Re: Power Mac G4 Gigabit Ethernet

Il giorno 9-03-2011 3:03, Ronald Sweet ha scritto: > The > icon of a folder then appears, with alternately a left-facing smiling face and > a question mark on it. Yes, that means "I'm looking for a System Folder and it seems I can't find one"... but... > After a couple of minutes this icon event

Re: The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching

Il giorno 7-03-2011 22:43, pdimage ha scritto: > I'm in the UK and I can usually pick one up for around £10 - £20 on ebay > - which is around 15 - 30 dollars I guess - plus postage. Postage to the US > via airmail is around 8 dollars. Here's a very nice recent example of a 9800 > pro on the XT boa

Re: The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching

Il giorno 9-03-2011 14:35, pdimage ha scritto: > Plus the stock PC cards like the 9800 usually have > faster speeds than the stock mac equivalent so you can clock them up. Here's > a guide to the card which are convertible... > > Wow, looks promising

Re: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?

Il giorno 12-03-2011 5:46, jsmanson ha scritto: > If there is anyone out there with an install disk, OS 9.1, > specifically for the G4 Digital Audio, I'd like to hear from you. Well, I own a G4 DA, and I might have the disk you're looking for. :-) The disk set I have, contains four CDs: two grey

Re: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?

Il giorno 12-03-2011 5:46, jsmanson ha scritto: > If there is anyone out there with an install disk, OS 9.1, > specifically for the G4 Digital Audio, I'd like to hear from you. Whoops! Sorry, I did mean to send my answer (previous mail) directly to the original poster, not the List. :-/ I beg y

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

Il giorno 16-03-2011 6:18, Scotty ha scritto: > I have a Power Mac > Digital Audio 733mhz with 512 MB of RAM and I have just had the > opportunity to purchase a 1.0Ghz Emac all in one. I am just > wondering which computer would be more effective for my needs. I'd stay with the G4 DA, investing

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

Il giorno 17-03-2011 9:29, Daniel Stewart ha scritto: > I thought I might be able to get what seemed at least > on the surface a faster Mac Yes... in part. Because the G4 DA has more cache: - iMac 1GHz: 256KB L2 - G4 DA 733MHz: 1MB L2, 1MB L3 Besides, you could have (or get) a faster video card i

Re: Need info or manual to replace HD in 15" 2003 model M6498 iMac

Il giorno 31-03-2011 17:49, Wm. Arnold ha scritto: > Hi Group , > I need to replace or get to HD in my iMac. > Is there a service manual or instructions for this? iFixit http://www.ifixit.com has lots of tutorials about disassembling and working on Macs. -- You received this message because yo

Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs!

Il giorno 6-04-2011 1:42, peterh...@cruzio.com ha scritto: >> Speaking of LBA48... Yellow Dog Linux and Debian Linux both report and use >> the full 250 GB (because that is the size of my HD) in my QS 2001. But Mac >> OS 10.5 sees it as a 128 GB drive. Woah! :-o So it isn't an hardware limitation

Re: [G3-5]Re: Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs!

Il giorno 9-04-2011 4:46, MaGioZal ha scritto: > I would like to ask: it wouldn't be much more simple nowadays to buy a > PCI-ATA card and attach the "> 128GB" HD to it? Well, it could be. But, what if... - The Mac has no PCI slot? (Or no free slot) - Owner doesn't want to open the computer? -

Re: Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs!

Il giorno 6-04-2011 20:47, Mac User #330250 ha scritto: >> I wonder... if I'll use the script and enable the 48bit LBA, I think Disk >> Utility will then show the unused portion of the drive. > > No. Actually, it does. :-) (I'm on a PowerMac G4 DA with 10.4.11 - 250MB WD HD) After using the scr

Re: Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs!

Il giorno 9-04-2011 10:08, Mac User #330250 ha scritto: >> But... now I'm afraid that partitioning the "new" disk area could alter the >> existing partitions (I like them, I already have 5 partitions on my boot >> disk :-). >> I know it shouldn't happen... > > It won't happen. It did happen! I

Re: Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs!

