Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow 
On Oct 8, 2004, at 2:54 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote:
Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I 
move
my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly.
Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside.
-Laurent.
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Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. 
Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas?
Does this happen when on battery or when plugged in (or both?).  If it 
only happens when on battery, check your battery contacts.  If it 
happens while plugged in, it could be a bad solder joint in your power 
jack...
Both. I've tried it plugged in and on battery.
xx
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Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Andrew Kershaw 
Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move
my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly.
Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside.
-Laurent.
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Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still 
happening. Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas?
Does this happen when on battery or when plugged in (or both?).  If 
it only happens when on battery, check your battery contacts.  If it 
happens while plugged in, it could be a bad solder joint in your 
power jack...

Peace,
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Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow 
On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks.
I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff
I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a
LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay.
Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move
my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen,
totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power
button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to
mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what 
do
I do about it?

Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside.
-Laurent.
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Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. 
Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas?

xx
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Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi folks.
> 
> I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff
> I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a
> LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay.
> Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move
> my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen,
> totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power
> button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to
> mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what do
> I do about it?
> 

Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside.

-Laurent.
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Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow 
Hi folks.
	I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff 
I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a 
LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay.
	Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move 
my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, 
totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power 
button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to 
mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what do 
I do about it?

xx
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Re: Green light and spinning fan (Wallstreet PB)

2004-10-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
on 07/10/04 18:51, Nils Mueller-Scheessel at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

> At 15:30 Uhr -0400 07.10.2004, Ben and others wrote:
>>  As others have said, you probably just need to re-seat the
>> processor module. I've had similar symptoms after overclocking a
>> board too much, or forgetting to push it all the way back into the
>> slot. If that doesn't work, you'll probably need to track down a
>> replacement module on eBay. Most of them are for the Series II
>> machines, but there must be some Series I modules floating around
>> somewhere.
> 
> Many thanks to Ben and the others for your input. I tried to reseat
> the processor module, but to no avail.
> I forgot to mention that the symptoms are the same for the Powerlogix
> 400 MHz-processor upgrade and the original 250 MHZ-card, so it is
> unlikely that the culprit is the processor module itself.
> Any more suggestions?

Damaged logicboard? Are you sure you tried to reseat the processor
daughtercard properly? It really requires more force than what you would
expect for such a fragile and important part...

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Re: Green light and spinning fan (Wallstreet PB)

2004-10-07 Thread Nils Mueller-Scheessel 
At 15:30 Uhr -0400 07.10.2004, Ben and others wrote:
 As others have said, you probably just need to re-seat the 
processor module. I've had similar symptoms after overclocking a 
board too much, or forgetting to push it all the way back into the 
slot. If that doesn't work, you'll probably need to track down a 
replacement module on eBay. Most of them are for the Series II 
machines, but there must be some Series I modules floating around 
somewhere.
Many thanks to Ben and the others for your input. I tried to reseat 
the processor module, but to no avail.
I forgot to mention that the symptoms are the same for the Powerlogix 
400 MHz-processor upgrade and the original 250 MHZ-card, so it is 
unlikely that the culprit is the processor module itself.
Any more suggestions?

Cheers,
Nils
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PBG4/400 firmware update delays fan cooling?

2004-10-07 Thread Mikael Byström 

Is it a known fact that upgrading the firmware of the Powerbook G4 / 400
will make the fan go on much later resulting in a hotter machine? At
least if one run OS X on it?

I've had one of those and I'm hesitating upgrading the firmware of another.



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PMU replaceable between PBG4 667 and 667 DVI?

2004-10-07 Thread Mikael Byström 
Is the PMU replaceable between the Powerbook G4 550 and 667 DVI?




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Re: cheap whine

2004-10-07 Thread Timothy Luoma 


.. Original Message ...
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 17:14:37 -0400 "BobGir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>Download and set up Digest Viewer.  It is available at MacUpdates and
>VersionTracker. 
>

This feature is also available in Entourage, although I never used it 
myself.  Never saw the advantage of a digest.  



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Re: cheap whine

2004-10-07 Thread BobGir 
Download and set up Digest Viewer.  It is available at MacUpdates and
VersionTracker. 

VersionTracker says it's $15, but when you try to to to the guys home
page, it no longer exists.  I saw somewhere where the creator had
"abandoned" it and it was now available as freeware.

I subscribe to the G-Book in Digest form and when it arrives (using
Entourage) I do a Save As and move it to a folder wherein an alias for
Digest Viewer resides.

Drop the saved copy of the G-book incoming email onto it and it opens
the messages all perfectly threaded.  Reading Digest form w/o Digest Viewer
is a royal pain the tush.

Try it; you'll like it.

Ciao,
bob


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Re: SmartMedia & printing on the road

2004-10-07 Thread walter 
From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SmartMedia & printing on the road
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:56:37 -0700
If you mean a memory stick like this


Yep, that's exactly what I meant.
Best bet when on the road is print your document to PDF on the stick,
then you can print it at just about any print shop, internet cafe, or
many libraries.
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Thanks Bruce, that's a very good idea.
I'll get myself one of those flash drives then.
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Re: 'New' Pismo probs.

2004-10-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
on 07/10/04 10:44, Stuart Saunders at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi,
> I just had my Pismo (# 2)  upgraded to 550 G4.
> 
> However it refuses to start with video unless I reset PMU each time,
> also when starting it usually won't go past the grey screen with dark
> grey apple, and spinning grey windmill. Apple hardware tests out o.k.
> Cannot get any sense out of it.
> 
> Had many many kernel panics and freezes earlier, but now I get
> mostly grey screen 'live freeze'.
> 
> Can anybody advise WTD?

Does it has the latest firmware? Can you revert back to the older G3
processor? If so, does it start fine? If so, then I would contact the
company that makes this G4 upgrade...

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'New' Pismo probs.

2004-10-07 Thread Stuart Saunders 
Hi,
I just had my Pismo (# 2)  upgraded to 550 G4.
	However it refuses to start with video unless I reset PMU each time, 
also when starting it usually won't go past the grey screen with dark 
grey apple, and spinning grey windmill. Apple hardware tests out o.k.
	Cannot get any sense out of it.

   	Had many many kernel panics and freezes earlier, but now I get 
mostly grey screen 'live freeze'.

Can anybody advise WTD?
Thanks,
Stuart.
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Re: cheap whine

2004-10-07 Thread Andrew 
U, cheese food.

Andrew

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Subject: Re: cheap whine

Need some Velveeta to go with your subject? ;)
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Re: cheap whine

2004-10-07 Thread Dennis B. Swaney 
Need some Velveeta to go with your subject? ;)
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Re: cheap whine

2004-10-07 Thread darm0k 
At 07:58 PM -0700 10/06/2004, Don P. wrote:
I get the G-Books Digest and with all the hot activity
going on it gets a bit tedious trying to follow a very
interesting thread when:
The story of the moral being that you should probably subscribe to 
the regular mailing list instead of the digested form.  That way you 
get the same content, but as separate emails -- so you can sort them 
properly.

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