Re: PRAM of MDD

['John Carmonne' via G-Group]

On Nov 12, 2017, at 4:19 AM, Jörg wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Sometimes I get a warning after startup of my MDD running Tiger that my clock 
> is not set right. I understand that's probably a PRAM battery problem.
> 
> As my clock is set to be connected to the internet I always see the right 
> date and time. There are no other problems as far as I know.
> 
> What problems are known to occur when a MDD has a weak PRAM battery? Is ist 
> absolutely necessary to change it? Thanks for your comments.
> 
> -- 
> Per aspera ad astra.
> 
> 

FWIW I have 2 MDD's and 2 G5 Power Macs they don't even have the batteries in 
them and I have no issues with any of them.


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Re: PowerMac G5 1.8DP major problem

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Have you reset the CUDA switch with all cables unplugged including the power 
cord?

Sent from my Apple Lisa


> On Jul 29, 2016, at 5:53 AM, geraldcornish  wrote:
> 
> Help
> 
> Power mac G5 1.8DP Tiger 10.4.11 all updates in place
> 
> This morning...
> 
> Woke it up, collected emails, deleted three, mouse froze, pulled it out 
> plugged it in, no joy, checked keyboard, nothing happening!
> 
> Force shut down, restarted, chime, low fan noise, no display (2x17" ADC, one 
> via apples power gadget into DVI).
> 
> Force shut down, restarted, held down T for Target Disc Mode, one chime, no 
> sign of drives on firewire connected G4.
> Tried this several times including with display card removed *.
> 
> Force shut down, restarted, Cmmd+Opt+P+R, only one chime, no further action.
> 
> Could this be caused by a duff display card - see *?
> 
> I moved the startup drive to the G4 with an ide/sata adapter and am working 
> off it now so not a drive problem.
> 
> What is more likely to be the problem?
> 
> What does anyone think I should try to do to resolve the problem before 
> looking for a replacement?
> 
> Regards to all
> 
> Ged
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Re: NSA FBI warning Your browser had been locked

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On Oct 26, 2014, at 6:39 PM, smac0031 wrote:

 Hello,
 
 Somehow I got redirected to some website with this header, I think its 
 ransomware.
   

In Safari just force quit the browser. and relaunch


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Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 in 2012 Mac Mini, using VirtualBos as G5 emulator

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On Aug 18, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Fabian Fang wrote:

 On Aug 18, 2014, at 11:04 AM, James E. Therrault wrote:
 
 ...or maybe the latest Intel machine that will boot on Snow Leopard running 
 Rossetta.
 
 In my message of yesterday, I already indicated that The 2012 Mac mini came 
 with OS 10.8.1 pre-installed.  It will not boot on Snow Leopard.
 


You can Carbon Copy a 10.6.8 system to the hard drive and it will run it. The 
newer machines will only boot via installer with the original or later system.


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PowerMac G5 sleep issue

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Thought folks here may get some valuable info from this post on Cube Owners by 
a friend of mine in Grand Junction Colorado, Anwar Shiekh, We both have been 
working for two weeks on this problem. Maybe some members have some more input?


Lost another big chunk of time on a lack of auto deep-sleep under 10.5.8

My G5 PowerMac (latest generation) would not auto deep-sleep (worked fine when 
done by hand) and that can cost a good chunk of money in electricity (~$100 a 
year as it idles around 130W, deep-sleeps at about 1/7th of this); turns out 
that the problem was introduced in 10.5.7 and not fixed in 10.5.8. It is 
probably a coincidence that the Energy Saver icon was an Edison bulb in 10.5.6, 
but moved to a CFL in 10.5.7. Earlier G5 PowerMac generations don't seem to 
suffer this fate, so this may not be of concern to Cube users.

P.S. Since writing this I have located two work arounds and one fix from the 
Web, all of which I have confirmed.

* Stick with 10.5.6 as mentioned above (but quite a lot changed from 10.5.6 to 
10.5.8)

or

* Leave a disk in the DVD drive

I took the risk of over-riding the Apple firmware with the manufacturer's (LG), 
but that did not solve the problem; at least I managed not to brick the drive. 
However

* Using another model DVD drive (Apple System Profiler lists the problem drive 
as: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4165B)

is all it took to resolve this issue. I tried an NEC 2100AD from another 
machine I had, and read that an LG GH22NP20 also solves the problem, and hope 
to try the Apple branded SONY DW-Q28A soon.


Makes one wonder about the wisdom of keeping old equipment running; $100 a year 
in electricity can soon add up to a new machine. Can't complain that life is 
not keeping me occupied.


Maybe we could start a list of Good and Bad drives with respect to this issue.



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Re: G4 iMac display swap?

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On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

 Anyone know if I can fit a 17 display with housing to a iMac G4 that has an
 existing 15 display at the goose neck level?
 
 I'd be really careful about that. I'm not sure if the base is weighted
 enough for a 17 (I *know* it isn't for a 20).
 
 I still use a 15 because the 17 and 20 seem to be too much for the arm
 and the strings stretch over time. I see far more sagging displays on the
 bigger ones than on the 15.
 

I don't think the weight with a 17 would be an issue, but what about 
connectivity? Is the hardware the same at the goose neck?
Would the MOBO be the same?

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Re: G4 iMac display swap?

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On Dec 12, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

 I don't think the weight with a 17 would be an issue, but what about
 connectivity? Is the hardware the same at the goose neck?
 Would the MOBO be the same?
 
 I don't know about the motherboard, but Apple used at least two different
 kinds of displays, even within the same specific model. The necks also
 differ somewhat, but I don't know to what degree and I've never done this
 sort of surgery myself.
 

Yeah I think I will stick with the 15 a 17 would just be a tinkerers 
project:-)

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Re: G4 Tibook 256 colors

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 On Nov 26, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Geke wrote:
 
 John, may I ask why you need it to be in 256-colour mode?
 Often, problems can be solved in an unexpected way.
CAD/CAM program runs only in booted OS9 Mac due to Rainbow dongle

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G4 iMac display swap?

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Anyone know if I can fit a 17 display with housing to a iMac G4 that has an 
existing 15 display at the goose neck level?



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Re: Your Browser has been locked up! Send $300 to...

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On Dec 6, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Len Gerstel wrote:

 
 On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:31 PM, smac0031 wrote:
 
 I was surfing the web last week and my browser locked up and this popup 
 appeared. These clowns wanted $300.
 
 big snip
 
 Is this a real threat?
 
 No
 
 It makes you think they have some control cause it won't let you close the 
page.
I get them often, all you need to do is force quit the browser and continue on.




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Re: G4 Tibook 256 colors

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On Nov 26, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Geke wrote:

 John, may I ask why you need it to be in 256-colour mode?
 Often, problems can be solved in an unexpected way.
 
CAD/CAM program runs only in booted OS9 Mac due to Rainbow dongle.


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Re: G4 Tibook 256 colors

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On Nov 25, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:

 At 9:00 AM -0800 11/25/2013, John AOL wrote:
 I have a G4 Titanium PowerBook that I need to display 256 colors when booted 
 in OS9.2.2 but it only shows Millions. How can I do this
 
 In OS 9, aren't the display capabilities included in the various profiles?  
 Perhaps you've lost some of the profiles?
 
 Have you tried zapping the pram?
 
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 Yes I did all that stuff I can even copy the drive from a working Cube and a 
G4 PowerMac and the 25 still doesn't show it does work on the machine in 
10.4.11?

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Re: G4 Tibook 256 colors

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On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:21 PM, John Carmonne wrote:

 
 On Nov 25, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:
 
 At 9:00 AM -0800 11/25/2013, John AOL wrote:
 I have a G4 Titanium PowerBook that I need to display 256 colors when 
 booted in OS9.2.2 but it only shows Millions. How can I do this
 
 In OS 9, aren't the display capabilities included in the various profiles?  
 Perhaps you've lost some of the profiles?
 
 Have you tried zapping the pram?
 
 - Dan.
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 Yes I did all that stuff I can even copy the drive from a working Cube and a 
 G4 PowerMac and the 25 still doesn't show it does work on the machine in 
 10.4.11?
 
 John
 
 


I can boot it with a system folder on a USB stick and it works but if I copy 
that folder onto the HDD it only will give millions of colors, This is crazy?




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Re: G4 Tibook 256 colors

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On Nov 25, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Clark Martin wrote:

 
 On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:48 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
 
 
 On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:21 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
 
 
 On Nov 25, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:
 
 At 9:00 AM -0800 11/25/2013, John AOL wrote:
 I have a G4 Titanium PowerBook that I need to display 256 colors when 
 booted in OS9.2.2 but it only shows Millions. How can I do this
 
 In OS 9, aren't the display capabilities included in the various profiles? 
  Perhaps you've lost some of the profiles?
 
 Have you tried zapping the pram?
 
 - Dan.
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 Yes I did all that stuff I can even copy the drive from a working Cube and 
 a G4 PowerMac and the 25 still doesn't show it does work on the machine in 
 10.4.11?
 
 John
 
 
 
 
 I can boot it with a system folder on a USB stick and it works but if I copy 
 that folder onto the HDD it only will give millions of colors, This is crazy?
 
