Re: WallstreetI RIP
Shawn, You are the MAN! I found a cast off sound card in my bag of crap. Put it in and OS 9 booted right on up. Thanks a BILLION Shawn Harley wrote: Tom, If I had one (that worked) I'd help you out. I bought a bad one off eBay before I got mine fixed. I also remember having a strange volume/mute control in the OS that would boot before the blank error box showed on install. Seems like the volume only registered halfway with barely a sound and the mute button worked strange. You may have had some of these symptoms or I may have the specifics reversed. But either way, the card charged my batteries, ran the laptop, etc. Just no sound and no upgrading to 9.1 or 9.2.1, don't remember the specifics. I just remember that blank box on install after the first or second icon ( or CDEV ) loaded at the bottom left of the screen. Check out Daniel Cota @ powerbooktech, he's got them for $40. Here's the link: http://www.powerbooktech.com/ Also check out the Giant Ball of Orange Static. It's a riot! He treated me well when I bought a logic board from him. And he diagnosed the problem and only charged me for the sound card when I sent it to him because I had purchased the logic board earlier. I paid about $95 for the card about 1-1/2 years ago. That should solve your problems! Good luck, Shawn On Jan 22, 2005, at 9:35 PM, Tom Peterson wrote: Shawn, Of all the responses to my problem, yours is posibly closest to the mark. I don't have sound anymore, and cannot seem to boot off of the battery. I have not yet found a sound board, but am casting about for one. I will now try putting the old one that I replaced some time ago back in to see if this helps. You don't have an working extra do You? :) Shawn Harley wrote: Tom, How's the Wallstreet doing? Have you tried replacing the AC/Sound Card yet? Shawn On Jan 19, 2005, at 4:59 PM, Tom Peterson wrote: The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: WallstreetI RIP
Hi Tom Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tom Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WallstreetI RIP Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:59:10 -0800 The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. The Wallstreet is able to use OS X with out any problems up to and including 10.2.8. It is only with 10.3 that things get a little complicated. If you move to OS 10 you will not want to go back to any of the classic variants. My Wallstreet which I am sending this on is a 233 mhz with cache so I know it works. With the G4 upgrade it should fly. As to your boot problems, if you are able to boot from an OS 8 CD why do you suspect the MOBO. If the MOBO was faulty it would not boot from any system disk. As it is booting to something it must be working correctly to a partial level. Have you tried any first aid software to perhaps repair any directory faults. Have you tried to highlight your CD as the start up disk as this will only tell the computer to look in the CD for its boot system. I generally have no problem booting to a CD system once it is assigned as the start up disk. It may be that the HD is faulty and the computer is looping trying to find a usable System. Hope this may Help John. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: WallstreetI RIP
Going back to classic MacOS was a bit painful at first when I set up a Kanga for my daughter, but the more I played with it (I hadn't touched classic MacOS since I switched to Windows in 98 and back to Mac in 04) the less annoying it was. There are some things I've found better in OS9 than OSX, at least for the way this one will be used (the Launcher is much easier for a child than the dock), and the system (OS 8.6) is MUCH faster than OSX (10.3.7). For comparison, I am using both a 1GHz 12 G4 PowerBook (768 ram) and a 400MHz Pismo PowerBook (512 ram), both with 5400rpm hard drives for OSX and a 250MHz Kanga G3 with the original 5GB 4200 rpm drive in OS 8.6, and everything from booting to application launch is appreciably faster on the older laptop, with the single exception of waking from sleep, which is MUCH faster in OSX. Just for giggles, I installed Office 2001 and carried that old Kanga around with me for a day, and while much heavier than my two more modern machines, the old Kanga with 8.6 was able to do everything I do on a computer with speed and ease. Even Mozilla works well, though is slow to launch. I wouldn't want to switch back to the classic Mac OS for stability reasons, but it really isn't as bad as I thought it was. Andrew On 1/20/05 12:39 PM, John.E.Abraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tom Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WallstreetI RIP Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:59:10 -0800 The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. The Wallstreet is able to use OS X with out any problems up to and including 10.2.8. It is only with 10.3 that things get a little complicated. If you move to OS 10 you will not want to go back to any of the classic variants. My Wallstreet which I am sending this on is a 233 mhz with cache so I know it works. With the G4 upgrade it should fly. As to your boot problems, if you are able to boot from an OS 8 CD why do you suspect the MOBO. If the MOBO was faulty it would not boot from any system disk. As it is booting to something it must be working correctly to a partial level. Have you tried any first aid software to perhaps repair any directory faults. Have you tried to highlight your CD as the start up disk as this will only tell the computer to look in the CD for its boot system. I generally have no problem booting to a CD system once it is assigned as the start up disk. It may be that the HD is faulty and the computer is looping trying to find a usable System. Hope this may Help John. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: WallstreetI RIP
On 19/01/05 16:59, Tom Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. Maybe the accelerator has gone bad... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: WallstreetI RIP
At 1:59 PM -0800 1/19/05, Tom Peterson wrote: The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. I realize you've reseated the CPU and memory, try doing the same for both ends of the drive cable and any other sub-assemblies such as the PMU. Have you reset the PMU P.S. A WallStreet CAN run OS X, my previous laptop was such a beast. -- -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: WallstreetI RIP
I have a Wallstreet that was booting unreliably, with somewhat similar symptoms (although booting from a CD was fine). The problem turned out to be an almost-dead hard drive. Perhaps try removing it, then booting from CD? Cheers, Ben On 20 Jan 2005, at 08:59, Tom Peterson wrote: The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: WallstreetI RIP
Tom, I had the exact same problem over 18 months ago. Wallstreet G3/266, OS 8.x - OK; OS 9 - blank box after 1 or 2 cdev's loaded. Replaced the AC/Sound card and problems went away. Proudly running 9.2.2 and 10.2.8 with 512m RAM with no more problems! Try it, it will probably solve your problem. Wallstreet NOT R.I.P. Thanks to Daniel Cota @ powerbooktech.com Shawn On Jan 19, 2005, at 4:59 PM, Tom Peterson wrote: The wallstreet with 512 megs ram, Blue Chip G4, 500mhz has stopped booting. I cannot boot into OS9. I get error box with no info after the first Icon mounts the desktop. I get the same box with error message Bus Error or Illegal Instruction when booting from CD. Bing a wall street it cannot boot from OSX. I have removed the processor, put in 233 no cache original, all ram, replacing with 128meg chip. Still no boot. I can boot from OS8 disk and install OS8.1. Reformated and installed to second partion. Installed OS 9 and back to same no boot situation. Any IDeas? Me thinks may be bad MOBoard. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
