Re: Poor Airport reception

[Clark Martin]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Dan wrote:

> At 1:48 AM -0700 9/19/2011, QuoVadis wrote:
>> Airport card to fit inside my G4 QS (2002 model).
>> 
>> The problem is the reception: [WAP far away on another floor and electronics 
>> gear nearby]
> 
> It's worth trying the airport card elsewhere, as you describe...
> 
> But, fwiw, 802.11 is pretty much a "one wall" wi-fi solution.  That you're 
> getting 300 Kbps on the QS, given you description of floors + all the gear 
> interfering, is pretty good.
> 
> Try shutting down the gear and turn off any flourescent lights.  See if that 
> makes a diff.
> 
> Perhaps a repeater might help... Set up another WAP positioned half way, to 
> bridge the connection.
> 
> Or you could replace the Airport base with a higher powered / office-grade 
> WAP.

A cheaper and simpler solution would be to get a USB 802.11g or better still, 
an 802.11n dongle.  The software is a pain in the rear but once you get it up 
and running on a desktop machine it shouldn't matter.  

g and n each improved the distance the signal carries.

> 
> Or go wired.
> 
> ...We have about the same situation here.  Tried bridging, but the housemates 
> gave up on wi-fi anyway.  Even with a clear shot to the WAP, nothing beats a 
> hardwire to a gigaswitch.



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Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

[Kris Tilford]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote:


And what does PCI-X stands for, then?





PCI-X is on "Early 2005" and before (some early G5 are PCI only).
PCIe is on "Late 2005" only, the final G5 version.

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Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

[Valter Prahlad]

Il giorno 21-09-2011 1:18, Richard Taylor ha scritto:

> (Incidentally, the DP 2.7GHz AGP does actually have PCI-X.
My mistake. I was referring to the video card slot.

> PCI-X and PCI Express (PCIe) are two different things.)
Oh. :-o

And what does PCI-X stands for, then?

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Re: PPC G5 tower CD burner

[Dan]

At 6:30 PM -0400 9/29/2011, JohnV wrote:

I use this machine (a retired video production system) for audio production.

The discs coming out of the current internal drive are progressively 
flakey on all playback CD decks and so I need something that WORKS.


Have you tried cleaning the burner?

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Re: Poor Airport reception

[Dan]

At 1:48 AM -0700 9/19/2011, QuoVadis wrote:

Airport card to fit inside my G4 QS (2002 model).

The problem is the reception: [WAP far away on another floor and 
electronics gear nearby]


It's worth trying the airport card elsewhere, as you describe...

But, fwiw, 802.11 is pretty much a "one wall" wi-fi solution.  That 
you're getting 300 Kbps on the QS, given you description of floors + 
all the gear interfering, is pretty good.


Try shutting down the gear and turn off any flourescent lights.  See 
if that makes a diff.


Perhaps a repeater might help... Set up another WAP positioned half 
way, to bridge the connection.


Or you could replace the Airport base with a higher powered / office-grade WAP.

Or go wired.

...We have about the same situation here.  Tried bridging, but the 
housemates gave up on wi-fi anyway.  Even with a clear shot to the 
WAP, nothing beats a hardwire to a gigaswitch.


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Re: PPC G5 tower CD burner

[Bruce Johnson]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:30 PM, JohnV wrote:

> I use this machine (a retired video production system) for audio production.
> 
> The discs coming out of the current internal drive are progressively flakey 
> on all playback CD decks and so I need something that WORKS.
> Is it reasonable to replace it with a current internal replacement... choices?
> 
> or just get an external drive and let it be?

If it's running OS X *any* ATA drive will work, there are a lot available for 
$20 and up.

If you're using 10.4 or below, you may have to install Patchburn for it to be 
fully supported, in 10.5 any drive that met the standards works.

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PPC G5 tower CD burner

[JohnV]

I use this machine (a retired video production system) for audio  
production.


The discs coming out of the current internal drive are progressively  
flakey on all playback CD decks and so I need something that WORKS.
Is it reasonable to replace it with a current internal replacement...  
choices?


or just get an external drive and let it be?




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Re: 16x DVD burning in PowerMac G4

[Brian Christmas]

On 30/09/2011, at 8:04 AM, Tanner M wrote:

> Bruce Johnson wrote:
> 
> No, the drive is the limitation on this issue, althoug it should
> support burning at the lower speed on the higher-speed disks. The
> rating of the disk is the maximum supported speed; they should also
> work at all lower speeds on down to 1x. Are you positive they're the
> right flavor of disk (ie: DVD-R, not DVD+R?)
> 
> I've got the right discs, but they might not be working becuase it
> said 16x on the packaging, I assumed they were bale to be burned at
> lower speeds, but maybe not. I'll try some new discs and see what's
> up.
> Thanks a lot, though! You answered my questions!
> 
> -- 
> 
> -Tanner M

G'day

A lot of current discs state an 8x or 16x rating, but EVERY one can be burnt at 
a lower rate; in fact if your'e having reliability problems, it actually can 
help to burn at a lower speed.