 
 My first thought is that perhaps you aren't booting from THAT system after 
 you copy it over.  After you copy it over does the System Folder on the hard 
 disk have the System Folder ICON or a normal Folder ICON?

Yes, it has the icon and is the only system folder present as I delete the old 
one just to be sure.


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G4 PowerMac OS9 with two monitors?

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I have a G4 Dual 1.25 PowerMac that I want to run OS 9.2.2 with two monitors, 
Can this be done? 
Do I need some extension or Control panel for it?


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Re: Unresponsive script warning on Facebook

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On Aug 1, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Cheryl H wrote:

 I get this message every time I try to use Facebook:
 
 A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can 
 stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.
 
 Script: https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yw/r/eNJGemJDFDG.js:43
 
 I'm on a PPC mac mini running 10.5.9, using TenFourFox as my browser. A 
 friend said something about script runtime? I ran OnyX and cleared my cache 
 and cookies. Didn't help. 
 
 Thanks, 
 
 Cheryl Harris 
 Tehachapi, CA
 

I think FaceBook will not run your browser any longer, I had Camino and it 
would do the same thing. Safari works good.

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Re: SATA Internal HD for G5

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On Jul 31, 2013, at 6:45 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:

 
 You might look at a used several years old velociraptor on the popular
 auction site. Otherwise any 7200rpm drive should do just fine for you.
 Personally I've had drives from every maker except Samsung fail, but it is
 probably only a matter of time for them too.
 
 Noboby makes flawless drives, as all drives, but perhaps most particularly
 WD's, are made to low price-points (exception: so-called enterprise
 drives, which are built to a much higher price- and performance-point).
 
 Samsung is now owned by Seagate.
 

Hitachi and Seagate are my choice in the 7200 64MB. Never had a Hitachi go yet, 
but I'm sure someday one will.
Newegg most times has the best price, look for the weekly sales:-)

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Re: G5 Troubles

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On Jul 29, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

 On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Charles Lenington wrote:
 
 Check the battery. Being in storage could have run down battery.
 
 Yes, I 2nd this, excellent advise, and often a problem.
 
I have a G5 Dual 2.7 and it boots without a PRAM battery in it. Mine did the no 
boot and fan runway, in the end it turned out to be the logic board.
I spent a lot of time fighting this it would boot the ASD 2.5.8 disc but not 
any install boot disc or HDD.


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Re: G5 Troubles

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On Jul 29, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Ken Daggett wrote:

 
 I picked up a G5 dual 2.0 PCI-x a couple of days ago. The hard drive had been 
 wiped, but it started right up to the flashing ?
 
 I stuck in a retail 10.3 disk and installed and then upgraded to 10.4.11. It 
 ran for a day or so and even successfully started Classic.
 
 Then, after a day of running properly, it won't launch. It does start with 
 the proper Chime but then shows only a blank screen for several minutes 
 before the fans gradually increase speed to max.
 
 I have:
 
 Reset NVRAM in Open Firmware: No change.
 
 Reset PRAM; No change.
 
 Installed new PRAM battery: No change.
 
 I opened it up, wiped all the fans clean, blew out a bit of dust. No change.
 
 I am looking for ideas from anyone who has more experience with this machine 
 that I do.
 
 I have taken apart and put into operation most other types of Macs, from a 
 128 through DP Mirror Door, and a few PowerBooks, so I thought I might be 
 able to save this machine from the scrappers. HELP!
 
 Ken
 
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Unplug all cables including AC, Press CUDA switch for ten seconds. If that 
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Re: G5 Troubles

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On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

 On Jul 29, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Ken Daggett wrote:
 
 I was hoping to resurrect this machine with no significant $$ outlay.
 
 I did as John Carmonne suggested (reset CUDA and reseat RAM) but still no 
 joy.
 
 These symptoms are similar to what happens with a partial power supply 
 failure.
 
 You might get a multimeter and carefully check out the voltages using this G5 
 pinout diagram.
 
 As I remember, my G5 lost all the +3.3V when it failed, resulting in a black 
 boot with runaway fans.
 

Possibly reseat all connections on logic board? Including HDD.


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Re: Dead G5 dual 1.8 tower

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On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:09 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:



I put my G5 tower in storage for 7 months while I was away. I'm  
back now
and when I attempted to power on the machine, it is dead as a  
doorstop. No

power LED, no fan spinning - absolutely dead. I tried different power
cables, confirmed wall power receptacle is good, still no go. BTW the
machine had absolutely no issues prior to storage. Please help


With it unplugged press and hold the CUDA switch for 10 secs that may  
get it to boot,
The battery does not have to be in these machines to boot, at least  
not in any of mine.



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Re: AWORKS oddity

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On Apr 17, 2013, at 9:35 AM, JohnV wrote:

AppleWorks 6.2.9 has started doing something  different. When I  
highlight text, instead of shading it, it surrounds it in a line- 
box. THen, if I single-click anywhere else on the page, it will NOT  
un-select the text.


John V


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Most of the time I have a funny problem with Apple Works 6 all I do is  
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Re: What killed the G4 Powerbook, i.e. is it really dead?

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On Mar 15, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Clark Martin wrote:

 
 
 Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose.
 
 On Mar 15, 2013, at 2:01 PM, spilrules t...@tomstock.us wrote:
 
 I am guessing at this point that the DC inboard jack has diedbut why? 
 Any other thoughts are gladly accepted!
 
 Very likely the DC in board has failed. The jack seems to be a common failure 
 point, not surprising considering the abuse it takes. 
 
 I think I have heard of people repairing them, usually resoldering the jack. 
 
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I have repaired a lot of G4 Power Books and for me the most troublesome DC 
board have been the 1.67 A1138 models, some are the jack from abuse and some 
are the board, a mutimeter will tell you which it is.
There are two 1.67's so besure if you have to buy one that you get the corect 
unit:-)

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Re: MDD G4 Leopard native OS 9 boot

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On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote:


IIRC MDDs don't support OS9.

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Re: MDD G4 Leopard native OS 9 boot

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On Feb 16, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:


On Feb 16, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Click wrote:


I very much need a native OS9 boot machine.


Why won't Classic suffice?



In my case I use a CAD/CAM program $15,000.00 that incorporates a  
Rainbow hardware dongle that requires OS9 boots the Eve extension, so  
some of us really do need native OS9.
No work around for this dongle extension in Classic so far. I would  
think after 20+ years it  could be done but no cigar:-)


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Re: REPAIRING MOTHERBOARD WITH HEAT

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On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:04 PM, ROBERT H. BAUCOM wrote:

 Doe's this fill within the definition of JURY RIG ? :-)
 RHB
 
 
 
 
 
 On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
 
 One of the suggested trick was the hair dryer one (it makes the solders
 contacts temporarily working).
 
 In industrial heat gun is just a super hot hairdryer, and Harbor Freight 
 sells cheap ones for $9.99 that are hot enough to easily reflow solder. 
 You'd need to mask off the rest of the board with foil and be very careful, 
 but you can fix these broken solder joints if you're lucky.


I think you meant Jerry Rigged??

This method can work with the use of a heat gun when working with a board that 
has low value and the Scotle HR-360 machine is beyond your reach.
The pro logic board repair machines are mostly just controlled heat guns.

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Re: G5 2.7 RAM upgrade.??

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On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

 My 2.3 dual CPU G5 is super picky about RAM. I had to reseat RAM and restart 
 about 30x to get 4 pairs in all 8 slots to recognize simultaneously. It took 
 hours. I got one pair to recognize, then shutdown and added a new pair until 
 I got two pairs, then added a third pair, and finally a fourth pair. VERY 
 frustrating experience. I haven't touched the RAM since then, a couple years 
 ago. I've got 6GB total as 4x1GB and 4x512MB. I've now got four more 1GB 
 sticks so I could upgrade to the 8GB max but I'm too chicken to risk the 
 likely hassles for only 2GB extra. Someday I intend to add the extra RAM, 
 just not now. I'd say ... keep trying ... with crossed fingers.
 
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Same here Kris. I've got 4 sticks of 1 G's too and keep putting off the swap 
out. I know it will be a weekend project:-) I wonder if the extra RAM will be 
worth the effort after pounding on them for hours.

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Re: G5 Power Mac Failure: Replacement SATA OSX

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On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Evan Thomas wrote:

 Hey Y'all,
 
 My G5 appears to have experienced an HDD failure and now hangs at boot on the 
 logo screen. I bought it with Leopard pre-installed so I'm now in need of a 
 replacement SATA drive and a copy of OSX. Money is tight so cheapest possible 
 options. I only want to use it for Final Cut Express 4 and Adobe Creative 
 Suite CS3.
 
I would try DiskWarrior on the drive before I'd replace it. Also you can try to 
get a Carbon Copy off it if you have an external drive.


 SATA HDD
 I was thinking something less than 100GB just for the OS. What are the 
 implications of type or speed of SATA drive? I'm only aware that 7200rpm is 
 best for video scratch disks but what about OS? I have a 320GB in there for 
 video scratch purposes.
 
 OSX
 I think I can get by with Tiger? Certainly true for FCE 4. Is Snow Leopard a 
 stand-alone OS? Can't seem to find any G5 original installation disks for 
 sale. Now cruising eBay.