Il giorno 12-04-2011 21:28, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Your mistake was using a Tiger DVD, you need Disk Utility from Leopard > in order to have "non-destructive" partitioning capability. Oh! Now I know it... ;-) Andreas (and maybe someone else) mentioned using Leopard's Disk Utility... but nobody

Re: Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs! - Data rescue

Il giorno 13-04-2011 0:59, Valter Prahlad ha scritto: > Now I'll try some data rescue utility... even if I'm not much hopeful. Well, it went better than I thought. I had two partitions with some data "lost" (i.e. non backed up) in them; one was untouched after partitionin

Re: Using HD > 128GB in G4 Macs! - Data rescue

Il giorno 13-04-2011 18:59, Bill Connelly ha scritto: > I'd be careful about running Norton under OS 9 on an OS X > partition ... No no no! That's obvious... :-D On my HD I have five partitions, the first has OSX system and apps on it, the others contain data or OS9 apps (and they come from a pr

Re: .kpx

Il giorno 14-04-2011 4:37, Barney Guzzo ha scritto: > Hi. Anyone know a way to open a ,kpx file (kid pix deluxe) on my G4 QS > (10.4.11) - with out having to purchase Kid Pix Deluxe? Usually "Graphic Converter" opens just about any graphic (bitmap) format. I checked mine (v. 6.5.2) and I couldn'

Re: Need printer advice

Il giorno 18-04-2011 19:38, Wm. Arnold ha scritto: > I want to buy an inkjet B&W printer, not all in one. I think there's no B&W INKET printer. They're all color (3, 4 or 6 colours tanks). If you only need B&W printing, you'd be much better off with a laser printer. More reliable, "ink" (toner po

Re: Fan issue on Powermac g3 400mh, 640 ram

Il giorno 25-04-2011 19:34, Bruce Johnson ha scritto: > I don't think Apple introduced active thermal fan control until later in the > the G4 series; the fans simply run all the time. It's been a while since I sold my Beige G3 266... but I seem to remember hearing its fans revving up sometimes (i

Re: TenFourFox

Il giorno 30-04-2011 9:45, schaf...@comcast.net ha scritto: > It's nice that when you download and run TFF it uses all your Firefox > resources but will let you go back to Firefox without any problems detected by > me. I'd be interested in any others' experiences with TFF. I support the > effort

Re: G5 1.8 Single Processor Performance

Il giorno 3-05-2011 0:22, heyjohnhay ha scritto: > I'm looking for a quick way to upgrade the performance of my stock G5 > 1.8 single processor powermac. Well, it depends on what you do with it. Some app will gain more from increased Ram, others from a better video card, others from a faster HD. A

Re: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)

Il giorno 3-05-2011 21:51, John Callahan ha scritto: > I have a Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics) with 512 MB. It is in good shape > and runs faultlessly. Is it worth while to upgrade the memory to 2.0 > GB considering the age of the machine and it's resale value? I don't think so, in market value, sinc

Re: Malfunctioning ATA Drive

Il giorno 7-05-2011 5:54, admin ha scritto: > WD ATA drive won't mount on desktop I just had a WD 250GB drive intermittently failing... it began making a "TAK" sound at startup, sometimes not mounting (so no boot, Mac showing flashing folder icon), sometimes booting and working ok. When the "TAK"

Re: easiest way to get a Mac Os program onto a non-newtworked Os 8.6 machine.

