Re: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/26/05 6:18 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. Tom True...but I get tons of use out of my iPod. Of course, right now...I wish I had the two firewire drives instead :-( -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Hi David, Thanks for the info on the ipod. I was aware it had a hard drive but just didn't think of it when I was trying to back my stuff up. It still has about 16 gigs left on it so I'll give it a try tonight and see how it goes. Thanks !! Amber On 1/26/05 5:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber - I saw a reply to your reply - but I didn't see your reply to meclear as mud right? Your iPod is really an external hard drive with software that lets it do a little extra. Plug it in and treat it like any other external. I have a 1st generation iPod that I use only for carrying important files - it beats carrying around 10 CDs or a big external drive and power supply. The important thing is to back up your data - since you are erasing the hard drive I don't recommend updating applications. The only exception would be applications for which you don't have disks - things you've downloaded. Even then, if you have access to broadband, it would be best to do a clean install of them too. Remember, applications that have an installer often have files put in places other than their own folder. Good luck 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: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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Amber - I saw a reply to your reply - but I didn't see your reply to meclear as mud right? Your iPod is really an external hard drive with software that lets it do a little extra. Plug it in and treat it like any other external. I have a 1st generation iPod that I use only for carrying important files - it beats carrying around 10 CDs or a big external drive and power supply. The important thing is to back up your data - since you are erasing the hard drive I don't recommend updating applications. The only exception would be applications for which you don't have disks - things you've downloaded. Even then, if you have access to broadband, it would be best to do a clean install of them too. Remember, applications that have an installer often have files put in places other than their own folder. Good luck 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: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: what is wrong with this PB ????
For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. Tom On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at 07:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber - I saw a reply to your reply - but I didn't see your reply to meclear as mud right? Your iPod is really an external hard drive with software that lets it do a little extra. Plug it in and treat it like any other external. I have a 1st generation iPod that I use only for carrying important files - it beats carrying around 10 CDs or a big external drive and power supply. -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
At 8:18 AM -0600 1/26/05, Thomas Ethen wrote: For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. But I notice that you didn't post a link to these wonders. Can you do so now? -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On Jan 26, 2005, at 7:38 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 8:18 AM -0600 1/26/05, Thomas Ethen wrote: For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. But I notice that you didn't post a link to these wonders. Can you do so now? Google's cheap, shopaholic sister Froogle is also your friend. I like her, she can get me all sorts of stuff at discount ;- http://store.yahoo.com/vpcllc/20542hddwial.html $120 for a 60 GB, making it's $240 for two, $9 cheaper than a Mini. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Ph y 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: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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 7:51 PM, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The iPod will hold any type of data from your computer. Transfer away! Excellent - I'm definitely going to give that a try. Between that and my friend's iMac, I should be able to cover about 25 gigs of data ! Do you have another computer? Start the PB as a firewire drive, T key held down. Extract the data and burn it to DVD off the other computer. Unfortunately, the iMac does not have a DVD burner but I can temporarily shuffle my most important stuff to that hard drive and then move it back after the erase and install. Toast 6 should allow you to use the superdrive on the PB to burn your DVDs if needed. The PB's Superdrive should show as a supported firewire burner. John I do have Toast 6 but it would not work - I think there is something physically wrong with the Superdrive on this PB. AppleCare has stated that they will replace it if it is still not working after the erase and install. Does that make sense ? What kind of of software corruption could cause the DVD player not to be able to recognize blank DVD's at all to be unable to burn them either ? Isn't it a hardware issue ? Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On Jan 26, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Amber wrote: Does that make sense ? What kind of of software corruption could cause the DVD player not to be able to recognize blank DVD's at all to be unable to burn them either ? The programs and libraries used by those programs to do that. The drive doesn't 'recognize' anything. The drive itself is pretty dumb...nearly all functioning of these drives is done in software. Isn't it a hardware issue ? Only if the software is working ok, which is why they'll replace it after a nukpave. