Re: ESATA IN PM G5

On May 23, 2010, at 11:09 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: But the WD external won't work It leaves only the SATA to eSATA bracket in my mind as the weak link. IF both Seritek cards have identical firmware? Also, the installed systems could be marginally different somehow, hence the idea for boot

Re: ESATA IN PM G5

On May 23, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ya, this is the same thing I have, why do they make this bracket if you can't use them? I haven't used any of these adapters, but it would appear to be a straightforward adapter with low chances of not functioning correctly? John says one

Re: ESATA IN PM G5

Since the 1v4 has four internal ports and no external ports I assume you're running a internal cable outside as a kludge for eSATA? This won't work because internal SATA cables are unshielded and eSATA requires a different cable that is shielded. The plugs for SATA and eSATA are also differ

Re: Can not get hp printer working on G4 with odd error msg

On May 22, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote: After several removes and reinstalls, odd error message is still given: client-error-request-value-too-long. This is a CUPS error. Most likely CUPS isn't running. Here's a copy of an old post on this subject: The two most recent Apple Securit

Re: B&W G3 -> G4 Upgrade Revisited.

On May 22, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Gus wrote: Skip the whole upgrade process and invest in a low cost G4 computer I think this hit the nail-on-the-head. The B&W and Yikes are hindered by PCI graphics. I believe the era of PCI Graphics Macs has effectively past unless you happen to already own a

Re: I lost my F3 Key

On May 21, 2010, at 10:50 PM, m.smurph...@charter.net wrote: After sifting through all the dust in the bin I couldn't find it. Look harder. Physical objects can't transport in subspace like on Star Trek. I'd start with the pleats in the filter, or stuck in the hose still. If you used a bru

Re: Power Mac G5: how to repair a broken PSU?

On May 21, 2010, at 3:23 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: I have a problem with my G5 “Late 2005” 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Power Mac. About two months ago, as I was switching it on, I heard a loud BANG and only silence ever after. It plays dead ever since, I don't even hear the click when plugging it in

Re: LOST PASSWORD

On May 20, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Linda wrote: I can put it in my external DVD drive and it shows up just fine but I can't boot from that drive. Yes you can boot from the external HD, just hold the Option key at startup (Restart with the external drive attached and the DVD mounted beforehand).

Re: Locked drive?

On May 18, 2010, at 11:05 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I plugged the drive into my MBP Intel and I can write to the drive. This shouldn't be possible unless you've previously installed the NTFS software onto your MBP (or you're running Windows on the MBP). I never installed anything. And I d

Re: Locked drive?

On May 18, 2010, at 10:37 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I plugged the drive into my MBP Intel and I can write to the drive. This shouldn't be possible unless you've previously installed the NTFS software onto your MBP (or you're running Windows on the MBP). -- You received this message because

Re: Locked drive?

On May 18, 2010, at 9:07 PM, John Carmonne wrote: It's a Seagate FreeAgent "Master Boot Record""Windows NT Filesystem" It probably has some kind of backup software that keeps someone from changing the content. I asume that any windows drive is FAT32 because when I move iTunes for people

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

On May 15, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Is the Facebook wall under the title and logo of Low End mac official ? Or a name squatter ? Are 3 views enough ? Very little to look at anyway. Facebook recently changed EVERY one of your "Likes and Interests" such as "Activiti

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

You can use MacTracker to find these answers yourself. PowerMac G4 MDD iBook G3 900MHz 32MB VRAM PowerBook G4 1GHz -- 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 ht

Re: USB Question

On May 13, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: This camera uses 3 AAA batteries and I have regular old alkaline cells in it . You might want to check this to be sure which is right for your camera. I have several small Sony cameras that use AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries. I think if

Re: I need advice on esata external

On May 13, 2010, at 2:40 PM, iJohn wrote: I think the answer to this question is "no" because I do not think a powerbook could boot from a GUID partitioned hard drive. But I'm not 100% sure so I thought I'd bring it up to see what the others had to say. PPC Macs can boot Leopard 10.5 from a GU

Re: I need advice on esata external

On May 13, 2010, at 2:32 PM, iJohn wrote: In my experience it's much more common to use "disc" or "disk" with talking about optical media such as DVDs or CDs. In my experience the correct nomenclature is that an optical drive has a removable disc with a "c", and a hard drive is a non-remova

Re: USB Question

On May 13, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Today when I plugged the camera into the cord (which I leave plugged in) I got a Low Power Warning. Why is this? Most cameras not only transfer data but also recharge the battery via USB. What could have changed? The battery is lowe