Il giorno 5-05-2011 19:45, jsmanson ha scritto: > So,,, Can I just create a windows formatted CD, will that be read in > Os 8.6 Yes, 8.6 (and before) was able to read PC disks (floppy and CDs). > The other option is a little flash drive, would that be simpler Maybe, but a flash drive would requi

Re: Video upgrade

Il giorno 9-05-2011 16:52, Jeff Bequette ha scritto: > I have the low end June 2004 1.8 DP G5 with the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 > (64mb) video card on the AGP bus. The FX 5200 is quite a low performer, so anything recent should be better. > From Mactracker, it looks like the > Radeon 9800XT or Nvid

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

Il giorno 10-05-2011 4:36, admin ha scritto: > Adobe Flash 10.2 Intel only, I believe. Do you really need Flash 10.2? Why? ... Is it because Adobe told you so? ;-D > Web sites are starting not to > work under Leopard and Firefox Camino 2.0.7, Firefox 3.6.17 Try using TenFourFox (PPC/10.4-compati

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

Il giorno 13-05-2011 20:29, Jonas Lopez ha scritto: > soon you will find Apple programs that are far superior to Microsoft Soon? This has ALWAYS been true. :-D -- 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 particu

Re: TPM (was: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.)

Il giorno 13-05-2011 22:01, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > I believe he's referring to TPM, not EFI. My understanding of TPM is > that it's a set of cryptographic keys that prevents software from > running on any "untrusted" system (meaning, "unapproved" hardware). AFAIK, is rather the opposite: the "

Re: CPU upgrade options for Power Mac G4 DA

Il giorno 16-05-2011 13:36, Robert Menes ha scritto: > I have a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio that I'm looking to upgrade for a > friend. It is the 466 MHz model, running OS X 10.4.11. > > Which brings me to my question: what are some good compatible upgrades for > DA Power Macs? I have a G4 DA as

Re: G5 1.8mhz spinning pinwheel

Il giorno 17-05-2011 4:11, Wayne Garrett ha scritto: > Next, the fans get faster and faster until max speed. Could be some fan isn't working, so the temperature raises too much (unlikely but not impossible). Can you check all the fans inside? > I tried removing the Battery and putting it back in.

Re: USB 2 versus g3 powermac bus

Il giorno 18-05-2011 5:01, crumvoc ha scritto: > anyone know how fast the onboard bus on a g3 350 is compared to usb2? > In other words comparing read and write speeds. Thanks Hmmm... what? "Onboard bus" usually refers to the system internal bus, where most of data travel through (so to speak). O

Re: Sawtooth donated to us but won't start

Il giorno 25-05-2011 18:27, jacksongirl ha scritto: > The cord which is kind of clear is kind of red-brownish with looks to > be kind of burnt, so I am thinking that the powersupply might be > dead. Let's see... if the Mac doesn't give any sign of life (so to speak), it could be a dead power suppl

Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh

Il giorno 28-05-2011 1:00, glen ha scritto: > Most multi-page documents (.pdf's or even M$ Word docs) print at the usuall 30 > to 80 page/minute even if they large color files. I wonder why these small B/W > .tif scans take so long? It might be because they are probably compressed TIFFs, so the a

Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh

Il giorno 28-05-2011 13:41, Geke ha scritto: > Or: Glen could batch-process the images, i.e. open them and save them > uncompressed, and then print those. That would take the load off the > printer¹s processor and put it on the Mac¹s CPU. > > It would be interesting to try, but I¹m not sure if it

Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh

Il giorno 28-05-2011 23:19, glen ha scritto: > So I ran some tests for the Geke minded. > [...] > Certainly many different file sizes. And I don't have a clue why. I'll make some guess... and some explanation. (I could be wrong, though) BTW, it's all about the format (and options) used when savi

Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh

Il giorno 1-06-2011 10:51, Geke ha scritto: > Sorry for creating havoc :-) I'd like to rather see this as a "get to know something new every day". ;-) > 1. / 2. Correct. > 3. The printer takes a long time RIPing uncompressed tiff files. Nope. The printer (usually) receives the uncompressed data;

Re: installing video card into DP 1.0GHz MDD

Il giorno 1-06-2011 17:56, Dark_Mac ha scritto: > Just get a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 128 MB card for my DP 1.0GHz MDD > running OS X.4.11. Before I remove the old card and install this one > is there anything special that I need to do? I want just to say this card is *great*. :-) I got the very same

