Re: Quad Core G5 Sales Inquiry Advice

2012-12-26 Thread Hal Meeks
and the computer. Best of luck! All the best, Hal -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide

Slow start-up on MDD FW800

2011-07-22 Thread Hal
, different busses, hard drives from other G4s and the best I can get now is a start-up lasting twice as long as normal. Any ideas? All the best, Hal -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power

Correct CPU for FW800 MDD

2011-05-08 Thread Hal
Hi, I have seen two CPU model numbers for a Dual 1.25GHz CPU that goes into the MDDs. One is 820-1470-A and the other is 820-1472-A. Is either one designed specifically for the FW800 model? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Cube speed

2010-05-24 Thread Hal
can remove resistors with a tweezer and trace new connections with a circuit writer pen. It took me about 10 minutes to tweak my CPU to run at 600, and it's working great. I may try 650mhz at some point, if I get sufficiently bored. Just my $0.02. -Hal -- You received this message because you

Re: Cube speed

2010-05-24 Thread Hal
that sets the multiplier. You can remove resistors with a tweezer and trace new connections with a circuit writer pen. It took me about 10 minutes to tweak my CPU to run at 600, and it's working great. I may try 650mhz at some point, if I get sufficiently bored. Just my $0.02. -Hal Can you

No L3 Cache showing on QS

2010-01-06 Thread Hal Meeks
? Thanks! Hal -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Firewire ports stop working?

2009-12-30 Thread Hal
On Dec 30, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On Dec 29, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Hal wrote: Anyone have the experience with their G5 where all 3 of... I guess ignorance is bliss, Hal. My Firewire ports are AWOL as well on my G5 – no wonder I could not sync my 4th Gen. iPod via FW

Firewire ports stop working?

2009-12-29 Thread Hal
on the display, though I haven't used them in a long time. Any help is appreciated. -Hal -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g

Re: Firewire ports stop working?

2009-12-29 Thread Hal
terabytes worth of backup data? Cheers, -Hal On Dec 29, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Hal wrote: Anyone have the experience with their G5 where all 3 of the firewire ports (2 in back, 1 in front) all stop working? Even with nothing connected to the firewire ports, when I go into system profiler, I

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-28 Thread Hal
On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:44 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On 12/27/2009 8:47 PM, Hal wrote: Thanks for the quick response. I tried replacing the battery, and that seems to have cleared up some other issues I was having (prolonged blue screen on boot up), but it didn't solve the no video

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-28 Thread Hal
On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Hal wrote: Interestingly, I tried the open firmware procedure described above, and when it rebooted, the screen stayed on the grey OF screen with black text while the computer rebooted, with no display. It's

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-27 Thread Hal
, 1280x1024 and 1680x1050. I'm using an Apple 23 aluminum HD display, and none of those shows up on the display when I try selecting it. Maybe the slot has gone bad? Is that possible? I pressed the reset button on the logic board when I put the new battery in. Any help is appreciated. -Hal On Dec

no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-24 Thread Hal
video cards, the original PCIe 6600, as well as a flashed Radeon X1900. If I tell it to shut down, and then start it up, it works fine. Any ideas? Thanks, -Hal -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs