RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Stewie de Young
533MHz Digital Audio ( only about a year younger than yours ) - OS10.3.9 , 1.5Gb Ram, 256mb video card, 80gb + 120Gb HDs as my main machine 8 hours a day drawing CAD plans for houses. It is stable , fast ( fast enough for my CAD program anyway ) easy to work on and easy to expand. I earn a good

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Len Gerstel
. Being not too familiar with this model, and after a Google search, I`m looking for advice on how to upgrade the video card. snip The ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition seems to be compatible, but at 32Mb doesn`t seems to provide much advantage for mid-2000s needs! For the time, the 32MB Radeon 7500

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: Gorka , I use my dual 533MHz Digital Audio ( only about a year younger than yours ) - OS10.3.9 , 1.5Gb Ram, 256mb video card, 80gb + 120Gb HDs as my main machine 8 hours a day drawing CAD plans for houses. It is stable , fast ( fast

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
Has anyone tried the 64mb ATI Radeon 9600 Pro shipped with 2004 PowerMac G5s in older G4 towers? My friend`s G5 uses this card and I would like to know if it could be replaced by something better and moved to the G4 Gigabit. This would be a symbiotic move between the Macs! Searched Google but

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
PM Subject: Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4 On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: Gorka , I use my dual 533MHz Digital Audio ( only about a year younger than yours ) - OS10.3.9 , 1.5Gb Ram, 256mb video card, 80gb + 120Gb HDs as my main machine 8 hours

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 23, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: An AGP card is also a lot faster than its PCI equivalent as well. Not all AGP cards are faster, a AGP 1x (never used by Apple) is equivalent to the 33MHz, 64-bit PCI slot used in the PowerMac G3 BW and the early G4s -- You received

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread John Niven
a single 66MHz 32bit PCI slot, which is dedicated to the video card. It's not dedicated. You can use one of the other 33MHz 64bit slots for a video card, and put another card in that video slot. I did this once with a 66MHz PCI sata card. I figured I was more interested in disk access than video

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread John Niven
-- On Tue, 11/24/09, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: I have a second Rage 128 in my PowerMac G3. I kinds got mixed up  there, but oh well. So the question is: do you get different performance from the two cards. I.E. is the speed of the PCI slot the limitation? I think the 66MHz PCI

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Kasey Smith
I get about the same performance from them, although Otto Matic is a tad bit slower now that i have the two displays... ): On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:42 PM, John Niven wrote: -- On Tue, 11/24/09, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: I have a second Rage 128 in my PowerMac G3. I kinds got mixed up

RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Stewie de Young
/fall2001/cmsc411/projects/agp/pci_vs_agp.htm In this case for Gorka , I mentioned these upper end ATI and nVidia cards ( for a GigE anyway )because he sounded like he wanted a big increase in pixel pushing power. Stewie From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit

Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-23 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
with 16mb VRAM isn`t up to the task of running Medal of Honor as fluidly as it should. Being not too familiar with this model, and after a Google search, I`m looking for advice on how to upgrade the video card. As I have been able to check, this model only has an AGP x2 slot for video cards, plus

RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-23 Thread Stewie de Young
Cube and is quite good too and at only Au$99 is pretty good value in my opinion. Don't forget these are flashed PC cards. Retail Mac versions of the same video cards are probably double that at least. An AGP card is also a lot faster than its PCI equivalent as well. Stewie From: g...@gmx.net

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-13 Thread walky08
sticks in each. To upgrade the VRAM, you need a new video card.   The optical drive is standard, but not all drives have burning   support in OSX. Fo those drives that don't there's PatchBurn (google   it.) And finally, you will need an external enclosure for moving   stuff from the old hard drive

Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Patrick Lee
Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM to 2GB, which is the max. 1. What's the memory stick that I can use? 512MBper

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Kasey Smith
not sure about the RAM, but if it has 4 slots it probably takes 512MB sticks in each. To upgrade the VRAM, you need a new video card. The optical drive is standard, but not all drives have burning support in OSX. Fo those drives that don't there's PatchBurn (google it.) And finally, you