Re: Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC

On May 12, 2010, at 8:32 PM, deadwinter wrote: Here's another stupid question. This is unclear to me. I think the answer is yes but I'd like to confirm. Does anyone know if you can flash ATI cards if you ONLY have, say, a G4 or G3 desktop with PCI slots, and no access to a PC? Yes, it is po

Re: Ubuntu, G3, XPostFacto

On May 11, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Ubuntu on a PowerPC? Where can I get the download? I looked everywhere, an no luck. Perhaps you need: Type in PPC & Ubuntu I need a direct link to it please. I preferably would rather have Kubuntu. Direct link:

Re: I want to get a LCD monitor for my G4

On May 10, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: The only thing you have to watch is that your video card can output what the monitor requires. If you have something like a radeon 7500 32mb which can handle 1024 x 768 and then buy a 24" LCD that needs 1920 x 1080 then the card will not d

Re: But Mini, I don't HAVE a Bluetooth Mouse!

On May 9, 2010, at 10:56 PM, ===( )8> wrote: Charles Lenington writes, No can do. :-( I can't do ANYTHING with the Mini the way it is now. The cursor arrow is STUCK in the upper left side of the screen while the little gear in the dialog box screaming for a Bluetooth mouse spins and kee

Re: Which is better?

On May 9, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Ok guys and gals. I have just one question. I have 2 video cards that i plan on putting on my PM G4 sawtooth. One is an Nvidia GeForce 6200 with 256MB RAM, the other is an ATI Radeon 9550 with 256MB of RAM. Both are flashed PC cards and wo

Re: Dying GPUs?

On May 8, 2010, at 6:22 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: It has to be done in DOS because Windows needs to access the Flash ROM of the video card to display anything, whereas a DOS display relies on hardware character generators on the video card that is unaffected by the higher level programming o

Re: Dying GPUs?

On May 8, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: Are you talking pre-Windows or Win XP at least? I'm talking DOS, pre-Windows. Most PC flash programs run best in DOS. It's kinda like single-user mode in OS X, you're down to a base system of command line only. no fancy GUI. I'm lousy at DOS

Re: Dying GPUs?

On May 8, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Michael G.M. wrote: Don't you need a WinPC to flash gpu cards? No, but if you're flashing an AGP card you'd need to have a PCI video card in order to do the flashing on a Mac. I thought you could do it w/OS 9? I've mostly used OS X. I think you can even fla

Re: Dying GPUs?

On May 7, 2010, at 11:15 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: My GForce 4 Ti died and my 9200 PCI seems to be on the fritz too. This is for my G4 DA. Am I just flogging a dead horse by buying another GPU. I agree heat is the deal for most dead GPUs. Stick with an appropriate AGP video card and forget ab

Re: Target Disk Mode FireWire has lots of problems

When you describe these problems, it would be nice if you'd post the exact models of Macs you're using, and the exact OS version you're using. The term "G4" could describe either a desktop or laptop, and there so so many combinations of various G4 models and OS versions available for them.

Re: Beige G3 not booting from CD!

Did you attempt to run the updater on the CD-ROM unit? -- 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://

Re: ESATA IN PM G5

On May 5, 2010, at 5:27 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: How do I check the firmware? Look in System Profiler>PCI Cards and highlight the "SeriTek/1V4" card entry and look underneath at what is says for "ROM Revision". Also how is it updated if need be? My ca

Re: ESATA IN PM G5

On May 5, 2010, at 3:16 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I have a pm G5 Dual 2.7 early 2005. I put in a FirmTek "SeriTek/ 1V4FirmTek SeriTek/1V4" card and so far 2 more 2TB drives and an external port connected to my new card the new 2TBs work as expected, but when I plug in an external WD 1 TB dri

Re: Beige G3 not booting from CD!

On May 5, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote: I recently got through LEM Swap a Radeo 7000 card. To get full advantage of the Radeon under OS X you'd need to enable Quartz Extreme using PCI Extreme! 3.1 available at MacUpdate. You can ignore the warnings if you're using Tiger 10

Re: Beige G3 not booting from CD!

