 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I don't think so. My 20 1.8GHZ is running at 162F. Thanks! -Jonas On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:59 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Hi All Is 126 degrees F high for a CPU temp in a G5 iMac 24 2.8 4 GBs RAM John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yes I would love to know how to put more ram in! Would it work on an MDD? -Jonas On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Paul Stamsen paterfami...@gmail.comwrote: At 6:39 am -0700 6/7/10, John Carmonne wrote: On Jun 7, 2010, at 6:24 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Jun 7, 2010, at 9:16 AM, John

Re: place to sell my old G4

2010-05-09 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I agree with Richard. I only sell things, that are either cheap to ship, (laptops and the like, something that can fit in a flat rate box), and things that are worth some serious money. The only problem with that is the final value fees. -Jonas On 5/7/10, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net

Re: is my G4 PPC is dead?

2010-04-27 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yeah, I'd be guessing power supply also. -Jonas On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:47 AM, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote: On Apr 25, 7:06 am, maggel...@gmail.com wrote: G4 PPC Quick Silver with 1.5Gb of RAM - 1.2 Single Processor - with 32mb Graphic Card Can't smell burn or nothing...just wont turn

Re:

2010-04-17 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I just looked and I'm pretty sure i will have to replace the power supply, which after 2 hours of use died. -Jonas On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.comwrote: Since i do not have any experience with the internal components of iMac G5 computers, my answer may be

Re:

2010-04-17 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Well there was a reason I got the imac for free... But it is worth fixing because it has good caps and motherboard. -Jonas On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.comwrote: After only 2 hours of usage? DUDE! EPIC. -- You received this message because you are a

Re:

2010-04-17 Thread Jonas Ulrich
No I don't... I have a Digital Audio power supply. But it might be dead also. Why? -Jonas On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.comwrote: Well, ok. I understand that. Btw, do u happen to have a 22-pin quicksilver power supply box? -- You received this message

Re:

2010-04-17 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I'll let you know if I find one. -Jonas On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.comwrote: i recently bought a quicksilver. everything in there was ok except for the power supply. It went and never turned on again. I checked everything, and yes it is the power

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2010-04-16 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, quick question here: I have three 20 G5 iMacs, and one 17 all of the twenty inchers either have swollen leaky capacitors, or bad mobo. However, if this 17 has a good motherboard, which it appears to, no swollen caps or anything, will this motherbaord fit into a twenty inch iMac of the

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

2010-04-10 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thank you Mark, for clarifying, that in fact, no hacking is required to run Leopard. I have used leopard assist on plenty machines and it works great. There is a 128GB limit on that machine. You can install a PCI ATA or SATA card and plug the hard drive into that to bypass the limit, or the

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-08 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Might be your video card. How recent of an os install is it? -Jonas On 4/7/10, Timo V wirk...@gmail.com wrote: I just upgraded my PowerMac G5 1.8GHz tower (2003) from 1GB RAM to 5GB RAM, today. I was hoping that with more memory that the would process video better. I am running Leopard on

Best OS for MDD

2010-04-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, looking for some advice here. I have a MDD Tower with the following specs: Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 Machine Model:PowerMac3,6 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB L3 Cache (per

G5 HD in Intel Mac?

2010-03-27 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi, quick question here for a friend - He is wanting to know if it would be possible to take the hard drive out of his G5 PowerMac running Tiger, and slip it into an external case, hook the case to a MacBook Pro, and boot off the system that the G5 was running. Would that be possible? I realize

Re: G5 HD in Intel Mac?

2010-03-27 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thats kind of what I figured. The MacBook Pro is old enough to run 10.4. What about cloning the system onto the MBP's HD? -Jonas On 3/27/10, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 27, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Hi, quick question here for a friend - He is wanting to know

iMac G5 Capacitor Replacement?

2010-03-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all! I got another 20 iMac G5. This one is the powermac 8,1 model running at 1.8GHZ. After replacing the power supply it works great. However, when I was replacing the PSU, I noticed that five of it's capacitors are swelling and a few are leaking. Here are my questions: 1. Were can I buy a

Re: iMac G5 Capacitor Replacement?

2010-03-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/7/10, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Mar 7, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Hi all! I got another 20 iMac G5. This one is the powermac 8,1 model running at 1.8GHZ. After replacing the power supply it works great. However, when I

Re: MDD DP 1GHZ Issues

2010-03-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
: On Mar 4, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: CORRECTION: It was an air BLOWER not a compressor. My bad. I also reseated all the ram and everything else. Literally everything else. Then run memtest for a long time, like overnight. That should catch any flaky RAM. -- FWIW

MDD DP 1GHZ Issues

2010-03-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I've been running this MDD for about a year now with the same OS install of Mac OS 10.4 Server. Here are the specs: Dual 1GHZ G4 2GB Ram 250GB HD 250GB HD 160GB HD 80GB HD DL Superdrive 64MB Video Card 3 PCI USB Cards Here is the problems I've been having: First Safari will randomly quit.