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Mel
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:14 AM On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
the max? Without replacing the video card, yes. 3. How can I upgrade my 60GB HDD to 160GB? Any 3.5 IDE HDD will do? Can I do clone my existing HDD to the new HDD without re-installing everything? If yes, how/what software do I use? Yes, you can also just add another drive, yes any IDE 3.5 drive

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Clark Martin
software do I use? I'm also thinking of replacing the DVD-ROM with a DVD-RW. Will any DVD-writer do? Im not sure about the RAM, but if it has 4 slots it probably takes 512MB sticks in each. To upgrade the VRAM, you need a new video card. The optical drive is standard, but not all drives

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Clark Martin
://support.apple.com/kb/TA25585? viewlocale=en_US, you cand find out this information in System Profiler. Keep in mind that if you don't know the history then the video card, CPU, HD and RAM may have been replaced. It's best to identify the model by fixed elements of the computer

Re: Beige G3 - disable internal video

2009-10-20 Thread dc
On Oct 19, 10:00 am, Gary vengefulta...@gmail.com wrote: The video card on it is an IMS Twin Turbo, which I need to use since it has a VGA out port on it, and I don't have any sort of adapter to convert the native Mac video out to VGA. A Radeon 7000 Mac ed. (32 MB) would be the cheapest

Beige G3 - disable internal video

2009-10-19 Thread Gary
I'm at my wit's end with this beige G3 (300 Mhz, 30GB IDE hard disk, 384MB RAM) that I've been prepping to give away. I've tried installing both Linux and OS X 10.3 on it, but run into what seems to be the same roadblock. The video card on it is an IMS Twin Turbo, which I need to use since

Re: Beige G3 - disable internal video

2009-10-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Gary wrote: I'm at my wit's end with this beige G3 (300 Mhz, 30GB IDE hard disk, 384MB RAM) that I've been prepping to give away. I've tried installing both Linux and OS X 10.3 on it, but run into what seems to be the same roadblock. The video card

IM, Audio Video, and Managing Multiple IM Providers (IMP's?)

2009-10-19 Thread Bill Connelly
suggestions for Webcams with Video / Audio for a DA Dual 533 under Leopard? Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Re: IM, Audio Video, and Managing Multiple IM Providers (IMP's?)

2009-10-19 Thread Mike
) and it seems stuck on crashing when I try to connect either account under Leopard 10.5.8. I've also started investigating iChat. Is that a multiple client IM app? Any suggestions for Webcams with Video / Audio for a DA Dual 533 under Leopard? Thanks

Re: IM, Audio Video, and Managing Multiple IM Providers (IMP's?)

2009-10-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
with both. As for a webcam, any compatible USB camera (either expressly or with the macam driver http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/ plus iUSBCam http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iusbcam/ will work with iChat, avoiding the need for expensive firewire cameras. iChat also supports USB Video Class cameras

Re: Beige G3 - disable internal video

2009-10-19 Thread Clark Martin
Gary wrote: I'm at my wit's end with this beige G3 (300 Mhz, 30GB IDE hard disk, 384MB RAM) that I've been prepping to give away. I've tried installing both Linux and OS X 10.3 on it, but run into what seems to be the same roadblock. The video card on it is an IMS Twin Turbo, which I need

Re: Beige G3 - disable internal video

2009-10-19 Thread Gary
On Oct 19, 1:21 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: As Bruce said, the Twin Turbo doesn't work with X. Oy. Oh well. I did hope it would work because the initial OS X installer ran fine. As to Linux have you tried having Xorg configure itself?  If it isn't running a shell after boot

Re: Sawtooth video issues

2009-10-13 Thread Gus
On Oct 10, 6:16 pm, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: Also, while I have your attention. Do you know of a DVD authoring software; avi to dvd that's even paid for, free would be great. One that does not take 39 hours to make a single dvd. Please don't mention toast to me. I don't know

Sawtooth video issues

2009-10-10 Thread Nestamicky
I have an ATI 9200LE in this Sawtooth and I want to update the rom but I can't find the latest one, which is 127. If you have it in your machine, please send me an e-Mail off list. If you know of a non-broken link that I could get it from, please say. I've spent 2 hours working on this and