On May 5, 2010, at 3:26 AM, Manuel Marques wrote: Then it crossed my mind to try to boot the machine with a Panther CD I have here - it booted straight up, until the point it generated a kernel panic for not being able to determine the CPU type, based on the system model. You can install Panth

Re: Opera (Latest Try)

A Widget problem? Perhaps open Dashboard and close all the open Widgets, or, if you rarely use Widgets, kill off Dashboard completely with something like DisableTigerFeatures 1.0.3a . -- You received this message because you are a mem

Re: G5 tower not accepting some install discs

On May 4, 2010, at 4:46 PM, TVirkkala wrote: My G5 won't let me install my Photoshop CS3 discs . . . just spits it out. Same for ProTools LE 7 disc. Just spit it out. Installs from Apple will work, but it's almost as if all other brands won't install. Any ideas? A Google search shows l

Re: Beige G3 not booting from CD!

On May 4, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Manuel Marques wrote: I also reseted the PRAM, The Beige has a problem resetting the PRAM. The problem is that the power supply has some capacitors that allow residual charge to keep the old values in the PRAM/NVRAM even after hearing the chimes or typing the

Re: Connect pdf files

On May 3, 2010, at 8:24 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Yes they are PDFs and yes the security says document assembly not allowed. I there a way around this? Here's the quick & dirty solution: Open each .pdf and select Print>Save as PDF. You can give the new PDF's a slightly different name. These

Re: I book screen

On May 3, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Papa Bear wrote: I have a 800 CPU. 256 memory, running OSX 10.2 I book that displays just a small screen on the monitor. Is there some way to change the size?? Looked but could not find any adjustment?? Screen is showing 6 inch square on the 12 inch monitor?? Papa

Re: Opera 10.53

On May 3, 2010, at 1:34 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Will this version work on this machine? According to this it should work, although notice it comes in both a Universal (Intel&PPC) version and an Intel-Only version: It didn't launch for me on a

Re: Mail password

On May 1, 2010, at 2:05 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: It seems you're right the darn thing has infected all my machines. It becomes a pain because if I walk away from one machine for a little while I have to give the passwaod again and then wait for the mail to fill up, so time lost. You can "

Re: Mail password

On May 1, 2010, at 1:45 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I have an annoying problem with Apple Mail. It seems to constantly ask for my password. How can I get it to stop asking for the password, do I go to the preferences and turn off the authentication box? It does this on all my machines. It starte

Re: No "apple dvd player"

On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: well, that's what I thought it opens/closes fine too... checked cables ..nice and tight.. all looks ok, I'm guessing it's a bad drive. I think you should try a Safe Boot (hold Shift key at boot) to delete all the cache files, and then re

Re: No "apple dvd player"

On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no "Apple DVD Player" in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get it? Jeff (and yes, I've recently added an optical d

Re: Tracing hot keys

On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Still I wonder how to reach the picture format setting without Onyx? It's a Terminal command: Onyx is easier for the average guy, Terminal is easier for the ge

Re: File Recovery

On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Data Rescue provides a demo mode which allows one to scan for files and download one recovered file. This scan reveals nothing on the drive other than the cloned files. My SuperDuper settings call for "smart update" which mimics the complete back

Re: System file modifications keeps causing re-installs

On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: System file modifications keeps causing re-installs With the use of various mice and all the other similar (finger moving flats) we keep finding the system will no longer load, because a required file has been inadvertently or on purpose moved

Re: Help identifying g4 cards

On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: How else do I find out who made this modem card, where to get Macintosh drivers or software to make them work (the ATi web site only has windows drivers), etc.? You might look at the Vendor ID # and Device ID # and try to match these to

Re: Lost files?

On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:25 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Well all my music is Apple Lossless no MP3s so it's only 140.2 days at 46,930 songs. Studies have shown that people actually prefer the sound of MP3s to any Lossless format. Strange, but true.

Re: Lost files?

On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Carmonne wrote: It got back all my music 890 TBs. Wow, your music is larger than the amount of storage that Google used in 2006: "Google search crawler uses 850 TB of information."

Re: iPhoto

On Apr 26, 2010, at 11:32 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: I have various cameras. Canon, Panasonic and Nikon mostly. Why doesn't iPhoto just pick up where it left off and download the new stuff? If you select "Import All" it only takes the new stuff, it shouldn't duplicate anything.

Re: OFF-LIST: I can't format this new hard drive???

