Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
Hi Brian, Perhaps a bit OT but here we go: I have both Tiger and Panther on my MDD on different drives. I use Tiger for the web because my browsers can use the latest Flash version - surfing the web is virtually broken in Panther now. But in Panther I can still use all my old apps in Classic which is not possible in Tiger. Plus my Logitech webcam does not work in Tiger anymore. And so on ... I just wanted to try Toast 8 again for DVD-burning because I had some coasters lately when I burned DVDs in Toast 6. But probably that's not a software issue ... Just the fact that I am not allowed to unzip an archive I made myself is quite annoying - don't you think so? As an old Mac user I hate to be told by my box what I can or cannot do ;-) Regards, Jörg. On 12 okt, 19:14, Brian Fuelleman fontgee...@yahoo.com wrote: Why not dump the unzipped file from Panther onto a flash drive and physically transport it to the computer that has the newer version (tiger) on it? If they are both on the same computer then why would you need to open the file in the 8 version of Toast.? If it's just for burning, then the same unzipped version you would use for 6 should work for 8. From: yawg yaw...@gmail.com To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 8:36:06 AM Subject: Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS Hello, Just a little quirk I encountered in Toast. I have versions 6 in Panther and 8 in Tiger. Because Toast 8 would often hiccup in play mode, I zipped it and returned to the trusty 6 which plays just fine in Tiger. When I tried to unzip my version 8 again for burning DVDs my Tiger told me that I'm not allowed to do that. Darn! Any workaround that comes to mind here? I'm just flummoxed, not angry ... Thanks, Jörg. On 12 okt, 05:14, Dana Collins dlcatft...@frontier.com wrote: On 10/11/10 5:20 PM, Ted Treen of ted.tr...@btinternet.com sent Brian Fuelleman wrote: Is there a way to adjust the volume on files prior to burning them to DVD? I have some old VHS recordings of some classes/lessons I would like to convert to DVD, but the audio level in the original is quite low. Roxio's conversion setup says that you can not alter the sound levels, but recording stuff where it will be a major strain to pick up the audio every time I wish to view these disks seems to be a ridiculous choice with todays technology. Is there a better way to go than with Roxio's software and hardware? I want to create DVD's that I can play on any DVD player or computer/platform (that has a DVD player). I have Toast 10 platinum on my G5, but I also have a couple of Quick silvers and a few older and smaller Mac's too. My first thought would be to convert the video to mp4, then load it into iMovie. I've hardly used iMovie, but I think it should allow you to tweak the volume level, then burn a generic video with iDVD. I'll look into it when I have a spare bit of time report back. You'll probably see lots of definitive replies in the meantime, though. Ted I too would be interested, Ted. Thank you, Dana -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:28 AM, yawg wrote: But in Panther I can still use all my old apps in Classic which is not possible in Tiger. I don't understand this, Classic is fully supported in Tiger? Perhaps you're one cat off and mean in Tiger you can still use all your Classic apps but it's not possible in Leopard? Just the fact that I am not allowed to unzip an archive I made myself is quite annoying - don't you think so? Yes, this does seem strange, but also seems like a solvable software issue? You might want to try the 3rd party freeware utility called The Unachiver which can unarchive almost all formats of compressed files: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22774/the-unarchiver -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Intall syetem using DMG
Folks, I'm trying to install X5 on a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. I have moved a X.5 .dmg to the computer's hd and now I'm trying to reboot the whole machine from the dmg. Is that even possible? Iv'e been told so. A -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Intall syetem using DMG
On Oct 13, 2010, at 4:26 AM, Gottick International wrote: I'm trying to install X5 on a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. No such thing as a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. I assume you're talking about dual-layer DVDs? ALL DVD units, whether they're Combo, DVD-ROM, or DVD-RW support dual-layer read. I'm assuming by X5 you mean Leopard 10.5, the first OS to ship on dual- layer discs. The only reason your optical unit wouldn't work with a dual-layer DVD is if you only have a CD-ROM unit instead of a DVD unit. This applies only to commercially produced dual-layer DVDs, if you happen to have a home burned copy on a dual-layer DVD-R or DVD+R disc, this could possibly not work, and often firmware updates for the DVD drive can add support for more media types and enable an unreadable disc to work, BUT you probably need a Windows PC in order to update the firmware. I have moved a X.5 .dmg to the computer's hd and now I'm trying to reboot the whole machine from the dmg. Is that even possible? I've been told so. No, you can't boot from the .dmg file. You must clone the .dmg onto a partition and then boot that partition. You can't clone onto the entire HD and then install onto the same HD; you'd need either two separate partitions or two separate drives. You may be able to clone onto a USB flash drive and then boot the USB drive to install, but first you'd need to reformat the USB drive as HFS+ journalled with the appropriate partition map (Apple partition map for PPC Macs, GUID partition map for Intel Macs) using Disk Utility. You can clone the .dmg with Carbon Copy Cloner. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Install system - sorry
