On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Paul Perkal <pper...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was asking about an E - Mac, not an i - Mac. I know, it's easy to miss the > one-letter difference, and having the two machines lumped together in one > forum, away from the other Mac forums, and the much higher popularity of the > iMac... > > And I think the keyboard I have with the power button came from an iMac. > > Your answer raised another question for me. Shouldn't that power button be > able to turn ON various iMacs, and at that point (before it's even on), > shouldn't it work no matter what system is running? > > Paul > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Ryan Waldon <ryanwaldon2...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Paul <pper...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Suddenly I find myself with two eMacs discarded by other people glad >>> to get rid of them. One of them has a wrecked power button, and that's >>> where my questions originate. Do all the different eMac models use the >>> same power button? On this one, it looks like the button plugs into a >>> 3-hole connector. >>> >>> I tried using a Mac USB keyboard that has a power button, but it >>> didn't seem to have any effect. Were there only certain Macs that >>> would power up with the keyboard button? >>> >> >> Some of the early G3 iMacs could be powered-up with the keyboard button. I >> have a Lime 333MHz iMac that worked with the keyboard button, running under >> OS 8.6, but not with 9.2.2 or OSX... >> >> --ryan >> >> >> > > > > >
there was a thread here recently that touched on this it has to do with the usb implementation on older (x)macs the kbd powerbtn used a non-standard usb method to pwr on the mac this was discontinued in later mac hdwr in favor of supporting a standard usb so if you have a usb2.0 (or later model 1.1) (x)mac it probly does not work -- I'm a PC AND I RUN LINUX!!! Lenin - "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
