Re: Wallstreet display question
In a message dated 10/17/2005 6:22:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all I'm sure this has been asked but I looked and couldn't find it.. Can you take 12 screened Powerbook and swap in a 14 wallstreet screen? Yes. Any of the active matrix TFT LCDs -- the 12 TFT (not the passive 12 FSTN) the 13 and the 14-- can work with any Wallstreet. The only LCD issue with Wallstreets I have ever noticed is that a 12 FSTN screen cannot work with a Series II (233/512,266,300) mobo. Ivy -- 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: Wallstreet display question
Thanks my friend I always wondered The Bezel on my Powerbook screen was chipped and cracked by the previous owner and the 12 is kinda hard to find Gary -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 3:31 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Wallstreet display question Yes. Any of the active matrix TFT LCDs -- the 12 TFT (not the passive 12 FSTN) the 13 and the 14-- can work with any Wallstreet. The only LCD issue with Wallstreets I have ever noticed is that a 12 FSTN screen cannot work with a Series II (233/512,266,300) mobo. Ivy -- 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 ---
Wallstreet-Display
Will the display of Wallstreet-PB of the second series work in one of the first series? Cheers, Nils -- 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: Wallstreet-Display
In a message dated 9/13/2004 2:37:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Will the display of Wallstreet-PB of the second series work in one of the first series? Yes. The only conflict in the WS series LCD screens is that the 12.1 FSTN screen of the WS I will not work on the WS II motherboards... 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: Wallstreet Display
At 12:16 PM -0600 4/18/04, Mike Kauspedas wrote: If you use a magnet close to your hard drive you are asking to loose all your data. I don't care what other people have done, drives work off magnetic polarity, if you reverse it with a magnet, viola your data is gone. I would go with the brass idea instead. I have a Mainstreet (300MHz 14.1) and have never had this problem with multiple drives including the original 4900RPM 8GB IBM, 10,20, and now 30GB Toshiba drives.Those drive are also located in the same place. Thats just my humble opinion though. That is true about the disk and magnets except for the fact that there are two very powerful sets of magnets INSIDE the drive, the head positioning motor and spindle motor. There is also the magnet in the lid that is supposed to activate the reed switch in the bottom case that is the problem. A little swipe with a refrigerator magnet isn't going to harm your data. Over time it is exposed to far greater cumulative magnetic fields, including the Earth's. I have this problem but I don't bother with the swiping a magnet, I just tilt or pivot the computer some while hitting the shift key. -- 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:[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: Wallstreet Display
At 12:01 PM -0400 4/18/04, Scott Howe wrote: Hi- I remember a thread from a few days ago about sleep/display problems on a Wallstreet. At the time, I wasn't having any problems so I didn't pay much attention, but oddly enough, a Wallstreet I just sold to a friend is having the problem now. Was ther any resolution found for this problem? I deleted my old messages. Specs for his machine: 14.1 inch display 300 MHz 192 MB RAM 10.2.8 This is a sometime problem I run into on my Wallstreet. It's something goofy with the power manager I guess. You should be able to get the back lighting on by hitting the brightness control on the keyboard. That's a start but doesn't solve the problem, if it goes to sleep the backlighting won't come back on. To fix it restart into OS 9, put it to sleep, wake it up and then restart back into OS X and hopefully, all is well. -- 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:[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: Wallstreet Display
On Apr 19, 2004, at 4:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: That is true about the disk and magnets except for the fact that there are two very powerful sets of magnets INSIDE the drive, the head positioning motor and spindle motor. HDD's haven't had head positioning motors in a very long time. Instead they use a coil actuating system which is much faster in response. They also require very strong magnets forming the static field that the coil moves through, far stronger than the ones in motors. I have a number of those magnets from both desktop and laptop drives. The desktop magnets are enormously strong: strong enough that when they're attached to the side of a metal desk you need to slide them off instead of pulling them off. If you need to magnet a half-ream of paper to your refrigerator these are the ones to get! The magnets in laptops are correspondingly smaller and less 'attractive' still they require some effort to remove from a metal desk drawer. Moreover, we have a number of hard drives operating within about ten feet of a 300 MhZ NMR spectrophotopmeter, fields strong enough that we have to leave our wallets in a box in another room, or our credit cards get erased. The computers hum along just fine. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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: Wallstreet Display