Can't spell early in the morning. __ Anders Fager Gottick International www.gottick.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: looking for nvidia gpu temp widget
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html On Oct 12, 6:38 pm, roger deghetto stink...@ptd.net wrote: hello listers im looking for a nvidia gpu temp widget that works with 10.4 and 10.5 if it list names of the cards the better and if it can list both cards in my g5 all the better thanks roger -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
Hi Kris, I know all my cats ;-) In Tiger all the older apps of Adobe don't work any more like Illustrator and Photoshop or Acrobat. I still like Acrobat 4 for a quick job, it starts up faster in Classic than the CS2 version in Tiger. And I know Illustrator 9 well but find the CS2 version too complex for my daily needs, I need it for compatibility mostly. The same for Photoshop, I even still use version 4 sometimes, it is snappy in Classic and I still know all the old keyboard shortcuts. A pity Mosley stopped updating Camino for Panther. I liked that browser until it broke because of the Flash updates. But I realize that I have to move on even though I am 90 percent retired now. Or just keep getting frustrated sitting at my MDD. Maybe I'll have a go and jump to Snow Leopard by hacking my Samsung netbook - for recent compatibility ... Cheers, Jörg. On 13 okt, 10:47, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:28 AM, yawg wrote: But in Panther I can still use all my old apps in Classic which is not possible in Tiger. I don't understand this, Classic is fully supported in Tiger? Perhaps you're one cat off and mean in Tiger you can still use all your Classic apps but it's not possible in Leopard? Just the fact that I am not allowed to unzip an archive I made myself is quite annoying - don't you think so? Yes, this does seem strange, but also seems like a solvable software issue? You might want to try the 3rd party freeware utility called The Unachiver which can unarchive almost all formats of compressed files: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22774/the-unarchiver -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
Hi Kris, I know all my cats ;-) In Tiger all the older apps of Adobe don't work any more like Illustrator and Photoshop or Acrobat. I still like Acrobat 4 for a quick job, it starts up faster in Classic than the CS2 version in Tiger. And I know Illustrator 9 well but find the CS2 version too complex for my daily needs, I need it for compatibility mostly. The same for Photoshop, I even still use version 4 sometimes, it is snappy in Classic and I still know all the old keyboard shortcuts. A pity Mosley stopped updating Camino for Panther. I liked that browser until it broke because of the Flash updates. But I realize that I have to move on even though I am 90 percent retired now. Or just keep getting frustrated sitting at my MDD. Maybe I'll have a go and jump to Snow Leopard by hacking my Samsung netbook - for recent compatibility ... Cheers, Jörg. On 13 okt, 10:47, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:28 AM, yawg wrote: But in Panther I can still use all my old apps in Classic which is not possible in Tiger. I don't understand this, Classic is fully supported in Tiger? Perhaps you're one cat off and mean in Tiger you can still use all your Classic apps but it's not possible in Leopard? Just the fact that I am not allowed to unzip an archive I made myself is quite annoying - don't you think so? Yes, this does seem strange, but also seems like a solvable software issue? You might want to try the 3rd party freeware utility called The Unachiver which can unarchive almost all formats of compressed files: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22774/the-unarchiver -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Intall syetem using DMG
On 2010/10/13 03:26, Gottick International wrote: I'm trying to install X5 on a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. I have moved a X.5 .dmg to the computer's hd and now I'm trying to reboot the whole machine from the dmg. Is that even possible? Iv'e been told so. As Kris said, you cannot boot from the drive that you are going to install to. If you have a second Mac you can install to the first Mac using Firewire Target Disk Mode (connect the two Macs with a firewire cable, restart the 'target' mac holding down the 'T' key, as soon as the Mac's hard drive shows up in the other Mac's Finder sidebar as an external drive you can install). It sounds convoluted but it really isn't. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Intall syetem using DMG
