Re: NVidia GeForce MX4 question

2009-03-03 Thread dc
Like everyone else already said, a 4MX will run in a QS. I have one in a Digital Audio, a slightly older Mac. Make sure the card is seated correctly then press the reset button on the motherboard before you close up the case. On Mar 2, 11:16 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-03 Thread dc
I got a MDD several months ago, one that had not been given a quiet PSU. I started looking for new fans right away. I compared the specs on a lot of fans and I decided the Sinlenx Pro series had the best air flow to noise ratio. I put 2 in the PSU and a 120mm in the case. My dual 1 GHz now runs

Re: Recently Lost Startup Chime ... Now Back

2009-03-03 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:50 PM, Clark Martin wrote: You need to go into System Preferences / Startup Disk and set the startup drive. Thanks ... that seems to have fixed it. Thought I had done that, but ... Zapping the PRAM or having a bad PRAM battery will clear out this information. If

Re: background noise

2009-03-03 Thread MnDel
On Mar 2, 9:12 am, bob b adel...@charter.net wrote: I had a static-y humbuzz in one channel of my Creative T20 speakers and tried the pull and plug thing to isolate the cause, no luck. So I bought a ground loop isolater, a filter-like thing that plugs into the audio out port of the

Re: How can I point iTunes to a new disk?

2009-03-03 Thread Tommy
On Mar 2, 5:56 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:48 PM, yawg wrote: You can move ALL the iTunes Music folder on the smaller System HD to the trash (don't empty unless you're certain the copy on the external HD is complete), Retain a back up copy of your music on

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-03 Thread MacGuy
I'm looking at this one, http://www.frozencpu.com/products/4274/fan-235/SilenX_120x120x38mm_-_18dBA_-_90CFM_iXtrema_Pro_Fan_IXP-76-18.html?tl=g33c165s358#blank What modifications will it need to hook up to the mdd motherboard? Jeff On Mar 3, 2009, at 4:49 AM, dc wrote: I got a MDD several

Re: Highlighting issue(s) Safari+

2009-03-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I've also had a strange highlight issue going back months months that hasn't changed. In Safari 3 and now 4 beta when highlighting does work, and the text or area to be highlighted continues down out of the window, the scrolling downward

Re: Recently Lost Startup Chime ... Now Back

2009-03-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 2, 2009, at 5:32 PM, insightinmind wrote: Maybe talking to myself, again, but ... Now I have my chime, but on my Startup today, for some reason, it couldn't locate the OS X folder right away ... it found it, and then started up. I've had several successful cold boots since loosing

Re: Trying to work out some bugs with os 10.3 server

2009-03-03 Thread nylahottie86
I have two 128 and one 256 of pc133 (I swear it makes a diff. EVEN ON 100 MHz bus g4s), so I'll send u the 512mb for $35 with insurance. Also have an unused copy of 10.5.4 server unlimited because apple accidentally sent me two copies. Contact me at nylahotti...@aim.com or IM me when I'm online.

Re: How can I point iTunes to a new disk?

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 3, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Tommy wrote: On Mar 2, 5:56 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:48 PM, yawg wrote: You can move ALL the iTunes Music folder on the smaller System HD to the trash (don't empty unless you're certain the copy on the external HD is

Re: Recent upgrade to OS X issues

2009-03-03 Thread jonas ulrich
When you say you can't get past the screen are you saying that it freezes up? If so have you tried just letting it sit and see if it will eventualy load? Sometimes that works for me. -Jonas On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, saxman_IN thbarn...@tds.net wrote: I have an old BW G3 that I am in the

Re: Modem question... From the Desk of Scott Fiore

2009-03-03 Thread nestamicky
Steve R wrote: At 12:07 PM -0700 2/27/09, nestamicky posted: Since this thread is going on and since I have more than a few modems and wireless routers, I've always wanted to ask: what fun stuff can one do with these things, especially the wireless routers? Any ideas? Are you familiar

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-03 Thread dc
On both locations, PSU and case fans, I had to switch polarity of the SilenX fans to match the wiring on the OEM fans. I used black and red Sharpies to mark the connector on the OEM fans so that I knew where to put the red and black wires. Then I used a paper clip to release the wires from the

