Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

[Bruce Johnson]

On Apr 18, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Jörg Duurkoop 
> wrote:

Hi Kris & everybody,

I actually use an original Apple aluminum keyboard that was sold together with 
the later G5s I assume. On the "Option" key it says "alt" and on the Dutch 
"wis" key it says "delete". So which is it? English, Aussie, Canadian? Not US I 
assume …

That’s the keyboard thing I was talking about. Kris is right, this keyboard 
post-dates the G5’s, I’m pretty sure; in fact it postdates the very first Intel 
iMacs, as that was the machine on which I discovered the ‘no startup keys’ 
issue.

You’ll need to source an older USB keyboard for the times you need to apply 
startup keys.


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Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

[Kris Tilford]

On Apr 18, 2018, at 4:39 PM, Jörg Duurkoop  wrote:
> 
> I actually use an original Apple aluminum keyboard that was sold together 
> with the later G5s I assume.

The aluminum keyboard was introduced in 2007 after the G5, which came with the 
plastic Apple Pro keyboard.

There is a firmware update for the aluminum keyboard, but it may not help your 
problem, it was for repeated key input errors.

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl997?locale=en_US

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Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

[Jörg Duurkoop]

Hi Kris & everybody,

I actually use an original Apple aluminum keyboard that was sold together 
with the later G5s I assume. On the "Option" key it says "alt" and on the 
Dutch "wis" key it says "delete". So which is it? English, Aussie, 
Canadian? Not US I assume ...

Yes, I transplanted my G4 disks running Tiger to my G5. Installed some 
G5-specific tools, I'm now an official Apple developer and got them. I like 
the Processor tool, had it's predecessor on my G4. You can switch off & on 
the cores and see how hard they work. Amazing to see that Gmail and 
Facebook are real hogs. My quad is running all-out just to retrieve my mail 
or send messages on FB using TenFourFox. Again my heartfelt kudos for 
Cameron, you are a champion my man.

And the Temperature Monitor. This thingie shows the temp at 11 different 
spots in the Mac. Amazing. The pinnacle of Apple design IMO.

So how do I get the option back to chose a different startup disk? Don't 
tell me to "upgrade" to Leopard. I saw it on another G5 and hated it. Too 
dark, too obscure. It takes away a lot of control from the user, dumbing 
him down as it were. At least my first impression. A great feature was that 
I could clone my running startup disk to another drive. CCC on Tiger can't 
do that.

Another issue is that I cannot see my USB-sticks on the desktop anymore. 
Worked fine first but now I only see the SDs on my hubs.

I hope to hear of some magick to get this basic startup feature back. In 
the past it saved my day many times.

BTW, anything I should keep an eye on this machine? It's the latest edition 
of the G5, the revised fluid-cooled quadcore. It has seen some years of 
troublefree service and all the cores have similar temps, core 3 and 4 
running a bit warmer by 2 to 5 centigrades. Max. temp I reached yet was 70 
centigrades on core 4.

TIA for your helpful comments.

Kind regards, Jörg.

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