Powerbook G4 battery replacement
Which source would you recommend for battery replacement? I have a Powerbook G4 17 model # A1085. Thanks, Claire -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G4 temps acting crazy
Greetings, Normally my Mac temperature is around 137ºF and if it is a real hot day, it may rise to 139º F. The fans usually stay at a constant rate. A few days ago, a few minutes after booting my computer in the morning, the temperature started rising above it's normal range and rose to around 140ºF and rising, the fans kicked into overdrive. I immediately restarted the Mac and everything returned to normal, and remained normal. This behavior happened again today. Up to the first occurrence a few days ago my Mac has been rock steady. Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going on? Do heat sensors fail? Power Mac G4 MDD 1.42 Ghz Sonnet Tempo Serial ATA 2-Port Internal Serial ATA PCI Card with two Seagate 1 TB hard drives 2 GB memory Two fans installed behind the CPU, blowing out Nick -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 temps acting crazy
On Aug 16, 2011, at 3:57 AM, Nick Adams wrote: Greetings, Normally my Mac temperature is around 137ºF and if it is a real hot day, it may rise to 139º F. The fans usually stay at a constant rate. A few days ago, a few minutes after booting my computer in the morning, the temperature started rising above it's normal range and rose to around 140ºF and rising, the fans kicked into overdrive. I immediately restarted the Mac and everything returned to normal, and remained normal. This behavior happened again today. Up to the first occurrence a few days ago my Mac has been rock steady. Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going on? Do heat sensors fail? Dust build up, particularly hot days, failing fans, there's a long line of possible failures before temp sensors go wonky; they're pretty simple and stable things. My first step would be to open it up and blow it out with canned air. (outside! You would be amazed at the havok a charging dust rhino can wreak 8-) Then I'd make sure both fans were in fact turning. Look at Activity monitor when it's started up and cranking along. If something is causing the CPU to spike, maybe there's something going on software-wise to cause this. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Inadvertant short cut key combination
Hello Kris On Aug 16, 6:58 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Under Keyboard tab Keyboard Shortcuts have you hit the Restore defaults button? tried that - no joy Do you have any additional software installed? Specifically the haxie called Menu Master allows the custom reassignment of menu keyboard commands. yes I do have Menu Master installed but only one hotkey initiated there-no shift-colon Some non-Apple keyboards have issues, and some Apple keyboards have firmware updates available. Have you tried an alternate keyboard to see if it's keyboard specific or system specific? yes, tried alt keyboard - same issue tried booting from alternate disc - problem goes away wondering if I can restore from my backup disc somehow, last back up two days ago so not sure how to restore system files without losing new work (using SuperDuper) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Inadvertant short cut key combination
On Aug 16, 7:44 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: 99% chance this is a Menu Master problem. Perhaps look in your ~/ Library/Preferences folder for com.unsanity.menumaster.plist and trash this file. 100% chance. That did it. Thank you Kris I've heard about Haxie issues but haven't experienced much. Do OS versions later than Tiger offer contextual menu customization? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