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharm acy 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: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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Hi Scott, Thanks for replying ! On 1/25/05 10:40 PM, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber, Have you done the usual resets, PMU, PRAM, etc? Yes...none of them made any difference though. How much RAM does the PB have? 512 MB - this is the original RAM that came with the PB when I bought it directly from Apple. Has the Hard Drive recently become filled near full capacity? It is an 80 gig drive. It currently has 10 gigs left but that was just as of today. All the problems started when there was still a clear 20 gigs left. I am trying to back stuff up to my iPod and the remaining few gigs of my Lacie External drive. I still have about 30 gigs to back up though and am seriously considering buying a second external drive. Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 7:51 PM, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The iPod will hold any type of data from your computer. Transfer away! Excellent - Thanks !!! Do you have another computer? Start the PB as a firewire drive, T key held down. Extract the data and burn it to DVD off the other computer. I'm going to give this a try - but am just going to dump stuff on the hard drive of a friend's iMac and then transfer it back after the erase and install. Toast 6 should allow you to use the superdrive on the PB to burn your DVDs if needed. The PB's Superdrive should show as a supported firewire burner. I do have Toast but the Superdrive is currently not working at all. It is unable to recognize or acknowledge anything in the drive. Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all in the window and no way of typing in the website address in the bar. It just doesn't respond to anything. I try to quit it and it will not quit. The blank window closes but the triangle remains under the icon in the dock. Photoshop works for awhile, then quits suddenly, as does the Epson scanner, iTunes, Entourage, Roxio toast etc. So I decide to get some recent, important data burnt to DVD for back up but find that the Superdrive will not recognize any of the disks. Yes, they are brand new, DVD-R disks. I tried more than 10 of them from 3 different boxes. It cannot read the volume or whatever - I can't remember the error message but it won't let me use any of them. I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD. Neither does Diskwarrior. Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks, Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Duck for cover or run On Jan 25, 2005, at 4:40 PM, Amber wrote: Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all in the window and no way of typing in the website address in the bar. It just doesn't respond to anything. I try to quit it and it will not quit. The blank window closes but the triangle remains under the icon in the dock. Photoshop works for awhile, then quits suddenly, as does the Epson scanner, iTunes, Entourage, Roxio toast etc. So I decide to get some recent, important data burnt to DVD for back up but find that the Superdrive will not recognize any of the disks. Yes, they are brand new, DVD-R disks. I tried more than 10 of them from 3 different boxes. It cannot read the volume or whatever - I can't remember the error message but it won't let me use any of them. I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD. Neither does Diskwarrior. Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks, Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 5:09 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duck for cover or run Wow...thanks for the informative answer Geoff :-) -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD. Neither does Diskwarrior. I hate getting into the middle of this kind of problem because so many times the more the user fumbles around (and is told to fumble around through technical support) the more messed up the computer can become. I hate the way tech support has devolved into a minimum wage drone reading prompts from a screen. The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new account (an admin account) and see what happens. Configure it for internet and see if you can get online. I expect this will solve nothing but hey, lets see. If the computer does work properly then we can talk about transferring data to the new account. To repeat, I don't expect this to be a successful operation but I never pass up the opportunity to try the easy fix. The next solution would have been an archive and install which you have already done so we are gonna bypass this and go right to formatting the drive and reinstalling everything fresh. WAIT! Your data. The DVD drive not working is a problem but it could be a software issue that resolves itself once you reinstall the OS. Does the CD burner work? Do you have .mac account? Have an external hard drive? Access to a network? An iPod? External drives are getting really low-priced right now and make a great backup solution. If erasing the drive and reinstalling doesn't work I'd start thinking about RAM or the possibility that your computer is channeling Drew Barrymore. But I really suspect formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS will solve the problem. And if you can afford it get an external hard drive and do weekly backups. Just a suggestion from someone who once lost everything when his computer decided to attempt throwing itself from a moving car. 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: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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all in the window and no way of typing in the website address in the bar. It just doesn't respond to anything. I try to quit it and it will not quit. The blank window closes but the triangle remains under the icon in the dock. Photoshop works for awhile, then quits suddenly, as does the Epson scanner, iTunes, Entourage, Roxio toast etc. So I decide to get some recent, important data burnt to DVD for back up but find that the Superdrive will not recognize any of the disks. Yes, they are brand new, DVD-R disks. I tried more than 10 of them from 3 different boxes. It cannot read the volume or whatever - I can't remember the error message but it won't let me use any of them. I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD. Neither does Diskwarrior. Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks, Amber What system version are you running? If you upgraded to 10.3.7 try using the combo updater to reinstall 10.3.7. Also after installing 10.3.7 reinstall java 1.4.2. The java problem causes many problems for Safari and other applications that use java applets. Your mac may be one of the models with memory slot problems. One slot suddenly refuses to see the ram installed. Check with system profiler to see if all you ram is identified. I assume you ran both verify permissions and verify disk in disk utility. If not try to repair permissions. John -- We must do what it takes in Iraq. We cannot allow those who chop off people's heads to take control of a country from which they could plot and organize and indoctrinate people against everything that they don't espouse. --Donald Rumsfeld -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Before you go any further, back up. If your DVD burner isn't working, try a FireWire hard drive or another Mac (connected via FireWire or Ethernet). If the problem has survived two archive and installs, either it's fairly serious, or it's a consequence of something that isn't affected by an archive and install -- so prepare for the worst. It may help the troubleshooting process if you open /Applications/Utilities/Console, and post the logs you get when applications crash, or Safari hangs. If there's something consistent in all applications, the crash logs can point to where the root cause is. The main system log will be displayed when you open Console; to access each application's crash log, click the Logs button in the toolbar, then the disclosure arrow next to ~/Library/Logs, then the arrow next to CrashReporter -- it'll be clear which logs are for which applications. Cheers, Ben On 26 Jan 2005, at 11:40, Amber wrote: Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all in the window and no way of typing in the website address in the bar. It just doesn't respond to anything. I try to quit it and it will not quit. The blank window closes but the triangle remains under the icon in the dock. Photoshop works for awhile, then quits suddenly, as does the Epson scanner, iTunes, Entourage, Roxio toast etc. So I decide to get some recent, important data burnt to DVD for back up but find that the Superdrive will not recognize any of the disks. Yes, they are brand new, DVD-R disks. I tried more than 10 of them from 3 different boxes. It cannot read the volume or whatever - I can't remember the error message but it won't let me use any of them. I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD. Neither does Diskwarrior. Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks, Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new account (an admin account) and see what happens. Configure it for internet and see if you can get online. I expect this will solve nothing but hey, lets see. Thanks for replying !! I did try this before calling AppleCare as I know it is the first thing they ask with stuff like this. Unfortunately, same problems occurred in the new user account. The next solution would have been an archive and install which you have already done so we are gonna bypass this and go right to formatting the drive and reinstalling everything fresh. They did suggest the erase and install but of course I am trying to back up the remainder of the drive. In fact, it wasn't until they suggested this that I realized the drive was not working properly. I have considered the suggestions you made - i.e. External hard drive, .Mac account etc. I don't have the money for either .Mac or another hard drive. I have filled up the remainder of my existing external hard drive but that's all the space I have. I need to shovel an additional 40 gigs somewhere. What kind of files can be moved to the iPod ? I didn't even consider that as an option. I have a 3 gen, 20 gig ipod with about 16 gigs of space left. If erasing the drive and reinstalling doesn't work I'd start thinking about RAM or the possibility that your computer is channeling Drew Barrymore. But I really suspect formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS will solve the problem. And if you can afford it get an external hard drive and do weekly backups. Just a suggestion from someone who once lost everything when his computer decided to attempt throwing itself from a moving car. Thanks David for all your suggestions !! I know that I will have try erase and install. AppleCare is prepared to replace the disk drive which is now appearing to sort of work but not with any degree of consistency. It keeps spitting out disks mid-burn, or still does not recognize some of them at all. Arrgh...sorry to hear about your PB mishap ! Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 5:39 PM, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What system version are you running? If you upgraded to 10.3.7 try using the combo updater to reinstall 10.3.7. Also after installing 10.3.7 reinstall java 1.4.2. The java problem causes many problems for Safari and other applications that use java applets. I am now running 10.3.7. After each archive and install, I have re-installed it to no avail. I only have one memory module which is the 512 mb that came with the PB. I have not installed any new RAM. It is recognizing that though. Your mac may be one of the models with memory slot problems. One slot suddenly refuses to see the ram installed. Check with system profiler to see if all you ram is identified. I assume you ran both verify permissions and verify disk in disk utility. If not try to repair permissions. Oh yes...we did that 4 times with AppleCare. It did nothing :-( Amber -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