On Apr 25, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: I have to say I got this old Clamshell running and that 7200rpm HD really woke this machine up!!! It runs faster and smoother then my Ti Powerbook which has more then 2 X's the proc speed and almost 2X's the memory!!! I must say I'm going

Re: MDD won't deep sleep

On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:17 PM, racecivicman wrote: First the specs of this machine. You forget something? (like the OS version?). If it's "bone stock" as you say, then it's Jaguar? I'm kinda hoping this is an easy fix because I hate the idea of this thing running 24/7. If you're that wor

Re: Can not get it to start up from DVD player

On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Start up from DVD refused Can not get it to start up from DVD player with 10.5 system disk. Will not show disk in player using OPTION start up or holding C Key. What Mac? What OS on this Mac? A start using Apple and S key reveals good load fr

Re: Utube conversion

Once you download the Flash file, you can use the Web 2.0 site to convert the Flash (.flv) file to anything you want. I've used this many times and it works for me. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, a

Re: I have an idea...

On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Core Image requires a specific class of video card, it ALSO requires an Intel processor. My G5 isn't Intel and it supports Core Image on it's ATI RV351 card. For that matter, you can actually get Core Image support on a B&W or Yikes under

Re: Video convertion

On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Norm Rowe wrote: I need to convert MOD/MOI files from my JVC video camera to something I can but on a DVD for playback on my home DVD player. Change the file extension to .mov and then import into iMovie to burn a DVD. -- You received this message because you

Re: After Leopard Assist got loading stuff on screen

On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: to fix this run (in a Terminal window): sudo nvram boot-args="-v" Just like that. It will ask for your password and afterwards, you'll be back to the normal boot. This command will set verbose mode, to remove it you need: sudo nvram boot-

Re: I have an idea...

On Apr 20, 2010, at 5:06 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I mean really, it's not waaay too hard because I know what i'm doing. Great, go for it! -- 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

Re: USB 2.0 with OS 9?

On Apr 19, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote: Did OS 9 support the USB 2.0 protocol? No, there are no MacOS (OS 9.x) cards, they're all OS X only. I would like to get a USB 2.0 PCI card for a Beige G3. Install 10.4 Tiger on your Beige and it will work with a USB 2.0 card. Yo

Re: iTunes movies

On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:07 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I'm thinking of getting a big TV to watch my movie library on I would like to use one of my machines as a server for this via Apple Airport Express. I want to know the best format to convert my rips to for this and what I can expect quality

Re: Generic USB 2 PCI card

On Apr 18, 2010, at 5:21 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: I think the chipset issue may be OK. Vendor ID 0x059b The chipset is sometimes separate from the reported Vendor ID & Device ID. For example, many external enclosure use Oxford FW400 chipsets, and in this case, the chipmaker Ox

Re: Generic USB 2 PCI card

On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:22 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: Here it is: http://www.cooldrives.com/usb-power-cable-mini-b.html Roman Can someone confirm that this will solve my external USB High Speed Problem please. I'm not following this thread closely, so I may be off target. I don't

Re: OT; Apple in negotiation with AMD ?

On Apr 17, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I might be completely wrong Yes, your chart is wrong. Here's the chart: 10.4 Tiger:Separate PPC & Intel versions 10.5 Leopard: 1 universal PPC & Intel version 10.6 Snow Leopard: Hybrid 32&64 bit kernel, Intel only 10.7 ???:

Re: labs and wireless mice

On Apr 16, 2010, at 6:37 AM, flags wrote: New 20-30 iMac lab w/ wireless mice. Problem: Imac 1's mouse controls iMac 7, etc. is there a quick/simple fix? Sounds like someone moved all the wireless mice around between the computers, probably as a gag? You'll either have to sort them out man

Re: G5 sleep problems

On Apr 13, 2010, at 3:38 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 10.4.11 and 10.5.8. lately it goes to the screen saver an I can't wake it up.also some time nothing on the desk top is responsive. If this occurs on both 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, it's likely a failing HD if both OS vers

Re: Tempermental PowerMac G3

On Apr 11, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: My PowerMac here is going crazy. First thing that happened was i couldn't boot into OS9, so i tried booting the OS9 CD i have (that i installed with) and it wouldn't boot. Then it started being really unstable in OSX (kernelpanics, but i could

Re: Remove Password

On Apr 10, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Papa Bear wrote: Just bought a Wallstreet at an auction and it boots up to a password. Any easy way to remove the password?? If it's OS X, boot any installer CD and use "Reset Password" in the menu bar. If it's OS 9, boot any bootable system and navigate to Sys

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: BUT as you pointed out, a USB XHD will not start up. NOW, is there any USB XHD that does NOT have their own power supply and so can start up? These external USB HDs WILL boot. You must attach the HD prior to booting and have it fully powered

Re: Performance Evaluation

On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:54 PM, M Christol wrote: Is there a site that lays these machines out side by side ? You can look at the XBench archives or the GeekBench archives. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - wit

Re: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

On Apr 9, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: I have a PCI Radeon 9200 and a AGP Radeon 9800 Pro already installed to run three displays. You might want to check whether Quartz Extreme is working using Quartz Extreme Check 1.2. Normally no PCI cards are enabled for Quartz Extrem

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

On Apr 9, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I once used iMovie 7, and it had such bad performance one time, it wasn't even funny. I plugged in an external HDD to pull sound effects off of, and it lost sync, and it "Quit unexpectedly". I rolled back to iMovie 6, and it was "alright"..