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-03 Thread MacGuy
ok, so it sounds like i don't need to buy anything else other that the fan itself. Also, I'd like to replace the psu fans at the same time, can you give me the info i need to order them all from frozencpu.com at the same time. Thanks. Jeff On Mar 3, 2009, at 12:55 PM, dc wrote: On both

networking two macs

2009-03-03 Thread Demetrius
i know this should be easy but it's not working for me. i have a G4 MDD with 10.5.6 and a Powerbook (PB) G3 (with G4 processor upgrade) running 10.4.11. I would like to connect them on my wireless network, so that I can access all folder/files, but keep others out. AppleTalk and File Sharing is

Re: networking two macs

2009-03-03 Thread Cyrus
I remember having this problem in the past; where certain computers can connect one way, and others can't see each other. 10.4 wasn't quite as good with networking as 10.5 is; I think your problem on your tower computer is that in 10.5 you have to click on the Connect As... button and put in the

Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some seriously impressive open- source chemistry! http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ They've invented a solution that will un-yellowfy old computer plastics. Cool stuff. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some seriously impressive open- source chemistry! http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ They've invented a solution that will un-yellowfy old computer plastics. Cool stuff. Thank You, Bruce! I was

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:23 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some seriously impressive open- source chemistry! http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ They've invented a solution that will un-yellowfy old computer

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer... ? Using UAE or various other schemes Amigo OS works on all modern PC and Mac hardware. How modern is that? Also there are some crazy underpowered but super-overpriced Amiga OS motherboards out there. Only for those with buckets of money to

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:23 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some seriously impressive open- source chemistry!

Disk Utility and 1TB hard disks

2009-03-03 Thread Jörg
Hi, I tried to check using the Apple Disk Utility if my new internal 1TB hard disk (SATA with SATA to ATA adapter connected to the 100 ATA bus on my MDD G4) is solid but it takes ages, seems like Disk Utility is stuck somewhere. Same thing in Tiger as it is in Panther ... Is there a capacity

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:23 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some

Re: Disk Utility and 1TB hard disks

2009-03-03 Thread PeterH
On Mar 3, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Jörg wrote: Is there a capacity limit to using Disk Utility? Like there is a limit to an older Oxford Firewire chip? The 10.5 Disk Utility has no problems with 1 TB drives. I have not tested it with 1.5 TB, but I expect it will work as 1 and 1.5 TB are the

Re: NVidia GeForce MX4 question

2009-03-03 Thread Dana Collins
On 3/3/09 7:34 AM, dc of dbc...@verizon.net sent Like everyone else already said, a 4MX will run in a QS. I have one in a Digital Audio, a slightly older Mac. Make sure the card is seated correctly then press the reset button on the motherboard before you close up the case. On Mar 2,

Re: NVidia GeForce MX4 question

2009-03-03 Thread tortoise
On Mar 3, 8:34 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/3/09 7:34 AM, dc of dbc...@verizon.net sent Like everyone else already said, a 4MX will run in a QS. I have one in a Digital Audio, a slightly older Mac. Make sure the card is seated correctly then press the reset

Re: NVidia GeForce MX4 question

2009-03-03 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 3/3/09 7:34 AM, dc of dbc...@verizon.net sent Like everyone else already said, a 4MX will run in a QS. I have one in a Digital Audio, a slightly older Mac. Make sure the card is seated correctly then press the reset button on the

Re: NVidia GeForce MX4 question

2009-03-03 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:06 AM, tortoise wrote: ?Drivers? Os9 includes ati drivers but not nvidia. However nvidia is pretty friendly... at least for linux... found an os9.2.2 driver here: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Drivers/Apple-NVIDIA-Driver.shtml My 9.2.2 partition has nVidia drivers

Re: networking two macs

2009-03-03 Thread Demetrius
thanks for the tips Cyrus. but no luck, i can't find the Connect As... option, and have no idea what passwords to use, as I haven't set any aside from main System. shouldn't this be easy on a Mac! arrghh! On Mar 3, 2:39 pm, Cyrus callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: I remember having this problem in

Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting

2009-03-03 Thread Aaron
At 18:35 -0500 2009/03/02, Yersinia wrote: Removing the NVIDIA would mean not being able to use the second monitor anymore! No! See below! I had originally asked him to remove the NVIDIA last year (Feb 2008) because I had bought a Radeon 9200 which I thought would be better, so he took the

Re: Disk Utility and 1TB hard disks

2009-03-03 Thread Aaron
At 19:57 -0800 2009/03/03, PeterH wrote: The 10.4 Disk Utility works to at least 500 GB, which is the largest ATA hard drive made (this may have been increased to 750 MB, but it has not been increased to 1 TB and 1.5 TB as these are different series drives from 750 GB). What does different