on 25/01/05 22:05, Amber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new account (an admin account) and see what happens. Configure it for internet and see if you can get online. I expect this will solve nothing but hey, lets see. Thanks for replying !! I did try this before calling AppleCare as I know it is the first thing they ask with stuff like this. Unfortunately, same problems occurred in the new user account. The next solution would have been an archive and install which you have already done so we are gonna bypass this and go right to formatting the drive and reinstalling everything fresh. They did suggest the erase and install but of course I am trying to back up the remainder of the drive. In fact, it wasn't until they suggested this that I realized the drive was not working properly. I have considered the suggestions you made - i.e. External hard drive, .Mac account etc. I don't have the money for either .Mac or another hard drive. I have filled up the remainder of my existing external hard drive but that's all the space I have. I need to shovel an additional 40 gigs somewhere. What kind of files can be moved to the iPod ? I didn't even consider that as an option. I have a 3 gen, 20 gig ipod with about 16 gigs of space left. Go in iTunes when your iPod is connected, then pull the preferences. Go to the iPod preferences. Click the General tab. Then, enable the Enable disk use checkbox. Your iPod should now appear on your desktop and you can just use it as an external hard drive. If after turning on the Enable for disk use checkbox, the iPod doesn't show up, unmount it from iTunes. Once it disappears from the iTunes list, quit iTunes, unplug your iPod and plug it back. It should then appear on the desktop. You can copy any file to the iPod that you can copy to an external hard drive. You still have 40GB to backup, after what you already backed up? Did you try to completely archive the system disk? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gates's Law: The speed of software halves every 18 months. This oft-cited law is an ironic comment on the tendency of software bloat to outpace the every-18-month doubling in hardware capacity per dollar predicted by Moore's Law. The reference is to Bill Gates; Microsoft is widely considered among the worst if not the worst of the perpetrators of bloat. -- 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
On 1/25/05 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new account (an admin account) and see what happens. Configure it for internet and see if you can get online. I expect this will solve nothing but hey, lets see. Thanks for replying !! I did try this before calling AppleCare as I know it is the first thing they ask with stuff like this. Unfortunately, same problems occurred in the new user account. The next solution would have been an archive and install which you have already done so we are gonna bypass this and go right to formatting the drive and reinstalling everything fresh. They did suggest the erase and install but of course I am trying to back up the remainder of the drive. In fact, it wasn't until they suggested this that I realized the drive was not working properly. I have considered the suggestions you made - i.e. External hard drive, .Mac account etc. I don't have the money for either .Mac or another hard drive. I have filled up the remainder of my existing external hard drive but that's all the space I have. I need to shovel an additional 40 gigs somewhere. What kind of files can be moved to the iPod ? I didn't even consider that as an option. I have a 3 gen, 20 gig ipod with about 16 gigs of space left. If erasing the drive and reinstalling doesn't work I'd start thinking about RAM or the possibility that your computer is channeling Drew Barrymore. But I really suspect formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS will solve the problem. And if you can afford it get an external hard drive and do weekly backups. Just a suggestion from someone who once lost everything when his computer decided to attempt throwing itself from a moving car. Thanks David for all your suggestions !! I know that I will have try erase and install. AppleCare is prepared to replace the disk drive which is now appearing to sort of work but not with any degree of consistency. It keeps spitting out disks mid-burn, or still does not recognize some of them at all. Arrgh...sorry to hear about your PB mishap ! Amber The iPod will hold any type of data from your computer. Transfer away! Do you have another computer? Start the PB as a firewire drive, T key held down. Extract the data and burn it to DVD off the other computer. Toast 6 should allow you to use the superdrive on the PB to burn your DVDs if needed. The PB's Superdrive should show as a supported firewire burner. 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: what is wrong with this PB ????
Amber, Have you done the usual resets, PMU, PRAM, etc? How much RAM does the PB have? Has the Hard Drive recently become filled near full capacity? Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:40:33 -0800 From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what is wrong with this PB In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all in the window and no way of typing in the website address in the bar. It just doesn't respond to anything. I try to quit it and it will not quit. The blank window closes but the triangle remains under the icon in the dock. Photoshop works for awhile, then quits suddenly, as does the Epson scanner, iTunes, Entourage, Roxio toast etc. So I decide to get some recent, important data burnt to DVD for back up but find that the Superdrive will not recognize any of the disks. Yes, they are brand new, DVD-R disks. I tried more than 10 of them from 3 different boxes. It cannot read the volume or whatever - I can't remember the error message but it won't let me use any of them. I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD. Neither does Diskwarrior. Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks, Amber Every time you make an ethical decision, offer your support, choose honesty, or lend a helping hand, you make a difference in the world. -- 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 ---