I'm trying to install X5 on a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. I'm assuming by X5 you mean Leopard 10.5, the first OS to ship on dual-layer discs. Yupp if you happen to have a home burned copy on a dual-layer DVD-R or DVD +R disc, this could possibly not work, and often firmware updates for the DVD drive can add support for more media types and enable an unreadable disc to work, BUT you probably need a Windows PC in order to update the firmware. Probably what is happening here. Oddly enough some burned DVDs are accepted and some are not. I have moved a X.5 .dmg to the computer's hd and now I'm trying to reboot the whole machine from the dmg. Is that even possible? I've been told so. No, you can't boot from the .dmg file. You must clone the .dmg onto a partition and then boot that partition. Can it be done from an external HD? Anders -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Intall syetem using DMG
I'm trying to install X5 on a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. I have moved a X.5 .dmg to the computer's hd and now I'm trying to reboot the whole machine from the dmg. Is that even possible? Iv'e been told so. As Kris said, you cannot boot from the drive that you are going to install to. If you have a second Mac you can install to the first Mac using Firewire Target Disk Mode (connect the two Macs with a firewire cable, restart the 'target' mac holding down the 'T' key, as soon as the Mac's hard drive shows up in the other Mac's Finder sidebar as an external drive you can install). It sounds convoluted but it really isn't. Wonderfull. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Over clocking G4
Stevo, Overclocking can be done by changing resistors on the processor board, or by changing some settings in the PRAM, I think. This needs good soldering skills or some tinkering deep inside the system software, and will give you a slight speed improvement at the cost of (maybe) more crashes. To make a real difference, you would need to replace the processor by one from a faster model, or by a “processor upgrade”. This is easier, but it costs, and you’d need to know exactly which model of G4 PowerMac you have. For starters, you can look on the serial number sticker on the back; another good indicator is the position of the audio jacks: aligned vertically or horizontally, and above or below the USB and LAN connectors? Depending on your budget, you could also shop for a faster model: prices have really come down. I have a Power Pc G4 400mb processor, 80gb harddrive, 1gb memory. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Over clocking G4
400mhz can also be a Sawtooth (AGP, non-gigabit) model. Don't know about gigabit. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Illirik Smirnov illir...@gmail.com wrote: 400MHz would be a Yikes! model. PCI GFX, AGP GFX, or Gigabit Ethernet is unknown. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
How to replace battery in G4 iMac
HI List, I need to replace the battery in my G4 iMac. If you know how please email me directly. Thanks Wm, -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Startup drive problems
I have Tiger on my internal drive and Leopard on a Verbatim external firewire drive. I have been feeling my way through Leopard for the past month or so and now have gotten into trouble. I have suffered a series of events which may or may not be related but in total they have exhausted my repair capabilities. I ask the group for further suggestions. Yesterday, Time Machine reported failure to back up my system (to a third external drive) because it thought the disk had been removed. It had not, and was clearly visible both on the desktop. I restarted Time Machine and thought I was done. Today, on startup, my EMac took a bit longer to arise, flashed a folder in the center of the screen, and promptly awoke in Tiger. The Leopard disk was at that time visible on the desktop and showed no difficulty when I browsed it. Thinking the Mac just the correct startup info, I went to preferences and directed the next startup to be the disk with Leopard. Unfortunately, after restart it awoke in Tiger again. This time thinking there was a problem with the Leopard drive, I ran disk repair and it reported that it had repaired the disk. I then selected the Leopard hard drive as the startup and restarted. Since then not only does the Mac wake up in Tiger, but the the Verbatim disk is not even visible on the desktop. Restarts, drive utility, plugging and unplugging cables, I can't seem to coax it to the desktop. If this were OS9, I would take SCSI Probe and force the drive to mount but I don't know a similar trick in OSX, Additional suggestions are welcomed. I have difficulty believing that drive utility could render the Verbatim invisible. Your suggestions are welcomed. Don Wakefield -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Hardware test results on my G4 eMac - Memory issue?
