If it were me, I'd take a different hard drive, wipe it, and install a system
from the original system disks. Then reboot from the new setup. If it still
has issues, it has to be hardware.
If it works OK from that bare bones system, then update/add software till the
problem shows up again.
Open a new document in TextEdit.
Look at the left end of the tab bar. Though it looks like one single symbol,
there really are more than one superimposed there. One is the right pointing
triangle for a tab. Another, the one you want to set margins, looks like a
capital T. Use
MAC here probably refers to Media Access Control. Every device on the web gets
a Media Access Control number. Its usually four sets of up to three numbers
per set, separated by periods...
MAC as used here, has nothing to do with Macintosh.
~~~
In the list
The occasions when you DO NOT WANT TO USE IT are those when the system
or hard drive on the 'old' machine has problems that you want to avoid
on the new machine. Then its often better to do a clean install on the
new machine and only move the minimum amount of files from the old one.
Since, at
If you can go look at it in person, as opposed to buying blind over the
net, I'd look very carefully at the liquid cooling system, checking for
any evidence that coolant has started to leak, or run down inside the
case. Best option might be to pull processors and the power supply to
look
OS 9.1, or 9.2.1 would have come as a separate cd in the set of disks
you got with the machine. It has to be installed separately from the
OSX stuff...for best results, I's suggest installing the OS 9 stuff
first...then OSX if you want it.
As far as I know, other versions of the OS are
8, 2012 2:28 PM
On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote:
Gotcha. That's what I found... UPDAES, but not the base system.
I'll look at the OSX installs and see if 9 is in there.
Jack Countryman mailto:jcoun...@mac.com
January 8, 2012 2:18 PM
OS 9.1, or 9.2.1 would have come
There were several usb to adb adapters made when the switch from adb to
usb happened. I've had several different ones, made by Belkin (eGo),
Momentum (uConnect), KeySpan, and Griffin (iMate). It seemed that
different ones worked with different devices. Though most, if not all,
would handle a
On my dual 2.7 here, the only external light that's on when running is
the one near the power switch. I don't see any lights around the
optical drive. Which light is it that is always on for you on your dual
2.7 machines? Somewhere inside the machine?
Valter Prahlad
November 1, 2011 7:22
on the back. It's the 3rd port down
from the top, just beneath the Airport Bluetooth antenna ports. It
says out beside it. It should be faintly red all the time.
Jack Countryman
November 1, 2011 8:12 PM
On my dual 2.7 here, the only external light that's on when running is
the one near the power
in/out
ports.
Kris Tilford
November 1, 2011 10:16 PM
On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Jack Countryman wrote:
On the machine I have here, that's a square shaped, digital out port.
Yes, that's the correct port.
There's no light on it or the similar looking port below it.
Should be red.
I don't
The g5 tower never had an internal modem from Apple. g3 and g4 towers
did have one as an optionbut not the g5 or intel towers. If you
wanted dial-up, you used an external usb modem (I've got one here in
the MacBook case in the event I ended up needing it somewhere on the
road). I'm
That's where the bluetooth card usually goes. The one in the picture is
the right size etc. for a bluetooth card, but I can't see enough detail
in the picture to match chips/labels to what is on my g5 dual 2.7. If
you aren't seeing the bluetooth symbol in the menubar, try going into
system
I just had to restart my machine...and got 21 of them...from this same
person...see message below Dan's
On 4/19/11 9:30 PM, Dan Palka wrote:
I've received like 20 bounced emails today, some dating from years
ago, from a user on this group trinettejohn...@fuse.net
On a related issue, does anyone know for sure what logmein is trying to
do when it connects to their web site after bootup, but when the program
is not running? Is this a request for updates, which I'd want, or a way
of telling their site or others logged into their site, that my machine
is
On 3/28/11 4:21 PM, Iamanamma wrote:
Don't know why, but this 266 mhz beige tower absolutely refuses to
boot from its IDE bus. It will boot from a system CD in OS 8.6, but
not from a hard drive. I keep getting a no bootable HFS partition
message that repeats itself until it finds the CD and
On 2/6/11 1:10 PM, lphilen wrote:
i have a dual 800 guicksilver with 10.4.11. i can not set the date and
time
after changing the pram battery. i bought this machine at a garage
sale it came
with no software at all. it also will not open the system preferences
folder.
thanks from an old newbee.
