Re: 'New' Pismo probs.
Thanks for your suggestions Laurent. Swapping bits between the old and new Pismos, I have isolated two separate problems; the interminable boot seems to be a HD cable problem, so will try to fix or get a new cable. But the PMU needs to be reset every time I restart otherwise I don't get any video (black screen). What could this be? Is there any point to reinstall the firmware? System profiler shows; Hardware Overview: Machine Model: PowerBook CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (11.4) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 550 MHz Memory: 768 MB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.1.8f5 Would appreciate any suggestions, Thanks, Stuart. On 08/10/2004, at 3:30 AM, G-Books wrote: 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... -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: 'New' Pismo probs.
on 10/10/04 20:52, Stuart Saunders at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your suggestions Laurent. Swapping bits between the old and new Pismos, I have isolated two separate problems; the interminable boot seems to be a HD cable problem, so will try to fix or get a new cable. But the PMU needs to be reset every time I restart otherwise I don't get any video (black screen). What could this be? Is there any point to reinstall the firmware? System profiler shows; Hardware Overview: Machine Model:PowerBook CPU Type:PowerPC G4 (11.4) Number Of CPUs:1 CPU Speed:550 MHz Memory:768 MB Bus Speed:100 MHz Boot ROM Version:4.1.8f5 Would appreciate any suggestions, Thanks, Stuart. On 08/10/2004, at 3:30 AM, G-Books wrote: 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... -Laurent. If you put back the old processor, do you have to reset the PMU everytime you restart? I think you have the latest firmware but I would have to check on my Pismo, which I don't have right now. Maybe another Pismo owner could verify in System Profiler? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side. -- 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: 'New' Pismo probs.
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... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fix n.,v.: What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored. -- 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 ---
