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Thanks Bruce and all! Passing on the iBook... I need to work on my Sawtooth...I also have a damaged unit of the last PowerMac G5s, with a damaged case, can't use any of the ports on the back. Cranks up and runs perfectly for days...(yes, it's noisy) have a case to transfer the guts into, but

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On Jun 30, 2016, at 12:43 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio > wrote: I was thinking in terms of hardware config non volatile system settings. Maybe preventing the drive changes/OS changes Since he was able to install Server 10.4, I think Kris might

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Power management is entirely different in laptops versus desktops, which have the CUDA switch. Power Management issues tend to be on the order of ‘Won’t start up at all’; which may be the issue here, so it’s a good thought! On Jun 29,

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This may sound dumb. I will risk it. Do these machines have a CUDA switch? Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer

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On Jun 29, 2016, at 9:08 AM, LochDhueDude wrote: > > Have an iBook G4 with a corrupted Leopard install. It won’t Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at startup? If you can Safe Boot, simply download and reinstall the 10.5.8 Combo Update, then you should be

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> On Jun 29, 2016, at 7:08 AM, LochDhueDude wrote: > > Nothing would boot except OS X Server 10.4...so I ran the intaller, which > worked but I can't find the product key... > Any suggestions Bruce, et. al.? Well Server worked so the drive isn’t bad. If the data on

G4 questions

Have an iBook G4 with a corrupted Leopard install. I wanted to install Tiger and Classic Mode, or OS9 if possible. My 4 CD set Tiger intaller wouldn't boot. A number of other DVD Tiger installers wouldn't boot. Tried every OS9 installer I could find including last year's patched 'OS9.2.2 for

Re: iMac G4 questions

On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 16:01 -0700, Dan Ziegler wrote: Ralph, this hard disk was pretty easy to get to: I just removed the motherboard, and the disks were right there in a caddy. See xlr8 your mac's page here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/iMac_g4/imacg4_takeapart.html - it's helpful.

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On Apr 30, 2011, at 4:07 AM, Ralph Green wrote: I don't see how the bottom plate comes off. I see in the pictures that they got it out. But, what do you pull or pry on? In the 2nd photo the plug that's causing you problems is shown taken apart in about the 11 o'clock position and someone

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On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 04:17 -0500, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 30, 2011, at 4:07 AM, Ralph Green wrote: I don't see how the bottom plate comes off. I see in the pictures that they got it out. But, what do you pull or pry on? In the 2nd photo the plug that's causing you problems is shown

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On Apr 26, 6:01 pm, Dan Ziegler d.ziegle...@gmail.com wrote: Ralph, this hard disk was pretty easy to get to: I just removed the motherboard, and the disks were right there in a caddy. See xlr8 your mac's page here:http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/iMac_g4/imacg4_takeapart.html - it's

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On Apr 24, 6:14 pm, Dan Ziegler d.ziegle...@gmail.com wrote: I have recently bought an iMac G4 (iLamp) off craigslist-it's the original 17 model (800 MHz, SDRAM, 80 GB). Just an aside, as your main questions have already been addressed by others... There were two extremely similar models of

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On 2011/04/26 09:41, t...@io.com so eloquently wrote: There were two extremely similar models of 800MHz G4, 17 iLamp. The first one will boot into OS 9.2. The second one will not.It's a bit like the difference between a regular MDD and a FW800 MDD, except harder to tell apart. Yours is

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On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/04/26 09:41, t...@io.com so eloquently wrote: There were two extremely similar models of 800MHz G4, 17 iLamp. The first one will boot into OS 9.2. The second one will not. It's a bit like the difference between a regular MDD and a

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On 2011/04/26 14:28, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Tina K. wrote: According to Mactracker both of the USB 1 17 iMacs use the GeForce4 MX but the earlier one came with 32 MB of VRAM whereas the second one came with 64 MB VRAM. Tina IMO EveryMac.com gives

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On Apr 26, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/04/26 14:28, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Tina K. wrote: According to Mactracker both of the USB 1 17 iMacs use the GeForce4 MX but the earlier one came with 32 MB of VRAM whereas the second one came

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Thanks for all the insight... now I'll have to check and see what GeForce it has!! ;-) This screen has plastic on the top as far as I can tell, the shame is all the pixels are nice and bright, only the top layer is scratched. Might just have to keep an eye out for dead iMacs with good screens. As

iMac G4 questions

Hi there, I have recently bought an iMac G4 (iLamp) off craigslist-it's the original 17 model (800 MHz, SDRAM, 80 GB). When I bought it the girl told me, I think it needs a Software Update. Well, turns out it needed a lot more than that. I plugged it in, hooked up a Pro keyboard and mouse, and

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On Apr 24, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Dan Ziegler wrote: But I was wondering why the old drive failed. It wouldn't even start up off the OS X DVD to do a disk check! I took the original failed hard drive and stuck it in my Linux box, and ran Disk Utility (the Gnome app, it's similar to Apple's). Disk

iMac G4 questions

Hi there, I have recently bought an iMac G4 (iLamp) off craigslist-it's the original 17 model (800 MHz, SDRAM, 80 GB). When I bought it the girl told me, I think it needs a Software Update. Well, turns out it needed a lot more than that. I plugged it in, hooked up a Pro keyboard and mouse, and