Beige G3/Xpostfacto/OSX/Black Screen/Video Card Fix

2009-01-01 Thread Gus
I asked this question once before and I have lost the replies, I will be sure to copy them to a file and keep them somewhere safe if the people on the list would please be kind enough to answer the question again. I have a beige G3/266 and using xpostfacto I get the black screen when ever i try

Re: Beige G3/Xpostfacto/OSX/Black Screen/Video Card Fix

2009-01-01 Thread jonas ulrich
Xpostfacto on beige g3's have always had video problems. Definitely get a PCI video card. I have a beige g3 with a 16mb PCI video card, a G4 500MHZ sonnet upgrade processor, with a 40GB hard drive running mac os 10.3.9. Runs great and without the video problems that come with the original video

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread jonas ulrich
I'm pretty sure that there was 450MHZ Yikes!-Jonas On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:57 PM, rmwoods wrote: Hardware Overview: Machine Name:Power Mac G4 Machine Model: PowerMac3,3 CPU Type:PowerPC G4

Re: Beige G3/Xpostfacto/OSX/Black Screen/Video Card Fix

2009-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2009, at 3:01 AM, Gus wrote: I asked this question once before and I have lost the replies, This list is 100% archived: Older archives (prior to the move to Google Groups) are available here: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-l...@mail.maclaunch.com/ Newer archives are available both

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2009, at 3:17 AM, jonas ulrich wrote: I'm pretty sure that there was 450MHZ Yikes! MacTracker calls the Yikes by the name PCI Graphics and says it only came in a 350MHz and a 400MHz. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Clark Martin
jonas ulrich wrote: I'm pretty sure that there was 450MHZ Yikes! 350 MHz and 400 MHz stock only, according to MacTracker. There were stock 450 MHz Yosemites and Sawtooths. -Jonas On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net mailto:ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Clark Martin wrote: jonas ulrich wrote: I'm pretty sure that there was 450MHZ Yikes! 350 MHz and 400 MHz stock only, according to MacTracker. There were stock 450 MHz Yosemites and Sawtooths. The Yosemite is a G3 PowerMac and this is a G4. The Sawtooth code

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:05 , Kris Tilford wrote: PowerMac3,3 is a Gigabit Ethernet model that's been fiddled with. It's either a Mystic (code name) that originally came as a single 400MHz that has been overclocked or upgraded with a single 450MHz CPU; or it's a Medusa2 or SnakeBite that came

Error Code

2009-01-01 Thread George Hozendorf
I'm getting this error code 2STF/8/3: S-ATA Bus 0 - Master on an iMac. Everything was fine after transferring data and applications the first time it was started up. Now this. Any suggestions? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Dale Hoffman
I have a Quicksilver G4 with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac AGP 256MB video Card. I use it to drive an Apple 23 LCD monitor and don't want to give it up. The fan has been acting up emitting intermittent whirring noises. I removed it, blew it off with compressed air which worked for a while. Then

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Doug McNutt
At 09:51 -0500 1/1/09, Dale Hoffman wrote: I have a Quicksilver G4 with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac AGP 256MB video Card. The fan has been acting up emitting intermittent whirring noises. I removed it, blew it off with compressed air which worked for a while. Then I added a drop of silicone

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 01-01-2009 13:12, Amanda Ward, amanda.w...@comcast.net, wrote: Yup, the Powermac3,3 appears to be a Gig-E model and barring some strange slip-up at Apple was never offered with the 450 MHz CPU. As a devout tinkerer, I suspect the Gig-E was fiddled with. :-) Someone wanting a bit more

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread dc
This is what I use on my Nvidia 6200. It also works on ATI products. Easy to install and pretty quiet.

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Dale Hoffman
Thanks DC. Doug, follow the link and there is a compatibility chart which includes the 9800 Pro. Looks like a match. Dale On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:48 PM, dc wrote: This is what I use on my Nvidia 6200. It also works on ATI products. Easy to install and pretty quiet.

