Applecare - impressed and not impressed
As I think I've shared, I started having problems with my hard drive a few weeks ago (about 2 I think). Errors appeared in the system log about an UNDEFINED problem in disk0s3 that coincided with the system lockups that I was having. TechTools reported Error -4 with the disk... no errors for RAM or anything else. 'cp' and 'ditto' processes also had errors with input/output. So I called up Applecare, they set up a return. I packaged it all up and included the TechTools report as well as several files that were corrupted all located in a folder called CorruptedItems -- a few of which came from iTunes, which would explain why it kept locking up because I had my iPod plugged in at the time which launched iTunes. I went through the process of backing up my files and called DHL and the driver came around 4:30 on Monday afternoon. The package was returned to me early Wednesday afternoon. That's less than two full days that the machine was gone, repaired, and returned. That's the impressive part. Here's the unimpressive part. The Powerbook came back with a note saying We diagnosed the problem as 3rd party hardware [a 512mb RAM chip from Crucial.com which I've had since early June]. Your iBook passed all tests after removing this 3rd party hardware. Several times this form letter refers to my 'iBook' (which was really a Powerbook). From all appearances, they did replace the hard drive (it left with 10.3.5 and came back with 10.3.4, with just the bare software installed -- so it was either replaced or reformatted), and the system appears to be working fine. I think placing the blame on the RAM chip sounds like a bunch of hooey to me. The RAM has been in there for months and I've never had a problem with Crucial RAM before. I'll leave it out for a couple days and see if I have any problems when I put it back in, but first I want to fill the drive back up again first and see if we get errors again. Anyway, the speed was great, but I'm skeptical about the diagnosis, and really hope they replaced the drive. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Problems with a Lombard keyboard
Greetings, My Lombard keyboard is acting up; some keys work, some do not. The non-working keys are: -delete, tab, the whole qwerty row except for [ , -the whole bottom row, -k gives me kl and l gives me kl, and -the \ acts as return, (return is OK). Does this sound like like a common problem, a fixable problem, or a replacement solution? Thanks, Craig W. Atlanta, GA -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed
On Thu, Sep 2, 2004 at 2:06 am -0400, Timothy Luoma wrote: Here's the unimpressive part. The Powerbook came back with a note saying We diagnosed the problem as 3rd party hardware [a 512mb RAM chip from Crucial.com which I've had since early June]. Your iBook passed all tests after removing this 3rd party hardware. [snip] I think placing the blame on the RAM chip sounds like a bunch of hooey to me. The RAM has been in there for months and I've never had a problem with Crucial RAM before. I'll leave it out for a couple days and see if I have any problems when I put it back in, but first I want to fill the drive back up again first and see if we get errors again. I had a similar experience with Applecare (in the UK). The Powerbook was returned with my 512mb chip taped to the outside, labelled 'suspect 3rd- party memory'. Apple eventually offered the explanation that after replacing the logic board, the pb was crashing at startup with the RAM in place. I sent it back to them, with a note inside explaining politely that the module had been in place for 2.5 years, through several system upgrades and a firmware upgrade, and that although I realised that RAM can go bad at any time, I thought it very unlikely that the RAM was the problem. The machine came back with the RAM reinstalled, working perfectly. TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Safari will not auto-activate
On 1 Sep 2004, at 21:30, G-Books wrote: Did you make sure that Safari 1.2 is still the default browser and there are no other copy of it somewhere else on your disk? If you checked, then there might be a problem with the launch services cache (which, *I think*, is also called locate) file. You might want to use a tool like the free OnyX to clean all the caches. -Laurent. Laurent followed your advice but no improvement. No duplicate on the HD and cleaning caches with OnyX did not help either. Only difference is that now a window appears saying : Mail cannot open No associated application could be found. Anything else to try ? Andre. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: ibook SE
larry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You are correct, there were no combo drives available so I should have put dvd/cd drive. Well, you're not correct these are unavailable, look here: http:// wegenermedia.com/ibookcdrwhome.htm However, if a superdrive is worth the cost is up to the potential buyer. I'd go for the DIY CD-RW solution unless I could make sure the video cards built-in support for MPEG-2 decoding was supported by OS X and if I could do this I'd rather choose the Combo solution as I feel the G3 is too weak for burning DVD movies. For data backup, DVD may very well be worth both the cost and using the Superdrive solution. Data can be very expensive to loose. As far as I can tell we on this list have yet to verify if the clamshell iBook video cards built-in support for MPEG-2 decoding is supported by OS X. Noone knows for sure? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