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

Il giorno 2-06-2011 2:21, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Another card > needs be a USB card, and this presents real problems because no USB > 2.0 cards work in OS 9 at all, so if you need to have USB in OS 9, > you'd likely need TWO USB cards, a USB 1.1 card for OS 9 only, and > another USB 2.0 card

Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter

I have a PowerMac G4 DA (OSX 10.4.11 and MacOS 9.2.2), and a LaserWriter Select 360 printer. When I switched from the Beige G3 to the G4 DA, I wanted to keep this fine laser printer, so I found and installed the Griffin g4Port (it's a little device substituting the modem card, and giving the G4 a

Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter

Il giorno 2-06-2011 21:51, Bruce Johnson ha scritto: > I'm pretty sure this has to do with dropping Ethertalk in favor of Appletalk > over IP in 10.4. > > See: I read the page. They wrote: - "Mac OS X 10.4, if memory serves, sti

Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter

Il giorno 3-06-2011 7:32, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Did you ever print in 10.4.11 on the old Beige, or with it printing in > OS 9 only also? IIRC, on the Beige G3 I was never able to print in OSX 10.3.9 (but I didn't try very hard). I always printed fine in OS9. > Below is an old article on seri

Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter

Whoops! I got confused... I'm correcting my first answer. Sorry! :-/ Il giorno 3-06-2011 7:32, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Did you ever print in 10.4.11 on the old Beige, or with it printing in > OS 9 only also? On the Beige G3 I had OSX 10.3.9, not 10.4. IIRC I could print in OSX. -- You recei

Re: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)?

Il giorno 5-06-2011 19:05, John Callahan ha scritto: > My G4 works flawlessly while I am using it but if I leave it running > it freezes Does it feel lonely...? ;-D (sorry, I couldn't resist ;-) Back to serious, you can probably find some hints in the log files (they should record the issues),

Re: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)?

Il giorno 6-06-2011 4:37, John Callahan ha scritto: > I have disabled sleep and that seems to have solved the problem. I > think the video card may be going. IMHO, it's not the card. If the card would be failing, that would manifest while working, not while "sleeping". It could be an incompatibil

Re: Beige G3 with 1GHz ZIF upgrade worth it?

Il giorno 7-06-2011 16:47, Tanner Musyj ha scritto: > I'm wondering if i would be worth it to replace my currrent PowerMac > G4 867Mhz with a G3 of some sort with a 1GHz processor upgrade. Don't think so. With a slight difference in MHz, and the G3 lacking Altivec (often used in video), it could b

Re: G5 wont boot

Il giorno 26-05-2011 8:22, John Carmonne ha scritto: > I've been at this > for two days moved RAM cleaned swapped processors so I think maybe the boot > ROM chip on the MOBO?? Or, something on the ATA bus(es) went wrong: chip (unlikely), connectors, cables (more likely)...? Since everything looks

Re: Dead processor?

Il giorno 20-06-2011 21:27, Mac User #330250 ha scritto: >> The voltage regulators, and some other parts, are completely different. >> >> The pads which are empty on the 800 MHz are filled on the 1.0 GHz, and >> vice versa. > > Yes, that also what I saw. But the board is otherwise very similar.

Re: power supply - power on?

Il giorno 21-06-2011 4:00, dc ha scritto: > You can check the diagrams on this page: > file:///Users/Dave/Documents/Hardware/OutOfSpec.COM%20-%20Cut%20the%20red%20wi > re%20or%20the%20green%20one%3F!.webarchive It looks like you pasted a local path (i.e., on your computer), and not a valid URL (W

Re: Quicksilver 2002 running slow...

Il giorno 23-06-2011 23:22, cheryl ha scritto: > A 60gig hard drive. How much free space is left on that drive? Little space COULD slow down OSX... I wouldn't go below 10% free space (or 6GB in your case), that should be the minimum. > I talked to someone who said my hard drive may be about to >

Re: Quicksilver 2002 running slow...

