Re: Screen Redraw Errors / Artifacts in Safari

2011-01-25 Thread pdimage
On 25/1/11 07:20, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Well ... I tried Reset Safari to no avail, then tried disassembling my Mac, reseating all PCI cards (SATA and USB2) and memory after cleaning contacts. The streaking only appears regularly in Safari's Top Sites window.

Re: PATA to SATA External HD Enclosures

2011-01-25 Thread skinnie
I used a item just like that one posted by the user Jeffrey Daile Engle,but it was bought on ebay for 3euros I guess,it worked like a charm. -- 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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

2011-01-25 Thread skinnie
Don't you need the latest firmware to run OSX? I though so... On Jan 23, 6:15 pm, faithie999 faithie...@hotmail.com wrote: .  (in order to run the firmware updater to prepare for the new processor, the mac firmware needs to be at 4.2.8.  if you need to upgrade the firmware, it's still available

Re: Mac Mini HDD speed

2011-01-25 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 24, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:46 PM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: why so hostile? Tired of dealing with guessing. Definitely faster? You sure? Yes, I'm sure. To confirm that from a 2nd source, look to the original poster who says: After a bunch

Re: Help needed for Mac Powerbook M7572, reload

2011-01-25 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: I did a dumb thing, I wiped the hard drive of this computer instead of writing all 0's. This doesn't make sense because writing all 0's is wiping the hard drive. You meant you wrote all

G4 Shut Down

2011-01-25 Thread Stephen Conrad
Sometime early this morning my G4 shut down This is all I could find in Console that was not data from after i rebooted It was under System logs Jan 25 03:15:07 steve-cs-power-mac-g4 cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time

Re: Screen Redraw Errors / Artifacts in Safari

2011-01-25 Thread Dan
At 2:20 AM -0500 1/25/2011, Bill Connelly wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Dan wrote: At 12:52 PM -0500 1/23/2011, Bill Connelly wrote: I'm using the latest Safari under 10.5.8. A Geforce 4MX video card in my Digital Audio Dual 533. I've begun getting errors in the background of Top

Re: Mac Mini HDD speed

2011-01-25 Thread Dan
At 3:05 PM -0800 1/24/2011, John Carmonne wrote: Would [over-clocking] change the overall speeds including the FW 400? Over-clocking increases the speed of the cpu and perhaps the memory bus (since its speed is usually a multiple of the cpu's). It does not change the speed of the i/o buses

Re: G4 Shut Down

2011-01-25 Thread Dan
At 7:50 AM -0600 1/25/2011, Stephen Conrad wrote: Sometime early this morning my G4 shut down This is all I could find in Console that was not data from after i rebooted It was under System logs Jan 25 03:15:07 steve-cs-power-mac-g4 cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not

Re: Screen Redraw Errors / Artifacts in Safari

2011-01-25 Thread Bill Connelly
On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:15 AM, pdimage wrote: I have an old sawtooth with a GeForce 5200 256MB agp card installed (pins taped) which would not boot except in safe mode. The 5200 is CoreImage and QuartzExtreme capable but these features are disabled in safe mode resulting in some strange

Re: Mac Mini HDD speed

2011-01-25 Thread t...@io.com
On Jan 24, 8:58 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: I learned this THE HARD WAY, I actually BOUGHT FW800 enclosures   expecting them to be TWICE AS FAST as my old FW400 enclosures, but   when I TESTED THEM, they were the SAME SPEED, not because they're not   CAPABLE of twice as fast,

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread Alex Barnes
I think that there is a copy on macintoshgarden.org On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: another lister mentioned wanting to run some vintage apps, and it brought to mind one VERY vintage app - After Dark. tho it's a stoopid waste of time and resources, i just have to ask - does

wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread akhoff18
I recently acquired a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (867mHZ, 1.25 gb RAM) and am in the process of upgrading and updating it. I've got most things on my list accomplished but I'm somewhat confused about what type of wireless would be best for this machine. From what I've read online it seems as though