Tiger is certainly faster than Leopard and Snow Leopard is Intel only'
 
 Many thanks,
 Evan
 
 G5 / 2.0 / DP / 512MB
 

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Re: G5: 3 blinks and no boot

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On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:



On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:50 AM, valter.prah...@fastwebnet.it wrote:

Hi all, my trusty PowerMac G5 DP 2.7 (Early 2005) isn't trusty  
anymore. :-(



I've collected answers and suggestions and I'm going to try them,  
but I wanted t
o ask here, in case some member had similar trouble and found a  
solution.
The funniest advice is to blow your hair dryer onto the memory  
slots for some mi
nutes :-D and it seems the best working, but it's usually just a  
temporary fix.


I hope for some magic or voodoo now. :-)
It would be a waste throwing this beautiful machine into the bin.


You can try spraying some contact cleaner into the slots, and gently  
rubbing a mars eraser (the white rubber kind) gently on the contacts  
on the DIMMS themselves.


However, the suddeness and the fact that it happened while it was  
running does seem to indicate that maybe it's amemory controller  
that failed on the mobo.


Have you tried populating different slots (the G5's need them in  
pairs, but any pair in any slot set will do) if you get the errors  
regardless, it's most likely the logic board.




I have found that seating the RAM in my Dual 2.7 can almost need a  
mallet to get them to report. That being said, reseat the LCS and  
while doing that check for leaking. Try to boot with an ASD 2.5.7 or  
ASD 2.5.8 disc, they bypass a lot of issues on the logic board. Can  
you tell if the USB ports are live?



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Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

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On Jan 9, 2013, at 9:19 PM, Bill Connelly wrote:

 Just got a nice deal on a Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008) 2 x 3.0MHz with Intel Xeon 
 5400 series (Harpertown) processors.
 
 What type of testing might I run, to exercise the various parts? Is there an 
 Apple Hardware Test or Service Diagnostics that I could get a hold of?
 
 I have run Geekbench, and am trying to compare the details of the results 
 with others on the benchmark site, but its a bit tedious hunting down the 
 data for comparison (still working on it).
 
 I am also getting a copy of Snow Leopard (currently running 10.5.8), and hope 
 to compare some results there as well.
 
 Basically want to know everything is working correctly.
 
 Suggestions welcomed.
 

I use  ASD  3S116 on my Mac Pro it's all the tests.

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Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

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On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:11 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote:

 Il giorno 10/01/13 06:58, Kris Tilford ha scritto:
 
 I am also getting a copy of Snow Leopard
 
 Skip straight to Mountain Lion.
 
 I respectfully disagree.
 First, if you don't know the OP needs, how could you know what's best for
 him?
 Second, Snow Leopard has - at least - a couple benefits over Lion / M.Lion:
 - SL can still run PPC applications (via Rosetta)
 - the interface is - IMHO - better and clearer.
 
 I had to use a Lion-equipped Mac, and I was lost! :-o
 The user interface and Finder didn't behave like I was used to; Mac's user
 friendliness my @ss!



 (and I'm a long time Mac user, no newbie)
 
 Thus no, newer is NOT always better. ;-)
 


All you need to do in 10.7 or 10.8 is go to system and Mail preferences and 
tune them to act exactly like SL 10.6
Plus Dictation and Mission control is a super upgrade. Yes, the loss of Rosetta 
is a PITA so I keep SL on for just that.
Virtual box can take care of that issue also.

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Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

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On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:28 AM, James Knight wrote:

 I disagree. There are plenty of websites and resources available for Intel 
 era macs.
 
 Sent from my mobile device.

That may be so but the knowledge base here is better than most. Plus the others 
are mostly forums.
 
 On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote:
 
 Dear Listers,
 
 I would like our Group to start including Intel Macs.  I think that many of 
 us are using old G3s, 4s and 5s as well as Intel models.
 
 Your thoughts?
 
 
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Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

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On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:

 Dear Listers,
 
 I would like our Group to start including Intel Macs.  I think that many of 
 us are using old G3s, 4s and 5s as well as Intel models.
 
 Your thoughts?
 
 
 Larry
 
 

I would like to see this too, many are transitioning to the Intel's and and 
some posts include both. An example: G5 and Mac Pro are the same but for the 
processors. And use the same System in the OSX 10.5.

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Re: That Thin Line

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On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Jim Scott wrote:

 
 You didn't say, but I'm guessing it's a 17 iMac. That particular form factor 
 is notorious for LCD failure, which begins with one row of stuck pixels and 
 progresses to the point where there are so many rows they can't be counted, 
 and often whole chunks of white screen. In other words, your LCD is headed 
 southward like untold numbers of others.
 
 If it's a 20 iMac, it could be the video card or the LCD, but more likely 
 the LCD if the external monitor's OK.
 
 Think about how many times you've seen a LEM Swap member looking for a good 
 LCD for a 17 Intel iMac, then check the going price for a used one on eBay 
 (@$200), if you doubt me. Been there, done that. 
 

Here's an alternative to throwing out a good Mac, HiRez screens too.

http://www.realmacmods.com/uni4.html

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Re: Can I use an OS X 10.5 - G4 Installation on a G5?

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On Dec 30, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:

 Wondering if I can use the OS X 10.5.8 installation I have on a harddrive, 
 that was created on a G4, in my PowerMac Quad Core G5?
 
 Is the file system on a G5 different than a G4?
 
 Can I simply CCC my OS X 10.5.8 G4 to my G5?
 
 Could I just insert the SATA drive, also formatted on a G4, into the G5, and 
 select it as the Startup disk?
 
 Comments welcomed.

Yes it will work just use Apple Software Update after booting All you lose is 
Classic.


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Re: Apple --AHT images?

[John Carmonne]

On Dec 27, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Fabian Fang wrote:


On Dec 27, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:


Anyone have the AHT 2.5.2 for use with a Quad Core G5 2.5GHz?

It's supposed to be on an Applications Install DVD that comes with  
OS X 10.5.5 and greater DVDs ... I think. I have OS X 10.5 Retail  
which seems to be missing it.



I do not see it on my retail OS 10.5.6 DVD.  On the other hand,  
the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 for my old iMac G5 (iSight) includes AHT  
Version 2.5.3.



I have ASD 2.6.3


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G3 iMac to Quadra via Ethernet

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I have a G3 iMac 600 OS9.2.2 connected to a Quadra 650 7.5.5  via  
Ethernet. I can mount the Quadra HDD on the G3 desk top but I can't  
get the IMac HDD to mount on the Quadra desk top because I can't get   
File Sharing on the G3 to start. I've rebooted and Zapped PRAM.


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Re: G3 iMac to Quadra 650 Ethernet?

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On Aug 13, 2012, at 7:32 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

The colour of the cable doesn't necessarily mean anything. However,  
it might
say on the markings. If it says PATCH on the markings of the cable  
jacket,

it is NOT a crossover cable.


Er, it is *probably* not a crossover cable. I guess there could be  
some
pathologic DIYer who uses patch cable but wires it up in reverse. My  
crossover

cables actually say CROSSOVER on them, however.

--


Got lucky on the orange cable this one is a crossover but it doesn't  
say on the cable but the colors don't match on the ends.


Thanks for the help every one, The Quadra to  G3 and G4  via Ethernet  
is running perfect. OS 9 made it easy. 10.4.11 seems to be a real PITA  
with the AFP deal.





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Re: G3 iMac to Quadra 650 Ethernet?

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On Aug 13, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Ken Daggett wrote:

 
 On 13 Aug 2012, at 19:32:15 PDT, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
 
 Er, it is *probably* not a crossover cable. I guess there could be some
 pathologic DIYer who uses patch cable but wires it up in reverse. My 
 crossover
 cables actually say CROSSOVER on them, however.
 -
 Easiest way is to hold the two ends of the cable together, in the same 
 position, and look at the colored wires through the connectors. If the wires 
 are the same in both, you have a regular cable. If not, you most likely 
 have a crossover cable.
 
 Ken

That I can do it's the simple things that slip by. I spent all day trying to 
get this thing going and tomorrow I hope it all goes as stated here,:-)

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G3 iMac to Quadra 650 Ethernet?

[John Carmonne]

I have a G3 iMac 600 OS 9.2.2 and I need to connect it to a Quadra 650 OS 7.5.5 
via Ethernet. I only need to transfer text files to and from the desk tops of 
the two machines, no internet or program sharing, only file sharing. I've done 
this in the past but I'm at a block wall on it now.  I want a very simple one 
cable setup, anyone know how to do this? I've tried to do it with Tiger on the 
G3 but I get nowhere so I'm going to install OS 9 on it instead.


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Re: G3 iMac to Quadra 650 Ethernet?

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On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

 I have a G3 iMac 600 OS 9.2.2 and I need to connect it to a Quadra 650 OS
 7.5.5 via Ethernet. I only need to transfer text files to and from the desk
 tops of the two machines, no internet or program sharing, only file sharing.
 