On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote:
Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little
unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous
owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no
monitor to test it. No hard drive and ram came with it. So
On 2/1/11 9:35 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote:
On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote:
Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little
unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous
owner on the auction site stated
On 2/1/11 10:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Jack Countryman wrote:
The one we worked on last belonged to a friend...he's still got
it...and its still liquid cooled. Label shows it as a dual 1.8.
No such thing. Someone must have swapped cases. If it's truly liquid
On 1/23/11 9:00 AM, dc wrote:
On Jan 23, 3:57 am, Sean Carrollcedarwaxw...@att.net wrote:
Current system: Power Mac G4 AGP 450 MHz, 1.25 GB RAM, 160 GB 40 GB
hard drives (PATA), Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card, Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11
and
On 1/15/11 9:14 AM, Al Poulin wrote:
On Jan 14, 10:16 pm, James Therraultjetas...@netzero.com wrote:
I'm finally making the move into the modern age and am asking for
suggestions as to 2.5 external enclosures to copy the contents of my
current machine, (G4 Gigabit), to a 500GB SATA drive.
On 1/13/11 1:50 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote:
Not sure what the CUDA button is. Where is it located on the machine? I think I
will try it when I get home. Thanks for the tip, I hope that gets it back up and
running
I forget where exactly it
On 1/13/11 2:09 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:
I forget where exactly it is on the Mobo, but it looks like this
http://eshop.macsales.com/images/items/cudabutton.jpg
That is a surface-mounted CUDA button, as used on the last PPC Macs.
Earlier PPC Macs used a through-hole CUDA button, which
On 1/5/11 8:25 AM, Geke wrote:
Just a thought: would a G5 videocard (AGP or PCI) with an ADC port fit
in this MacPro? Or don’t such cards exist?
And, if this is possible, what would be the drop in performance?
g5 slots were PCIx in early machines, PCIe in later ones. Not sure what
the spec is
There are often relatively inexpensive used copies of iWork on eBay or
Craigslist?
On 1/5/11 11:15 PM, chris...@fuse.net wrote:
OpenOffice.org is the main free office software with a word processor.
http://open-office.software.en.softonic.com/download?gclid=CPfI16XapKYCFYbb4Aod-2itmg
Under
On 12/22/10 11:21 PM, Andrew Liu Anderson wrote:
Hello All,
I have 2 G4 Sawtooth computers. One is 400Mhz, the other 450Mhz. One
of them has a small card, approximately 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 mounted on the
motherboard between the Airport card slot and the PCI cars slots.
There are 2 screws holding
Or MacTracker may help (available free at http://www.mactracker.com). I
think most g4 had a label on the back that gave their original
configuration...though the label might be gone by now, or stuff could have
been added or removed. 'About this Mac' and then the 'More Information
(Profiler)'
Here I always thought the 'Hoover vacuum sweeper' award went to the g5
towers... If you don't understand what I mean, open the power supply on one
that has been used sitting on the floor...or I can send you a picture to
illustrate what happens?
On 7/9/10 10:28 PM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com
I've got a Tripp-Lite model that I've replaced the battery in twice now. I
didn't really keep records, though I suppose I might be able to find when I
paid for the batteries, but think they have lasted 2 to 3 years each. Of
course, both times, I didn't know the battery had failed till we had a
Along with a recent group of g4 towers came several pci cards. One was an
Adaptec scsi card that seems to have problems (card shows in system
profiler, but devices that work on other machines do not show up, mount,
etc.), but there is also an ATi pci video card with DEF port, DIN8 TV out
port,
I'm tinkering with a g4/500 that started life as a server. A friend got it
at some sort of auction, along with other gear...no history available. It
seems to have come with no ram, hard drive, etc. I have it running, but
find that the internal fan does not shut off when you shut the machine
for it on the web and to buy.
