Re: Beating a dead horse? - Flashing "PC" video cards for a Power Mac

2010-12-05 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 12/5/10 12:03 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > The type of RAM probably only indicates the version of the card. The usual > problem with flashing a card with Mac firmware is that the flash ROM isn't > big enough to take the Mac firmware. To which I have seen reduced ROM's as the 'solution' to th

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/5/10 7:44 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Clark Martin mailto:cm...@sonic.net>> wrote: "Card"? Do you mean the hub? -> Nope, the card that the AC Adaptor came attached to. you might try thrift stores, etc. -- You received this message because you are

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > "Card"? Do you mean the hub? > -> Nope, the card that the AC Adaptor came attached to. > > The hub will require 2.1 to 2.5A. Each port needs to be able to supply .5 > A and the hub itself needs some. > > >> You are probably better off ju

Optical drive interface speeds

2010-12-05 Thread John Carmonne
Is there any advantage to a USB/FW400/FW800 and eSATA on an enclosure with an optical drive in it. Can the drive run as fast or faster than USB? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

WallStreet G3 DVD problem

2010-12-05 Thread John Carmonne
I'm not getting any joy here trying to get my Wally to play a flick. In "OS 9.2.2" the DVD card mounts on the desktop and the DVD also mounts, but when I try to start "DVD Player" I get an error that says hardware can't be found and that I should reinstall DVD Player. Where do I find DVD player?

PCMIA USB/FW card?

2010-12-05 Thread John Carmonne
I'm trying to find a PCMIA USB/FW combination card with a wall wart power supply for my Wally's. It seems to be a rare item. All the ones I see on eBay state Windows but not Apple/Mac I have an HP model that's spotty at best as far as working at all. I have a Belkin USB card that works and a Fire

Re: Beating a dead horse? - Flashing "PC" video cards for a Power Mac

2010-12-05 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 5, 2010, at 4:30 AM, Justin The Cynical wrote: >> If the VRAM chips (there should be 4 of them on the fan side of the >> card) are square it can probably be flashed, if they are rectangular >> it cannot be flashed for a Mac. If it looks like it may be compatible >> the info on themacelite

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 5, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > > On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > The folks as The Apple Store on the Country Club Plaza (Kansas City, MO) said > I'd be fine using a 6V DC power cord on my USB 4-P

Re: Can I boot a quicksilver off an internal SCSI drive?

2010-12-05 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/1/10 8:43 PM, Deiniol ap Deiniol of autolycus.mercat...@googlemail.com sent > My latest Quicksilver is a 933 G4 with 1.5GB memory, running 10.4.11. > I've installed a 120GB first drive, along with another 120GB drive > which was the Time Machine drive for the Leopard that came on its > orig

Re: G4 933 quicksilver

2010-12-05 Thread Dan
At 11:55 AM -0700 12/5/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: Just deleting it from the accounts panel should do the trick, although earlier versions of the HP software checked to see of it was installed whenever you used the scanner, and re-installed it. IN that case I reccomend ripping out all the HP sof

Re: pic

2010-12-05 Thread John Callahan
On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Thanks for the explanation, must be that's what happened. Much obliged. I'm not as young as I used to be But I'm not as old as I'm going to be! SO WATCH IT!!! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for th

Re: G4 933 quicksilver

2010-12-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 4, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: > Thank you. Ill give it a try. I just delete it from the accounts panel or > do I remove it from the system somewhere also? Just deleting it from the accounts panel should do the trick, although earlier versions of the HP software checked

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread John Callahan
On Dec 5, 2010, at 7:17 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: ah...clem wrote: On Dec 4, 7:34 pm, Len Gerstel wrote: John, I know it is very small, and probably part of your sig, but please do not send any attachments to the list. Thanks, Len Gerstel List Nanny exsqueeze me, mr. list nanny sir,

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 5, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: > OK folks a few things. > > My apologies to John. That was supposed to have gone to him off list. Sorry. > > Attachments are not allowed on any Low End Mac mailing list. No exceptions > for sigs, screen shots of a problem, cute kitty cats, viruse