The main factor in faulty disc burning is the manufacturer. I personally use 
Verbatim DVD-R's, and have burnt a stack of 100 discs without a single fail, 
using a superdrive on an intel iMac. 

Google 'what is the best DVD-R brand'  for lots of useful information.

Regards

Santa

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Re: 16x DVD burning in PowerMac G4

[Tanner M]

Bruce Johnson wrote:

No, the drive is the limitation on this issue, althoug it should
support burning at the lower speed on the higher-speed disks. The
rating of the disk is the maximum supported speed; they should also
work at all lower speeds on down to 1x. Are you positive they're the
right flavor of disk (ie: DVD-R, not DVD+R?)

I've got the right discs, but they might not be working becuase it
said 16x on the packaging, I assumed they were bale to be burned at
lower speeds, but maybe not. I'll try some new discs and see what's
up.
Thanks a lot, though! You answered my questions!

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Re: 16x DVD burning in PowerMac G4

[Bruce Johnson]

On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Tanner M wrote:

> I believe that I've asked about this before, but never did get the answer I 
> was looking for…
> First off, system specs.
> 
> 867Mhz G4 Quicksilver
> Running OS 9.2.2 only
> NO OSX!!

Bah, that limits things greatly.

> 
> I bought 16x dvd discs to burn some home movies. My Apple SuperDrive 
> supported dvd burning but only, apparently, up to 8x and couldn't recognize 
> 16x DVDs. I replaced the drive with an LG drive, but it didn't support apple 
> software burning so I couldn't even open iDVD. My questions are:
> 
> 1. Is the ATA bus too slow to writer 16x with the Apple SuperDrive? If so, 
> are there any possible ways to get faster bus (I.E. 80 pin cables?)

No, the drive is the limitation on this issue, althoug it should support 
burning at the lower speed on the higher-speed disks. The rating of the disk is 
the maximum supported speed; they should also work at all lower speeds on down 
to 1x. Are oyu positive they're the right flavor of disk (ie: DVD-R, not DVD+R 
?)

> 2. Is the Apple SuperDrive not capable of burning 16x?

NO it's not. IIRC, (and you should be able to check this on Apple's stats 
database) these were a 4X burner.

> 3. What respectable drive does support Apple Software burning(in OS 9 and 16x 
> speed)?

MOre than likely none...16X drives postdate OS 9, I believe.

> 4. If IDE is not fast enough for 16x burning, is there a SATA drive hooked up 
> to a SATA PCI card that will still support Apple Software burning?

No, because there is no SATA support for OS 9.

The answer to ALL of your problems is simple: Update to OS X 10.4 or 10.5. 
Under OS X the new drive WILL be recognized, if not natively then through 
PatchBurn.

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Re: upgrade 9.1 to 9.2.1

[Justin Porterfield]

You can get updates for OS 9 from apple.com here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1387

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Gene Henley  wrote:

> I bought a g4 from ebay with Tiger upgraded.
>  I want to upgrade to 9.2.2 free from  internet
> download. Is that possible? If so,how? I want to
> have classic capability.
>Thanks Gene
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Re: Nvidia card for G5 Dual 2.7

[Justin Porterfield]

The Mac Elite is a good resource for this:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-geforce

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Eric Hall  wrote:

> I was wondering if any nvidia geforce agp card would work?
>
> Thanks
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Re: Geforce 7800 locks up

[Gene Henley]

I have a G4 QUICKSILVER . I`d like to upgrade to usable classic. My screen
says I have 9.1.
I must upgrade. How? I understand that upgrades are available from Apple
online. Is this true?
Are these free or must I purchase any upgrade?
   Thanks
  Gene




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Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

[Richard Taylor]

> I just got a PowerMac G5, DP 2.7 AGP (not PCI-X).
> 
> I'm still using a PowerMac G4 DA, with OSX 10.4.11, and lots of installed
> bits and pieces (apps, tools, drivers, personal data, etc.).
> 
> I now have two possible options for setting up my new G5:
> - Cloning my existing OSX partition (from the G4).
> - Installing OSX 10.4.11 ex-novo, and then reinstalling/moving all the extra
> stuff (a long and tedious process).
> 
> Obviously I'd rather use the first, since it would be fast and simple.
> But I wonder if moving an OSX from a very different Mac could cause any
> trouble.
> Is there any reason for installing ex-novo, against simple cloning?
> 
> Another question: if I choose to installing ex-novo, will Migration
> Assistant be able to transfer all the "extra" bits and pieces?
> Or will there be something missing?


