Re: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel

2011-05-17 Thread Ted Treen
From: Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011 3:41:47 Subject: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel I tried 10.4 Tiger and it boots fine. I tried disk repair and am getting incorrect # of threads It has tried

Re: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel

2011-05-17 Thread Ted Treen
From: Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011 3:11:56 Subject: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel My G5 mac (pci dual 1.8 2mgs ram 10.5.8 Has the mac chime, then the pinwheel hash marks. Next, the fans get faster

Re: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel

2011-05-17 Thread Wayne Garrett
I cleaned the SATA contacts, re-seated ram, did the Pram reset and now am still stuck when I tried to boot 10.5.8 from DVD. I will try Tiger and put it on a old SATA drive in the other bay. On 5/16/11, Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com wrote: My G5 mac (pci dual 1.8 2mgs ram 10.5.8 Has the mac

Re: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel

2011-05-17 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 17, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Wayne Garrett wrote: am still stuck when I tried to boot 10.5.8 from DVD. Hold Cmd-v at startup, see what the problem is. -- 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

Re: CPU upgrade options for Power Mac G4 DA

2011-05-17 Thread Geke
Leopard is a bit slower than Tiger, so you have to decide if it’s worth it. Otherwise, running Leopard on this DA is not a problem. The only problem is with installing it, unless you can use another faster Mac for that: connect the DA in target disk mode and install onto its harddisk from the

Re: CPU upgrade options for Power Mac G4 DA

2011-05-17 Thread Geke
Gene Henley wrote: I`d like to slightly vary the question. I have a prior model which has a 100Mhz bus. The current processor is 450Mhz. I`d like to upgrade. On 100MHz models, only CPUs from 100MHz models make sense: a 600MHz CPU from a 133MHz Mac runs at 450MHz in a 100MHz Mac, unless you

Re: CPU upgrade options for Power Mac G4 DA

2011-05-17 Thread peterhaas
Because 450MHz is about the fastest 100MHz CPU that Apple has used, your only option would be a CPU upgrade like Sonnet etc. There was a 500 MHz dual processor. A related dual processor for a 133 MHz but was 533 MHz. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel

2011-05-17 Thread maggell42
Did you change the amount of memory or move any chip from the original position lately?...or...are you try to power ON whit-out the air deflector on place... -- 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

Re: CPU upgrade options for Power Mac G4 DA

2011-05-17 Thread maggell42
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/machine.php?name=powermac-g4-digital-audio -- 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

USB 2 versus g3 powermac bus

2011-05-17 Thread crumvoc
anyone know how fast the onboard bus on a g3 350 is compared to usb2? In other words comparing read and write speeds. 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