Re: Sawtooth video issues

2009-10-10 Thread Chance Reecher
For simple AVI to DVD authoring, I've found that VisualHub is multiple times faster than Toast. Unfortunately, the developer stopped selling it about a year ago, I'm not sure you can still get it.\ Chance Nestamicky wrote: I have an ATI 9200LE in this Sawtooth and I want to update the rom but

Re: Sawtooth video issues

2009-10-10 Thread stewie
On Oct 11, 9:16 am, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: I have an ATI 9200LE in this Sawtooth and I want to update the rom but I can't find the latest one, which is 127. If you have it in your machine, please send me an e-Mail off list. If you know of a non-broken link that I could get

Re: Sawtooth video issues

2009-10-10 Thread Chance Reecher
Awesome! And it's free now! Brian Christmas wrote: G'day Visual Hub is now call 'Film Redux' It's available from http://tinyurl.com/a36m3c * * Regards Santa On 11/10/2009, at 10:41 AM, Chance Reecher wrote: For simple AVI to DVD authoring, I've found that VisualHub is multiple

Re: Sawtooth video issues

2009-10-10 Thread Nestamicky
On 10/10/09 5:49 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: G'day Visual Hub is now call 'Film Redux' It's available from http://tinyurl.com/a36m3c * * Regards Santa Thanks Brian and Chance. Very good suggestions. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: G4 Power PC freezes after about 5 or 6 minutes when playing video from internet

2009-10-04 Thread Dan
) freezing up after displaying about 5 or 6 minutes of internet video (news broadcasts, general video, etc.). When it does this, I have to restart. There's plenty of available memory on my hard drive, so I can't figure out what might be causing this. My internet connection is hight-speed via

Re: G4 Power PC freezes after about 5 or 6 minutes when playing video from internet

2009-09-29 Thread Max
or 6 minutes of internet video (news broadcasts, general video, etc.).  When it does this, I have to restart.  There's plenty of available memory on my hard drive, so I can't figure out what might be causing this.  My internet connection is hight-speed via cable. This is a Power Mac or ? OS

Re: G4 Power PC freezes after about 5 or 6 minutes when playing video from internet

2009-09-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Max wrote: On Sep 28, 9:56 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 8:26 AM -0400 9/28/2009, Tray Stephenson wrote: I've got a problem with my 1.8 GHZ G4 PowerPC (2 GB RAM) freezing up after displaying about 5 or 6 minutes of internet video (news broadcasts

Re: G4 Power PC freezes after about 5 or 6 minutes when playing video from internet

2009-09-29 Thread Mike
Hi Tray, When you say it freezes, does it just stop responding, or does it bring up a mostly grey screen telling you to turn the computer off in a few different languages? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: G4 Power PC freezes after about 5 or 6 minutes when playing video from internet

2009-09-28 Thread Mike
Is it flash video? Flash seems to eat processor cycles under osx for some reason, so it could be that things are just getting too hot and causing it to freak out. Is there anything else you can do to work the processor (video encoding, or even a batch of using iTunes to convert things

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Gus wrote: Looking at the picture on the website. It looks like the Radeon 7000 card is an PCI 32 bit card. The Beige G3 has 16 bit PCI slots. Is the card dual 16/32 bit compatible? Yes. That's why I had a 7000, to use in my Beige. -- Bruce Johnson

Re: Video card install

2009-09-23 Thread dorayme
Date: Tues, Sep 22 2009 4:18 pm From: Jim McGee Hey folks- Getting ready to replace the video card in my Quicksilver 867 (single, pre 2002) and want to make sure that it is done properly. Present card: Rage 128 Pro (16 mb) Replacement:nVidia 5200, AGP (128 mb

Re: Video card install

2009-09-23 Thread pdimage
On 23/9/09 07:40, dorayme dora...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Turn off your machine, open it, put the power cord back in (the wall socket to off position though) and have everything ready. Touch the metal part of the QS (not any electronics!). Handle both cards by the edges only (just look and

Re: Video card install

2009-09-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 22, 2009, at 7:18 PM, Jim McGee wrote: Hey folks- Getting ready to replace the video card in my Quicksilver 867 (single, pre 2002) and want to make sure that it is done properly. Present card: Rage 128 Pro (16 mb) Replacement:nVidia 5200, AGP (128 mb

