Re: HD remounts

2012-04-26 Thread mark ray
Had a similar problem with an iMac at work and it also would go to sleep at very spontaneous moments, typing, drawing, whatever it didn't matter just went to sleep, hit any key and it would come back. When the HD icon disappeared off the desktop, it would cause the drive to disappear from Disk

Re: two macs plugged into the same usb hub?

2010-08-29 Thread mark ray
devices simultaneously is not possible. I can print/scan with one computer then switch to the other no problems. No software/drivers needed, just plug it in (including power cord) and it works. Hope this helps. Have the best day yet, mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com -- You received

Re: Digitizing ?

2010-04-21 Thread mark ray
On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:59 AM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: Hello All, I have an old U S Army patch that I would like to print on t-shirts for our small group. How do I convert a picture, scan of a cloth patch into a strictly digitized image with smooth likes and such like this. Thanks for the

OT: Why do scanners die with OS upgrades

2010-04-19 Thread mark ray
It seems that I have to replace my scanner every few OS upgrades. My question is why do the upgrades make the scanner a paperweight. So either don't upgrade or buy a b\new scanner. I look more carefully at reports on people who have upgraded. but when I purchase a new computer it has a

Re: 10.5 on a G5

2010-02-19 Thread mark ray
Hey guys, Everyone was a big help on my last post about moving a hard drive, thank you much for everything. Wanted to get peoples opinions on running 10.5 on a G5 1.8, 7 gigs of ram 160 gig HD. Opinion on the net seems to be mixed, with some saying is great, others saying is bad, some saying it

Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread mark ray
A couple of questions about hard drives and synching. I have a dozen IDE hard drives of assorted sizes and makes from 4GB up to 250GB that maybe one or two are definitely bricks. When I hook them up in an external enclosure some show up in Disk utility (only the first line, the second does

iTunes music folder synching

2010-02-15 Thread mark ray
I am trying to consolidate old hard drive and disc back-ups from many years and computers, the biggest issue is the iTunes Music folders. I know I can select them from within iTunes and consolidate, the problem with that is I will get a boatload of duplicates. My question, is there a way

Re: Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread mark ray
Thanks Bruce that's why I was asking. These were all from macs I have had in my studio and upgraded over the years. one or two may have come from an external case. I will check out your suggestion, thank you, appreciate your advice. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com On Feb 15, 2010

Re: Help!

2010-02-04 Thread mark ray
One eaten by dog, the other hopefully in the lucky box, I wound up purchasing two of them. While looking for replacements a local electronics/electrical company rep gave me this advice. You can use a higher Amp supply and it will scale back to the correct Amps, but never use lower Amps, it

copper tape replacement

2010-01-13 Thread mark ray
to adhere it back to the drive. Or is there a replacement tape available? Thanks. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com -- 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: copper tape replacement

2010-01-13 Thread mark ray
Thank John that surely looks like it. Appreciate the info and your time. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com On Jan 13, 2010, at 11:37 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:22 PM, mark ray wrote: my G4 iMac's optical drive died, so I replaced it and upgraded to a larger hard

Re: copper tape replacement

2010-01-13 Thread mark ray
use to adhere it back to the drive. Or is there a replacement tape available? Thanks. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com It's KAPTON TAPE ULINE 800-295=5510 uline.com. This is the stuff http://www.uline.com/BL_6407/Kapton-Tape No, it's not that Kapton tape, which is based

Re: copper tape replacement

2010-01-13 Thread mark ray
No it holds a perforated cage to the front bottom (just under the slot opening of the drive)of the optical drive on a g4 iMac (faces out toward the slot opening.) No circuits involved, heat dissipation I would guess, can't imagine it is electrical. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com

Re: copper tape replacement

2010-01-13 Thread mark ray
what it is for, but mostly I want to put it back together properly. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com On Jan 14, 2010, at 12:06 AM, Richard Gerome wrote: I'm pretty sure this tape is to shield it from static electricity??? Electricity takes the shortest path to ground so it would

Re: copper tape replacement

2010-01-13 Thread mark ray
it would be used!!! -Original Message- From: John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com Sent: Jan 14, 2010 12:01 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: copper tape replacement On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:57 PM, mark ray wrote: my G4 iMac's optical drive died, so I replaced it and upgraded

Is pc3200 interchangable with pc2700 ram

2009-12-29 Thread mark ray
I have a G4 iMac 20 1.25Ghz that the optical drive died on, while I am changing that out I would like to replace the memory as well. It currently has (in the not user friendly inner slot) a PC2700 DDR333 - 256MB (184 pin) stick in it. I have a about a half dozen PC3200 DDR400 - 1GB (184

Re: Buying a G4 Cube less power supply

2009-10-27 Thread mark ray
I've got a G4 Sawtooth not being used and was wondering if the power supply could somehow be modified to work with a G4 Cube?... or would it be better to just look for an original power supply or find another G4 Cube deal with one included? The power supply is external, looks like a

Re: Flash woe(s)

2009-08-23 Thread mark ray
I don't believe you can do it in Flash. I believe the Flash Converter software included with CS3 may be able to do it. Otherwise it is a cumbersome process. Save to SWF in Flash (or AVI or MPG) import into (I still use Visual Hub, now discontinued) and export as FLV. mark ray bluellama

Re: Dell 24 monitor on sale for $219--good deal or no?

2009-06-20 Thread mark ray
, I got a deal then. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 particular focus on Power Macs. The list

Re: G5 bad choice?

2009-06-19 Thread mark ray
I have been a happy G5 owner for a few years now(a 1.8, then a 1.8 Dual, now a dual core 2GHz) plus an assortment of G5's at work. Only issues have been a wonky video card ATI) and on the same machine the fans sounds like a turboprop taking off most of the day. Otherwise no issues.

Re: G4 QS question

2009-03-09 Thread mark ray
should work. BUT she has performed all the online upgrades, so that is probably the issue. And she wants to play it alot, so I guess she will be saving up her pennies. Thanks for the info. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: how can I lock G5 case ?

2009-02-26 Thread mark ray
On the back of the computer near the top left there is a lever that pulls out (the one you use to release the side panel) flip it, push it back in and you slide a lock with a bike chain/cable, laptop style cable or just the chain attached to a rather larger attack gerbil through it and