Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Hi! On 2018-04-19, 00:15, Bruce Johnson wrote: > That’s the keyboard thing I was talking about. Kris is right, this keyboard > post-dates the G5’s, I’m pretty sure; in fact it postdates the very first > Intel > iMacs, as that was the machine on which I discovered the ‘no startup keys’ >

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

On Apr 18, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Jörg Duurkoop > wrote: Hi Kris & everybody, I actually use an original Apple aluminum keyboard that was sold together with the later G5s I assume. On the "Option" key it says "alt" and on the Dutch "wis" key it says

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

On Apr 18, 2018, at 4:39 PM, Jörg Duurkoop wrote: > > I actually use an original Apple aluminum keyboard that was sold together > with the later G5s I assume. The aluminum keyboard was introduced in 2007 after the G5, which came with the plastic Apple Pro keyboard. There is

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Hi Kris & everybody, I actually use an original Apple aluminum keyboard that was sold together with the later G5s I assume. On the "Option" key it says "alt" and on the Dutch "wis" key it says "delete". So which is it? English, Aussie, Canadian? Not US I assume ... Yes, I transplanted my G4

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Hello J org, Glad you moved from a G4 to G5 - at first thought, if you have a spare keyboard, swap it out to make sure it is not a keyboard issue, after that plug the keyboard into a fresh USB port. Are you using the old OS that was on the HDs when they were housed in the G4, or did you put a

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

If, by chance, you’re using a flat modern USB keyboard, that might be it. I had to keep an old style USB keyboard around to use with older Macs when I had to use the startup keys. On Apr 17, 2018, at 2:24 PM, Jörg Duurkoop > wrote: Hi again, I got a

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Il giorno 17/04/18 23:24, "Jörg Duurkoop" ha scritto: > The only thing I'm puzzled about is lately it won't react to the Alt > command when starting up. Are you using a non-Apple keyboard? If so, try a different keyboard. USB keyboards should be standard, but I noticed some of them do not send

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

> On Apr 17, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Jörg Duurkoop wrote: > > Hi again, > > I got a good deal on the last edition of the G5 quadcore and it seems solid. > The only thing I'm puzzled about is lately it won't react to the Alt command > when starting up. Normally you get the choice

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Hi again, I got a good deal on the last edition of the G5 quadcore and it seems solid. The only thing I'm puzzled about is lately it won't react to the Alt command when starting up. Normally you get the choice of startup disks available but now the G5 just ignores the Alt key and starts from

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

Thank you Jason for your comment. I avoided the liquid cooled G5s and found a great deal, about 200 bucks (155 €) for 3 G5s and 3 Cinema displays plus 1 Cinema display power supply. One of them is a humble 1.8 G5 so I will have a scanning station because that one still can use normal PCI cards

Re: Have to replace my dying MDD

On 12 Mar 2018 14:50, "Jörg Duurkoop" wrote: Hi, My fourth MDD is having power supply problems and I'm tired of buying just another one and transfer 4 HDs, all my PCI cards, RAM and my 1.25 Ghz DP card again and waiting for another failing power supply. I decided to go for a

Have to replace my dying MDD

Hi, My fourth MDD is having power supply problems and I'm tired of buying just another one and transfer 4 HDs, all my PCI cards, RAM and my 1.25 Ghz DP card again and waiting for another failing power supply. I decided to go for a G5 instead and can get the top model for a good price. So what