Hi all, I have the eMac 1.25 gHz with 1 gb of ram. Owned since new. Replaced motherboard once under warranty a few years ago. Had been running 10.3.9 until May. Installed Tiger 10.4.11 and have been using it smoothly ever since. Last week, I got my first ever kernel panic. Screen said, you must shut down ... etc. I ran everything I knew how to for diagnostics - which was only the Utilities and then Onyx to clear all caches and tidy up stuff. It ran smoothly after this so I thought it was okay again. Today it crashed with same kernel panic. But - when I forced reboot, it would only show the apple icon and spinning thing - then slowly it went to a blue screen. Blue screen flickered, but did nothing to finish booting. The Tiger disk I have isn't for the eMac specifically. So I took my eMac original disks out (with 10.3-something.) and ran the hardware test. It came up with a memory error: Erorr code 2MEM/104/4:DIMM1/J1 I read some obscur post somewhere that said it is possible that when upgrading OS the old RAM will be obsolete. I don't know which OS's it was talking about though. Could this be my problem? I only know enough to be dangerous about diagnostics - so your advice would be very appreciated. If it is the RAM, is it both chips? If I could limp along with only one for a while, that would be workable - no cash for replacement or repair. Hoping you can help me learn what I need to get the eMac running again. Thanks, -Lynn / Wren -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
On 10/11/10 1:35 PM, Brian Fuelleman wrote: Is there a way to adjust the volume on files prior to burning them to DVD? I use MPEG Stramclip. http://www.squared5.com/ (for the free download) I also purchased the QuickTime plug-in that expands MS's capabilities. I really don't remember anymore what features you can't do without the plug-in. But the program will load multiple segment VOB files, as well as quite a few others. It will export quite a number of formats as well, including demuxing just the audio, just the video, video audio separately, etc. into a variety of formats. Adjustments include volume, brightness, contrast, saturation, screen size, interlace/non-interlace, aspect ratio, cropping more. Output movies can also be saved at a variety of quality levels. Cheers, Drew -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
RE: Over clocking G4 should be safe up to around 15%
My quicksilver with an 800Mhz CPU has been running for about 4 years at 933Mhz. It was NOT stable long term any faster than this. It can encode video (CPU at 100%) for days without any trouble. (good thing because it takes days to rip and encode a DVD on my quicksilver!) Once, it was in a server room that suffered a cooler malfunction. All of the server shut down due to overtemp, but there in the corner, the old overclocked quicksilver was still running fine. I'm sure it was well over 100 degrees F in that room. -Original Message- From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of stevo137 Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:09 AM To: G-Group Subject: Over clocking G4 I have a G4 Power PC and I am wondering if you can over clock it and how safe is it? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Over clocking G4
If it is a Yikes model, I'm fairly certain that you will have a jumper block you can remove and move some pins around. If it is an AGP model, you will have to do some soldering. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to replace battery in G4 iMac
On 10/13/10 2:33 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: HI List, I need to replace the battery in my G4 iMac. If you know how please email me directly. Thanks Wm, Look at the tear downs at macsales.com try the ram one, you should be able to get to battery. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Hardware test results on my G4 eMac - Memory issue?
On 2010/10/11 16:37, wren so eloquently wrote: Last week, I got my first ever kernel panic. Screen said, you must shut down ... etc. I ran everything I knew how to for diagnostics - which was only the Utilities and then Onyx to clear all caches and tidy up stuff. It ran smoothly after this so I thought it was okay again. Today it crashed with same kernel panic. But - when I forced reboot, it would only show the apple icon and spinning thing - then slowly it went to a blue screen. Blue screen flickered, but did nothing to finish booting. The Tiger disk I have isn't for the eMac specifically. So I took my eMac original disks out (with 10.3-something.) and ran the hardware test. It came up with a memory error: Erorr code 2MEM/104/4:DIMM1/J1 I read some obscur post somewhere that said it is possible that when upgrading OS the old RAM will be obsolete. I don't know which OS's it was talking about though. Could this be my problem? I only know enough to be dangerous about diagnostics - so your advice would be very appreciated. If it is the RAM, is it both chips? If I could limp along with only one for a while, that would be workable - no cash for replacement or repair. Hoping you can help me learn what I need to get the eMac running again. Try removing one stick of RAM if you can and see how it behaves, then replace that stick and remove the other stick and again see how it behaves. If it works with one and not the other you've diagnosed the problem, if it doesn't work with either stick of RAM then either both are bad or not up to spec, or you have a different problem. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