Dear Clark, Tilting or pivoting the PowerBook will void the warranty. George :) --- Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:16 PM -0600 4/18/04, Mike Kauspedas wrote: If you use a magnet close to your hard drive you are asking to loose all your data. I don't care what other people have done, drives work off magnetic polarity, if you reverse it with a magnet, viola your data is gone. I would go with the brass idea instead. I have a Mainstreet (300MHz 14.1) and have never had this problem with multiple drives including the original 4900RPM 8GB IBM, 10,20, and now 30GB Toshiba drives.Those drive are also located in the same place. Thats just my humble opinion though. That is true about the disk and magnets except for the fact that there are two very powerful sets of magnets INSIDE the drive, the head positioning motor and spindle motor. There is also the magnet in the lid that is supposed to activate the reed switch in the bottom case that is the problem. A little swipe with a refrigerator magnet isn't going to harm your data. Over time it is exposed to far greater cumulative magnetic fields, including the Earth's. I have this problem but I don't bother with the swiping a magnet, I just tilt or pivot the computer some while hitting the shift key. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- 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: Wallstreet Display
At 5:34 PM -0700 4/19/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 19, 2004, at 4:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: That is true about the disk and magnets except for the fact that there are two very powerful sets of magnets INSIDE the drive, the head positioning motor and spindle motor. HDD's haven't had head positioning motors in a very long time. Instead they use a coil actuating system which is much faster in response. I know about voice coil positioners, I was using motor in the basic sense which it is. They also require very strong magnets forming the static field that the coil moves through, far stronger than the ones in motors. I have a number of those magnets from both desktop and laptop drives. The desktop magnets are enormously strong: strong enough that when they're attached to the side of a metal desk you need to slide them off instead of pulling them off. If you need to magnet a half-ream of paper to your refrigerator these are the ones to get! The magnets in laptops are correspondingly smaller and less 'attractive' still they require some effort to remove from a metal desk drawer. Moreover, we have a number of hard drives operating within about ten feet of a 300 MhZ NMR spectrophotopmeter, fields strong enough that we have to leave our wallets in a box in another room, or our credit cards get erased. The computers hum along just fine. Strong enough to suck keys right out of your hand. I worked at Varian PAID on their NMR spectrometers.Superconducting DC permanent magnets. We also had some huge honk'in old fashioned DC magnets and huge honk'in permanent magnets. These could stick your refrigerator to a wall if you wanted. -- 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:[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 ---
Wallstreet Display
Hi- I remember a thread from a few days ago about sleep/display problems on a Wallstreet. At the time, I wasn't having any problems so I didn't pay much attention, but oddly enough, a Wallstreet I just sold to a friend is having the problem now. Was ther any resolution found for this problem? I deleted my old messages. Specs for his machine: 14.1 inch display 300 MHz 192 MB RAM 10.2.8 Thanks, Scott -- 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: Wallstreet Display
Try gingerly running a magnet along the right side of the keyboard, over the hard drive. Reed switch may be hung and needs a jiggle to allow wakeup if you have put a modern hard drive in place of the OEM hard drive. I keep a fridge magnet handy and use it way too often, Have not erased hard drive yet. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howe Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 8:01 AM To: G-Books Subject: Wallstreet Display Hi- I remember a thread from a few days ago about sleep/display problems on a Wallstreet. At the time, I wasn't having any problems so I didn't pay much attention, but oddly enough, a Wallstreet I just sold to a friend is having the problem now. Was ther any resolution found for this problem? I deleted my old messages. Specs for his machine: 14.1 inch display 300 MHz 192 MB RAM 10.2.8 Thanks, Scott -- 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: Wallstreet Display
Here's the 'official' solution, with photo: .. Apparently the IBM Travelstar creates an unusually high magnetic field for a 4200 RPM hard drive, which interferes with the PowerBook's sleep switch located inside the lower body housing adjacent to the Delete key and right above to the hard drive. When you close the PowerBook cover while the PowerBook is on, it will not awaken from sleep mode, if you close it after shutting down, it will not start up. You will hear an electronic clicking sound when you press the power button. There has been a lot of discussion on this subject on various tech sites. People have also reported that a small weak refrigerator magnet placed for a second on the case next to the delete key resets the sleep switch, something I don't think an owner should have to do! The permanent solution is actually simple, place a .04mm thick sheet of a non ferrous metal like brass between the HD and where the sleep switch is in the body of the PowerBook.I purchased a small piece of .2mm (1/64th) thick sheet of polished brass and then cut it in half to the right width to fit between the screws inside the hard drive caddy (see photo below). We needed to use a double thickness of the brass, to block the magnetic field created by the 40GB drive. Larger drives may need even more brass.. Complete text and photo here: http://homepage.mac.com/ techedgeezine/cart_mac_pb2.html George --- Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try gingerly running a magnet along the right side of the keyboard, over the hard drive. Reed switch may be hung and needs a jiggle to allow wakeup if you have put a modern hard drive in place of the OEM hard drive. I keep a fridge magnet handy and use it way too often, Have not erased hard drive yet. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- 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: Wallstreet Display
If you use a magnet close to your hard drive you are asking to loose all your data. I don't care what other people have done, drives work off magnetic polarity, if you reverse it with a magnet, viola your data is gone. I would go with the brass idea instead. I have a Mainstreet (300MHz 14.1) and have never had this problem with multiple drives including the original 4900RPM 8GB IBM, 10,20, and now 30GB Toshiba drives.Those drive are also located in the same place. Thats just my humble opinion though. Mike @ AAHS Tech On Sunday, April 18, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Tom wrote: Try gingerly running a magnet along the right side of the keyboard, over the hard drive. Reed switch may be hung and needs a jiggle to allow wakeup if you have put a modern hard drive in place of the OEM hard drive. I keep a fridge magnet handy and use it way too often, Have not erased hard drive yet. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howe Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 8:01 AM To: G-Books Subject: Wallstreet Display Hi- I remember a thread from a few days ago about sleep/display problems on a Wallstreet. At the time, I wasn't having any problems so I didn't pay much attention, but oddly enough, a Wallstreet I just sold to a friend is having the problem now. Was ther any resolution found for this problem? I deleted my old messages. Specs for his machine: 14.1 inch display 300 MHz 192 MB RAM 10.2.8 Thanks, Scott -- 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 --- Mike @ AAHS Tech -- 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: Wallstreet Display
If I understood this right, the original thread (see below) never implies that the hard drive was changed. The solution that is being offered here is assuming that the HD was changed to a TravelStar HD, which had this sleep issue. As I understood the problem, it's a video issue and this issue has not been answered to satisfaction. My Wallstreet still has problems with the video going blank, though I recently discovered that this seems to happen only if the battery is in. The battery is old and didn't hold a charge for more than 30 minutes when it was fully charged and the computer was using OS 9. After the OS X upgrade, I began having this problem. Now on start up, after the comp has started up the various services, if I press the brightness button I get a picture. If the battery is in, the vid lasts for a few minutes. If the battery is out the vid stays--for days if I leave the comp alone. If I don't catch it at the right moment the computer goes to sleep and no tapping or magnet passing over the HD will awaken it; it has to restarted. If anyone has any better suggestions, I'm reading for it. Thanks, J Sanderson On Sunday, April 18, 2004, at 01:16 pm, Mike Kauspedas wrote: If you use a magnet close to your hard drive you are asking to loose all your data. I don't care what other people have done, drives work off magnetic polarity, if you reverse it with a magnet, viola your data is gone. I would go with the brass idea instead. I have a Mainstreet (300MHz 14.1) and have never had this problem with multiple drives including the original 4900RPM 8GB IBM, 10,20, and now 30GB Toshiba drives.Those drive are also located in the same place. Thats just my humble opinion though. Mike @ AAHS Tech On Sunday, April 18, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Tom wrote: Try gingerly running a magnet along the right side of the keyboard, over the hard drive. Reed switch may be hung and needs a jiggle to allow wakeup if you have put a modern hard drive in place of the OEM hard drive. I keep a fridge magnet handy and use it way too often, Have not erased hard drive yet. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howe Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 8:01 AM To: G-Books Subject: Wallstreet Display Hi- I remember a thread from a few days ago about sleep/display problems on a Wallstreet. At the time, I wasn't having any problems so I didn't pay much attention, but oddly enough, a Wallstreet I just sold to a friend is having the problem now. Was ther any resolution found for this problem? I deleted my old messages. Specs for his machine: 14.1 inch display 300 MHz 192 MB RAM 10.2.8 Thanks, Scott -- 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 --- Mike @ AAHS Tech -- 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
opening the wallstreet display
How feasible would it be to open the wallstreet display all the way into the metal housing and take the backlighting from one LCD and move it to another or alternatively move only the actual LCD display from one metal housing to another? The reason for my question is that I just got my hands on a complete 2nd hand WS display for $95 and while it works fine, the right bottom of the front case had 2 cracks in the right bottom corner. Also you could see into the the display along the right side where the back and front meet, through a 1-2mm opening for 6-9 cms, as the back and front didn't exactly fit snugly into each other unless you pressed them together. I later discovered the internal metal housing that holds the LCD was slitghtly warped and pressed on the back display housing, causing that and the front to go apart somewhat. Anyway I replaced the front with my old whole one and now the gap is much smaller, like only 1mm or less. But maybe I could do better? One additional reason for opening the metal house, is that I have 2 miscolored spots on the display, that very subtly give a yellowish coloration cloud like 1 cm in diameter, like there was something on the actual surface, inside or outside at these 2 positions (most visible at left side and right bottom corner). While it's probably acceptable I can't help wondering if opening the metal housing and clean it or something could help. Any idea what can cause such miscolorations and whether I could do something about it? What do you guys think? Is it a great risk opening the metal housing and move the LCD? Is at all doable? I have taken apart wallstreets about 10 times now, so I know to be very careful and all that. But maybe this is not enough? I only have 3 tools and I suspect I may need more for the metal housing. Any thoughts are welcome. -- 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 ---
WallStreet Display
I have a WallStreet PB whose display shows two thin light vertical lines, about 1-2 pixels wide, dividing the screen into three vertical panels, almost exactly equal in width, like a triptych. Anyone seen this? Is it likely to be just a bad cable connection? Andrew Main -- 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: Wallstreet Display
on 14/01/03 01:30, Andrew Main at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a WallStreet PB whose display shows two thin light vertical lines, about 1-2 pixels wide, dividing the screen into three vertical panels, almost exactly equal in width, like a triptych. Anyone seen this? Is it likely to be just a bad cable connection? Andrew Main Could be a bad or broken cable, shorting pins on the connectors. Or most like a fault on the screen Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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 ---
233Å@/ 13.3 wallstreet display cable
Hi, I've read G-Books for quite a while and am grateful for all the helpful information here. I've used a 300mHz Wallstreet for about three years now and still really enjoy it. Recently I acquired a Wallstreet 233/13.3. This is the model with no L2 cache and a problematic video cable. A friend gave the 'book to me because it had the white screen of death for him. I opened up the display case, peeled back the tape and the cable looked fine. All I did was to gently push it a bit more firmly into its connector. To my amazement, so far it is has cured the snow patterns that were showing on the display. I'm sure the problem will reappear, so I'm prepared to go in again in the near future to fix it again. ## Any advice on how to fix this problem more permanently? It wasn't clear to me how the cable was connected on the display side so I didn't try to take it out. It just looked a bit skewed so I pushed in the side that seemed to be out of kilter. I'm really happy that it works now but am not confident how long this fix will last or if I'll be so lucky the next time. Any advice will be much appreciated! thanks, kevin -- 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
