On Jan 3, 2012, at 8:43 PM, faithie999 wrote:
None of the caps are visibly damaged, but I know that doesn't mean
that one or more aren't faulty.
If none are popped, I don't think it's likely the problem.
I'd look for something else. It sounds a lot like a bad power supply,
which you can che
On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:43 PM, faithie999 wrote:
> None of the caps are visibly damaged, but I know that doesn't mean
> that one or more aren't faulty.
Well, I don't know about that. At first, I bought the idea that a capacitor
could be bad even if it didn't exhibit any signs of failure, i.e. leak
Thanks for the link, and the cautions on resoldering.
None of the caps are visibly damaged, but I know that doesn't mean
that one or more aren't faulty.
On Jan 3, 8:22 pm, Jim Scott wrote:
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On Jan 3, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
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>> i have no use for this when/if i fix it; i gave a 20" imac G5 that we
>> were no longer using to my sister for her kids.
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>> however, i hate to put this in a landfill!
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On Jan 3, 2012, at 4:49 PM, faithie999 wrote:
> thanks.
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> i have no use for this when/if i fix it; i gave a 20" imac G5 that we
> were no longer using to my sister for her kids.
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> however, i hate to put this in a landfill!
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> as an academic exercise, i may spring for the capacitor kit and
thanks.
i have no use for this when/if i fix it; i gave a 20" imac G5 that we
were no longer using to my sister for her kids.
however, i hate to put this in a landfill!
as an academic exercise, i may spring for the capacitor kit and give
it a try.
ken
On Jan 3, 2:15 pm, Bruce Johnson wrot
At 4:30 PM -0600 1/3/2012, Kris Tilford wrote:
That being said, USB 2.0 can be flakey sometimes, BUT, this is
almost always because a certain USB 2.0 chipset has problems with OS
X. We were talking about a real Mac, with Apple supplied USB 2.0, so
in this case, USB 2.0 should be solid, and fast
On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Wavy Gravy wrote:
I did try to connect via USB2 but the drive doesn't even spin up. It
is a 7200 rpm drive
7200 rpm 2.5" drives are known to run hot. This tiny case has no
active cooling. It's possible you've killed this HD by overheating it.
and OWC says it is
On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
I respectfully disagree.
I tried several external USB2 HDs, and the trasnfer speed always
seemed
relatively slow (like 10MB/s at best).
Sounds like you're connecting to a USB 1.1 port rather than a USB 2.0
port? You can check the port typ
On Jan 3, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Kevin wrote:
> RE: 17" G4 1.5Ghz Powerbook (2006) and an Intel Mac Mini 2.4 Ghz
> (2010) both with maxed out RAM and most current OS.
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> Is there a safe way to keep all of my FW devices physically connected
> so that all I need to do is power on/off the device when n
RE: 17" G4 1.5Ghz Powerbook (2006) and an Intel Mac Mini 2.4 Ghz
(2010) both with maxed out RAM and most current OS.
Is there a safe way to keep all of my FW devices physically connected
so that all I need to do is power on/off the device when needed?
Are FW800 to FW400 adapters and/or cables a b
Il giorno 3-01-2012 8:39, Kris Tilford ha scritto:
> I'd try USB
> 2.0, and if it works, just use USB 2.0 rather than Firewire 800. There
> is almost zero speed difference because the bottleneck on a single HD
> is the HD itself, not the type of connection, they're all faster than
> the HD.
I r
On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Tina K. wrote:
> But is it not better to run fsck from SU or a different drive/partition/disc?
It makes no difference here. The key is having access to the entire volume.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Insti
> This is telling:
> That the other volumes (partitions) are working means the disk itself
> is working well.
> That Fsck, the actual Unix tool for which Disk Utility is a basically
> a GUI, is happy with the borked volume means that that volume's file
> system data structures are probably ok.
On 2012/01/03 12:12, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Tina K. wrote:
DW is probably more likely to fix it, but running fsck from Open Firmware
instead of the boot drive, and possibly permissions repair, might be
helpful.
