Re: Pesky hardware problem
@Don: I think your eMac might just be too old. Here's why I think this is the case: I too use an eMac as my daily machine. It's the 1.25Ghz G4, has 2GB of RAM. Everything else is standard (40GB disk, Radeon 9200 32MB). If I want to play YouTube films on this machine, I need to select 360p or 240p. In case of 360p I need to let it load the entire film before playing, if I am to get a smooth framerate. However, since YouTube is full of ads, I somtimes get an unacceptable framerate because of one of the ads being an animated ad. To fix it, I installed an ad-block extension to Safari to give some CPU time back to the films instead of the ads. Even though I get smooth playback, the machine is still loaded heavily. Even starting Mail of TextEdit hurts framerates big time. I'm not sure how the 1.42GHz eMac would handle this, but IIRC it also has the 9200 onboard, with 32MB of RAM I believe. The 9200 (although it supports CoreImage) is just not fast enough to handle YouTube properly. Greetings, Eelco. -- 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: My computer has a strange smell
@Cheryl: I'd buy a replacement PSU. Try finding one on the LEM swap-list. You can install it yourself, if you know how to handle a screwdriver. Or you could indeed replace it with another unit. I wouldn't, but I'm biassed; I use a QuickSilver myself. ;) Greetings, Eelco. -- 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: My computer has a strange smell
On Oct 17, 11:09 pm, cheryl chelyh...@gmail.com wrote: I got this computer used from someone on the LEM swap list and it has served me well for several years, but maybe it's time to replace it with something a bit newer. If you are a tinkerer, it can be fun to keep old hardware that's going awry and fix it, look for pieces here and there and whatnot. Otherwise, there is a time when one should just sell it or give it away and get a more reliable machine, especially if it's your main one. HTH, Felix -- 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: My computer has a strange smell
thanks to all for your input and advice! I'm buying a used Mac Mini from someone on the swap list, but I may hold onto this computer or give it to my friend who loves to tinker with Macs. I was wanting to get a machine with a faster processor than this one and with a larger hard drive. This computer has served me well for a few years since I bought it from someone on the swap list. On Oct 17, 9:46 pm, Ashgrove salum...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 17, 11:09 pm, cheryl chelyh...@gmail.com wrote: I got this computer used from someone on the LEM swap list and it has served me well for several years, but maybe it's time to replace it with something a bit newer. If you are a tinkerer, it can be fun to keep old hardware that's going awry and fix it, look for pieces here and there and whatnot. Otherwise, there is a time when one should just sell it or give it away and get a more reliable machine, especially if it's your main one. HTH, Felix -- 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: GMail phasing out basic view?
Thanks, that is something to try. So far, I tried to change two strings on the about:config page (extensions.lastAppVersion and extensions.lastPlatformVersion) from 7.0 to 3.0, and at first it seemed to work, even though those strings were reverted to 7.0 after restarting TenFourFox. But after a few tries GMail started to send me to the standard view again. Maybe it has something to do with cookies as well. There's actually two points in here: 1. If possible, I'd like to get the basic view when I go to mail.google.com using this browser. 2. If that doesn't work, I at least want to get basic view when I go to https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html The first option has the added advantage that the yellow bar across the page You're using GMail in basic view. Update your browser, etc. is not there. if you really need Would I put so much energy into this if I didn't clearly prefer the basic view? I just don't like to wait for stuff I don't need. I'm not on a super-highspeed connection and my computer isn't that fast either. I wonder how people in developing countries are doing, or anyone with a dialup connection for that matter. -- 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: Pesky hardware problem