 Just turn on file sharing from the control panel on the G3 and then use the
 Q650 as a client (you could do it in the reverse direction but that will
 probably be slower). You could do this with Tiger on the G3, but you'd need
 AFP-over-TCP enabled on the Q650, so OS 9 I agree would be easier because
 it still speaks AFP over traditional EtherTalk Phase 2.
 

Do I need to assign IP addresses to the machines to do this?

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Re: G3 iMac to Quadra 650 Ethernet?

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On Aug 13, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

 
 
 Do I need to assign IP addresses to the machines to do this?
 
 Since it doesn't sound like you have AFP-over-TCP or a similar tool like
 ShareWay IP installed on the Quadra, you'll just be using EtherTalk, and
 that doesn't need an IP address. You just need to have AppleTalk on and set
 to use Ethernet. You don't need TCP/IP for that.
 

Ok thanks I'll get back at it in the morning. What settings doI need to look at 
on the iMac? OS 9.2.2. So as I get it I will mount the G3 via Chooser on the 
desktop of the Quadra. I'm pretty sure my cable is a crossover I was told that 
the orange color designates that but is there a more positive way.

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USB to serial DB9 pin

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I need to  get a USB to DB9 serial cable . Do I need a driver for this  
cable? G4 or G3 OS 10.4.11


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Re: USB to serial DB9 pin

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:



On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:42 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:

I need to  get a USB to DB9 serial cable . Do I need a driver for  
this cable? G4 or G3 OS 10.4.11


Maybe. As I recall there's a hard-to-find (Belkin? MacAlly?  
Keyspan?) cable that doesn't need a driver; I ran across this  
looking up some GPS-related info a while back, about connecting GPS  
units to use as input devices for mapping programs on the Mac.


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Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



There are no Belkin that I can find for OS X I do have a Belkin  
F31661-06 but it's for OS 9. and even at that it never do work hardly.  
I'll check for the other brands.



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Re: Quad G5 power consumption

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On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Illirik Smirnov wrote:

 Does anyone have any figures as to peak quad G5 power consumption? The 
 University has six spares and I think I wanna make a Beowulf cluster for 
 kicks.
 -- --
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I have a G5 Dual 2.7 and it draws 39 Watts off, 95Watts at idle and 350 + when 
working like CCC or burning two DVD's The Quad is also a water pumper with two 
pumps as my 2.7. It  has a Panasonic liquid cooled processor with two pumps.


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Re: OS 10.5 Problem

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On Jul 16, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I am wondering, should I wipe the hard drive  
and

reinstall OS 10.4?



FWIW I always run DiskWarrior after any system upgrades.

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Re: Testing HD Performance RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5

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On Jul 15, 2012, at 7:37 PM, t...@prismnet.com wrote:


What do folks recommend to use to test RAM for defects in an MDD under
10.4 or 10.5.   I guess I could boot into 9.2 and use the old standby,
RAMometer.






I have here an MDD which has been working mostly trouble-free for
years with 1.5 GB of RAM.   I have a .5GB stick on hand I pulled from
a G4 Mini and I'd like to add it, but I'm concerned that I'll screw up
a good thing.  No reason for my suspicion, just paranoia.  So I want
to test the RAM after I add the odd stick.



MemTest is free and works best for me.


Also, after a hard drive failure, I've finally installed a 6880M in
the machine, and configured it to boot off of mirrored volumes in OS9
and 10.4 and 10.5.   I'd like to compare the disk performance I'm
getting now, mirrored volumes on a 6880M, to what I was getting off of
singleton drives on the built-in bus.



Drive Genius is my favorite for this and also DiskWarrior can find  
errors.



If I've taken a small performance hit, it's worth it for the
redundancy.  But I had to jump through enough installation hoops to
get this working, that I want to confirm that it's not running at
something like 25% of what a drive on the built-in would run at.   I
haven't noticed any substantial performance hit, so it's probably
fine, but numbers are reassuring.



I use Carbon Copy Cloner's timer to check drive speeds between various  
ports.




Thanks,

Jeff Walther





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Re: OS 10.5 Problem

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On Jul 16, 2012, at 5:26 PM, James Morgan wrote:

 I used to rely on Diskwarrior a lot. I will upgrade my copy and give it a 
 try. Thanks for the suggestion.  I also used Tech Tool Pro a few years ago 
 when I was still running OS 9. Do you recommend Tech Tool Pro as well, or is 
 Diskwarrior sufficient?
 James Morgan

DiskWarrior can be magic some times Tech Tool never helped me any more than 
disk utility. DiskWarrior is my number one goto. Also re install the system can 
be the fix or a combination of the two.


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Problem .pdf

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On Friday I received an order form from a vendor to complete and electronically 
sign, so I filled out the form, created a secure signature in Acrobat Pro 9 and 
applied it to the document. However when I email the PDF it arrives as a blank 
form just as I received it from the vendor. If I open it on  the desktop it's 
complete with the signature. Someone know what I'm doing wrong? I'm using a G5 
PM with 10.5.8 and Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.


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Re: Problem .pdf

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:


At 01:03 -0700 7/8/12, John Carmonne wrote:
On Friday I received an order form from a vendor to complete and  
electronically sign, so I filled out the form, created a secure  
signature in Acrobat Pro 9 and applied it to the document. However  
when I email the PDF it arrives as a blank form just as I received  
it from the vendor. If I open it on  the desktop it's complete with  
the signature. Someone know what I'm doing wrong? I'm using a G5 PM  
with 10.5.8 and Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.




It used to be that Acrobat (5 in my case), when you changed  
something like filling out a form or adding a signature, would  
demand that you save as with a new or modified name in a way that  
would preserve the original.


The saved file is a unique name.



It might also depend on the permissions in the original.

Check around and see if your modified file is around somewhere and  
you're now looking at the carefully saved original.


I do have both files, but It still comes up blank when I attach it to  
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Re: Problem .pdf

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On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Clark Martin wrote:




Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose.

On Jul 8, 2012, at 1:03 AM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:

On Friday I received an order form from a vendor to complete and  
electronically sign, so I filled out the form, created a secure  
signature in Acrobat Pro 9 and applied it to the document. However  
when I email the PDF it arrives as a blank form just as I received  
it from the vendor. If I open it on  the desktop it's complete with  
the signature. Someone know what I'm doing wrong? I'm using a G5 PM  
with 10.5.8 and Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.


Ask the vendor to e-mail the file you sent back to you and check if  
you can see the signature there.


I've emailed to to another one of my email address's to check plus it  
shows blank when attached, and when received. I must be missing  
something but I can't find it.


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Re: iMac G5 - how to migrate data?

[John Carmonne]

On Jul 3, 2012, at 5:33 AM, Ben Dinger wrote:

 On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 05:33:10PM -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote:
 Migration assistant is pretty smart and won't move things over that'll mess 
 up the system and handles dissimilar system version well.
 
 Will it do well going from PPC to Intel?  That's one migration, oddly, I've 
 never done.  I've always been PPC--PPC, but when I (finally) bit the Intel 
 bullet, I did a clean install on a new machine.  Same for when I got my new 
 Pro in January.  I'd like to just get her on a Intel machine as they're 
 within 20% of the price of a PPC, and we all know the performance 
 jump/software compatibility they increase. 
 
 I'm pretty sure software-wise we'll be fine thanks to Rosetta, but just don't 
 want to get a gotcha.  I'm specifically looking at Al Intel iMacs with 
 Tiger or Leopard on them.  I'd use migration assistant to get her going, and 
 then make sure she's at least on 10.5.8, eventually move her to Snow Leopard 
 once all the software has been upgraded.
 
 Ben

Tiger on Intel affords no advantage over Leopard Intel machines don't support 
Classic so Leopard is the way to go with the Intel's also Snow Leopard is the 
only one that needs Rosetta to run the PPC programs the Leopard runs them with 
out it.

The Migration is easy and transparent from PPC to Intel. You'll be able to boot 
the same volume on Leopard and PPC as long as the HDD is formatted Apple 
Partition Map. The only system so far that actually requires GUID is Lion 10.7


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Re: iMac G5 - how to migrate data?

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On Jul 2, 2012, at 3:21 PM, bdinger wrote:

 Hi All, 
 My aunt has a 17in 1.8 G5 iMac (M9843LL/A) that unfortunately seems to have a 
 bad logic board.  You know, comes on but with the fans set at 747 and no 
 SMU or PRAM reset will do much for it.  They don't have the most means-wise, 
 and so I'm looking at options for them.  Right now it's either: 
 1.) Find the same model, and move the hard disk over to it
 2.) Somehow migrate the data onto a newer Intel Mac
 
 Obviously I'd prefer 2, but I know that using Migration assistant all but 
 requires the source to either be working, or a recent OS level.  So I can 
 hope that I'd find a Intel Mac for her running Tiger still, but that 
 likelihood is low, and even if so I've never run migration assistant using a 
 external drive AND going from PPC to Intel.  
 
 Any suggestions?  This is just a bad situation all around as in addition, 
 this machine contains the QuickBooks data for their business.  
 
 Cheers, 
 Ben

Just revome the drive and either insall it in the new machine or in an external 
enclosure and use CCC to transfer the volume Also if you have the HDD in an 
external I would uptate the OS to 10.5.8 that way any iMac over 867 MHz will 
accept it and all your info will be there. BTW did you reseat the RAM in the 
iMac? It's a common problem with those.