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Baker
Will a Nvidia 6200 work on a G$ Sawtooth without any special hardware adjustments? I want to get a newer, better video card than the one it came with. --- On Thu, 1/1/09, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote: From: dc dbc...@verizon.net Subject: Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card To: G3-5

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Clark Martin
Amanda Ward wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:05 , Kris Tilford wrote: PowerMac3,3 is a Gigabit Ethernet model that's been fiddled with. It's either a Mystic (code name) that originally came as a single 400MHz that has been overclocked or upgraded with a single 450MHz CPU; or it's a Medusa2 or

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I'd say it's likely somebody upgraded a Sawtooth with a 450 MHz CPU to something faster and moved the 450 into the GE. Perhaps more likely, but in this case the unlikely occurred. The Sawtooth is PowerMac3,1 and this is PowerMac3,3, a Gigabit

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Clark Martin
Doug McNutt wrote: At 09:51 -0500 1/1/09, Dale Hoffman wrote: I have a Quicksilver G4 with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac AGP 256MB video Card. The fan has been acting up emitting intermittent whirring noises. I removed it, blew it off with compressed air which worked for a while. Then I

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Clark Martin
Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I'd say it's likely somebody upgraded a Sawtooth with a 450 MHz CPU to something faster and moved the 450 into the GE. Perhaps more likely, but in this case the unlikely occurred. The Sawtooth is PowerMac3,1 and this

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Phil Wong
when my fan died on the Radeon 9800, I looked up the specs and ordered the replacement from Mouser Electronics. - Original Message - From: Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I'd say it's likely somebody upgraded a Sawtooth with a 450 MHz CPU to something faster and moved the 450 into the GE. Perhaps more likely, but in this case the unlikely

Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card

2009-01-01 Thread Charles Lenington
Mike Baker wrote: Will a Nvidia 6200 work on a G$ Sawtooth without any special hardware adjustments? I want to get a newer, better video card than the one it came with. --- On Thu, 1/1/09, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote: From: dc dbc...@verizon.net Subject: Re: Replacement Fan for ATI

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Done them tests ...

2009-01-01 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Thanks Dan, Wallace, McGrude ~ Yanked the stick, put old one back in, Mac worked fine for several days. Just reinstalled the stick, made sure well seated, made sure no dust with newly purchased air can. In two minutes, Firefox crashed

Re: Printer Tired?

2009-01-01 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: Hello, I have had an HP office jet 7210 printer for about two years and it has always worked fine. Earlier this week when it started to print it made a kind of clicking sound near the back of it. It only makes it once in each printing,

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Done them tests ...

2009-01-01 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
On Jan 1, 2009, at 5:28 PM, insightinmind wrote: IMO, If you replaced the suspected bad stick, with one that works for awhile (in the same RAM slot tested with Memtest), then put the suspected bad one back in the same RAM slot, and Memtest fails, I'd say it was a bad stick. Hey, there - I

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Done them tests ...- addendum PRAM ZAP post RAM upgrade?

2009-01-01 Thread MIKO ..
On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: I'll check out the PRAM. I thought the PPCs didn't need to do that anymore, that was just the older machines. Guess I stand corrected. The PRAM point appears debatable (and my personal experience shows no need in a Macbook but that's

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Done them tests ...

2009-01-01 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Clark Martin wrote: What you do need to do when changing memory is push the button to reset the CUDA button on those machines that have it. I don't know off hand which do and don't. Could also just remove battery for a few minutes (Apple suggested 10). Bill

Re: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread rmwoods
Wow! I never thought my original question would stimulate such a debate. In any case. thanks for all the info. In case you are interested here is the info which I got from the Chipmunk site: thanks J. Hissel) after I dragges the case out and copied down the serial number: aantalip: 0 Serial

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Looking at the logs

2009-01-01 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
On Dec 29, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Dan wrote: What is the exact error message? As AppleJack memtest ran, I could see it writing FAILURE over and over again, but I couldn't really understanding what it was saying specifically. I thought I'd look at the logs, but I couldn't access them by searching

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Done them tests ...

2009-01-01 Thread Al Poulin
On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:35 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 1 of 1 == Date: Thurs, Jan 1 2009 1:33 pm From: Anne Keller-Smith Is it time to contact OWC for a replacement or is there something else to do? Oh, right, look in System logs. Hi Anne: I would call OWC, describe what you've done, run

Re: Bad RAM Stick?