Il giorno 24-06-2011 1:23, cheryl ha scritto: > There is about 10 gigs left on the drive. That's enough space, so the slow down isn't from that. A second HD would make your life easier, though. You won't have to always "keep an eye" about the space left. > I run the disk utility, and I usually g

Re: Quicksilver 2002 running slow...

Il giorno 23-06-2011 23:22, cheryl ha scritto: > My Quicksilver 2002 is slowing down. I'm getting the spinning beach > ball more and more often. Couple of ideas... Open "Activity Monitor" (in folder Utilities), and check if any process is hogging CPU% and/or Memory. > It's really bad on Facebook

Re: PowerMac G4 Optical drive options

Il giorno 24-06-2011 15:54, Tanner Musyj ha scritto: > I'm actually running OS9, mostly. Would I be able to patch the drive is osx, > and still have it work in 9? I burn with toast 9 and iDVD, if that helps. I think patching is requested only for Apple's app (Finder burning, iTunes burning...) to

Re: G4 933 to G5 1.8

Il giorno 24-06-2011 11:29, Barney Guzzo ha scritto: > If I were to upgrade from my G4 933 to a G5 dual 1.8, would it be > better to keep my Ti (128) video card from my G4, or just use the > FX5200 (64mb) that came with the G5? AFAIK, the G4 Ti (I own a Ti 4600 128MB) is way faster than the FX 520

Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3

Il giorno 25-06-2011 23:53, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Beige are flakey and difficult. I once had one I had to strip down to > NOTHING except a optical drive and RAM to get a CD to boot. Then I > added back a HD and finally installed. VERY frustrating. AFAIK, Beige G3s are one of the most stable

Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3

Il giorno 27-06-2011 19:27, Michael McMurtrey ha scritto: > All is fine now, but sometimes I think there is as much > witchcraft/black magic to these things as there is computer "science." I have been a programmer and computer user since 1983. I did tech assistance to lots of people's PC... amd I

Re: Time Limits

Il giorno 29-06-2011 21:46, DAN A CURRIE ha scritto: > He Œs on the computer WY too much and I want to limit his time and > access. > > How do I set that up? Introduce him to several pretty (and loose) girls...? ;-D -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

Il giorno 30-06-2011 15:21, rbridge ha scritto: > I added a > generic USB 2.0 PCI card with four ext and one int. port, but the > machine doesn't seem to acknowledge it...still no action at the > webcam, unless I plug it into one of the two older USB 1.1 > ports... So we know the webcam is ok, it

Re: Adding a second HD

Il giorno 30-06-2011 7:10, Skyler Rudd ha scritto: > I just received a 933Mhz G4 (2002). Is it a Quicksilver, right? > Info I > have found says to simply screw the drives on top of one another, but no > holes are to be found. Maybe the G4 is missing the HD tray/frame (as someone else suggested).

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

Il giorno 1-07-2011 0:26, faithie999 ha scritto: > in my experience with my sawtooth, a usb2 card with the NEC chip > works Mhh, the USB2 card I tried (coming from a PC) has got a NEC chip, but it was problematic nevertheless. Maybe not all the NEC chips are created equal. ;-) -- You received t

Re: More on adding an HD

Il giorno 2-07-2011 9:38, Skyler Rudd ha scritto: > It is still running > on the HD from an iMac running OSX.4.1. So, if I get it correctly... the Mac boots/runs fine from this HD? > I plugged in the WD HD and the computer does nothing. ... But it can't recognize the WD HD? It could be a problem

Re: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ADVICE

Il giorno 2-07-2011 22:49, Dan ha scritto: > POST? Power-On Self Test. Basiclaly, it's the hardware test the computer goes on immediately after switch on, and before loading any software. It's like getting up from bed in the morning and checking you still have all of your limbs attached and wor