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Re: No video G5

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On Jun 26, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Alex Sciortino wrote:

 Resetting the NVRAM and PRAM didn't work. Any other advice?
 
 -

What model of PM G5 do you have? And what model of video card. Do you get a 
flashing power button light when you try to boot it? 



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Re: Best wireless card for a G5?

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On Jun 26, 2012, at 8:04 PM, a1 wrote:

 So, if i buy this mini USB adapter, I just plug it into any USB port
 on my G5 and I get wireless? It is the whole wireless card itself---
 not merely an adapter to plug some other wireless card into? Is it
 seen as Airport Extreme?
 

It will not use the AirPort utility software it uses is third party software 
but it's real easy IMHO Ralink software is the one to use. The USB dongle is 
all you need, it's the whole card.


 

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Re: No video G5

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On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:36 PM, Alex Sciortino wrote:

 I have tried both. I run the G4 in through VGA and the G5 though DVI. I tried 
 running the G5 with VGA but no dice. I also put the card from the G5 (9800 
 Pro) into my G4 and it worked flawlessly. So I suppose this just got costly… 
 Any way to test the mobo and PSU?
 ASD 2.5.8 is what will test, it may work without the onboard video other wise 
maybe a MOBO. Did you reset the CUDA and reseat the RAM?


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Re: No video G5

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:45 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote:

I have the DP 2.0. I have reset the CUDA. I have the stock card in  
it now, but had a 9800 Pro in it. It bongs and boots fine just no  
video. If I change the volume I get blips and everything.



Those machines are very touchy about RAM Take all the sticks out and  
just install 1 pair, Sometimes you have to push in real hard maybe  
more than once. While you're in there I would reseat the processor too.



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Re: Is SCSI DRIVE SAME AS UATA DRIVE?

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 25, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

 
 On Jun 25, 2012, at 1:09 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:
 
 
 Back when Apple stopped making the original Airport card, there were still
 a LOT of Macs in use that had a slot for one but didn't have a card, the
 price shot up to nearly $200.
 
 Pretty much.
 
 Now, anyone, anywhere, can get a third-party Airport-compatible card by
 going to Hong Kong, via eBay, and buying a Broadcom 4111 and a mini-PCI
 converter, or a 4318 or 4322 and a mini-PCI-e converter, all for under
 $10, complete.
 
 Not one that'll plug into the airport slot of a Pismo they can't...which was 
 my point. Those are Airport Extreme-compatible devices.


I use a Aria extreme Wireless CardBus Card it plugs right in and uses the 
AirPort software. Way faster than the Apple Original AirPort b speed cards.


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Re: Cube ?

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 17, 2012, at 12:52 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:

 --  Original message  --
 Subject: Re: Cube ?
 Date:Saturday, 16. June 2012
 From:Rick rick0...@gmail.com
 To:  g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
 
 Good site to look at:
 http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/All_Things_PPC.html
 
 Should you also be looking for OS 9 graphics upgrade options:
 http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/8923D90A-7AD8-41F1-BD1A-FEA5E1780B95.html
 
 And for OS X:
 http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D37942BEE.html
 
 Cheers,
 Andreas  aka  Mac User #330250
 

Lots of help and info here too. Real good forum to join.

http://www.cubeowner.com/kbase_2/index.php?article=100

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Flash help??

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On a G4 PPC 1.67 10.5.8. Every time I try to play a video on Face Book I get a 
dialog box telling me to upgrade Flash, but all that's offered for 10.5 is 
Intel only.  
Any one know how I can play these video's 


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Re: Cube ?

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 15, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Rick wrote:

 Yes, I just looking to run one OS,  what would be the latest or last version 
 of OS 9?
 and can I just install it directly onto the hard drive, or is there some prep 
 work is needed ?
 
 Thanks
 Rick
 
 OS 9.2.2 is the latest and most stable version. If you only want OS 9 then 
initialize the drive with the installer disc. Then just install, no special 
actions needed.
If you have OS9 on another machine then all you need to do is copy the 
Application and System folder and drag them to the Cube drive via Firewire 
ports using Target Disk Mode. However it lives very nicely on the Tiger 
volume.


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Re: Cube ?

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 15, 2012, at 10:27 PM, PeteMo wrote:

 HI
 I also have a stock G4 Cube 450 MHz with the stock 16mb Rage ATI graphics and 
 120GB Hard Drive. I maxed out the RAM and
  am running Tiger 10.4.11 quite happily. You should be able to dual boot 
 between mac OS 9.2.2 and Tiger, although I only run Tiger on mine, but do run 
 Mac OS 9.2.2, Tiger 10.4.11 and Leopard 10.5.8 on my Quicksilver 933 happily.
 
 Enjoy the best of both worlds and have a 9.2.2 partition and Tiger partition 
 on your hard drive.
 
 I'm looking at getting a NVidia 6200 graphics card as this is Core Image (and 
 therefore Quartz Extreme by default) compatable to run Leopard.
 
 Enjoy these iconic machines that are now almost 12 years old and still going 
 strong.
 
 Cheers
 Pete 
 
 On Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:43:01 AM UTC+8, zpro wrote:
 I just inherit a Mac Cube... what would be the best setup for this unit
 as far as OS is concern... OS 9 or OS X
 This is a stock unit...
 
 Regards-
 Richard 

Nice to see some Cube owners suface:-) Although it's possible to get Leopard on 
a 450 Cube via Helper or Carbon Copy Cloner it is really slow. I have 10.5.8 on 
one machine with a 1.2 processor and Radeon 7500 card because iTunes requires 
10.5. The bgger problem with the Cube for me is  the 100 MHz Bus speed. Any 
streaming video, Skype, YouTube or iChat is annoyingly choppy to impossible.
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Re: G4 MDD won't connect to internet

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 16, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote:

 Was there any lightning? If there was the onboard Ethernet may be shot. 
 
 
  So, any ideas about what is wrong with it, and what I can do to fix it? 
 
 
 
 

I would reset the machine by disconnecting all cables then remove the RAM 
depress the CUDA switch for 15 seconds. Then replace the RAM and cables.
Restart zapping the PRAM, I don't think it's a bad Ethernet port because it 
does see the router.



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Re: Cube ?

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 16, 2012, at 7:18 AM, Rick wrote:

 Hello,
 Well I was reading a article on lowend mac about someone author going back to 
 OS 9, 
 since now, apple has basic drop support for all G4/G5 and now its all intel 
 platform.
 So... I may bump up the memory to max, and add a processor to speed things 
 up, if OS 9 can handle that ?
 
 So, let me ask, is there anyone out there running a cube max out in memory 
 and a processor,
 but just running OS 9 only ?, if so how does it run, or some problems ?
 
 Major Thanks !
 Rick
 
 I have a Cube with a Sonnet 1.2 processor, 120 GB 7200 RPM Seagate HDD, 1.5 GB 
RAM and a ATI Radeon 7500. My CAD/CAM program runs on OS 9 and the max RAM 
makes rendering in zoomed mode really fast. However OS 9 on 450MHz and 512 RAM 
is a power house.


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Re: Cube ?

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 15, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Douglas Mencken wrote:

 OS 9 or OS X
 
 Actually, you can have them both. Even on the same volume.
 
 
One of my Cubes has a Sonnet Encore 1.2 GHz processor so I have OS 9.2.2, 
10.4.11, and 10.5.8. All three run just fine.

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Re: Leopard won't install on G5 1.8ghz dual power mac.

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On Jun 12, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Douglas Mencken wrote:

 AFAIK all DVD drives can read dual-layer media.
 
 This is wrong. I have a lot of DVD optical drives which *absolutely
 can't* read dual-layer DVDs.

I think a commercial Dual Layer DVD will read, The problem disc's are burned 
Dual Layer ones other than an occasional bad drive in which case  it will not 
read any DL DVD.

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Re: Bringing G3 back into use

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On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:53 PM, glen wrote:

 
 
 
 
 - Original Message -
 From: AppleMac Revisited glyndwrby...@gmail.com
 
 
 Specification:
 Beige G3
 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache
 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO
 
 Machine has been out of use for a couple of years. Rebooted it this
 morning, screen message came up:
 
 “Your computer crashed or was not shut down properly the last time it
 was used. Your startup disk is being checked by Disk First Aid, and
 any problems will be repaired.”
 
 Mouse arrow appeared on screen alongside this message but arrow would
 not respond when I moved mouse control to click the proceed box. I
 remembered during regular use before that this would normally clear
 message and boot up machine.
 
 
 Just a long shot. If you are using the original ADB mouse check the 
 connection. I have had a similar problem when an ADB mouse connection was not 
 fully seated or dirty.  --glen
 

I just this weekend dug out a PPC 603e machine with a G3 card and I had the 
same issue a few times while upgrading to OS 9.2. I plugged the mouse into the 
Mac instead of the keyboard, also each time I ran into this I zapped the PRAM 
to clear the machine I did notice a lag some times before the mouse would 
respond. Plus in this state you have to use the ADB port if using a USB card 
the USB mouse or keyboard won't work till the extensions load.