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread bittin
i just bought a D-link DWA-140 for my MDD and that works fine with the Ralink Wireless Utility drivers :) -- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
I recently acquired a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (867mHZ, 1.25 gb RAM) and am in the process of upgrading and updating it. I've got most things on my list accomplished but I'm somewhat confused about what type of wireless would be best for this machine. If you want 100 percent Airport Extreme

Re: Mac Mini HDD speed

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
Of course, drives today are almost ten times faster (more than?) but the principles haven't changed a bit.A 133 MB/s interface doesn't matter one wit, if the drive can only deliver 70MB/s of data. And, the internal performance of some drives is as low as 40 MB/s. -- You received this

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread Yersinia
On 1/24/11 6:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: another lister mentioned wanting to run some vintage apps, and it brought to mind one VERY vintage app - After Dark. tho it's a stoopid waste of time and resources, i just have to ask - does anyone know whatever happened to berkeley software? or if there

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: i miss my flying toasters. :'o( Miss them no more: http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/25 10:38, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: i miss my flying toasters. :'o( Miss them no more: http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ Bah! NOTE Currently download links are not enabled by request of Vivendi. -- iMac 20 USB 2

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
Miss them no more: http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ The above link is broken (as for downloads). Google on ToasterClone 1.0 and download it from the referenced site. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ The above link is broken (as for downloads). Google on ToasterClone 1.0 and download it from the referenced site. Tested on 10.6.6 (an i5-760 Hack using an ASRock P55 Pro mobo). Works great. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread Yersinia
On 1/25/11 11:56 AM, akhoff18 wrote: I recently acquired a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (867mHZ, 1.25 gb RAM) and am in the process of upgrading and updating it. I've got most things on my list accomplished but I'm somewhat confused about what type of wireless would be best for this machine. From

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread akhoff18
wonderful! thanks for the info! it will be compatible with any router, correct? i just have a regular verizon modem/router. another question that you may know the answer to if you are familiar with MDD.i also want to update the graphics so i am able to watch movies and use netflix (not sure

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread bittin
it works fine with my FON Router atleast, don't know how to update the gfx, and iam still running 10.3.9 on this Dual 867mhz G4 with 512mb ram, but will update it to Tiger later this week - Original message - From: akhoff18‎ annahof...@yahoo.com To: G-Group‎

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 25, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Yersinia wrote: A USB adapter is just fine. In fact, I'm coming to you RIGHT NOW from my own beloved G4 Quicksilver 867, 1.5 GB RAM, and a Belkin 54g USB Network Adapter with a driver called Wireless Utility v 1.2.80u. Wireless performance of my Quicksilver

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread jetas...@netzero.com
-- Original Message -- From: ah...clem boneheads...@gmail.com To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: frivolous question Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:42:34 -0800 (PST) another lister mentioned wanting to run some vintage apps, and it brought to mind one VERY vintage app -

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
Unless you've added a PCI USB 2.0 card, your Quicksilver should have limited capability using a Belkin 54g USB adapter via the built-in USB 1.1 port. The performance should be slower than your G4 Mini's native 54g Airport Extreme card, and about the same as your iBook G3/800 with original

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:17 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: The USB system on most G4 Macks is too slow. Glacially slow. For, say, QS 2002 or earlier Macks, a Mini-PCI Broadcom card in a Mini-PCI-to-PCI adapter will more than do the job, and for about US$10, too. Hwill that work

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
For, say, QS 2002 or earlier Macks, a Mini-PCI Broadcom card in a Mini-PCI-to-PCI adapter will more than do the job, and for about US$10, too. Hwill that work in an airport slot, as in a laptop? Works in a laptop in its Mini-PCI slot. Works in a desktop, in its PCI slot (using the

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: another lister mentioned wanting to run some vintage apps, and it brought to mind one VERY vintage app - After Dark. tho it's a stoopid waste of time and resources, i just have to ask - does anyone know whatever happened to berkeley software?