Re: MDD DP 1GHZ Issues

2010-03-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I've been running this MDD for about a year now with the same OS install of Mac OS 10.4 Server. Here are the specs: Dual 1GHZ G4 2GB Ram 250GB HD 250GB HD 160GB HD 80GB HD DL Superdrive 64MB Video Card 3 PCI USB Cards Here is the problems I've been having: First

Re: MDD DP 1GHZ Issues

2010-03-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
CORRECTION: It was an air BLOWER not a compressor. My bad. I also reseated all the ram and everything else. Literally everything else. -Jonas On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 4, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: A few months

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-09 Thread Jonas Ulrich
for a motherboard on Ebay. Thank you all! -Jonas On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Kyle Hansen pi...@speakeasy.net wrote: On 2/8/10 12:29 AM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Feb 7, 2010, at 11:23 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: FIXED! I shimmed the Graphics Chip using Pennies! I stacked them under

Re: Nanny note Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-09 Thread Jonas Ulrich
on metered service ton the list. In the future, either offer to email the attachment off list to interested parties, or to post the jpeg on a photo sharing site and post the link in your email. Thanks,. Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com List Nanny G3-5 List On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:36 AM, Jonas

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-08 Thread Jonas Ulrich
jason_br...@charter.net wrote: On 2/8/2010 2:29 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 7, 2010, at 11:23 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: FIXED! I shimmed the Graphics Chip using Pennies! I stacked them under the gray cover, and then on top of the cover and then closed the computer up and it works perfectly

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
and such it will have no effect on a screen shot. That a screen shot reflects the same distortion as the screen indicates it's a malfunction in the graphics processor / memory. Jonas Ulrich wrote: Hi all, someone gave me this iMac the other day, and it has the dreaded graphics issue

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
: On 2/7/2010 10:27 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On 2/7/2010 4:30 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: What do you mean shimming the GPU? My guess would be to cut out a shim to go around the non core portion of the GPU. When you bolt the heatsink back down, it will put pressure on top of the chip

Re: Cache Failure?

2010-01-25 Thread Jonas Ulrich
. -Jonas On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: So, did you try at all to figure out why the DA logic board won't turn on? On Jan 24, 2010, at 11:35 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: SOLVED: The computer refused to turn on at all. It occurred to me then, that the people who

Re: G4 dual 500 Panther to Leopard upgrade

2010-01-25 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I have installed leopard on that identical computer, and the easiest way is to use leopard assist. Just download, its super easy to use and comes with directions. -Jonas On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 25, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Jeffrey

Cache Failure?

2010-01-22 Thread Jonas Ulrich
So someone gave me a single 533 digital audio g4 yesterday. I successfully put a 733 quicksilver processor in it, and then decided to overclock it to 800MHZ. I successfully did this, except that when 0s9 starts up it says that the build in memory test detected a problem with the cache memory and

Re: Cache Failure?

2010-01-22 Thread Jonas Ulrich
There is a site that tells how to overclock, and supposedly this is a really stable overclock that works every time. -Jonas On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:01 AM -0800 1/22/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: So someone gave me a single 533 digital audio g4

Re: Cache Failure?

2010-01-22 Thread Jonas Ulrich
, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: There is a site that tells how to overclock, and supposedly this is a really stable overclock that works every time. Well, I suspect you've disproved that -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group

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

2010-01-21 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yes, Apple is dropping support for PPC machines and Tiger in general. These machines are still useful - I currently am using a PB G4 15 1.25GHZ I paid $145 for on ebay and am running Leopard quite well. I am also using a MDD G4 running Tiger Server Unlimited. My mother still uses a G3/500MHZ iMac

Re: No L3 Cache showing on QS

2010-01-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Try zapping the pram: power it on and immediately hold down Command + Options + P + R -Jonas On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.netwrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: No L3 Cache showing on QS Date:Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N From:

Re: anybody used this silenx fan 120mm in your MDD?

2010-01-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yes I bought two of these fans and neither one of them works. They are the same voltage as the other fan, and the other fan still works. -Jonas On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 5, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 4, 2010, at 8:57

Re: anybody used this silenx fan 120mm in your MDD?

2010-01-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
that it wouldn't cool enough. Jeff On Jan 5, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Yes I bought two of these fans and neither one of them works. They are the same voltage as the other fan, and the other fan still works. -Jonas On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Online Netflix is also an idea. It requires an intel mac though. -Jonas On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:30 PM, brettallica br...@nisene.com wrote: Have you tried (or considered trying) Hulu? Many current television programs can be watched on that site for free. You can also download/ stream TV

Re: anybody used this silenx fan 120mm in your MDD?