AppleCare question
Now that I've got a new PowerBook, I'm thinking later to get AppleCare. When I got my previous PowerBooks, close to 2 years ago, it still had over a year of AppleCare remaining because the original buyer was smart to buy it just a little bit before its first year warranty expired. Now, I was planning to do the same but a co-worker told me that it doesn't work that way, that now, when you buy it, it starts from the original purchase date. In other words, you can't have a 4 year protection by waiting at the end of your first year warranty to buy AppleCare. I've checked the Apple web site but didn't find anything that would prove one or the other. So, does anybody know how AppleCare really work? Thanks! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] firebottle n.obs.: A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum. Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation. Sometimes mistakenly called a `tube' in the U.S. or a `valve' in England; another hackish term is glassfet. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Safari will not auto-activate
on 02/09/04 05:54, invicta at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Sep 2004, at 21:30, G-Books wrote: Did you make sure that Safari 1.2 is still the default browser and there are no other copy of it somewhere else on your disk? If you checked, then there might be a problem with the launch services cache (which, *I think*, is also called locate) file. You might want to use a tool like the free OnyX to clean all the caches. -Laurent. Laurent followed your advice but no improvement. No duplicate on the HD and cleaning caches with OnyX did not help either. Only difference is that now a window appears saying : Mail cannot open No associated application could be found. Anything else to try ? Andre. Hmmm, the only way around this I see, unless someone has a better idea, would be to reinstall the system, after you back up your data. Sorry. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fortrash /for'trash/ n.: Hackerism for the FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: AppleCare question
Apple Care is a two-year extension of your original warranty and ends three years from the date of purchase of your PB, i.e. if you bought your PB today, 9/2/04 it would end 9/2/07. Apple Care is a two years extension, not three years from whenever you buy it. Gisela Drayton http://www.gilladrayton.com So, does anybody know how AppleCare really work? Thanks! -Laurent. -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Safari will not auto-activate
on 02/09/04 05:54, invicta at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Sep 2004, at 21:30, G-Books wrote: Did you make sure that Safari 1.2 is still the default browser and there are no other copy of it somewhere else on your disk? If you checked, then there might be a problem with the launch services cache (which, *I think*, is also called locate) file. You might want to use a tool like the free OnyX to clean all the caches. -Laurent. Laurent followed your advice but no improvement. No duplicate on the HD and cleaning caches with OnyX did not help either. Only difference is that now a window appears saying : Mail cannot open No associated application could be found. Anything else to try ? Before re-installing, can you create a new account on your Mac and try when logged into that account? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fudge: 1. vt. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way, particularly with respect to the writing of a program. I didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it -- I'll fix it later. 2. n. The resulting code. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: AppleCare question
On Sep 2, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Gisela Drayton wrote: Apple Care is a two-year extension of your original warranty and ends three years from the date of purchase of your PB, i.e. if you bought your PB today, 9/2/04 it would end 9/2/07. Apple Care is a two years extension, not three years from whenever you buy it. Agreed. I think they are trying to make this more clear in this graphic: http://www.apple.com/r/store/applecare/applecarecoverage11152002.gif that you see if you click on the Powerbook link from this page http://www.apple.com/support/products/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed
If you send any computer back to Apple for any work, it should go back just as you got it RAM wise to avoid that issue with them. Tom I think placing the blame on the RAM chip sounds like a bunch of hooey to me. The RAM has been in there for months and I've never had a problem with Crucial RAM before. I'll leave it out for a couple days and see if I have any problems when I put it back in, but first I want to fill the drive back up again first and see if we get errors again. Anyway, the speed was great, but I'm skeptical about the diagnosis, and really hope they replaced the drive. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....
Oy, when did they go through the roof? I was looking just a few months ago and they were reasonable. What happened? Any suggestions for a decent, reasonable source? Regards, Erik Ness -- ### Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-242-7604 Urban Outfitters: http://nrdc.org/onearth/04win/reviews.asp Dirty Minds: http://www.gristmagazine.com/books/books121503.asp -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....