Re: Painter X question

Il giorno 3-07-2011 17:05, PAR ha scritto: > I have Corel Painter X installed on my Quicksilver 2002 running OSX > 10.4 with a 933 Mhz single processor. Recently my machine stopped > allowing me to run Painter, giving me the message "This copy of > Painter has been damaged or lllegally modified. P

Re: Painter X question

Il giorno 3-07-2011 23:39, PAR ha scritto: > I have uninstalled, trashed every preference I could find, and > reinstalled. [...] > I'm using the installation file I got from > corel. Going through this process does not solve the problem. Mhhh... Just guessing now, but perhaps there's one "hidden

Re: Finally Figured Out My Beige G3

Il giorno 14-07-2011 3:24, Mike Needham ha scritto: > It is good to know all this, although right this moment, I am not sure why I > don't just get a Quicksilver (assuming those still supported OS 9 natively > and not as emulation). A Quicksilver would be a lot faster than your G3, actually. (fast

Re: DVD-5s?

Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: > Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special > software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are "regular" DVD: "5" is short for 4.7GB, while "DVD-9" should be Double Layer DVDs (much more expensive), holding approx. 8.5 GB. Hence, I

Re: sata

Il giorno 22-07-2011 15:15, Dan ha scritto: > These new-fangled eco friendly drives aren't really something new, > they're just spinning slower, 3200 or 4500rpm instead of 7200 or > 1 - which makes them less expensive and higher profit. A slower spinning drive should also mean the drive is le

Re: Slow start-up on MDD FW800

Il giorno 23-07-2011 5:54, Hal ha scritto: > Eventually I got the international "no" symbol > (circle with a diagonal line). It could be POST (Power On Self Test, testing hardware at boot) is finding something wrong. Do you have Apple Hardware Test disc? > I have tried a different CPU, > differen

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

Il giorno 28-07-2011 20:17, Cliff Rediger ha scritto: > ** Assume a Mini is most affordable option IMHO, an iMac could be a better bargain. Lately I noticed that Minis are - comparateviley - more expesnive than iMacs... considering that with an iMac you get lot more "things" included for the pric

Re: Can't clone my drive anymore

Il giorno 30-07-2011 21:21, Jörg ha scritto: > Any idea how I can find that hidden file and nuke it? When I use > Search in Finder under Tiger the search engine just spins on and on > never stopping and never finding a thing. Finder's own Find file might not get some kind of files, especially sys

Re: Beige G3 graphics card resolution options?

Il giorno 5-08-2011 19:43, mythmaker18 ha scritto: > Are there ANY PCI graphics card models out there (new or discontinued) > that support 1920x1080 resolution under OS9? Mac-specific cards, not > 'reflashed' PC ones? AFAIK, there aren't many PCI video cards for Macs, working in G3s. There were

I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone an OSX 10.4.11 partition (with all data and apps) from a PowerMac G4 DA 667 to a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.7, and the G5 doesn't boot from it. (please note that the same G5 boots fine from a fresh 10.4 install on another partition) Since that G5 came originally with OSX

Re: I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

Il giorno 8-08-2011 19:07, John Martz ha scritto: > Why couldn't you use Firewire target mode? Because I'm not at home, and the FW cable I have here didn't work. Since it wasn't easy getting a new one, I thought that connecting the two Macs over Ethernet would work. And, in a way, it did work (an

Re: I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

Il giorno 10-08-2011 5:49, Bruce Johnson ha scritto: > Because while you can back up things across ethernet, you cannot clone over a > running OS on the target system. Honestly, I cannot see why I couldn't clone OSX over a running computer, onto an empty disk/partition (obviously, not over the boo

Re: I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

Il giorno 10-08-2011 14:20, Geke ha scritto: > You could always consider creating a disk image of the boot volume on > one computer and sending that to the other one over the network. Yep, that's a very good idea I didn't think of! :-/ It will become useful sooner or later, thank you! -- You r