Cloning will be fine. OSX just looks up the hardware ID of whatever machine 
it's booting from at the time so as long as the machine hardware ID predates 
that release. OSX is much, much better behaved about that sort of thing than 
Windows is. The only reason to install again from scratch would be if you just 
wanted to have a completely clean, new, virgin system - if you're happy with 
the old one then there's no point to choose that over cloning.

(Incidentally, the DP 2.7GHz AGP does actually have PCI-X. PCI-X and PCI 
Express (PCIe) are two different things.)

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Re: Geforce 7800 locks up

[john hios]

Bruce Johnson wrote:

On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:38 PM, Charles wrote:

  

Thanks a lot for the information.
The after giving the fan some "therapy" it is spinning freely.  I put
it back in and kept the door open to see that it was spinning - it
was, but I doubt it was before.
The ROM rev is 113-A07552-134 which is what that site has available.
Fingers crossed.  Worst case, I can try the slot fan or even see if I
can't buy a replacement.



Hi I would like to add my 2cents and note that the g4 400ghz  I have for 
the internet  started to freeze
graphic card,hhd , connectors ,  java downloads [one too many??]a dumb 
attachment ??? , ..and there

it was it was stopping the current flow !!
just so that it was said ..

all the best
joho

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Re: Airport card password

[Clark Martin]

On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:22 AM, Norm wrote:

> Received an airport card for my G4 deck top mac and it installed OK
> but it wants a pass word. I have tried all the ones I know. Is there a
> place where the pass word is stored like in a plist? Thanks for any
> help OS 10.5.8

The card doesn't need a password, the WiFi network does, meaning what ever you 
have set up in your router / WAP.  

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Airport card password

[Norm]

Received an airport card for my G4 deck top mac and it installed OK
but it wants a pass word. I have tried all the ones I know. Is there a
place where the pass word is stored like in a plist? Thanks for any
help OS 10.5.8
Norm

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Re: Geforce 7800 locks up

[QuoVadis]

Chrales,

I too am surprised the G4 even boots without taping over any pins. I'd
strongly suggest (like other before me) to tape over pins 3 & 11. The
Mac Wiki has a step-by-step guide to do so and it is not difficult to
do. I myself have recently installed a Geforce FX5500 inro my G4 QS
(933MHz) which is technically the same machine you have. It didn't
boot without modification!

The reason I suggest this, is the fact that the 28 volts are supplied
to the card and they seem to 'dissipate' somewhere as your Mac boots
and works (for a while). Maybe the rogue 28 volts are causing the lock-
ups!


Greetings,

Eelco.

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Re: Mac frozen in startup

[John Carmonne]

On Sep 26, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote:


Tried to do a routine restart (for the Airport network) and my G5,
dp1.8ghz has frozen.  I get a a good startup bong, then screen goes
gray, and spinning thingee just spins.  I was able to start off a
system disc, but the start up folder is not working.  tried to start
off the disc- without replacing the system and went to the spinner
again.  Is it worth it to replace the original Pram battery?  (2004)
I did not notice a date problem but am racking my brains to figure out
what is going on.
dp1.8 ghz
4 gigs ram
OS 10.5.9

Jeff Bequette


Reseat the RAM first then the processor. If that doesn't do it It's  
probably going to be a logic board ROM, a PRAM battery doesn't need  
to be good. An ASD disk should boot because it has it's own ROM.


JOHN CARMONNE
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
From TiBook 867




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Re: USB 3.0 pcie card in a late 2005 G5?

[Richard Taylor]

> LaCie is well-known for deliberately misrepresenting their products in
> order to limit the options of their customers.
> 
> I guess this would be more likely to be called "customer management", in
> legalese.


That and it's a great way to get out of having to give any tech support to 
ageing PowerPC machines after you've got their owner's money. It's just a 
slightly finer chopped version of that age-old cry of "no Mac support" when the 
product actually works fine on Macs but they don't want to have to train more 
than the minimum necessary support staff.

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16x DVD burning in PowerMac G4

[Tanner M]

I believe that I've asked about this before, but never did get the answer I was 
looking for…
First off, system specs.

867Mhz G4 Quicksilver
Running OS 9.2.2 only
NO OSX!!

I bought 16x dvd discs to burn some home movies. My Apple SuperDrive supported 
dvd burning but only, apparently, up to 8x and couldn't recognize 16x DVDs. I 
replaced the drive with an LG drive, but it didn't support apple software 
burning so I couldn't even open iDVD. My questions are:

1. Is the ATA bus too slow to writer 16x with the Apple SuperDrive? If so, are 
there any possible ways to get faster bus (I.E. 80 pin cables?)
2. Is the Apple SuperDrive not capable of burning 16x?
3. What respectable drive does support Apple Software burning(in OS 9 and 16x 
speed)?
4. If IDE is not fast enough for 16x burning, is there a SATA drive hooked up 
to a SATA PCI card that will still support Apple Software burning?