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread Al Poulin
On Dec 5, 2:12 am, "ah...clem" wrote: > ya know, rules are made by people, so that the rules can serve us. > not so we can serve them.  and when they are broken, then they need to > be fixed.  not saluted.  clearly the spirit of the rule is not only to > save bandwidth (which is today, on google,

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread Len Gerstel
OK folks a few things. My apologies to John. That was supposed to have gone to him off list. Sorry. Attachments are not allowed on any Low End Mac mailing list. No exceptions for sigs, screen shots of a problem, cute kitty cats, viruses from a windows pc or any thing else. NO attachments. As t

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-12-05 Thread Vic
On Dec 4, 2:19 pm, John Carmonne wrote: > Hi All > I have a Cube with a Sonnet 1.2 and 1.5 GB RAM. I get a lot of SPOD (beach > ball) when trying to do a Carbon Copy Clone Between 2 FW ports  and it > doesn't matter which drive I'm booted to. It seems to be real slow and I'm > wondering if a

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/05 00:12, ah...clem so eloquently wrote: Dija read the rules ah...clem? No attachments. Simple as that. -- 
Tim 
list moderator wow. Plonk. Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > > On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > The folks as The Apple Store on the Country Club Plaza (Kansas City, MO) >> said I'd be fine using a 6V DC power cord on my USB 4-Port Hub that says it >> needs a 5V DC power cord (they

Re: G4 DP 450 Gig-E issues

2010-12-05 Thread Amanda Ward
On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Dan wrote: > At 10:01 PM -0500 12/4/2010, rtows...@aol.com wrote: >> 1. Pulled video card, ram & HD, replaced pram battery. Still no >> beeps/chimes/fans or HD spin. >> 2. Power Supply shows no 28v so guess it's the supply. > > Sounds like it. > >> Going looking for

Re: Beating a dead horse? - Flashing "PC" video cards for a Power Mac

2010-12-05 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 12/4/10 6:43 PM, dc wrote: >> I recently brought my old 733 Digital Audio back to life. Currently >> it's sporting a modified 5200 from a G5, but after digging in my parts >> pile, I've found a 9600XT from Sapphire. > > If the VRAM chips (there should be 4 of them on the fan side of the > card

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
ah...clem wrote: On Dec 4, 7:34 pm, Len Gerstel wrote: John, I know it is very small, and probably part of your sig, but please do not send any attachments to the list. Thanks, Len Gerstel List Nanny exsqueeze me, mr. list nanny sir, but why are you picking on only one person here,

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:50 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: The folks as The Apple Store on the Country Club Plaza (Kansas City, MO) said I'd be fine using a 6V DC power cord on my USB 4- Port Hub that says it needs a 5V DC power cord (they said it would only draw 5V DC). I asked them as the only Un

Re: Quicksilver Freezes during software update

2010-12-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I think I might have figured it out. I was reading a website about adapting ATX power supplies to G4 powermacs, and something the author said caught my attention. He said that one drawback is that deep sleep requires 5v and the ATX power supply can't do this, and putting it to sleep could result i

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread Ted Treen
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Re: Will this power supply work in my G4 MDD?

2010-12-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 5, 2010, at 2:14 AM, Tom wrote: Can anybody tell me if it will? The action description says it model# 614-0108, which Google says is for a Rev.2 Sawtooth, so it appears the answer is no, it probably won't work. The one you need is likely #614-0183 in 400 watt. On YouTube there are

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 5, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Were they right or do I need to order a cord from Belkin? Yes, they were right. No, you don't need to order from Belkin, ANY 5v with the correct plug, current, polarity, and amperage will work fine. It may be simplest to get the Belkin. You

Will this power supply work in my G4 MDD?

2010-12-05 Thread Tom
My G4 1.42 GHz DP Mac tower won't start up anymore (it got harder and harder to start and finally quit), and I replaced the motherboard battery with no effect, so I guess the power supply has died. There is a G4 power supply for sale on eBay right now: but neither I nor the seller knows whether i