Re: I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

Il giorno 11-08-2011 18:00, gifutiger ha scritto: > That's a good idea, however it the receiving platform doesn't have a > open disk that the disk image can be installed on then it's a wast of > time. I love partitions, and I always have AT LEAST four partitions on every HD I have installed. :-)

Re: Question about hard drives

Il giorno 29-08-2011 5:26, cheryl ha scritto: > I have a Quicksilver 2002 and a Blue and White G3. I need more hard > drive space. Would it be possible to use the hard drive from the G3 in > the G4, or maybe hook the two towers together somehow? AFAIK, any G4 uses the same IDE/PATA interface as t

Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

I have a Powerbook G4 867, and a (recently acquired) Powermac G5 DP 2.7, both with OSX 10.4.11. Today I connected them with a Firewire 400 cable to transfer some file thru Target disk mode. - When I used the G5 as "main" Mac and the PB as Target, it tooks ages to mount the Target disk (3 partition

Re: Question about hard drives

Il giorno 29-08-2011 16:04, cheryl ha scritto: > I don't have money to buy a drive. Today you can easily find used/old IDE HDs, for free or dirt cheap, since many people is getting rid of old PCs, HDs included. When I visit my recycling center/skip, I always find many discarded PCs with working HD

Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

Il giorno 29-08-2011 17:12, Dan ha scritto: > odd. The PowerBook was plugged in? Yes. It has no battery and the internal backup (PRAM) battery is dead, but it works fine when plugged in. > No problems with its HD? Not that I know of. I run maintenance tools every now and then, and the G5 HD has

Re: Firewire Yes, Firewire Not?

Il giorno 29-08-2011 18:44, Dan ha scritto: > All bets are off - the nvram settings are inconsistent. For all we > know, the processor was down-cycled. Put in a working battery. > Reset the pram and nvram. Set the energy saver settings. Then retry. I have no battery for the PB (and I don't pla

Re: Video issues after G5 gets dropped by movers

Il giorno 31-08-2011 15:30, spilrules ha scritto: > I recently moved to Brazil and unfortunately my G5 was damaged when > the movers dropped and damaged the shipping box. The drop seem having damaged the original video card, and/or its slot. (odd, because other things should have been more fragile

Re: Snoring G4 Digital Audio?

Il giorno 5-09-2011 0:04, glen ha scritto: > So, the questions: > 1) can it be fixed? I read recent tread about PS high voltage so I don't think > I want to get fried replacing the the PS fan. I'd say that, with the due caution, you can try replacing the fan. It doesn't seem rocket science. ;-) R

Re: Snoring G4 Digital Audio?

Il giorno 5-09-2011 1:52, rtows...@aol.com ha scritto: >> 2) is the DA PS the same as the G3 B&W as I have some spares? > > The DA uses the same ps as the Gig-e Hmmm I'm no hardware expert, but (still according to MacTracker) the GE has 220W max power, while the DA has 338W. That seemd quite

Re: B&W G3 freezes

Il giorno 8-09-2011 1:58, Barry Levine ha scritto: > I'd appreciate any suggestions re almost daily freezes. Only occurs 1-2x > per day, but that's enough! Apart from the ADB-related problem, I'd say it could be the Ram or the HD. You already stated you have some tool for memory checking. Beside

Re: 10.3 doesn¹t see newer HD?

Il giorno 15-09-2011 15:06, Geke ha scritto: > So I connected a G4 Mac (Snakebite) in target mode to use its DVD > drive. AFAIK, Target mode only connect hard drives; never heard (and never seen myself) about optical drives showing up. BTW, what is a "Snakebite"? :-o Never heard such model >

Geforce 7800 locks up

Il giorno 17-09-2011 22:18, Charles ha scritto: > I just bought a second hand 7800 and installed in my G4 Dual 800. I think you mean Geforce 7800 graphic card. Was it for Mac or PC? Was it for G5 only, or G4 also? I think there's some hack to do for adapting these cards into G4s. Did you read som