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Re: Leopard won't install on G5 1.8ghz dual power mac.

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 10, 2012, at 8:28 PM, TFH wrote:

 I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which
 does not have a dual layer dvd drive. I've installed Tiger 4.11, and
 it is stable and fast. I've tried putting the Leopard dvd onto my
 external HD in it's own partition, (had outside help with this) but it
 won't install. I've made a disk image from this drive, and that gets
 me to Restart in the Leopard installer, but it won't boot- just blue
 screen. Selecting the HD partition as the boot drive via firewire
 results in the cooling fans redlining! Do I really have to get an
 external dual-layer dvd drive, and would this even work?
 Thank you.
 

I do this by making a boot image from an install DVD using the restore function 
in disk utility. You need a partition and when you start up use the option key 
to select the start up volume. It will boot as it was a DVD.

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Re: G4 Powerbook power problems

[John Carmonne]

On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:57 AM, MacMini-Dave wrote:

 My wife has a G4 Powerbook. We replaced the AC adapter cord once
 already, but it is not charging again. I have carefully pinched the
 metal part to make it fit more tightly, but still no power. The
 battery is weak, but it was still working as of two days ago. I don't
 need it to work for long, just long enough to copy a document to a
 thumbdrive.
 
 I don't know anyone in the area with a battery that we could swap
 until the job is done.
 
 Help!
 

I have to turn them till I get a connection quite often, if that doesn't do it 
and you tested the voltage in at the DC board then the DC board is probably bad.

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Re: Best wireless card for a G5?

[John Carmonne]

On May 24, 2012, at 11:06 PM, a1 wrote:

 So I ended up getting a dual 1.8 G5, 2 gigs of ram [4x512] and a 500gb
 hard drive. There looks like 4 open ram slots. I found this G5 locally
 and for only $60, so my upgrade problems are solved for the moment.
 
 G5 came with no Airport card or antenna, one of the reasons for the
 low price. A while back I recall reading a suggestion that it might be
 better and faster to install a pci wirless card instead of Airport.
 Anyone have suggestions on a specific card for a good price?
 


This is the card I have in my G5 Dual 2.7 it is seen as an AirPort card and no 
software required. You may find one a little cheaper.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-Wireless-WiFi-Card-Mac-G3-G4-G5-Airport-802-11-b-g-/220603457124?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RLhash=item335cfd9e64

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Can't burn disc skipped operation.

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I have a G5 Dual 2.7 with 10.5.8 and when I try to burn a DVD with disk Utility 
I get an error that states can't burn disc user skipped operation I can burn 
using Toast 7, 8, and 10. The burners I have are  Pioneer 118L . Anyone else 
seen this?


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Re: G5 STUTTERED VIDEO

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On May 17, 2012, at 6:44 AM, JohnV wrote:

Where should I look for solving the unwatchable jerky video on this  
G5?


DVDs work fine but anything coming in from youtube is a stuttering  
jerky mess.


Hardware Overview:

 Machine Name:  Power Mac G5
 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
 CPU Type:  PowerPC G5  (2.2)
 Number Of CPUs:2
 CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
 L2 Cache (per CPU):512 KB
 Memory:2 GB
 Bus Speed: 900 MHz
 Boot ROM Version:  5.1.8f7




What do you have for an ISP DSL, Cable or other. Your G5 is kinda slow  
to watch You Tubes smoothly. My Dual 2.7 with Time Warner RR Turbo is  
just bearable.





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Re: PM G4: Old CPU back in, no boot

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On May 15, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote:


Il giorno 14-05-2012 15:58, Valter Prahlad ha scritto:

Today I took out the upgrade CPU, and I put back in the old,  
original Apple
667  MHz CPU (I applied thermal grease, connected the CPU fan wire,  
pressed

the PMU switch).


BTW, does anyone know if the CPU fan wire (in the original PM G4 DA  
667 MHz)

goes to a connector on the processor card?
I wonder if it goes connected to a place on the motherboard instead,  
but I

could not find a suitable connector there.
(I was wondering if the no boot could be related to the CPU fan not
spinning)




 Have you checked the socket for any deformed pins? also the  
processor usually takes a little to a lot of force to seat it. I would  
spray the connection with a residue free contact wash first. Also  
reseat the RAM


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Re: reliable, robust USB hub...

[John Carmonne]

On May 16, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

 
 On May 16, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote:
 
 Following this conversation, can hub failure affect the computer in other 
 areas?  I've an older Belkin stacker (F5U101) that may be going bad.  had to 
 pull my Radioshark attachment out (after 3 plus years of working) due to 
 interference on the recording.  when I plugged it (Radioshark) into the 
 front of the G5 it worked fine.   The dongle for the wireless mouse is still 
 working.
 
 Yes, because the Radioshark is transmitting it'a data through that USB port. 
 In my case drives were just randomly dropping off, or I'd plug something in 
 and everything on the hub would just fall off giving me lots of 'The disk was 
 not ejected properly' errors. Not a good thing when I'm using it to pull data 
 from a possibly failing drive...
 
 (and these are powered drives, not bus-powered)
 

I get drop off some times directly plugged into the front of my Stanley 
Steamer  (G5 Dual 2.7). It some times is the external enclosure and gives a 
logic board scare too:-), So be sure it's the hub.

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Re: Can someone reccomend a decent, reliable, robust USB hub...

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On May 14, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:


I'm getting tired of these Belkin pieces of trash crapping out on me.

Definitely needs to be a powered one.

--  
Bruce Johnson

University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

 This is the best one in my book, not cheap but never a problem, I  
have a lot of hubs but these are the favorites.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cyberpower-CPH720P-720P-7-Port-USB-2-0-Hub-/260916479790?pt=COMP_EN_Hubshash=item3cbfd5872e


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Re: Compatible 2TB hard disk for Powermac G5 Quad Core

[John Carmonne]

On May 14, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Interocetor wrote:

 Hello everyone
 
 I wanted to report that I successfully installed a 2TB Hitachi
 Deskstar internal hard disk in the second drive bay of my Powermac G5
 Quad Core.  My machine was manufactured in October, 2005.
 
 The new drive is a SATA 3 drive, but I had no issues -- no
 configuration via jumpers of anything else needed to make it work with
 the G5's SATA 1 interface.  I know compatibility between the newer
 SATA 3 drives from some manufacturers has been an issue for users on
 at least some Powermac G5's.  No problem for this particular Hitachi
 drive on my system.  It is available from Amazon for $129.  Here is
 the detailed model info:
 
   Hitachi Deskstar 3.5 2TB 7200RPM SATA III 32MB Cache Internal Hard
 Drive 0S02861
 
 Installation went without a hitch.  After I installed it and powered
 my machine back up, OS X (Leopard) asked me if I wanted to initialize
 it and then popped me into Disk Utility, where I set it up as one
 partition.  No problem there either.
 
 Powermac still lives, and I am keeping mine for as long as I can.

I'm partial to the Hitachi 2TB drives glad to see the price coming back down:-) 
, I have 5 of them in my G5 dual 2.7 and never a problem, I have had to 
warranty a couple of Seagate drives. I also have  4 Hitachi's in a Mac pro 2.66 
quad.


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Re: Compatible 2TB hard disk for Powermac G5 Quad Core

[John Carmonne]

On May 14, 2012, at 5:21 PM, David W. Morris wrote:

 
 On May 14, 2012, at 4:00 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
 
 I'm partial to the Hitachi 2TB drives glad to see the price coming back 
 down:-) , I have 5 of them in my G5 dual 2.7 and never a problem, I have had 
 to warranty a couple of Seagate drives. I also have  4 Hitachi's in a Mac 
 pro 2.66 quad.
 
 
 John Carmonne
 Yorba Linda CA
 92886 USA
 MacBook Pro i7
 
 How do you fit and connect 5 2tb SATA drives inside a G5 PowerMac?
 


Sonnet makes a 3 HDD drive kit name G5 Jive that holds 3 SATA drives in the 
empty forward bay just behind the front grill.
Along with a 3 or 4 port internal SATA PCI-X card. This is a real nice setup in 
that it gets rid of a lot of external cables. This machine is 10TB. I also have 
an OWC 4 bay RAID box to keep some extra things up to date.

http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1v4/

http://www.adorama.com/SNTENCG53HD.html

https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/36728487/1/G5%20Sonnet%20Jive?h=7ca8f7


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Re: G4 and OS 10.5

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On May 2, 2012, at 9:52 AM, James Morgan wrote:

	I have two MDD G4's running OS 10.4.11. Does anyone know if these  
computers will successfully run OS 10.5?


Thanks for your help.

James K Morgan

 They will run 10.5.8.  867MHz processor is the slowest  recommended  
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Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

[John Carmonne]

On Apr 29, 2012, at 9:58 PM, Ken Daggett wrote:

 
 On 29 Apr 2012, at 21:30:28 PDT, Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote:
 
 The OS9 disc is a retail version AFAIK.  I also tried my iMac DV OS9
 disc, out of curiosity (desperation!?) - that again tells me I have
 OS9 installedwhen I tried from Tiger
 am I missing something obvious here?
 ---
 I believe that the MDD requires a special version of OS9 (OS 9.2.2) that 
 shipped with the machine. There ways around this that involve the boot ROM.
 