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: i miss my flying toasters. :'o( Miss them no more: http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:52 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ The above link is broken (as for downloads). Google on ToasterClone 1.0 and download it from the referenced site. Tested on 10.6.6 (an i5-760 Hack using an ASRock P55 Pro mobo). Works great. I

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 25, 3:17 pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: For, say, QS 2002 or earlier Macks, a Mini-PCI Broadcom card in a Mini-PCI-to-PCI adapter will more than do the job, and for about US$10, too. There are also a few PCI wifi adapters that are Broadcom based and will be read as an Airport Extreme

Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
I bought a logitec cheap-ola microphone today with 1/8th mini to plug into my G5 imac... it won't work? shouldn't it? Is there a work around or a third party driver that'll make it work? (I should say that it works fine on a winblows box) Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Mike Linnett
In system preferences, you should be able to select Line in as the audio source? That should show you if any signal is getting through. Doesn't the iMac have a built in mic? On 25 Jan 2011, at 23:12, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I bought a logitec cheap-ola microphone today with 1/8th mini to

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.comwrote: I bought a logitec cheap-ola microphone today with 1/8th mini to plug into my G5 imac... it won't work? shouldn't it? Is there a work around or a third party driver that'll make it work? (I should say that it

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
yes, the imac has a built-in mic and no, it doesn't register in sys pref's. no signal gets through. Jeff On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Mike Linnett wrote: In system preferences, you should be able to select Line in as the audio source? That should show you if any signal is getting through.

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.comwrote: yes, the imac has a built-in mic and no, it doesn't register in sys pref's. no signal gets through. Jeff If the mic works when plugged in to another device, proving it

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: yes, the imac has a built-in mic and no, it doesn't register in sys pref's. no signal gets through. Jeff

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.comwrote: I have no idea Your user manual will tell you. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Your user manual will tell you. it didn't come with a user manual, and furthermore it doesn't even have a model number on it. I picked it up a goodwill. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:32 AM, akhoff18 wrote: wonderful! thanks for the info! it will be compatible with any router, correct? i just have a regular verizon modem/router. another question that you may know the answer to if you are familiar with MDD.i also want to update the graphics so i

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-25 Thread Mark Lavelle
On 1/25/11 11:55 AM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:42 PM, ah...clem wrote: i miss my flying toasters. :'o( Miss them no more: http://uneasysilence.com/toast/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
There are also a few PCI wifi adapters that are Broadcom based and will be read as an Airport Extreme card. I'm using a Belkin one in my Quicksilver right now. Gotta make sure it's the right one, though. I have a few of those, too. Most are the non-Airport-compatible versions, however. --

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread akhoff18
On Jan 25, 3:17 pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: Unless you've added a PCI USB 2.0 card, your Quicksilver should have limited capability using a Belkin 54g USB adapter via the built-in USB 1.1 port. The performance should be slower than your G4 Mini's native 54g Airport Extreme card, and

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.comwrote: On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Your user manual will tell you. it didn't come with a user manual, and furthermore it doesn't even have a model number on it. I picked it up a

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Wow , now I am really envious. A G5 from Goodwill? In my town a G5, if anyone had bought one, would be used until it as dust, and considered so valuable that it would be on eBay for months to meet the reserve ! Check the LEM

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-25 Thread peterhaas
would someone be able to send a quick link to what exactly encompasses a mini pci to pci adapter...just so i know i'm buying the correct part. i searched on ebay and a few different things came up with the same name. Mini-PCI Broadcom Airport-compatible WiFi card ...

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.comwrote: On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Wow , now I am really envious. A G5 from Goodwill? In my town a G5, if anyone had bought one, would be used until it as dust, and considered so

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Dana Collins
On 1/25/11 11:12 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Wow , now I am really envious. A G5 from Goodwill? In my town a G5, if anyone had bought one, would be used until it as dust, and considered so valuable that it

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:12 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: I was talking about the microphone. He was talking about the manual for the G5 iMac. You can download a manual from Apple and look in there: http://support.apple.com/manuals/ -- You received this message because you are a member of

SOLVED Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
Yes, a preamp or I believe a simple USB to analog adapter might do the trick. I may just find one of those at goodwill the next time I visit. In any case, I'll take it from here. Thanks for all the input. Jeff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for