Re: Geforce 7800 locks up

Il giorno 18-09-2011 19:13, Charles ha scritto: > And is a pull from a Mirror Door Dual 1.25GHz G4 > Would I still need to disable those pins? The previous post about disabling pins seems the more spot on. > Only difference I noticed is when the apple comes on the screen while > booting, seems it

OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

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). - I

Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

Il giorno 21-09-2011 1:31, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Install Leopard on the G5 and use Migration Assistant to transfer > accounts & data from the Tiger G4. I don't want Leopard. I still need and use some Classic apps, and Leopard "killed" Classic. -- You received this message because you are a

Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

Il giorno 21-09-2011 21:40, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > You can run MacOS apps in Leopard using SheepShaver: > Why using a (somehow working) hack, while I can having the "real thing"? :-) Besides, Leopard has never had really good user feedback. It has been consider

Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

Il giorno 22-09-2011 13:39, Edward Treen ha scritto: > Answer > Finder Preferences - General > Show these items on the desktop: > Check "Hard disks" > Check "External disks" > Check "CDs, DVDs. and iPods" > Check "Connected servers" > > and all will magically appear on your desktopŠ Oh! Cool!

Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

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? -- You received this me

Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

Il giorno 30-09-2011 5:10, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > > > > PCI-X is on "Early 2005" and before (some early G5 are PCI only). Thank you, I just got a "new" G5 and I had no idea if this difference. 30 years of computing and

Re: Sad day...

Il giorno 6-10-2011 3:44, Len Gerstel ha scritto: > Reading the slashdot thread showed me a little easter egg I had never seen. > The text of which applied to Steve Jobs as much as anyone in the ads. > > Zoom the Text Edit icon to as large as you can, and you will see the > following. > > Dear K

Re: Sad day...

Il giorno 6-10-2011 8:42, Bruce Johnson ha scritto: > What it looks like in Snow Leopard (which allows 512x512 pixel icons) Ah, here's the catch... I think Tiger has this 128 pixel icons limit, so no easter egg for me. Oh well. Being a "mac-o-saurus" ;-D has its price. Il giorno 6-10-2011 8:34,

Re: Sad day...

Il giorno 8-10-2011 3:50, Arnel Tuazon ha scritto: > Okay, Get Info "Text Edit". > Click on the icon in Get Info and copy. > Open a graphics program like Fireworks and begin a new file. > Paste your copied icon to the new file (and in the case of Fireworks you > don't need to zoom in at all!). > Y

Re: Sad day...

Il giorno 8-10-2011 23:21, Joshua Juran ha scritto: > Yup, the enormous 512x512 icons didn't ship until 10.5 "Leopard" Yeah, I was suspecting that. :-) > I just chose Show Package Contents from the contextual menu, found > Contents/Resources/TextEdit.icns, and opened it (in Preview). Good idea. I

Re: daisy-chaining back up drive?

Il giorno 10-10-2011 2:39, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: > so why would I like to daisy-chain some other devices to the drive on the > other fw ports? > > the manual says I can, but I just can't find a reason to do so What if you have several FW devices and, say, just one available FW port on the c

Re: OSX: cloning or ex-novo?

Thanks to everybody for your advice. I just cloned my system to the new G5, and everything went fine. :-) Il giorno 21-09-2011 1:18, Richard Taylor ha scritto: > 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

Re: daisy-chaining back up drive?

Il giorno 13-10-2011 3:26, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: > going to buy another one for the 10.4/5 ones, whenever I can afford one, > and until then, try to be more efficient with the manual backups Well, it's an external drive, so moving that for backing up the 10.4 Mac shouldn't be a big deal. Be

Re: No Startup, just an endlessly repeating chime

Il giorno 14-10-2011 16:27, Dan ha scritto: >> I get a nice chime but, a few seconds later, it chimes again >> and just keeps repeating the startup chime. Never happened to me... but it seems like some hardware (or test) failing. Better course is in trying to isolate the potential "culprit" (hopin

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