2010-01-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I didn't mean the fans firmware, I meant the MDD's firmware. -Jonas On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.eduwrote: On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Could there be anything written into the firmware or something, not letting the system

Re: Which G?

2010-01-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
That iMac sounds like a great deal! Hope you enjoy. -Jonas On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:39 PM, kimtoufectis kimtoufec...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 1, 11:59 pm, kimtoufectis kimtoufec...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like help in choosing an older Mac... Wow. What a day and a posting can teach...your

Re: Which G?

2010-01-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Just search PowerMac MDD on ebay. There are single and dual models. -Jonas On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:34 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Peter Kim wrote: I've used the lampshade iMac G4 a good amount at the office, and I like it. It fits neatly on a

Re: Which G?

2010-01-01 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I completely agree with John! My MDD DP 1GHZ is fantastic! I wouldn't go with a G3 ibook any newer than the clamshell. After that they had bad video chips and all sorts of stuff that will go wrong. I've had two G3 iBooks go bad: a G3/700MHZ 14 and a G3/800 12. Both went with Motherboard and video

Re: Safari Using up Disc Space

2009-12-25 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I have a Dual 1GHZ MDD with 2GB Ram running Mac OS 10.4 Server, with Safari 3.2.3 and activity monitor says its using about 2.2% of the CPU. -Jonas On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Erik Hancock ehanc...@concentric.netwrote: 300 Mb (bytes) was free space avail on disk - info from in finder

QS PSU in Gig-E?

2009-12-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, I am just looking at this spare Quicksilver Power Supply, and noticing that it has a much bigger wattage of 344W vs the 220 in the Gigabit Ethernet PowerMac. Is it possible to swap? Would there be any reason/benefit to swap? Thanks!! -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a

Re: How to configure an airport base station snow?

2009-12-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thank you all so much! The ABS is up and running! -Jonas On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: If you're using 10.4 or 10.5 the Apple Airport Setup software that comes with your system will

Blue White Quartz Extreme Support?

2009-12-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all! Is there a way to enable Quartz Extreme on a Blue White 450MHZ G3? It would have a 128MB PCI video card. Thanks! -Jonas -- 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

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-22 Thread Jonas Ulrich
For under $50 you could pick up a G4/500MHZ Sonnet processor on ebay. I had one in mine for awhile and it was great. Look on newegg.com for a dvd burner. You can get a DVD/RW DL for about $20. you may have to use patchburn. -Jonas On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Robert Long

How to configure an airport base station snow?

2009-12-22 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all! I just picked up an Airport Base Station for $7. It is all white except for the graphite apple. I've never used one before. How do you configure it? Reset it? Thanks!! -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: How to configure an airport base station snow?

2009-12-22 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Were would I be able to find that software for download? Thanks! -Jonas On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Ken Daggett kadagg...@verizon.net wrote: On 22 Dec 2009, at 18:40:44 PST, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Hi all! I just picked up an Airport Base Station for $7. It is all white except

Re: OT: What video card is this?

2009-12-19 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thank you so much! That solves it! -Jonas On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Miguel Garcia Gell maggel...@gmail.comwrote: Check this *http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=NX6200TC-TD64ESLF* On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: Sorry

Re:

2009-12-19 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I think you will be crippled without firewire. I would NEVER buy a mac without firewire. Of course, due to all the unsolved problems with the new Macbooks and macbook pros, I wouldn't buy one at all. Or at least get the best warranty possible. I'm sticking with the bullet proof Aluminum PowerBook

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2009-12-19 Thread Jonas Ulrich
by that omission. Mel --- On *Sat, 12/19/09, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com Subject: Re: To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 4:43 PM I think you will be crippled without firewire. I would NEVER buy

OT: What video card is this?

2009-12-18 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Sorry if this is off topic, but I picked up this video card cheap and haven't the faintest idea what it is. Please help me figure it out. I know it has s-video, VGA, DVI. It's a 256MB PCI-E card. Here are all the numbers I can find on it: 5810472287 Complies with ices-003 class B Model 8991

Best Wireless N Gigabit Router?

