Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-22 Thread PeterH
On Jun 22, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Ralph Green wrote: I tried a QS processor in an earlier G4 chassis today. It did not work, and I am wondering what to try next. The G4 was an older model than I expected. It is a Sawtooth model. There are two basic later G4 processor types: 133 MHz bus and

Re: digital audio processor upgrade

2009-06-22 Thread smac0031
Absolutely. However, I wouldn't get one off of eBay. I just recently bought one from OWC. It is a 1.6Ghz. It required an installation program which ran off a CD which required booting off the CD, pressing the programmer switch and then booting up and running a program which modified the boot

monitor

2009-06-22 Thread Lawrence David Eden
My SuperScan Mc 611 RasterOps monitor is looking a little pink these days, so I am interested in buying a new LCD style monitor to use with my BW. Sonnet G-4 upgrade. Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for in a new monitor? Specs? I do mostly music arranging, so I need good

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread trag
On Jun 19, 10:37 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: If the battery is alive and the machine does not start you might try cleaning the battery contacts in the holder. Sometimes just spinning the battery in

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread trag
On Jun 19, 12:17 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Well, Media Computer is a bit more grandiloquent than computer attached to the teevee for the purposes of playing music, watching video podcasts, DVD's and surfing the web. I'm not doing DVR or anything

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:59 AM, trag wrote: Have either of you two considered MythTV? It takes a bit of fiddling, but you're both pros at that. http://www.mythtv.org Haven't looked into it in a while, but my old G4 just does not have the horsepower to do a lot of that stuff. Were I to go

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:57 AM, trag wrote: And we have a winner! Apparently, tiny bits of oxidation, or something can build up on contacts. When my VCR or TV remote stops working, I take the batteries out, swap their positions, put them back in, and I'm good for another several months

sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread MacGuy
ok, got this 2.5 sata drive plugged into this 3.5 enclosure... question: can the power supplied to the 3.5 enclosure be too much for this 2.5 drive? (what I'm doing is testing the enclosure to see if it's good, and the only drive I have to use is a 2.5 sata drive from a mac mini). Jeff

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread Clark Martin
trag wrote: On Jun 19, 12:17 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Well, Media Computer is a bit more grandiloquent than computer attached to the teevee for the purposes of playing music, watching video podcasts, DVD's and surfing the web. I'm not doing DVR or

Re: monitor

2009-06-22 Thread Clark Martin
Lawrence David Eden wrote: My SuperScan Mc 611 RasterOps monitor is looking a little pink these days, so I am interested in buying a new LCD style monitor to use with my BW. Sonnet G-4 upgrade. Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for in a new monitor? Specs? I do mostly music

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:03 PM, MacGuymacgu...@gmail.com wrote: ok, got this 2.5 sata drive plugged into this 3.5 enclosure... question: can the power supplied to the 3.5 enclosure be too much for this 2.5 drive? I've always gone by the rule that if they have exactly the same connectors then

Re: monitor

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 5:22 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: My SuperScan Mc 611 RasterOps monitor is looking a little pink these days, so I am interested in buying a new LCD style monitor to use with my BW. Sonnet G-4 upgrade. Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for in a new monitor?

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 10:03 AM, MacGuy wrote: ok, got this 2.5 sata drive plugged into this 3.5 enclosure... question: can the power supplied to the 3.5 enclosure be too much for this 2.5 drive? (what I'm doing is testing the enclosure to see if it's good, and the only drive I have to use is

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: No. So long as you can connect them (and both 2.5 and 3.5 drives require the same voltages) things should work out fine. I don't know how pertinent to this thread this is, but I'm not positive they use the same

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread nestamicky
On 6/22/2009 9:53 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:59 AM, trag wrote: Have either of you two considered MythTV? It takes a bit of fiddling, but you're both pros at that. http://www.mythtv.org Haven't looked into it in a while, but my old G4 just does not have

Fwd: monitor

2009-06-22 Thread iJohn
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Lawrence David Edenlde...@comcast.net wrote: Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for in a new monitor?  Specs? I don't consider myself very knowledgeable about monitors ... I'm partially color blind for one thing ... so I wasn't going to say anything.

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread MacGuy
On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:14 AM, John Martz wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: No. So long as you can connect them (and both 2.5 and 3.5 drives require the same voltages) things should work out fine. I don't know how pertinent to this

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:11 AM, nestamicky wrote: I second Bruce on this one, I think a Linux box would do just fine. I can't seem to find on their site though who it pulls video into the machinejust through the cat5? Or, does the machine need a capture card? yeah hardware specs call

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:34 AM, MacGuy wrote: Well after plugging the 2.5 into the I/O board and the power supply, the 2.5 booted and ran fine. However when the 3.5 drive was used, it wouldn't even mount on the desktop? This icydock enclosure has always given me grief when it was hooked up

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:14 AM, John Martz wrote: Well after plugging the 2.5 into the I/O board and the power supply, the 2.5 booted and ran fine. However when the 3.5 drive was used, it wouldn't even mount on the desktop? This icydock enclosure has always given me grief when it was

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Clark Martin
John Martz wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: No. So long as you can connect them (and both 2.5 and 3.5 drives require the same voltages) things should work out fine. I don't know how pertinent to this thread this is, but I'm not

Re: Disk U9tility

2009-06-22 Thread Al Poulin
On Jun 22, 1:14 am, Po-en Tsai poen.t...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/06/2009, at 4:59 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Where do I find the password this program keeps asking for? It is NOT my Keychain PW as I know this one. Have you tried your normal password? I don't see why Disk Utility   would

