Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Hello J org, Glad you moved from a G4 to G5 - at first thought, if you have a spare keyboard, swap it out to make sure it is not a keyboard issue, after that plug the keyboard into a fresh USB port. Are you using the old OS that was on the HDs when they were housed in the G4, or did you put a

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

If, by chance, you’re using a flat modern USB keyboard, that might be it. I had to keep an old style USB keyboard around to use with older Macs when I had to use the startup keys. On Apr 17, 2018, at 2:24 PM, Jörg Duurkoop > wrote: Hi again, I got a

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Il giorno 17/04/18 23:24, "Jörg Duurkoop" ha scritto: > The only thing I'm puzzled about is lately it won't react to the Alt > command when starting up. Are you using a non-Apple keyboard? If so, try a different keyboard. USB keyboards should be standard, but I noticed some of them do not send

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

> On Apr 17, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Jörg Duurkoop wrote: > > Hi again, > > I got a good deal on the last edition of the G5 quadcore and it seems solid. > The only thing I'm puzzled about is lately it won't react to the Alt command > when starting up. Normally you get the choice

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Hi again, I got a good deal on the last edition of the G5 quadcore and it seems solid. The only thing I'm puzzled about is lately it won't react to the Alt command when starting up. Normally you get the choice of startup disks available but now the G5 just ignores the Alt key and starts from