2009-01-01 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
On Dec 29, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Dan wrote: When the app crashes, what does it say about it in system log? in console log? in the app's crash log? Okay, I finally found this. Do you want me to paste in these results? Lotsa dense text. Anne Keller Smith Down to Earth Web Design G4

Reasonable Pricing for Selling a PowerMac G4

2009-01-01 Thread Bucky
I'm going to be getting a reasonably new iMac very soon. And decided I would want to sell my system, I have been trying to find listings on ebay or the swaplist but I haven't found any that matched my configuration very well. I wanted to come through here and hear from much more experienced users

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Hi, Al!

2009-01-01 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:48 PM, Al Poulin wrote: Hi Anne: I would call OWC, describe what you've done, run through any additional protocol they may have, and they will likely exchange with little or no quibble. Al Poulin Happy New Year Al! Since I guess I won't call OWC until tomorrow (you

Re: Bad RAM Stick?

2009-01-01 Thread MIKO ..
On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: *** Address Test Failed *** One or more DIMM address lines are non- functional. Sounds like a raw hardware issue and other web sites agree. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6091706

Re: Reasonable Pricing for Selling a PowerMac G4

2009-01-01 Thread MIKO ..
On Jan 1, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Bucky wrote (see reply below as required): This is a Dual 500MHz Gigabit Ethernet motherboard(plus processor) and PSU plugged into the case of a rev 1 Sawtooth case. What I have installed: 2GB of memory nVidia Geforce4 MX with ADC and VGA and 64MB of vram.

Re: no sound

2009-01-01 Thread oneoftheharts
On Dec 30 2008, 9:30 am, insightinmind billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Claire Hart wrote: My Powerbook is a 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 with 2 GB of RAM running 10.4.11, purchased July 2004.  About three weeks ago, the sound quit working.  I do not know what I did

Re: Bad RAM Stick?

2009-01-01 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: *** Address Test Failed *** One or more DIMM address lines are non- functional. *** Memory Test Failed *** Please check logfile for details. Memory test was successfull. Your RAM is probably fine. Done. -0- Exiting the script.

Re: Bad RAM Stick? Done them tests ...

2009-01-01 Thread dorayme
From: Anne Keller-Smith Yanked the stick, put old one back in, Mac worked fine for several days. Just reinstalled the stick, made sure well seated, made sure no dust with newly purchased air can. In two minutes, Firefox crashed yet again. That would be enough for me to conclude it is the

Re: Bad RAM Stick?

2009-01-01 Thread MIKO ..
On Jan 1, 2009, at 6:52 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: *** Address Test Failed *** One or more DIMM address lines are non- functional. *** Memory Test Failed *** Please check logfile for details. Memory test was successfull. Your RAM is

Re: Reasonable Pricing for Selling a PowerMac G4

2009-01-01 Thread Bucky
On Jan 1, 8:22 pm, MIKO .. miko.supp...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Bucky wrote (see reply below as required): This is a Dual 500MHz Gigabit Ethernet motherboard(plus processor) and PSU plugged into the case of a rev 1 Sawtooth case. What I have installed: 2GB of

Re: Bad RAM Stick?

2009-01-01 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 1, 2009, at 10:05 PM, MIKO .. wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 6:52 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: *** Address Test Failed *** One or more DIMM address lines are non- functional. *** Memory Test Failed *** Please check logfile for

Re: hp printer driver?

2009-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2009, at 8:52 PM, dooney wrote: i have a graphite g3/600 256 ram and i recently bought a hp printer that calls for mac os 10.3 and up to operate my printer i am running panther 10.2.8 now . my question is can i get a driver that will work for my 10.2 os for my new printer. maybe

Re: Reasonable Pricing for Selling a PowerMac G4

2009-01-01 Thread MIKO ..
On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Bucky wrote: I really do appreciate your help, I'm just slightly disappointed in what I can expect to get. Yeah, I'm sorry, but as you know- I researched on the 'Net. Other sites confirm that price level and I've helped to buy these or similar for other

Re: Bad RAM Stick?

2009-01-01 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
Wonder why it says your RAM is probably fine? I've heard good things about OWC, so I think they will prolly send me a new one. I did not remove the sticker that sez don't remove. On Jan 1, 2009, at 9:52 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: ***

Re: Reasonable Pricing for Selling a PowerMac G4

2009-01-01 Thread Charles Lenington
Bucky wrote: I'm going to be getting a reasonably new iMac very soon. And decided I would want to sell my system, I have been trying to find listings on ebay or the swaplist but I haven't found any that matched my configuration very well. I wanted to come through here and hear from much more