Re: Apple update

On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:51 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Again I ask has anyone else had RipIT fail due to the recent Apple update? Or any other applications? No. My dual 2.3 G5 w/10.5.8 works with RipIT and all other applications after the recent Security Update. I did have troubles with the Sec

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:18 AM, PM7500 wrote: Not so. Here is a Mac Edition Radeon 7500 with DVI and VGA and NO ADC. http://tinyurl.com/yhrkybq Sorry, you've made a mistake. The link you provided shows a card with a VGA and an ADC port, and says that you can get DVI using an ADC-to- DVI adapte

Re: Basic Video card question....

On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: taping pins 3& 11? what are you talking about? If this is some new technique, this better work... o_O Obviously you're new to Macs. The x2 & x4 AGP PowerMacs originally came with cards with ADC ports that carry 28v power for to Apple ADC

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: An ATI Radeon 7500's currently connected to my DVI monitor (as opposed to a VGA connection and it used to be to a different monitor). The OEM Apple Radeon 7500 from the 2002 Quicksilver is ADC & VGA ports only, so if your Radeon 7500 has a DVI port,

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: I bought an ATI Radeon 7500 and popped it in. This is an Apple OEM Radeon 7500? The Apple OEM Radeon 7500 was kinda rare, it only came in the 2002 Quicksilver G4. AFAIK there is only one Mac firmware for the 7500, it was the original version 222. You

Re: Basic Video card question....

On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: Its got an AGP slot on the board, & I was wondering what I could put in it to give it a bit more oomph in the graphics department. A PCI graphics card has throughput of 1/2 AGP. The slowest Mac AGP slot is AGP x2, so minimally a the slowest

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:41 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: It's much more reasonable to buy a 1.25Ghz PowerPC G4 processor upgrade rather that the ones you see, because you don't know what processors they are, and who knows what could be in them, if they are fast, and if they really are what they

Re: Response from Canon - MultiPASS (KMM10890786V93678L0KM)

On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:23 PM, diane wrote: John, is this a multifunction printer? If so, does the scanning portion work wirelessly? My understanding is that wireless scanning is a function of the router, and that none of the Apple routers support wireless scanning. Here's an article about

Re: G3 With Squeaky Hard Drive

On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:52 AM, geno.y wrote: Actually, these are New drives, not used. You can search ebay: IBM Ultrastar 73LZX 9GB 10k 4MB 68-pin SCSI Hard Drive IBM got out of the HD business in 2002. That means these new HDs are old stock, likely made in 2001 or before. -- You received th

Re: G3 With Squeaky Hard Drive

On Mar 30, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Brian Fuelleman wrote: You might try disassembling them and checking the interior for signs of wear. Huh? Disassembling a SCSI HD? NOT! It might tell you what is rubbing and causing the squeak, you may be able to realign it or lubricate the offending area. If

Re: Smurf

On Mar 30, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Can a Smurf G3 be booted into Target Mode? No. I want to upgrade the OS to 10.4.11 but the Smurf does not have a DVD drive. Options: 1) Tiger CD Installer 4 disc set 2) Use XPostFacto "helper disk" to boot from external Firewire DVD

Re: G5 Information

On Mar 28, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Albert Carter wrote: I wanted to find out some information on a Power Mac G5 2.5 DP. I'm slightly confused on this. Someone is selling theirs. I read on EveryMac that these have the Liquid Cooling (that seems to be problematic) but the current owner says the CPU

Re: Airport Extreme Base Station failure?

