Re: QuickSilver blacks out

2008-11-21 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, My Quicksilver 2002 (upgraded to 1.8 GHz, 160 Gb HD, ATI Radeon 64 Mb Video, Leopard, 10.5.5) has started acting really weird. - It starts up by itself in the middle of the night. - The monitor blacks out every

My Leopard 10.5.5 QS 2002 keeps KP-ing on Logs ...

2008-11-21 Thread insightinmind
Having a slow startup problem, with a lengthy pause at a blue screen, I tried to look at the Logs and get a kernal panic. Trying to Look at and/or Save the System Profiler Report, results in a kp at the Saving Logs part. My setup is as follows: QS Dual 1GHz, 1.5GB RAM, Leopard 10.5.5 (with

Re: My Leopard 10.5.5 QS 2002 keeps KP-ing on Logs ...

2008-11-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 21, 2008, at 8:32 AM, insightinmind wrote: Having a slow startup problem, with a lengthy pause at a blue screen, I tried to look at the Logs and get a kernal panic. Trying to Look at and/or Save the System Profiler Report, results in a kp at the Saving Logs part. Try this: 1)

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-21 Thread jonas ulrich
I bought an apple usb modem off ebay for my emac, but ended up using it with my macbook. Works great and no special drivers required. Here is the link http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA034Z/A On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: At 7:38 PM -0800

Re: QuickSilver blacks out

2008-11-21 Thread jonas ulrich
Try zapping the pram. turn it on and hold down (command-options-p-r) On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, My Quicksilver 2002 (upgraded to 1.8 GHz, 160 Gb HD, ATI

Re: My Leopard 10.5.5 QS 2002 keeps KP-ing on Logs ...

2008-11-21 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 21, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 21, 2008, at 8:32 AM, insightinmind wrote: Having a slow startup problem, with a lengthy pause at a blue screen, I tried to look at the Logs and get a kernal panic. Trying to Look at and/or Save the System Profiler Report,

Re: QuickSilver blacks out

2008-11-21 Thread jonas ulrich
Also try booting into your computer from another mac using a firewire cable. see if it has the same problem. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:05 AM, jonas ulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Try zapping the pram. turn it on and hold down (command-options-p-r) On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Wallace

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread jonas ulrich
I have a friend that has successfully over-clocked her beige g3, but with the beige g3's there are pins you can move around to change the speed. With a Yikes! i think that if you are only going to have to mess with the processor and not the motherboard than go for it. But be prepared to replace

Re: QuickSilver blacks out

2008-11-21 Thread jonas ulrich
Have you tried testing your ram? Also try cleaning out your dimm slots and processor slot with a can of compressed air. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:19 PM, jonas ulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also try

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 21, 2008, at 2:03 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have a friend that has successfully over-clocked her beige g3, but with the beige g3's there are pins you can move around to change the speed. With a Yikes! i think that if you are only going to have to mess with the processor and not

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread jonas ulrich
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G4ZONE/G4YIKESOC/ read this it tells how do oc a Yikes! there have been reported failures... On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM, jonas ulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Oh i didn't know there is a jumper block I thought you had to remove resisters like on the newer

Re: Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery

2008-11-21 Thread Dan
At 2:25 PM -0700 11/20/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 20, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Dan wrote: Ya'll ever heard of these guys - good bad ? http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm I have never heard of them before, and I'm a little wary of someopne proudly proclaiming that Tucows

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread Larry Stotler
On Nov 21, 1:38 pm, insightinmind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read up on OCing, and it seems to be easy enough on a Yikes!,   but maybe just too dangerous relative to overheating and data   corruption. Anyone have success on theirs? Yep. Got a G4/350 running stable at 400Mhz. I would

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread PeterH
On Nov 21, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Larry Stotler wrote: I've read up on OCing, and it seems to be easy enough on a Yikes!, but maybe just too dangerous relative to overheating and data corruption. Anyone have success on theirs? Yep. Got a G4/350 running stable at 400Mhz. Unlike Intels, which

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 21, 2008, at 5:13 PM, PeterH wrote: Unlike Intels, which are eminently overclockable, early PPCs are usually overclockable by one step, only. Certain G4s are just plain not overclockable, or at least not without running so hot that the heatsinks are too hot to touch. I have XLR8

Re: Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery

2008-11-21 Thread Dan
At 4:59 PM -0600 11/21/2008, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: Am I the only one who has used tthe Stellar Phoenix Data recovery tool (albeit the Mac and Windows ones) and had great success with it? So far, yer the only good report I've seen/rec'd. For me, I think Kyle's 2nd reply sums it

Re: Anyone Overclocked a Yikes! Recently?

2008-11-21 Thread insightinmind
Well .. I tool the plunge (or stick pin) and changed my Yikes! G4/400 to a G4/450. Still testing, but seems smooth thus far. Man ... those jumpers are tiny! and at first, it didn't work ... had to go back in and adjust the jumper so it would match the others more closely ... needed to