On 2010/10/11 16:40, Drew Anderson so eloquently wrote: I use MPEG Stramclip. http://www.squared5.com/ (for the free download) I also purchased the QuickTime plug-in that expands MS's capabilities. I really don't remember anymore what features you can't do without the plug-in. I believe the QT plugin enables MPEG 1 or 2, I don't remember which. But the program will load multiple segment VOB files, as well as quite a few others. It will export quite a number of formats as well, including demuxing just the audio, just the video, video audio separately, etc. into a variety of formats. Adjustments include volume, brightness, contrast, saturation, screen size, interlace/non-interlace, aspect ratio, cropping more. Output movies can also be saved at a variety of quality levels. I have tried to use MPEG Streamclip several times but it won't open a video_ts folder nor will it allow me to select all the files in the video_ts folder. Running it on the vob files that it will let me select results in multiple output files. Can you tell me how you use it? Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Startup Problems
On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Gottick International wrote: Folks I have this strange problem trying to start a iMac G5. The story runs like this. 1/ I start the machine and get the blinking question mark. 2/ I start the machine using an install DVD and Disk Utility can't even see the machine's HD. 3/ I start the machine again using an install DVD and now Disk Utility can see the machine's HD. Selecting the machine's HD using startup disk I can now start the machine. It works perfectly. 4/ When I shut down the machine and try to start again it I'm back at #1, above. • The computer runs a newly installed OS X.5 and the HD has just been formated. • The HD - when visible - registers as all fine using Disk Utility and Disk Warrior. • All sleep and energy saving contraptions has been disabled. Any suggestions? Check the PRAM battery. It sounds as if it either has died, or is much lower than the nominal 3 volts. If the battery is OK, then start up and do a PRAM reset until it chimes at least 3 times. (Push power button, then immediately hold down Command, Option, P and R until you hear the chimes.) If the battery is bad, replace it and then do the PRAM reset. Not meaning to be rude, but how do I check the battery? Better just replace it, yes? After all the machine has been running for ages. Let's assume you've got a first or second-gen iMac G5. To check the battery, put your iMac G5 face down on a towel on a table. Use a Phillips screwdriver to loosen the three captive screws in the base of the LCD. Don't try to remove them, just turn them counterclockwise until they stop. Then lift up on the foot of the stand and remove the back cover. The clock battery is hiding underneath the modem or Airport card to the left of center. It's a flat silver CR2032 battery about the size of a nickel. Use a nylon stick or other non-conductive object to push the battery away from the spring. You may have to carefully pry the spring up a tad to get the battery started out of the holder. Then use a multimeter to measure the battery's voltage. If you've got an iMac G5 with iSight (camera lens at top center of bezel), then it's an entirely different ball game to get to the battery. In either case, go here for a step by step guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Browse/iMac_G5 Or, you can get your iMac to boot to the desktop, then manually set the date and time. Make sure you're not connected to the Internet and that you disable the automatic timekeeping feature if it's turned on. Then shut down your iMac and unplug it from the electrical outlet. Leave it that way for a while (15-30 minutes). Then plug it in and get it to boot to the desktop. If your date/time stamp is still correct, the battery is still good. If it's not, then the battery no longer has enough juice to keep the date/time and other startup parameters in memory. HTH, Jim -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS
On 10/13/10 2:23 PM, Tina K. wrote: I have tried to use MPEG Streamclip several times but it won't open a video_ts folder nor will it allow me to select all the files in the video_ts folder. Running it on the vob files that it will let me select results in multiple output files. Can you tell me how you use it? The only place I have access to the internet now is on my iBook at the local espresso parlour, so I'm not looking at MPEG Streamclip at the moment. But... I use Mac the Ripper to rip DVD's to my hard drive. MPEG SC works a LOT better that way. At that point, I just double click one of the VOB files in the series. MPEG SC loads, then asks me if I want to load all the files in the series, or just one. I usually select Load all, unless I'm only looking for a specific little clip within a movie. With all the VOB files loaded as a single movie, it will save the entire movie, or whatever portion I choose with Select In Select Out controls as a single file, unless I select Separate file into segments. I realize this is not a very complete answer, so I'm going to install MPEG SC on my laptop when I go home tonight, so I can run it as I'm trying to explain what I'm doing tomorrow. Cheers, Drew -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: VGA video card for Power Mac G3?
Out of curiosity, what IS the max RAM it can handle? I've heard up to 768MB, but some sites say something like 384MB, which is obviously quite a difference! Thanks, Heather On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:08 PM, admin oneluc...@mac.com wrote: Heather, great suggestion. That's what I have in my Beige G3. Also, an inexpensive Firewire/USB 2.0 PCI card would make that Beige G3 quite workable. I used a fully-fledged Beige G3 (max RAM, newer ROM, ATA PCI card, etc.) for quite a bit until recently, including OS X. On Sep 25, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Dan Palka wrote: Super easy. Just search for Mac Radeon 7000 PCI on eBay. There's many to choose from, priced between $20 and $40. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