Re: powermac question

2009-06-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 22, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Roger Deghetto wrote: i got a question maybe someone can answer i know the slot loading imac had harmon kardon speakers. now my question is this was the single speaker that came with any of the powermac models made by harmon kardon and if its not a harmon

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:34 PM, MacGuymacgu...@gmail.com wrote: This icydock enclosure has always given me grief when it was hooked up via USB... it would unmount itself after 3 mins or less time plugged/ mounted on the desktop? This must be a power supply issue then... wonder where to get

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: The standard 3.5 5.25 drive power connector supplies +12V and +5V. 2.5 drives only need 5V so they would just use that power line.  There is no 3.3V line on drive power cables. I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Yes, I

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 22, 2009, at 2:51 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:14 AM, John Martz wrote: Well after plugging the 2.5 into the I/O board and the power supply, the 2.5 booted and ran fine. However when the 3.5 drive was used, it wouldn't even mount on the desktop? This icydock

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Clark Martin
John Martz wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: The standard 3.5 5.25 drive power connector supplies +12V and +5V. 2.5 drives only need 5V so they would just use that power line. There is no 3.3V line on drive power cables. I'm not sure exactly what

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread MacGuy
On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:08 PM, insightinmind wrote: I guess I should have also asked ... how did you know the 2.5 drive was working? Did it mount on your desktop? and was that through the USB? Did you decide the 2.5 and 3.5 both required the same voltage? If all true, it sounds more like the

Re: monitor

2009-06-22 Thread dorayme
Date: Mon, Jun 22 2009 5:22 am From: Lawrence David Eden My SuperScan Mc 611 RasterOps monitor is looking a little pink these days, so I am interested in buying a new LCD style monitor to use with my BW. Sonnet G-4 upgrade. Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for in a new

Re: monitor

2009-06-22 Thread Al Poulin
On Jun 22, 8:22 am, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: My SuperScan Mc 611 RasterOps monitor is looking a little pink these days, so I am interested in buying a new LCD style monitor to use with my BW.  Sonnet G-4 upgrade. Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for in a new

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:23 PM, MacGuy wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:08 PM, insightinmind wrote: Have you tried the 3.5 drive elsewhere? (apologies if you state this earlier in the thread). 2.5 mounted on the desktop via USB, I booted from a leopard volume on it..all looked ok. Then I

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:03 PM, MacGuy wrote: ok, got this 2.5 sata drive plugged into this 3.5 enclosure... question: can the power supplied to the 3.5 enclosure be too much for this 2.5 drive? (what I'm doing is testing the enclosure to see if it's good, and the only drive I have to use is a

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread MacGuy
On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:35 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:23 PM, MacGuy wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:08 PM, insightinmind wrote: Have you tried the 3.5 drive elsewhere? (apologies if you state this earlier in the thread). 2.5 mounted on the desktop via USB, I booted from

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread John Martz
As for the one I'm having troubles with: http://www.icydock.com/product/mb664us-1s.html It has esata.. and funny that you'd ask, yes it worked great via esata connection. And lastly, no, it's not under warranty. Jeff OK, I'm stumped and am now waiting for someone else to post the obvious

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread MacGuy
On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:55 PM, John Martz wrote: As for the one I'm having troubles with: http://www.icydock.com/product/mb664us-1s.html It has esata.. and funny that you'd ask, yes it worked great via esata connection. And lastly, no, it's not under warranty. Jeff OK, I'm stumped and

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread PeterH
On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:55 PM, John Martz wrote: Is there a big difference between the capacities of the two drives? 2.5 SATA has the very same power and data connectors as all current 3.5 SATA. 2.5 SATA goes to 500 GB. 3.5 SATA goes to 1.5 TB (1500 GB), with 2 TB (2000 GB) being sampled.

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:55 PM, John Martz wrote: As for the one I'm having troubles with: http://www.icydock.com/ product/mb664us-1s.html It has esata.. and funny that you'd ask, yes it worked great via esata connection. And lastly, no, it's not under warranty. Jeff OK, I'm stumped and

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread insightinmind
I honestly don't know why the thing works with everything BUT 3.5 drives using the USB interface? just strange. Is the size of the drive that's not working, making it push on something USB internally, that is shutting down that capability? 2.5 small ... 3.5 bigger ... i.e., does size

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:24 PM, insightinmind wrote: I honestly don't know why the thing works with everything BUT 3.5 drives using the USB interface? just strange. Is the size of the drive that's not working, making it push on something USB internally, that is shutting down that

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:24 PM, insightinmind wrote: I honestly don't know why the thing works with everything BUT 3.5 drives using the USB interface? just strange. Is the size of the drive that's not working, making it push on something USB internally, that is shutting down that

Re: Disk U9tility

2009-06-22 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 6/22/09, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 22, 1:14 am, Po-en Tsai poen.t...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/06/2009, at 4:59 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Where do I find the password this program keeps asking for? It is NOT my Keychain PW as I know this one. Have you tried your

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-22 Thread tortoise
On Jun 22, 12:03 am, Ralph Green sfrea...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Howdy, [snip]  Or, it could be that this hack does not work on the Sawtooth.  Any thoughts? We've been through this argument before. There was a guy selling modified board from 133mhz bus to work on 100mhz, listed a bunch on ebay