On 02/09/04 11:16, Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oy, when did they go through the roof? I was looking just a few months ago and they were reasonable. What happened? Any suggestions for a decent, reasonable source? I think the prices went up when Apple discontinued them... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed
.. Original Message ... On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:05:43 -0500 Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you send any computer back to Apple for any work, it should go back just as you got it RAM wise to avoid that issue with them. yeah I actually forgot that it was in there, otherwise I would have. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: AppleCare question
On 9/2/04 5:51 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Now that I've got a new PowerBook, I'm thinking later to get AppleCare. When I got my previous PowerBooks, close to 2 years ago, it still had over a year of AppleCare remaining because the original buyer was smart to buy it just a little bit before its first year warranty expired. Now, I was planning to do the same but a co-worker told me that it doesn't work that way, that now, when you buy it, it starts from the original purchase date. Your co-worker is 100% correct. Applecare is 3 year coverage from the original purchase date of the unit. Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Help w/ Pismo!
Man, I will NEVER learn...! I finally got my OS 9.2.1 Pismo 400mhz working, after waiting for a new processor to affordably appear on Ebay, and buying it... but NOW I have a new problem. The auto-update program found some stuff it said I needed to install, including OS 9.2.2, and a firmware update. Anyway, after installing it the laptop restated, then displayed a message saying that I needed to shut down, then restart again, holding the power key + Apple key at the same time, until I heard along beep. Well, I did that. But now, the laptop will only flash the sleep/PRAM light (long, 3-sec flash, then a quick flash, then no light for 6 seconds. The display is off and I only hear a failt sound of the machine being on. WHAT in the (hello!) DID I DO?!? Craig W. Atlanta, GA Power corrupts. Absolute power's a blast. -- John Fund -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???
In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? I have a 512k ADSL connection. I presume not a lot... ??? Larry _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....
He who snoozes looses! When Apple announced they were no longer making the old cards the price doubled in a single day. Now a deal is $110, not the $65 they were going for. Tom On 9/2/04 10:16 AM, Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oy, when did they go through the roof? I was looking just a few months ago and they were reasonable. What happened? Any suggestions for a decent, reasonable source? Regards, Erik Ness -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed
On 9/2/04 11:05 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you send any computer back to Apple for any work, it should go back just as you got it RAM wise to avoid that issue with them. Tom I think placing the blame on the RAM chip sounds like a bunch of hooey to me. The RAM has been in there for months and I've never had a problem with Crucial RAM before. I'll leave it out for a couple days and see if I have any problems when I put it back in, but first I want to fill the drive back up again first and see if we get errors again. Anyway, the speed was great, but I'm skeptical about the diagnosis, and really hope they replaced the drive. To be fair, I'm sure Apple's techs work much the same way the guys at the shop where I work do. They run diagnostics first. If the graphics diagnostic fails or if the hard drive diagnostic fails the tech isn't going to pull the RAM and send the computer back as repaired. But if the diagnostic test doesn't show up any problem the fun begins. The *easy inexpensive* way to deal with this is to return the computer to stock conditions. So the hard drive gets format the OS reinstalled and any upgrade is removed. If the problem is resolved then our techs will reinstall the upgrades to see if the problem remains resolved. One tech reinstalls them one at a time and the other installs all of them and then pulls them all and reinstalls one at a time. A difference of pessimism vs optimism. The *easy expensive* way is to install new innards. I think we can understand that the expensive way isn't chosen. One major problem that we techs face today is that RAM can be flaky but still pass the RAM tests. This drove our guys nuts when the new alBooks were first released. david -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Safari will not auto-activate.