2009-12-14 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I don't know a whole bunch about routers, i am looking for a wireless N router. also 10/100/1000 wired. Looking for something with the possibility of attaching a larger antenna. Thanks! -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Re: MDD Ethernet Issue

2009-12-08 Thread Jonas Ulrich
john...@pharmacy.arizona.eduwrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: This is why I think the MDD is at fault. I'm really having a hard time figuring out any possible way the MDD could cause the Hack to drop it's DHCP lease like that. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona

MDD Ethernet Issue

2009-12-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
So the other night I was copying about 30GB of files from my Hackintosh to my G4 MDD via Ethernet, part way through the copying the two computers got disconnected, and the Hackintosh no longer had an ip address. I restarted it and tried it again. It did the same thing. I tried dragging the files

Re: MDD Ethernet Issue

2009-12-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
...@pharmacy.arizona.eduwrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: So the other night I was copying about 30GB of files from my Hackintosh to my G4 MDD via Ethernet, part way through the copying the two computers got disconnected, and the Hackintosh no longer had an ip address

Re: annoying 'pause' on G4 MDD

2009-12-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hmmm... I have a similar machine, DP1GHZ also with 4 hard drives and 2 optical drives. I don't let the hard drives sleep. I've never had an issue, but if i were you i'de check with the disk utility right away and verify each drive to see if leopard sees a problem, it could be a hd failing...

DP 1GHZ G4 vs. Single 1.8GHZ G5

2009-11-09 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Just kinda lookin round and seeing i cud pick a sp1.8 g5 up pretty darn cheap... How would it compare in speed with my dp 1GHZ mdd? -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Mirror Door G4's overheating

2009-11-01 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yes definitely clean it use an air compressor, or a can of compressed air. A toothbrush can work well to clean the slots. Make sure you take out all the ram, and basically anything that is plugged in especially the processor to clean. -Jonas On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Richard Smallwood

FS: iPhone 1st Gen 8GB ATT Mint condition

2009-10-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
This iPhone is in EXCELLENT condition. E-mail me with any questions. Please make an offer, don't worry about offending me with an offer, just make one if you are interested. Thanks! -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of

Re: FS: iPhone 1st Gen 8GB ATT Mint condition

2009-10-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
My apologies - just realized that I sent it to the wrong group. Sorry! Will repost on LEM Swap. -Jonas On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: This iPhone is in EXCELLENT condition. E-mail me with any questions. Please make an offer, don't worry about

Re: Leave Runnin? Or Not?

2009-10-13 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Interesting that someone should bring up this question. I have a dual 1GHZ MDD and have been wondering the exact same thing. I never shut mine down. It has been running for 9 days straight without sleep. And before the power outage it was up for 29 days straight without sleep, and before that 31

RE: Minitower freezes up

2009-10-06 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I am still having no success. Here is everything I have tried: installed original processor and jumper block and reset machine Zapped Pram booted into open firmware and typed reset-all, set-defaults i've tried different installer cd's different optical drives tried removing different ram chips

Minitower freezing at startup

2009-10-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I just overclocked my beige g3 with 400MHZ processor to a 433MHZ. I am trying to install 9.2 but everytime i put in the disc it gets to the loading screen and completely freezes. Not even the mouse moves. Help please! -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: Minitower freezing at startup

2009-10-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I turned the extentions off and it booted! I am going to try to find an older 9 installer. I have run 9.2 on several beiges with no problems though... On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Oct 4, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I just overclocked my

Re: Minitower freezing at startup

2009-10-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I don't have an old installer of os 9. Is there any way to get this one to work? -Jonas On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: I turned the extentions off and it booted! I am going to try to find an older 9 installer. I have run 9.2 on several beiges

Re: Minitower freezing at startup

2009-10-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
with my truck? -Jonas On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: I don't have an old installer of os 9. Is there any way to get this one to work? -Jonas On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: I turned the extentions off

A/V card for G4 MDD??

2009-10-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Is there any sort of an audio video in and out card that will work with mac os x on a g4? Kinda like the ones that came in the beige g3. -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Beige minitower wont start

2009-10-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I attempted to overclock a beige. I put a 400MHZ processor from a blue and white in it and overclocked it to 466MHZ. It powered on but nothing came up on the screen and no lights came on. nothing. I tried some other combinations and nothing worked. finally i put the original processor and jumper

Re: Beige minitower wont start

2009-10-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Oct 3, 2009, at 9:57 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I attempted to overclock a beige. I put a 400MHZ processor from a blue and white in it and overclocked it to 466MHZ. It powered on but nothing came up on the screen and no lights came on. nothing. I tried some

PowerMac MDD with multiple monitors??

2009-09-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
For my main file server I use a PowerMac G4 MDD DP 1GHZ, running Mac OS 10.4 Server. I know that I can hook up several monitors to the machine and it will work, so my question is: If I plug a PCI video card into it in addition to the stock AGP card, will I loose Quartz Extreme support on the

Re: PowerMac MDD with multiple monitors??

2009-09-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I completely forgot that there are two ports on that card, and if I get a converter I can have two monitors that way. Is there such a thing as a 3 monitor card? -Jonas On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.netwrote: On Sep 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote

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