Thanks for your time!

P.S. please people, don't stray from the topic or hijack the thread. Thankyou

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Poor Airport reception

[QuoVadis]

Hi all!

I've recently acquired an Airport card to fit inside my G4 QS (the
2002 model). It works fine, meaning it connects to the Extreme base
station and gets me on the internet.

The problem is the reception: I have my Airport Extreme base station
set up on the second of 3 floors. My eMac on the third floor has full
reception (meaning all the bars on the Airport-icon in the taskbar are
lit) while the G4 has only one or two bars lit (mostly two).
Furthermore, network transfers are slow (maximum download speed is
around 300k/s and copying 500MB takes about half an hour). I realize
that the card is in fact an 11mBit card, but it should (theoretically)
reach close to 1.1 MB/s.

I've checked the antenna so far, which is connected properly. Only
thing I can try is to see if my G4 GE has the same problem when I swap
the Airport card. Maybe the antenna has fractured internally (I hope
not).

The G4 is placed adjecent to an amplifier, CD player, AM/FM tuner and
turntable. A LCD TV is also closeby (being the monitor for the G4) as
is a 1/4" tape recorder. Just mentioning it, because it's a lot of
steel/aluminium and electriciy to interfere with the signal.

Does anyone have a suggestion?


Greetings,

Eelco.

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upgrade 9.1 to 9.2.1

[Gene Henley]

I bought a g4 from ebay with Tiger upgraded.
 I want to upgrade to 9.2.2 free from  internet
download. Is that possible? If so,how? I want to
have classic capability.
Thanks Gene

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Re: 10.3 doesn’t see newer HD?

[Justin Porterfield]

It sounds like you have the right idea but your implementation is backwards.
You want to put the iBook into target disk mode, plug a Firewire cable into
it and the G4,  then boot the G4 off of the install DVD. The iBook's drive
should be listed as an drive option to install to.

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Geke  wrote:

> I’m trying to install 10.4 on an iBook G3 running 10.3.
> It’s the first white one, the Dual USB, with only a CD drive, and my
> Tiger installer disk is a DVD.
>
> So I connected a G4 Mac (Snakebite) in target mode to use its DVD
> drive.
> But the iBook doesn’t see the DVD or the boot drive in the G4, it sees
> only the second HD in there, the original one with OS 9 installed.
>
> I don’t know what’s the problem.
> More importantly: How do I get the iBook to see the other drives too?
> The G4 has 10.4.11 installed and the volumes are journaled.
>
> If this isn’t possible, I plan to Carbon-copy the DVD onto an external
> HD with a Firewire port, then do the install with that HD connected to
> the iBook. I hope that’ll work at least...
>
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Nvidia card for G5 Dual 2.7

[Eric Hall]

I was wondering if any nvidia geforce agp card would work?

Thanks

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Re: 10.3 doesn’t see newer HD?

[QuoVadis]

I think you should try the external HD. I've had my Power Macs G4
linked via Firewire and TDM, with a disc in the drive. The disc didn't
show, the HDD did.

I've searched some on the net and it appears that support for optical
drives in TDM depends on the model of Macintosh you use as the target
machine. It didn't state the models that do or don't support opticals
in TDM.


Greetings,

Eelco.

On 15 sep, 15:06, Geke  wrote:
> I’m trying to install 10.4 on an iBook G3 running 10.3.
> It’s the first white one, the Dual USB, with only a CD drive, and my
> Tiger installer disk is a DVD.
>
> So I connected a G4 Mac (Snakebite) in target mode to use its DVD
> drive.
> But the iBook doesn’t see the DVD or the boot drive in the G4, it sees
> only the second HD in there, the original one with OS 9 installed.
>
> I don’t know what’s the problem.
> More importantly: How do I get the iBook to see the other drives too?
> The G4 has 10.4.11 installed and the volumes are journaled.
>
> If this isn’t possible, I plan to Carbon-copy the DVD onto an external
> HD with a Firewire port, then do the install with that HD connected to
> the iBook. I hope that’ll work at least...

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Re: Mail Sent Box empty

[Cliff Rediger]

On Sep 10, 10:20 am, Cliff Rediger 
wrote:
> Mail 2.1.3
> OS 10.4.11

> I've ended up with an empty "Sent" box for one of my POP accounts.
>
> An in-Mail search for sent emails shows them in the Sent Box
> But the Box itself shows empty.
>
> Apple support suggests importing the mail box but I get a no valid
> mbox files located.
>
A Google search finds others complaining about similar problem
mostly, it seems, with IMAP accounts.

I found a solution by deleting and recreating  the specific POP
account.
Bob's-your-uncle.

Cliff

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