On 2 Sep 2004, at 20:41, G-Books wrote: Laurent followed your advice but no improvement. No duplicate on the HD and cleaning caches with OnyX did not help either. Only difference is that now a window appears saying : Mail cannot open No associated application could be found. Anything else to try ? Before re-installing, can you create a new account on your Mac and try when logged into that account? -Laurent. I will try this but I'm going on a well deserved vacation. When I return I'll resume to tackle the problem. Thanks for your support. Greetings, Andre. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: CD-R drive for Wallstreet
Michael Dolberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard from a few sources that there might be a way to exchange a CD module in an expansion bay drive for a CD-R module. Is this possible? Generally, no. Well, it _is_ possible if you can fabricate PCBs, but it wouldn't be an easy hack. If so, what drive would I look for which would be compatible with the expansion bay shell I have and can anyone direct me to website which explains the step-by-step procedures? (I have looked, but may be missing the sites) No sites because no-one has done it to my knowledge. Short answer - original Apple Wallstreet optical EBMs use non-standard mechanisms, WRT both the electrical interface and the physical form factor. Visit my PB EBM page for more details: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html sorry :-( dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: ibook SE
Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct, there were no combo drives available so I should have put dvd/cd drive. to which Mikael [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: Well, you're not correct these are unavailable, look here: http:// wegenermedia.com/ibookcdrwhome.htm I'm sure Larry meant Apple shipped no combo drives in these models. Only available options were CD-ROM and DVD-ROM readers. Now of course one can install just about any slim drive one wishes. :-) snipped stuff As far as I can tell we on this list have yet to verify if the clamshell iBook video cards built-in support for MPEG-2 decoding is supported by OS X. Noone knows for sure? AFAIK, no first gen clamshell can use Apple's DVD Player (ADP)under X, same as with Lombard the ATI RAGE Mobility chip doesn't support mpeg2 decoding. The gen 2 clamshells have the ATI RAGE Mobility 128, same as Pismo, and so _should_ support ADP under X. Anyone care to confirm this hypothesis? I tried a DVD drive in my gen 1 blueberry iBook and couldn't play DVDs with ADP. Anyone able to use VLC or other players on a gen 1 iBook? If it works, is it actually _usable_? dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Help w/ Pismo!
Well, I replaced the 400mhz processor from my Pismo with another 400mhz one from a seperate machine...and it works fine. So, evidently the firmware upgrade I tried to do did something 2 my processor. Can anyone instruct me on how to either PROPERLY upgrade -- or restore -- my firmware? Can somone do it for me, for trades on Powerbook stuff (1xx to Lomard) or ca$h? Craig W. Atlanta, GA Power corrupts. Absolute power's a blast. -- John Fund -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: ibook SE
Larry, The third generation iBooks were Indigo for 366mhz and Graphite for the 466mhz SE. But the Key lime was available in both speeds, 366 and 466SE. This info was on the little fold-up brochures provided by Apple (I have one somewhere, but can't find it) and is also reviewed in the December 2000 MacAddict (p. 16, where it says Key Lime glows in the dark under a black light!) I think the second generation also had an SE, the 366mhz in Graphite. IIRC, the standard iBook was 300mhz in Blueberry and Tangerine (in both first and second generation). Shawn On Sep 1, 2004, at 10:30 AM, larry Zasitko wrote: Shawn, You are correct, there were no combo drives available so I should have put dvd/cd drive. As far as I knew the only SE's were the graphite, or that's what everyone tells me and MacTracker said the same thing. I know that the second generation came in different speeds but again the SE is listed as the only 466mhz. Where is your info from? May have to forward it to MacTracker so they can update their files. Larry On Aug 31, 2004, at 3:49 PM, Shawn Harley wrote: I don't think any clamshell iBook ever came with a stock combo drive. The only(?) options were cd-rom or dvd-rom. And the Key Lime was available in 466mhz SE. 366mhz was Indigo or Key Lime and 466mhz SE was Graphite or Key Lime. Shawn ___ _ Larry Zasitko iMac 350mhz, Bondi Blue, 320meg ram, Jaguar Graphite Clamshell SE, G3 366mhz, 576 meg ram 12 G4 1.33ghz PowerBook, 768 meg ram, Superdrive, Airport Extreme Newton OMP, 110, 120, 2100 + eMate -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???