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-23 Thread Gus
they had some 7000 mac drivers at the AMD site. http://www.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDHomePage.aspx On Sep 22, 2:41 pm, Geke gevangaste...@googlemail.com wrote: Small correction: I just found a nice review of this card, which also says that the drivers come on a CD with the card. Look

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-23 Thread Gus
bit PCI slots.  Is the card dual 16/32 bit compatible? The Beige can use any Mac ROM PCI video card. The only cards that are   incompatible are PCI cards with PC ROMs (PC terminology uses BIOS   instead of ROM, but they're both simply the firmware stored on a   flash EEPROM). Many of the PC

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Geke
was told this would also alleviate my video blacking problem. Unfortunately, you bought an AGP Radeon 7000. Your Beige G3 only has PCI slots. You need a PCI Radeon 7000. That card will not work or fit in your beige. Len     The description is a little wayward but the card seems to be pci

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Gus
: Also, I bought this card from ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120468674399 I was told this would also alleviate my video blacking problem. Unfortunately, you bought an AGP Radeon 7000. Your Beige G3 only has PCI slots. You need a PCI Radeon 7000. That card

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Geke
?ViewItemitem=120468674399 I was told this would also alleviate my video blacking problem. Unfortunately, you bought an AGP Radeon 7000. Your Beige G3 only has PCI slots. You need a PCI Radeon 7000. That card will not work or fit in your beige. Len     The description is a little wayward

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Bill Connelly
, which is where a PCI Slot type video card would seem to work best. Find out if its a PCI card or an AGP card. According to the eBay correction, it would seem to be PCI. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Gus
Never mind, I just opened up my G3, its a half height PCI slot... oi vey... Well, lets hope the guy knows how to hold a camera straight and that is really a pci card and not an agp. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Geke
install the right drivers. I expect that you can simply plug in the card, start up the Mac, and go to the System Preferences for Displays to choose the screen resolution. I was told this would also alleviate my video blacking problem. It’s your lucky day! Greetings Geke

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Gus
Yeah, I remember seeing the correction saying that it was a PCI card and not an AGP card... NEWAYS... Will I have to hunt down drivers for this if I put it my mac, or are they already on the install CD or on the Hard Drive? Not sure how that works. Thanks!!

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Gus
(never heard of anyone doing that...) Or does the ATI work better in the BW G3 than in the Beige G3? Never was much of a video card buff. And why do they make the video slot shorter than than the other PCI card slots? Isn't the PCI Bus a wired parallel bus where everything has to run at the same

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-22 Thread Geke
Small correction: I just found a nice review of this card, which also says that the drivers come on a CD with the card. Look here: http://www.giantmike.com/reviews/radeon7000.html Good luck! Geke --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a

Video card install

2009-09-22 Thread Jim McGee
Hey folks- Getting ready to replace the video card in my Quicksilver 867 (single, pre 2002) and want to make sure that it is done properly. Present card: Rage 128 Pro (16 mb) Replacement:nVidia 5200, AGP (128 mb) Please advise as to the recommended procedure

Video Driver Question.

2009-09-21 Thread Gus
How (where) are the video drivers setup and located in OS X.4.11? I have 10.4.11 running on a desktop Beige G3 and when I did the update a program that I use (visual hub) causes the screen to go black. That didn't happen before I installed the updates. I was told that the processor causes

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-21 Thread pdimage
On 21/9/09 15:59, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 21, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Gus wrote: Also, I bought this card from ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120468674399 I was told this would also alleviate my video blacking problem. Unfortunately

Re: Video Driver Question.