 Ken
 

That boot ROM would be  Mac OS CPU Software 5.9.  .Pity Apple never put this 
on an install disc, only on the original disc'c for the MDD's.

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Re: Skype

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On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:59 AM, David W. Morris wrote:

I downloaded the last version of Skype that runs on the G4  G5 Mac  
models, but I am wondering if my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook w/2gb RAM is  
fast enough to run it with both incoming and outgoing video turned  
on?  At first I suspected my shared cable TV Internet service  
provider might be to blame for my outgoing video stream freezing on  
the other person's screen, but when I test my Internet speed, I  
regularly see 5.5 to 7 Mbits/sec download speed and 2.3 Mbits/sec  
upload speed.  I am using a (new to me) FireWire 400 iSight webcam,  
which appears to be working perfectly, so now I am wondering, is it  
my G4 PowerBook that is too slow, or is it the upload speed of my ISP?


What do the rest of you think?  Is if my ISP, or my G4 PowerBook?

I don't know if I can get faster upload speed from my ISP by  
switching to a more expensive Internet package, or if there are any  
DSL companies where I live that could equal, or surpass the speed of  
my current cable TV ISP plan, as I don't live in a big city with  
lots of different companies that are ISP's and I doubt we have any  
fiber optic cables within 100 miles of where I live.


Thanks in advance for any ideas.


Your Skype will barley work OK on that  1.67 PB plus  Tiger 10.4.11 is  
much faster than 10.5.8 for Skype. Be sure nothing else is running.  
Your ISP is fast enough.

The Intel machines a much better for this,


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Re: Skype

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On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:12 AM, David W. Morris wrote:

Your Skype will barley work OK on that  1.67 PB plus  Tiger  
10.4.11 is much faster than 10.5.8 for Skype. Be sure nothing else  
is running. Your ISP is fast enough.

The Intel machines a much better for this,




Thanks for the answer, but Skype works better than you think on my  
1.67GHz G4 PowerBook.  The incoming video is smooth and clear from  
the person I am calling, but on their end of the call, my video  
works for a little while, then it freezes.  If I turn off sending my  
video to them and then restart it. my video will usually start  
playing again for another short while, then freeze again.  I will  
try it from my dual 2.7GHz G5 soon.  That should confirm if it is  
the computer, or the ISP provider, as the dual 2.7GHz G5 should be  
more than fast enough to run Skype.

\


My Dual 2.7 does well on 10.5.8 for Skype. It may be on their end if  
they have a slow ISP.


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Re: Low Power G5

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On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Douglas Mencken wrote:


My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC required to
keep the room inhabitable


Are you the one who bought x86 mac and realized it is just another
PC, isn't you?
My G5 Quad (2xDual core) 2.5 G5 eats less than 10 watts on idle. And I
measured it via UPS it is plugged into.
How you did your measurements?



What does it use when you boot it??


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Re: Low Power G5

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On Apr 26, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

 My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC required to
 keep the room inhabitable
 
 Are you the one who bought x86 mac and realized it is just another
 PC, isn't you?
 My G5 Quad (2xDual core) 2.5 G5 eats less than 10 watts on idle. And I
 measured it via UPS it is plugged into.
 
 Is that idle or sleep? I believe it for sleep, but not for idle. Even with a
 CPU on doze, in reduced power, my G5 isn't consuming any less than 150W
 (measured both on UPS and with a Kill-A-Watt).
 

I use a Kill-A-watt also and my 2.7 is 34 Watts off,  just plugged into the 
wall.




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Re: Low Power G5

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On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Douglas Mencken wrote:


about trying to shoehorn my future G5 into a Mac Pro case


Well, Mac Pros are already in the case of Power Mac G5, slightly
modified (2 optical drives).

Anyway, if you do want Low Power PowerPC ;), I'd recommend getting
Late 2005 Power Mac G5 model and under-clocking it to, say, 1.2GHz (it
would be half, i.e. 0.6GHz, in normal use mode). This would give you
room temperature of your CPUs.



If power usage is a real issue and PPC apps are needed then a Power  
Mac is the way to go. My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC  
required to keep the room inhabitable, where as my Mac Pro is 95  
Watts, If running Leopard or Snow Leopard with Rosetta your PPC apps  
will run. But Lion kills Rosetta. :-(




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Re: Tiger/Classic on dual G4/5

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On Apr 22, 2012, at 3:39 PM, geraldcornish wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 Current setup is Pismo 500MHz/1GB Ram/100GB HDD Tiger 10.4.11  OS 9.2.2
 Intention is to upgrade to Dual G4/G5 but keeping Tiger/Classic.
 
 My better half needs to use Pagemaker in classic while using OSX 
 simultaneously.
 
 Pagemaker uses up all the spare cpu cycles and slows down all other programs, 
 and I assume this would still be the case with a faster Mac.
 
 My question is - if we move to a dual G4/G5 how does Tiger handle the two 
 cpus?
 
 Will it assign classic/pagemaker to one cpu only, leaving the other cpu to do 
 any OSX work needed?
 
 This would be ideal for us if one cpu is kept free of the Pagemaker loading.
 
 TIA
 
 Ged

G4 PM up to Dual 1.25 F/W 400  will boot both  9.2.2 and 10.4.11  where G5 PM 
will not boot OS9..2.2 but will run Classic along with Tiger. Ive done it with 
Pagemaker 7.


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Re: Duplicate files remove

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On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:55 AM, Barry Levine wrote:

 
 I have a G5 PM with 5 2TB drives that share files like DVD's, music folders,
 emails, CAD/CAM files and such. I have stuff scattered all over this machine
 plus I have others  with the same condition. I saw a program today called
 Gemini that is said to get rid of the dups. I know there are a lot of
 applications that do it but all I've tried seem way to complicated and vague
 for me. This one looks easy I think? Has any one had experience with this
 Gemini tool?
 
 http://www.cultofmac.com/161252/slick-gemini-app-finds-duplicate-files-on-your
 -mac-in-style/
 
 John Carmonne
 Yorba Linda CA
 92886 USA
 MacBook Pro i7
 
 Haven't used it.
 
 I have used DupFinder in OS9, was pretty easy to use; there's an OSX version
 also IIRC
 
 Barry

Well I just noticed it's 10.7 only so if I use it I'll have to do it over the 
LAN cause I only have one Lion system that I never use.


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Re: Duplicate files remove

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On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:58 PM, John Callahan wrote:

 
 On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Barry Levine wrote:
 
 Haven't used it.
 
 I have used DupFinder in OS9, was pretty easy to use; there's an OSX version
 also IIRC
 
 
 
 Any info concerning duplicate picture removal? If this is considered a hijack 
 please disregard and delete.
 Thank you

No hikjack AFAIC. I got this Duplicate Annihilator $7.00.   It works very 
well, very slow on large librarys but gets it done in a real clean and easy way,

http://download.cnet.com/Duplicate-Annihilator/3000-2192_4-10509161.html


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Duplicate files remove

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I have a G5 PM with 5 2TB drives that share files like DVD's, music folders, 
emails, CAD/CAM files and such. I have stuff scattered all over this machine 
plus I have others  with the same condition. I saw a program today called 
Gemini that is said to get rid of the dups. I know there are a lot of 
applications that do it but all I've tried seem way to complicated and vague 
for me. This one looks easy I think? Has any one had experience with this 
Gemini tool?

http://www.cultofmac.com/161252/slick-gemini-app-finds-duplicate-files-on-your-mac-in-style/

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Re: QuadG5 CPU A Runs Hot

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On Apr 11, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Baudais Michael wrote:

Hmmm, maybe I just noticed it after that cleaning because I was  
checking to see if the temperature dropped...


Other notes:
- both pumps are running at 2436 rpm right now
- Temps are 45.6, 45.3, 33.6, 32.6 C
- Fans are at 2162, 2162 (CPU Exhaust)
- I have not run thermal calibration - I have the installer, but I  
don't have a blank external drive I can sacrifice at the moment.   
Has anyone figured out how to use these tools with a disk image or  
something?



You can do it with a USB thumb drive



- The temps have risen slowly over the years since 2005 - I started  
running it full-time on reduced power because I had a couple of  
thermal shutdown events.  This was about a year after replacing the  
thermal grease.  Might be time for another re-greasing?  The  
original grease was dry and cracked, so re-doing it was a good idea  
at the time, but maybe I didn't get good stuff...


- OK, I started an mp4 conversion, and switched to Automatic in  
Energy Saver Options - after 30s with all 4 CPUs around 90% the  
stats are:

- both pumps are running at 3600 rpm
- Temps are 92.6, 90.9, 42.8, 41.0
- Fans are at 3200

Yeah, 90C is too high, so I quickly dropped it back to reduced  
performance before it shut down.  Still encoding, but temps are now  
61.8, 61.3, 41.3, 39.3.


That temp 198 F,  is not too high in my experience when the machine is  
loaded, plus the ambient temp is another very important factor. 65 F  
is best.



So 50C sounds like too high a difference, right?  Is it possible to  
have no leak in the cooling system of a CPU, but have some kind of  
blockage in the cooling system?


