Re: Kernel panic? why?

On Oct 22, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> If it *STILL* KP's after that, you have a hardware fault. > > I wonder when Apple will make a computer that "just tells me" what's > the matter with it? Seriously, it's because of the nat

Re: Kernel panic? why?

- Original Message > From: Jeffrey Engle > > If it *STILL* KP's after that, you have a hardware fault. > > I wonder when Apple will make a computer that "just tells me" what's > the matter with it? Or just hollers at me, "Hey, buddy! that firewire > device you just plugged in a

Re: Kernel panic? why?

On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > If it *STILL* KP's after that, you have a hardware fault. I wonder when Apple will make a computer that "just tells me" what's the matter with it? Or just hollers at me, "Hey, buddy! that firewire device you just plugged in ain't gonna wo

Re: Kernel panic? why?

On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Uhh "C" drive? I mean, starting it up via the super-drive and Tiger/Leopard install disk. (holding down the C key) sorry. J --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group

Re: Kernel panic? why?

On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > Now.. after I thought I'd fixed the problem last night by > disconnecting my firewire device, this morning... the same blue > screen... now sometimes stupid I am, realized and thought of this > question.. if the computer boots fine from the

Re: Kernel panic? why?

On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > The best way is to eliminate all unknowns by removing all your > plugged in gear - PCI cards , peripherals etc and start from a very > basic machine. > Then I would download and run "Memtest ". > Problems if any with Ram modules will appea

Re: Mac Mini "stuck" after it was working

I just finished watching the OWC video I pointed towards in my last link. It looks like if all you want to do is replace the RAM then you can skip almost everything in that video. I'm just guessing, but it looks like all you'd need to do is get the cover off to swap the DDR DIMM. The video goes t

Re: Mac Mini "stuck" after it was working

If I recall correctly, you are working with the PPC/G4 flavor of the Mac Mini, correct? Whether or not you buy from OWC their site usually does have reasonably good videos of the steps you'd have to go through to upgrade things like memory or hard drive. I suggest you take a look at the process b

Re: Classic on an MDD (FW800) running 10.4.11

On Oct 21, 5:33 am, lrbarrios wrote: > On Oct 20, 4:59 am, Bill Connelly wrote: > > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 1:47 AM, lrbarrios wrote: > > > Dragged (copied) the 'System Folder' (which is the OS 9 System Folder)   > > and the 'Applications (OS 9)' folders over to the root of my G4.   > > 'Blessed

Re: Mac Mini "stuck" after it was working

On Oct 22, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: > > Go to other world computing (OWC) (www,macsales.com) or Apple and look > up mini memory upgrades. > Remember OWC is your friend when installing hardware! Ifixit has lavishly illustrated guides to upgrading and repairing your mini.

Re: Mac Mini "stuck" after it was working

On Oct 21, 2009, at 11:16 PM, cheryl wrote: > We need to run the software update but the previous > owner (her uncle) has a password on it and we don't know it, can't get > it because he has passed away. Is there a way to bypass it? Or do we > have to reinstall the OS? Boot from the OS disk. I

Re: Mac Mini "stuck" after it was working

cheryl wrote: > We disconnected the ethernet and started up the computer, then shut it > down, plugged the ethernet back in and it's fine. We have a new > problem though. We need to run the software update but the previous > owner (her uncle) has a password on it and we don't know it, can't get >

Re: IDE/ATA Hard drives

On Oct 22, 1:14 am, "Michael G.M." wrote: > How long do you guys think PPC Mac users with IDE/ATA hard > drives have as far as being totally obsolete A very long time if you are willing to buy on the used market. Narrow SCSI drives were dropped by Apple almost ten years ago and it's just bee

Re: IDE/ATA Hard drives

Howdy, I think it is a valid concern. I bought 4 sata to ide adapters recently for this reason. They let uou plug in sata drives to IDE adapters, as long as there is physically room. They are cheap and available at the moment. In a few years, they may be hard to find. Maybe not, but I think