2009-09-21 Thread Clark Martin
pdimage wrote: On 21/9/09 15:59, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 21, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Gus wrote: Also, I bought this card from ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120468674399 I was told this would also alleviate my video blacking problem

Video card glitchyness

2009-09-21 Thread Sam Macomber
Speaking of ATi cards. I've got a G5 version Radeon Pro 9600 64MB card that has the pins taped to work in my Quicksilver 733. It works, but usually it does not want to work on startup, screen does not turn on. but if I hit the reset a few seconds after the ethernet links up(router on

Re: Video card glitchyness

2009-09-21 Thread Dan
happens on a cold start, *shrug* Just live with it. You shouldn't be cold starting that often anyway, especially if sleep works. Since you're switching video cards anyway... take a good look at the slot. Make sure it's clean etc. Ditto for the fingers on the card. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

Re: Video card glitchyness

2009-09-21 Thread Len Gerstel
. I have the same issue randomly. I can go for months with it booting fine off of the Radeon, then it will boot fine, but no video. After start up with no video, I give it time to load all the startup apps, hit the power key and return and it shuts down normally. The kludge I have wound up

26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
I would like to connect an Olympus microscope via its camera (the Olympus DP70 12.5 million-pixel digital color camera system) to a G3 bw. The digital system has a 26pin female and a 26pin cable. Is it hard to find the correct video card with a 26pin female plug that I can use in the G3

Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 19, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: I would like to connect an Olympus microscope via its camera (the Olympus DP70 12.5 million-pixel digital color camera system) to a G3 bw. The digital system has a 26pin female and a 26pin cable. Is it hard to find the correct video

Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Beniamino T. Cenci Goga
and a 26pin cable. Is it hard to find the correct video card with a 26pin female plug that I can use in the G3, or evenltually in a G5 2.7 x2. No, the original video card has gone, along with the original PC that came with the microscope and I don't feel like buying again the original stuff from

Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Chance Reecher
That's most likely an output card. I think the OP is looking for an input card. Chance Beniamino T. Cenci Goga wrote: I've just found on eBay this Apple card, what is it? What sort of devices have ever used the DB 26? Is it worth a try?

Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Beniamino T. Cenci Goga
On Sep 19, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: That's most likely an output card. I think the OP is looking for an input card. Chance Correct, I feel so stupid! I need a card that gets the input from the camera and send something to the display: so I am linked forever to Olympus!

follow up: Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Beniamino T. Cenci Goga
This the card that I need: if I could know where the hell has gone the original card! Is outrageously expensive.

Re: follow up: Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Chance Reecher
I found a listing somewhere for the entire microscope system, including the card, for 26,000$. http://www.caeonline.com/equipment_for_sale.html?equip=72457 Compared to that 1.200$ isn't that bad. On a side note, do you even know if the card is mac compatible? Beniamino T. Cenci Goga wrote:

Re: follow up: Re: 26pin video -- PowerMac G3 bw

2009-09-19 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
was thinking to save some money and try to see if a simple video card was enough. Obviously not! Ben On Sep 19, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: I found a listing somewhere for the entire microscope system, including the card, for 26,000$. http://www.caeonline.com

Reflowing 'Book Video Chip BGA and G4 iBook U28 Broken Solder Joints

2009-09-18 Thread Jim Scott
Nestamicky and others in this group want to know how I've successfully reflowed the ball grid array (BGA) solder to solve video chipset problems in G3 and G4 iBooks and some G4 PowerBooks. I've also used the same technique to reflow the solder and fix the G4 iBook U28 chip problem, and a loose G5

Re: Reflowing 'Book Video Chip BGA and G4 iBook U28 Broken Solder Joints

2009-09-18 Thread Nestamicky
On 9/18/09 11:27 AM, Jim Scott wrote: Good luck if you try reflowing, and don't blame me if you fail, as you most certainly will, sooner or later. Just be sure that you're prepared to write off any failure before you begin. On the other hand, the logic board already has let you down, so

Re: Reflowing 'Book Video Chip BGA and G4 iBook U28 Broken Solder Joints

2009-09-18 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
Nestamicky wrote: On 9/18/09 11:27 AM, Jim Scott wrote: Good luck if you try reflowing, and don't blame me if you fail, as you most certainly will, sooner or later. Just be sure that you're prepared to write off any failure before you begin. On the other hand, the logic board already has

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
onto a spare ADM and the transfer from one xServe to the other? 2) Compatibility question, does any one know if the video cards for these were specific, can I use a card from a Powermac G4 QS (at least to get it up and running) after that I want to use screen sharing to manage it? 3