Did you see any coloration in the floor of the inner case or dampness  
on the diaper under the CPU?


I still need to try the power-off test to get the initial CPU temp  
diff.  But given how quickly the temp changes, I doubt I can get the  
software started quickly enough to see the initial temp.  It takes a  
minute or so to get logged in...


If anyone is interested, I uploaded some photos of the thermal  
grease work to flickr at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbaudais01/sets/72157629428579008/
(Haven't really used flickr much so let me know if that isn't  
visible to you)


Thanks,

Mike


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Re: QuadG5 CPU A Runs Hot

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On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

 CPU A is indeed normally hotter than CPU B. The typical differential  
 is
 around 10 degrees Centigrade, at least on the units I've seen, but not
 significantly higher than that.
 
 My Dual 2.7 with either the Delphi or Panasonic LCS at idle is about  
 155 F equally between A and B. However they  will vary 30 F between  
 CPU's  and top temps at 185 to 200 when loaded.
 
 That seems really high, but I've never used a dual 2.7, so maybe their
 higher clock speed == more heat.
 

As I stated the ambient is also very important here, plus never crowd the back 
of one of the Stanley Steamers  (water pumpers)  too lose to a wall they need 
breathing room. Apple even states the temp of 190 to 200 F is OK, but remember 
that's not 24/7. Also at idle mine draws 250 Watts, when burning 2 or more 
DVD's at a time I'm at 550 watts. The Quads had two Delphi units, one with a 
single pump and a dual pump, the duals did have some problems. I've only seen 
one Panasonic for the Quad. 

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Re: QuadG5 CPU A Runs Hot

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On Apr 16, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Michael Baudais wrote:

I ran the thermal calibration - it failed saying the CPUs (both of  
them) have exceeded the maximum temperature.




I  question the reliability of the ASD's reports, with the Duals the  
ASD 2.5.7 and 2.5.8 will give different out comes on the tests a lot  
of times the 2.5.8 will almost always fail where the 2.5.7 most times  
tells you you don't need to calibrate. The Quad uses ASD 2.6.3 and may  
also give bad info. I do know however that too much paste on the die's  
will make them over heat.


The machine is totally clean - no liquid, no stains, no residue  
anywhere.  The seals seem solid.  I don't believe that it's been  
leaking as in dripping out.  Could it evaporate or change its  
properties such that it doesn't cool as well?


It can evaporate if there is an indication of any corrosion.


Could the pump say it's spinning but it really isn't pumping well  
(broken impeller blades or something like that)?



That's possible,

I remember seeing the fluid replacement blogs as well - I probably  
have links to those somewhere.  But I remember them all being the  
Delphi systems.  Nobody seems to have had the need to do the  
Panasonic ones.




I don't see why the basic method wouldn't work for the Panasonic.  
however I've never seen a Panasonic give any problem.


http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/G5_CoolantLeak_Repair/G5_CoolantLeak_Repair_p1.html#storytop




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Re: QuadG5 CPU A Runs Hot

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On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

As I stated the ambient is also very important here, plus never  
crowd the
back of one of the Stanley Steamers  (water pumpers)  too lose to  
a wall

they need breathing room.


Good point. Mine used to be crammed into a corner, but in my new  
house I have

it pointing into the middle of the room so it can ventilate freely.

Ambient in the room varies between 65 and 80 F, depending on the  
time of

year.


My temps run about 65 to 75 most of the time.
We had a heat wave two years back and the temps in the condo got to  
115 F. That made it leak.
It caused me to repair and refill my Delphi LCS and disassemble the  
power supply to neutralize
the coolant I also had all the power supply pieces re-plated, Two  
months later I installed a Panasonic

unit and sold the Delphi,

Also at idle mine draws 250 Watts, when burning 2 or more DVD's at  
a time

I'm at 550 watts.


Holy power draw, Batman! My quad is somewhere between 170 and 250W,  
but it
is usually in Reduced mode, and I only crank it up when I'm  
compiling stuff.


Well my Dual 2.7 power draw may be due to the 5 2TB internal HDD's ,  
they keep the fans busy,
plus 2 2TB externals and a 9800 Pro graphics card. My Panasonic LCS  
has two pumps also.




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Re: QuadG5 CPU A Runs Hot

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On Apr 11, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

Wouldn't it make sense for CPU A to be hotter than CPU B? I don't  
know
much about hardware, but if Mac OS X (or any PowerPC OS acutally)  
uses

threading, isn't it possible that frequently used threads are
allocated to CPU A?
Or, maybe more sensible, CPU A just happens to get most threads?


CPU A is indeed normally hotter than CPU B. The typical differential  
is

around 10 degrees Centigrade, at least on the units I've seen, but not
significantly higher than that.



My Dual 2.7 with either the Delphi or Panasonic LCS at idle is about  
155 F equally between A and B. However they  will vary 30 F between  
CPU's  and top temps at 185 to 200 when loaded.


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Re: QuadG5 CPU A Runs Hot

[John Carmonne]

On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Baudais Michael wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 I'm looking for some ideas on how to address a problem with my Quad G5 (late 
 2005).  Here's the sequence of events:
 
 1)  I took my QuadG5 out to the garage one nice warm Saturday and used 
 compressed air to blow out all the dust.  Yes, this may have been a bad 
 idea...
 2)  Since then, CPU A has consistently run 10-20 degrees Celsius hotter than 
 CPU B.  Over time, both CPU temps started to climb.
 3)  I removed the CPUs and cooling systems, and replaced the thermal paste on 
 the CPUs.  That helped dramatically - both CPUs dropped 20C.  But, A is still 
 hotter than B by the same amount.
 4)  I checked the cooling system thoroughly - no leaks evident.
 5)  For the last year I've been running in reduced power mode.  Which isn't 
 too bad performance-wise, but I'd love to get my full performance back.
 
 I've advertised on Kijiji for a replacement CPU board with no luck.
 
 Any ideas on what to look at next?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Mike

The LCS on the G5 Quad has two pumps It may be a pump failure, they're known 
for that. Do you have Hardware Monitor? it shows the pump RPM's.




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Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:

It boots into the OSX installer, but won't install. It freezes part  
way through.


-Jonas

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 9:43 AM -0700 4/5/2012, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
Is there any way to run memtest without having an OS installed?

You have to boot *something*.  Someone probably has a bootable Linux  
DVD that includes Memtest... but what's the point?  You already  
indicated previously in the thread that the machine DOES boot!  
Install Memtest (it's included as an option in the AppleJack  
installer).  Boot into single-user mode, and run it!



- Dan.
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 You need a copy of ASD 2.5.8 it will boot the machine and check all  
the hardware.


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Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote:


On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote:

At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote:
http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60- 
macs/http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/


.8 snip! 8...


3. Because Java is a dying language, Apple is no longer including it
with OS X by default. So most newer Mac owners don't even have it
installed ... unless they're using one of the many apps that  
require it. :\


You obviously don't have any kids that play Minecraft!

But the part about OLD is correct. I couldn't get Minecraft to run  
on my wife's old white MacBook running Tiger because the version of  
Java was too old.


Stephen



I gotta have Java for My ebay  too.

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Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Dan wrote:


At 8:25 AM -0700 4/6/2012, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:

I gotta have Java for My ebay  too.


Exactly what part of My eBay requires Java?

My eBay is *** JavaScript *** heavy.  I don't see any client-side  
Java there.


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 I turned off Java in my browsers and I can't get into My Ebay  
without it.


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Re: PowerMac G5 One Beep Before Chime

[John Carmonne]

On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:

 Sorry I wasn't clear in my first post. I've never actually gotten an OS to 
 install. I've gotten it to boot off of the Installer disc though, and the ASD 
 disc.
 
 I ran ASD 2.5.8 over 20 times, and it passed them all.
 
 I will try to get some OS running on it, and run Memtest.
 
 Thanks for all the help!
 
 -Jonas

I say if the ASD passed it's almost always a MOBO problem with the on board 
ROM. The ASD has its own ROM.
Been there a few times:-)


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How to check WIFI users

[JOHN CARMONNE]

I have a G5 10.5.8 with  ATT DSL wireless modem/router and I want to  
find a simple to use application that will tell me when others are on  
my connection. All the stuff I've read is way too complicated for me.  
I know how to lock it out with passwords but that's not an option at  
my office.


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Re: DVD won't play.

[JOHN CARMONNE]

On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:31 AM, Skyler Rudd wrote:

I am having an issue with my burned DVD's not playing on my 2002 QS  
933 MHz Mac. I have 1.5 GB of RAM and I have an NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A  
drive using Toast Titanium v. 9.0.1 running Mac OS X  10.4.11. The  
movies play fine on my DVD player for the TV, but I need them to  
play on my computer so I can learn the guitar parts. These DVD's are  
owned by my son, but he will not let me use the originals, only the  
copies. I use MacTheRipper and then DVD2oneX2 to set them up for  
Toast. I would be most grateful if someone could tell me the  
settings I need through the process to make them work.

Thank you in advance.



A lot of the early optical drives have trouble playing burned copies.  
I would get a newer external drive or a new Pioneer internal IDE  
drive. Optical drives are dirt cheap try Newegg,



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