The National Enquirer reports at 8:22 PM +0200 9/2/04, Larry le Mac wrote: In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? I have a 512k ADSL connection. I presume not a lot... It's not your performance that should be of concern. This is not said in an accusatory manner, but it has always been considered very poor netiquette to constantly ping an ISP. It will unnecessarily waste **their** resources. There may a difference of opinion now that we are in the paradigm of broadband connections rather than dial-up, but I have not seen anyone voice an opinion one way or the other. For pre-OS X, I have used StayOn! for several years. It allows me to ping at user definable intervals. So I ping every 3-5 minutes which is sufficient to keep my connection alive. Even then, I don't ping my ISP (although I don't see any problem doing that at 3-5 min. intervals), rather I ping a web IP like Yahoo.com. I doubt that StayOn! will work in OS X, although I've never tried it. If there isn't a similar app available for OS X, I'll bet it would be simple to write an AppleScript to ping at set intervals. My $.02 worth, Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: ibook SE
Dan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: AFAIK, no first gen clamshell can use Apple's DVD Player (ADP)under X, same as with Lombard the ATI RAGE Mobility chip doesn't support mpeg2 decoding According to ATI it can: Delivering a complete solution, RAGE MOBILITY includes dual LVDS transmitters, hardware MPEG-2 decoding with iDCT... http://www.ati.com/products/mobility/features.html Are there other RAGE MOBILITY cards in the 1gen clamshell iBook? If so, why can't I find any info on earlier incarnations anywhere? That Apple doesn't support this decoding feature with the X DVD player is clear, but does the OS actually prevent other apps from using it? Can it perhaps be turned on somewhere? Does there have to be a VDplayer in the machine in order for the hardware (graphics card) MPEG-2 decoding to become activated? I posted the same ATI sourced data and the same questions before and noone seemed to know or care. These are the type of questions that needs to be answered IMHO. The gen 2 clamshells have the ATI RAGE Mobility 128, same as Pismo, and so _should_ support ADP under X. Anyone care to confirm this hypothesis? I can do that, but only with S-VCD as there is no dvdplayer. Or I could use an image perhaps. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ??? (P.S.)
I should have added that another option is to set your email client to check your email every 5 minutes or so. Does Apple's Mail app allow you to set the time interval for checking email? I know Eudora does. That will keep your connection alive. HTH, Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???
On 03/09/2004, at 4:22 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However, sending the 64 bytes every second, how will that affect performance ? I have a 512k ADSL connection. I presume not a lot... It'd affect you very little. you can do somewhere over 50,000 bytes a second on 512k, so 64/50,000 is miniscule. If you do want to spread pings out, and are OK with using the terminal, you can open it and enter: ping -i 300 www.apple.com for example, which will ping apple.com at 300 second intervals. That's only once every 5 minutes. dana -- http://www.danamania.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....
Eric wrote: Any suggestions for a decent, reasonable source? A: Source for what? you can always get the old orinoco (roam about) cardbus cards from Wegener for $28--it comes with an OS9 driver but you have to download a $20 driver to use OSX from IOXperts, or orange micro--although maybe proxim is now giving the driver away--i'm not sure. If you have a TiBook like I had---this gives great reception because it hangs outside. Some people use a cheap D-link USB wireless adapter with IBooks. -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Firewire Drive for Backup - Recommendations
I'm looking for recommendations for a new firewire drive, and for OSX-compatible backup software. Here's my situation: 2 networked Macs - ibook G3 with OS 10.2, and old Powermac 7100, OS 8 I'd like to buy the firewire drive for the ibook, and do a full backup of the older mac (which I'll eventually replace). Any comments on the best hardware / software? G. Harris Philadelphia -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
OT- need some help with backlight
Can anybody here help me troubleshoot a problem with a non-working backlight? I know my way around a VOM and a soldering iron, and I understand about working with high voltages. Or if you can just point me to a site with info on the subject, I would highly appreciate it. I'd really hate to spend $90 on an inverter, when it's only bad CCFL tubes. Probably best to contact me off-list. Thanks! JR -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: ibook SE
I know that there was cdrw available aftermarket. He was talking, I thought, original.. On Sep 2, 2004, at 4:12 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: larry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You are correct, there were no combo drives available so I should have put dvd/cd drive. Well, you're not correct these are unavailable, look here: http:// wegenermedia.com/ibookcdrwhome.htm However, if a superdrive is worth the cost is up to the potential buyer. I'd go for the DIY CD-RW solution unless I could make sure the video cards built-in support for MPEG-2 decoding was supported by OS X and if I could do this I'd rather choose the Combo solution as I feel the G3 is too weak for burning DVD movies. For data backup, DVD may very well be worth both the cost and using the Superdrive solution. Data can be very expensive to loose. As far as I can tell we on this list have yet to verify if the clamshell iBook video cards built-in support for MPEG-2 decoding is supported by OS X. Noone knows for sure? _ Larry Zasitko 306-522-3453 Tel 190 Sangster Blvd., Regina, SK., Canada 306-791-0432 Fax S4R 7G9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