On Oct 18, 2011, at 2:47 AM, QuoVadis wrote: I'm not sure how the 1.42GHz eMac would handle this, but IIRC it also has the 9200 onboard, with 32MB of RAM I believe. The 9200 (although it supports CoreImage) is just not fast enough to handle YouTube properly. Correct. My 1.42 GHz Mini, which I've overclocked to 1.58 GHz is too slow to handle YouTube properly. I also have a 700 MHz eMac which does about as well as the 1.58 GHz Mini. My belief is that the bottleneck is indeed to video card in both of these. They both have only 32 MB VRAM. I have several old 7500 Beige G3 that are upgraded with 450 MHz G4 CPUs and 64 MB Radeon 8500 PCI cards, and these slower older Macs do just about as well with YouTube, perhaps even better sometimes, so the CPU speed isn't the problem. Having a faster video card with twice the VRAM helps a lot, but unfortunately there's no way to upgrade the video card on either the Mini or the eMac, so they're permanently hobbled. Here's one sad observation. Windows PCs that are really slow seem to handle YouTube and other streaming video much better than Macs running OS X. I've had 700 MHz P3 PCs with only 8 MB Radeon cards handle YouTube BETTER than my Mini which theoretically is about 4x faster all around. It seems this is something specific to the operating system or more likely the video drivers being optimized, because Ubuntu Linux is also slower on the PC. You should be able to boot an Ubuntu Linux PPC Live CD on an eMac just to see how it handles YouTube within Firefox. I don't think it would be any better than OS X. I think you're stuck needing a newer Mac with better video capabilities, which generally means an Intel Mac, although PPC G5s and G4s with better video cards should do fine with YouTube. -- 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: GMail phasing out basic view?
At 10:51 AM -0700 10/18/2011, Geke wrote: I wonder how people in developing countries are doing, or anyone with a dialup connection for that matter. Most people use a real POP3 or IMAP Mail client. Webmail interfaces something to be avoided, IMO. Really they serve no real purposes in day-to-day email operations. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: Pesky hardware problem
At 1:11 PM -0500 10/18/2011, Kris Tilford wrote: Windows PCs that are really slow seem to handle YouTube and other streaming video much better than Macs running OS X. Adobe has had hooks into the video cards on PCs for years. That's why Flash always performs better on Windoze. WRT QT h.264 playing poorly on Macs... well, that's 100% Apple craptastic codec. Try VLC. It contains much better codecs. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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
Authenticate Moving Files to USB Drive
My MDD G4 has a Verbatim USB drive which I use for backup and storage of certain files. But when trying to save certain photos and text files that I have gleaned from the internet, i get a message that i don't have permission to save to this drive. So I save the files to my desktop, but when moving the files from the desktop to the USB drive, I get a message that the files cannot be modified and I have to Authenticate the move with my name and password. Seems to me i did not have this issue when I first connected the USB drive. How do I eliminate the necessity to authenticate the move every time I try to save a file to the USB drive? Michael McMurtrey Carrollton, TX -- 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: Authenticate Moving Files to USB Drive
On Oct 18, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Michael McMurtrey wrote: Seems to me i did not have this issue when I first connected the USB drive. How do I eliminate the necessity to authenticate the move every time I try to save a file to the USB drive? Highlight the drive, and do a Get Info and under the Sharing Permissions tab, check the box Ignore Ownership on this volume. -- 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: My computer has a strange smell
Hello: Is the fan running? I got a smell too years ago! I have a Quicksilver 2000 (OEM) with a clock rate of 1 Ghz from an American friend in the Netherlands. I let a University use my computer while I was sleeping and I was using a defragmenting program. The university did a lot of calculations and my microprocessor's temperature went over 50 degrees Celsius. I got a warning from the defragmenter which stopped!!! Use a program to check if your processor is getting too hot! A smell is some warning! Give your computer a rest! My computer was constantly online for 8 years till that University incident On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:08 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: You guys will think I'm nuts but here goes. My Quicksilver 2002 has a smell coming out of it. It doesn't smell like it's burning but it's definitely not normal. I've cleaned it with canned air and vacuumed it and I'm using it now. The smell is there but I can't find anything hot, I don't see any smoke. It's coming straight out of the exhaust fan. Right now I'm running it with the case open so I can keep an eye on it. Any ideas as to what it could be? Bad caps in the PSU. Alas, these are not easily replaced. Replacements, when available, are usually rated 85ºC, whereas the originals are usually rated 105ºC. -- 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 -- 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