On Mar 27, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Pop the top, there are some big capacitors on the ABS board, betcha they're swollen. Google 'Airport Base Station Capacitor Replacement' for the fix, which is to replace the electrolytic ones with tantalum caps. The tantalum caps are a lot

Re: DivX 6 for Tiger

On Mar 26, 2010, at 12:51 PM, nestamicky wrote: To rip the DVD, use Handbrake. It's very, very slow Any video conversion is pretty slow. Even on my dual 2.3 G5 Handbrake takes 2 hours to convert a DVD to MP4. I find that it does not have all the right goodies to decrypt. You can use

Re: Cube video card

On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:45 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I just ran AHT and the VRAM failed. Can that be fixed or is it worth fixing? Sometimes the card can have the wrong firmware for the speed of the chips if it's a flashed PC card, or perhaps is just running to hot. Either way, the result is

Re: Hard drive failing

On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:45 PM, carmo...@aol.com wrote: One good thing about Seagate is the 5 year warranty, no receipt necessary. Not true. I have two Seagate HDs that I bought off LEM-Swap that are brand new, both with less than 10 hours total time, manufactured in 2009. I assumed they wo

Re: Hard drive failing

On Mar 21, 2010, at 12:02 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I'm wondering If I may have a machine problem and not a failing HDD? Because when I put it back in the G4 MDD again I got the S.M.A.R.T warning. If you use something like SMARTReporter you'll get a full readout of what problems it's findi

Re: Hidden Link Info.

On Mar 20, 2010, at 6:20 PM, gifutiger wrote: I took a look at the link that you provided, however I think that mail or Safari is not written in cocoa. Safari is cocoa, and the link provided works for Safari as documented here: -- Y

Re: Hidden Link Info.

On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:54 PM, gifutiger wrote: Does anyone know how to prevent this link info pop-up or perhaps increase the OS's timer so that you have to leave the pointer over the word longer before the link info is displayed?

Re: boot image

On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:03 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I recently put a Tiger install disk DVD image on an external Firewire drive. I was able to boot from it when I first did this. Either it went bad or I'm doing something wrong here. Does anyone know of this method of installation? Yes, I'v

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

>On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Dan wrote: >>>Anyone seeing a memory leak in Safari - it's just growing and growing? >>Mine seems large: >>CPU%:21.2 >>Threads: 27 >>Real Memory:782.42 MB >>Virtual Memory: 1.97 GB >Yeow. And what happens when you close all

Re: iMac KP

On Mar 16, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Vic wrote: You're right Kris! I d'loaded and installed 10.1, but it panics still... Is this just a horrible Flash implementation, or is it the number of different Flashes running at the same time that might cause trouble? I haven't had a problem with other streams

Re: Powermac G5 PMU revisited

On Mar 16, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Eric Volker wrote: Any help would be appreciated before I take this thing on a long ride up a tall building... I don't know for certain, but I suspect you've got a bad or dying power supply? My early 2005 G5 had the power supply quit with only one week usage.

Re: iMac KP

On Mar 15, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Vic wrote: On Intel, yes there is some improvement; however I was unable to find that update for PPC. It's a "universal" plugin, works for both Intel & PPC. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: iMac KP

On Mar 15, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Vic Mabus wrote: My gut instinct tells me to suspect Flash Have you tried the beta Flash 10.1 release? It seems to be stable, and less of a resources hog than previous releases. -- You received this message b

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Dan wrote: Anyone seeing a memory leak in Safari - it's just growing and growing? Mine seems large: CPU%:21.2 Threads: 27 Real Memory:782.42 MB Virtual Memory: 1.97 GB -- You received this message because you

Re: With plenty time..

On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Bequette Jeff wrote: Cool, now if we can figure out how to shoehorn a intel macbook into a clamshell.. I think you could fit an Intel netbook into a clamshell... but you'd need to get that screen resolution higher also, I'd like to see at least 1280x1024

Re: PM G5 graphics card upgrade

On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:46 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 8G RAM. It has a Radeon 9600 128 MB VRAM chip set ATY,RV351 I have this same card in my dual 2.3 MHz G5. It's a fine card. I have a VIZIO 36" LCD display. I don't see any Vizio 36" products on the internet? Please

Re: iPhoto transfer

On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:45 AM, carmo...@aol.com wrote: How can I get these pictures into the TiBook library? You'll want to drag & drop your "Originals" from the MacBook Pro into the iPhoto of the TiBook. You'll find the "Originals" in Pictures>iPhoto Library. Do a "Show Package Contents" (C

Re: what internet browser to use.

On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:07 AM, James D. Pritchett wrote: I just got a G3 imac 333Mhz. 288Mb loaded with software for $5.00. Run's great but no software to get on the web, up's my best op. First, run the firmware updaters for this iMac, there are 3 total, and it's very unlikely that all three

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