Applejack doesn't run fsck from Open Firmw
On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:04 PM, faithie999 wrote:
> I found a message in a badcap.net thread that suggested changing the
> CMOS battery. Did so, and now a new set of symptoms.
> Pilot light comes on, fan at normal (low) speed, but no startup chime
> and no boot. Screen is black. Tried booting with
On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Tina K. wrote:
> DW is probably more likely to fix it, but running fsck from Open Firmware
> instead of the boot drive, and possibly permissions repair, might be helpful.
Applejack doesn't run fsck from Open Firmware, but from single-user mode, and
the results of r
I found a message in a badcap.net thread that suggested changing the
CMOS battery. Did so, and now a new set of symptoms.
Pilot light comes on, fan at normal (low) speed, but no startup chime
and no boot. Screen is black. Tried booting with install disk but
SuperDrive doesn't swallow the disk. T
Of Course G4s are still usefull, if they weren't people like me and other
wouldn't took time to write this FAQ (on how to get most things done on
powerpc macs)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1091765 and this
site: http://powerpcusers.com/
I would love to use mine everyday, but I a
At 10:59 AM -0700 1/3/2012, Bill Brown wrote:
Kingston Data Traveler 8 GB Thumb Drive.
Format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Capacity: 7.67 GB
Available: 7.64 GB
Used: 30.1 MB on disk.
Only 1 partition on this disk, the main one.
Question: I have completely erased this puppy a few times in a r
Greetings Group.
Got a bit of a question regarding one my thumb drives.
Here's the pertinent info:
Kingston Data Traveler 8 GB Thumb Drive.
Format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Capacity: 7.67 GB
Available: 7.64 GB
Used: 30.1 MB on disk.
Only 1 partition on this disk, the main one.
Question:
On 2012/01/03 09:16, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On Jan 2, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Tina K. wrote:
It seems odd that two different machines are experiencing the same
condition, have you done any maintenance on them recently? Perhaps the free
Applejack or the very un-free DiskWarrior could be o
Macs are sold with the OS all the time.
I believe that (a) it's safe to sell with real OS discs or (b) with
original OS for that model.
Common sense tells me I shouldn't sell a Leopard OS G4 without the
disc to go along.
(FWIW - After a G4 I bought on eBay came with Leopard, and I liked it,
I boug
At 7:53 PM -0800 1/2/2012, Kevin wrote:
Recently I have not been able to access a partition on a Firewire
hard drive. When I click on the icon for the partition on my desktop
or in the devices list in the sidebar of the Finder, the Finder
seems to blink and all of the icons on the desktop as we
On Jan 3, 2012, at 4:42 AM, faithie999 wrote:
> btw, the person that gave me this kept the HD, but also kept the
> temperature sensor that is glued to it. will the computer boot
> without the temp sensor plugged in? if it won't i will try to find a
> pinout for that connector and make a jumper.
On Jan 2, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Tina K. wrote:
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> It seems odd that two different machines are experiencing the same condition,
> have you done any maintenance on them recently? Perhaps the free Applejack or
> the very un-free DiskWarrior could be of help.
Applejack won't help with an external d
On Jan 2, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Kevin wrote:
> Hello everyone! Long time reader very seldom poster...
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> I have a question for the minds here:
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> Recently I have not been able to access a partition on a Firewire hard drive.
> When I click on the icon for the partition on my desktop or in the dev
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On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:58 PM, gira93 wrote:
Are powermac g4 still useful?
I use a PowerMac G4 MDD 1.42Hhz every day and it does everything I
want and relatively fast, almost as fast as my wife's Intel iMac.
I use PhotoShop, Filemaker Pro, iWork, iMovie HD and Peak LE to name a
few applica
bruce--i should have thanked you for the link. i found my way to
badcaps.net, a very interesting site.
i removed the power supply, and tested the outputs. i got 11.56v on
both "12v" outputs. that leads me to believe the problem is with the
caps on the logic board, which there is a kit for on th
-- Original message --
Subject: Re: Are powermac g4 still useful?
Date:Tuesday, 03. January 2012
From:Valter Prahlad
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
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> I can't understand your concern. Am I missing something?
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> Number of download seems increasing to me.
> Consider
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