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/4/09 6:10 PM, Ian Prickett ian.prick...@gmail.com Broadcast into the ether: 2) Compatibility question, does any one know if the video cards for these were specific, can I use a card from a Powermac G4 QS (at least to get it up and running) after that I want to use screen sharing

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-05 Thread Ian
or should I   install the o/s onto a spare ADM and the transfer from one xServe to   the other? 2) Compatibility question, does any one know if the video cards for   these were specific, can I use a card from a Powermac G4 QS (at least   to get it up and running) after that I want to use

Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-04 Thread Ian Prickett
and the transfer from one xServe to the other? 2) Compatibility question, does any one know if the video cards for these were specific, can I use a card from a Powermac G4 QS (at least to get it up and running) after that I want to use screen sharing to manage it? 3) Does anyone know of a good source

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-04 Thread Charles Lenington
onto a spare ADM and the transfer from one xServe to the other? 2) Compatibility question, does any one know if the video cards for these were specific, can I use a card from a Powermac G4 QS (at least to get it up and running) after that I want to use screen sharing to manage it? 3

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-04 Thread John Niven
that I didn't have anything to run on it! Oh well, I brought most of my Xserve back from the dead. See comments embedded below: --- On Fri, 9/4/09, Ian Prickett ian.prick...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ian Prickett ian.prick...@gmail.com Subject: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-21 Thread John Niven
Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: From: Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net Subject: Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question) To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 11:03 PM On Aug 20, 2:01 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: I have a QT movie

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 20, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Thank you for responding, Bruce. Let's see if I can be clearer. The movie was found on YouTube, and was downloaded as (I am sure) a Flash movie via Perian, then ported to QuickTime. QT's movie inspector says this about the resulting

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-21 Thread Clark Martin
John Niven wrote: I've used HandBrake to convert DVD's to a format that went onto my iPod nano, but I couldn't see how to convert other files. I ended up buying MP4 Converter which seems to do the job, though I have had some audio sync problems which I haven't tracked down yet. I believe

Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-20 Thread Dana Collins
I have a QT movie (.mov format) showing a demonstration of realtime audio pitch manipulation that I want to use for class lecture. The QT original is at 27.8 MB - thought I'd port it to my iPod Touch for convenience (I use an Apple A/V composite adapter for overhead screen projection on

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
the video, because convert .mov to iPod gets you specifically formatted .m4v files. Without knowing what the original specs are, it's hard to tell, but if it was small (320 x 240 or something) it could well have been smaller in the original; .mov files can contain considerable compression

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-20 Thread Dana Collins
algorithm? It's entirely possible to do this, as QT might well be upscaling the video, because convert .mov to iPod gets you specifically formatted .m4v files. Without knowing what the original specs are, it's hard to tell, but if it was small (320 x 240 or something) it could well have

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-20 Thread starrfarr
Try Handbrake. It does a conversion appropriate for the end hardware. Quick and clean and files no bigger than they need to be. Free too, if I remember correctly. Rich On Aug 20, 2:01 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: I have a QT movie (.mov format) showing a demonstration of

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-20 Thread starrfarr
Try Handbrake. It does a conversion appropriate for the end hardware. Quick and clean and files no bigger than they need to be. Free too, if I remember correctly. Rich On Aug 20, 2:01 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: I have a QT movie (.mov format) showing a demonstration of

Re: Is this right? (QT - m4v video question)

2009-08-20 Thread Dana Collins
and clean and files no bigger than they need to be. Free too, if I remember correctly. Rich Yes, I have Handbrake. I will also give that a try. Basically looking for something that shrinks video file size for use in an iPod; surely others have done it? Thanks, Dana

G5 PCIe Video Cards

2009-08-16 Thread L.A. MacTech
hesitate. Will I notice much or a performance increase if I were to install the 7800 or would I just be installing a noise increase? Any Quadro 4500 users out there? Can Mac Pro video cards be used in these G5s? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: Video card HELP

