Re: Thermal Compound Question
On Nov 3, 10:16 pm, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010/11/03 12:39, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: I have noticed that Apple used a thick paste on the G4 PowerBooks, I assume this is because the possible flexing and ambient temperature changes of the components could break the thermal contact That might not be the case, I do remember some Apple model being manufactured with too much thermal paste by mistake, but I don't remember which model it was. Tina The original MacBook Pro (1.83 MHz) had issues with big globs of thermal paste. I have one that I purchased as a high mileage special, and replaced the lower case due to the plastic frame being broken. I had noticed a lot more fan activity than with the later version (2.2 MHz). I cleaned it up and re-applied Arctic Silver in a moderate amount. The result is that it runs a full 40 degrees (F) cooler. I vote for less. V Mabus -- 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
Blueberry iMac
I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and Blueberry puck mouse. How difficult is it to upgrade these? It looks like a sealed unit. Do I need special tools? Thanks, Dennis Dennis Myhand Technology Coordinator Edna ISD (361)782-9086 Fax (361)781-1002 Cell (361)235-1944 -- 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: Blueberry iMac
Howdy, I'll start with the mouse. It can be upgraded to a LED mouse, but it is a pretty fair amount of work. The easiest route is to find a small LED sensor mouse and transplant the guts into the puck mouse. You will need an exacto knife and some putty. I would not call those special tools, but I suppose that depends on what you are used to using. Good luck, Ralph On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 15:05 -0500, Dennis Myhand wrote: I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and Blueberry puck mouse. How difficult is it to upgrade these? It looks like a sealed unit. Do I need special tools? Thanks, Dennis Dennis Myhand -- 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: Blueberry iMac
Uh...I am 53 years old and still have most of all ten fingers (some shorter than others, your finger mileage may vary) and I have not intention of doing anything to a mouse with an x-acto knife! I will use a M$ Intelli-mouse or something like that and keep the puck for looks. I mean, how hard is it to upgrade the processor, memory, and hard drive? I want to make it go faster, not work on a mouse! How do I find out which revision it is? It is a tray loading model, not slot loading. and it is running 8.6 Ralph Green wrote: Howdy, I'll start with the mouse. It can be upgraded to a LED mouse, but it is a pretty fair amount of work. The easiest route is to find a small LED sensor mouse and transplant the guts into the puck mouse. You will need an exacto knife and some putty. I would not call those special tools, but I suppose that depends on what you are used to using. Good luck, Ralph On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 15:05 -0500, Dennis Myhand wrote: I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and Blueberry puck mouse. How difficult is it to upgrade these? It looks like a sealed unit. Do I need special tools? Thanks, Dennis Dennis Myhand -- 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: Blueberry iMac
On Nov 5, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and Blueberry puck mouse. How difficult is it to upgrade these? It looks like a sealed unit. Do I need special tools? Thanks, Dennis There's a tray you can pull out that lets you access the RAM for upgrading; Hard drives takel a little more work, but it doesn't require any special tools. http://www.macworld.com/article/2496/2001/10/howtoimac.html -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
Do something useful with those old ADC monitors laying about
A how-to making them work with DVI: http://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/apple-studio-display-connector-ports/ -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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: Do something useful with those old ADC monitors laying about
On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:41 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: This looks all well and good. However is anyone else as puzzled as I by the lack of a simple schematic, to show the proper wire positions to those of us not as familiar with the way these things are hooked up ? Well, it's Hack-a-Day, and it's kind of assumed that you have the hacker ethos of 'if you don't know how it works, poke at it until it does work...or blows up. And if you read the original thread, he does say he'll try to cobble together a schematic, so check back in a bit. The link they show also has a link to an earlier entry for doing this, where the cabling is explicated: http://doesntexistat.blogspot.com/2010/11/hacking-apple-studio-display.html And the always useful Pinouts.RU http://pinouts.ru/ Has TONS of connector and other such very useful info. Such as : ADC pinout: http://pinouts.ru/Video/apple_adc_pinout.shtml DVI pinout: http://pinouts.ru/Video/dvi_pinout.shtml etc. You trace the existing cables to their connectors inside the system, and the power, USB and video are pretty easy to figure out, at that point. Hacking requires elbow AND brain grease on your part... -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