-Mike
On Apr 22, 6:50 pm, Jack Countryman jcoun...@mac.com wrote:
I'm tinkering with a g4/500 that started life as a server. A friend got it
at some sort of auction, along with other gear...no history available. It
seems to have come with no ram, hard drive, etc
probably
have a faulty LogicBoard. You can test this out by putting the fan into one of
the other G4's you have and see if it does the same thing. If it does (and I
hightly doubt it will) its a faulty fan.
Albert
From: Jack Countryman jcoun...@mac.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent
I've seen dual 1.8 and dual 2.3 that were also liquid cooled...don't know if
that was typical or not.
Single 1.6, single 1.8, dual 2.0 seem to have been air cooled.
On 1/24/10 4:20 PM, J.M.P.Hissel jo...@xs4all.nl wrote:
On 24-01-2010 05:47, roger d, stink...@ptd.net, wrote:
what powermacs
If you can find the parts, the video cards in those machines are
replaceable. By swapping in a different card from another AIO you could
have a better idea of whether its the motherboard, card, or perhaps the
monitor that is bad? Note that there are two versions of those video cards,
one that
OS 9 needs to be installed BEFORE OSX. Wipe the drive, boot from the 9
installer, and install 9. Then re-boot from the OSX installer and install
OSX OVER 9.
~~
On 9/10/09 2:26 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 6:05
Or years ago there were what were called 'Reed point' screws... As I
recall, those also looked like a phillips, but the slots were shaped enough
differently that a phillips would not fit. I don't recall exactly what the
difference between those and the phillips...or for that matter between
There is another program out there called 'delocalizer' that not only
removes the languages, but also the regional/country settings that go with
them. It seems to get a bit more of the stuff most of us do not need than
what monolingual does. By default, it doesn't remove 'American English' or
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On 6/1/09 5:00 AM, MaGioZal magio...@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/31/09 10:51 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius at er...@comcast.net wrote:
Tony;
Try exporting from Camino to Safari.
Open Safari and Camino.
There is no connection between the door and tray per se. There is a plastic
piece behind the metal door that has a protrusion on each side of the inside
of the sliding door which the cd tray hits as it comes out, forcing the door
down. The door probably has a spring (or 2) somewhere to pull it
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
On 2/26/09 4:54 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:27 PM, insightinmind wrote:
there's specs on a sticker on the back
Is the g4 connecting to the airport or to the netgear? If to the netgear,
check security settings on the netgear? Note that the macbook will use more
recent security settings that the g4 can¹t use/didn¹t have. You might be
able to get around that by putting a newer ethernet card with the more
Easy enough to make a hole where you need it...using a small drill. The
mechanical eject switch is there on the front of the stock cd/dvd drive
mechanism.
On 1/26/09 4:20 PM, tonycd tonyl...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
No hole in my Quicksilver, KP.
On Jan 25, 3:54 pm, KP
On the various quicksilver machines I've had and have worked on for others,
all have had a pin hole in the cd bezel to allow the standard use of a
straightened paper clip to eject a cd. If yours doesn't have that pinhole
it would be a simple thing to make one with a small drill/bit. The button
Or do the install with the cd online, then swap something in its place
later. Out of the four drives possible that way how many need to have
different boot systems on them? If the drive substituted for the cd is to
be a data drive, it could be put online last and formatted etc. if needed
then?
Note that the slots on the g5 towers are PCI-e format...not the older PCI,
so you loose the use of your old cards on either machine (the iMac has no
card slots at all). Note also that the G5 and Intel towers all use SATA
drives so unless you have a sata controller card in your g4, none of your
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