2009-07-25 Thread beecaretaker
On Jul 24, 6:35 pm, Allan Castleberry arcastlebe...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to hook up my Gigabit G4, to my Magnavox lcd hdtv, with a DVI to HDMI cable. So far, radeon 7000 and radeon 9000 aren't working. Any suggestions? -- Allan Castleberry Allan, I think the problem is that there

Re: Video card HELP

2009-07-25 Thread Kris Tilford
video cards don't match the inputs necessary for the TV without using some extra software like SwitchResX or DisplayConfigX. These are not programs for casual users, they can screw up your display and may be difficult to rectify if things go wrong

Video card HELP

2009-07-24 Thread Allan Castleberry
I am trying to hook up my Gigabit G4, to my Magnavox lcd hdtv, with a DVI to HDMI cable. So far, radeon 7000 and radeon 9000 aren't working. Any suggestions? -- Allan Castleberry --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End

Re: Video card HELP

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
(with a Radeon 9000) to my tv it didn't work at first because the video was set wrong. I was able to use VNC (I'd previously set it up for remote control) from my laptop to change the video output to what my TV (Proscan) used (which is 1024 x 768...the computer detected a widescreen

Re: Video card HELP

2009-07-24 Thread Clark Martin
that when I connected mine (with a Radeon 9000) to my tv it didn't work at first because the video was set wrong. I was able to use VNC (I'd previously set it up for remote control) from my laptop to change the video output to what my TV (Proscan) used (which is 1024 x 768...the computer

Re: Flashing PCI video cards for G4's - tape pins?

2009-07-05 Thread Will S
On Jul 4, 10:32 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:48 PM, joplinfan wrote: I'm getting ready to flash a BFG / Geforce 6200 and a Radeon 9250... both standard PCI cards... to use in my MDD G4 1ghz towers. Been studying up on the process at The Mac Elite

Re: Flashing PCI video cards for G4's - tape pins?

2009-07-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 5, 2009, at 2:10 AM, Will S wrote: It is possible to flash some PCI cards and have both Quartz Extreme Core Image. No need for PCI extreme or special hacks. I'm running a BW machine upgraded to G4 600 Mhz. It's got a flashed Nvidia 5500 PCI card. I'm running Tiger and the Mac OS sees

Re: Flashing PCI video cards for G4's - tape pins?

2009-07-05 Thread pdimage
On 4/7/09 23:48, joplinfan kawni...@cableone.net wrote: Hi all, I'm getting ready to flash a BFG / Geforce 6200 and a Radeon 9250... both standard PCI cards... to use in my MDD G4 1ghz towers. Been studying up on the process at The Mac Elite website where it mentions that AGP cards

Flashing PCI video cards for G4's - tape pins?

2009-07-04 Thread joplinfan
Hi all, I'm getting ready to flash a BFG / Geforce 6200 and a Radeon 9250... both standard PCI cards... to use in my MDD G4 1ghz towers. Been studying up on the process at The Mac Elite website where it mentions that AGP cards require tape to be placed over some of the pins due to Apple's non

Re: Flashing PCI video cards for G4's - tape pins?

2009-07-04 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:48 PM, joplinfan wrote: I'm getting ready to flash a BFG / Geforce 6200 and a Radeon 9250... both standard PCI cards... to use in my MDD G4 1ghz towers. Been studying up on the process at The Mac Elite website where it mentions that AGP cards require tape to be placed

How to capture streaming video

2009-06-25 Thread PETE
Somehow my dvr did not record a show that I regularly watch . However, the network has it on their website. Is it possible to capture the show on my computer? How can I do that? I have a Powermac G5 with the latest updates to the OS and Safari.

Re: How to capture streaming video

2009-06-25 Thread dc
You could try this method: http://www.thewwwblog.com/download-youtube-videos-safari-browser-mac-os-x.html or you could try using something like Miro: http://www.getmiro.com/download/ On Jun 25, 9:53 am, PETE sabaoth...@yahoo.com wrote: Somehow my dvr did not record a show that I regularly

Re: How to capture streaming video

2009-06-25 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:53 AM, PETE wrote: Somehow my dvr did not record a show that I regularly watch . However, the network has it on their website. Is it possible to capture the show on my computer? How can I do that? I have a Powermac G5 with the latest updates to the OS and Safari.

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