Re: iMac (Flat Panel) not recognizing any drives
It could be the IDE controller is wonky. I had that happen in an iBook. Do you have a Firewire or USB drive you can boot from. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Apr 9, 2018, at 4:38 AM, 'Juergen Grieb' via iMac Group > <imaclist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I have an iMac (Flat Panel) from 2002 (aka The Lamp). Bought it some years > ago and replaced the hard disk with an SSD. It was working fine the last time > I used it. But I haven't been using it from quite some time. Last boot up was > 2-3 years ago. > > When I try to boot it now, it just won't. I get a gray screen. > > Pressing option gets me to the boot manager. There are no drives shown there. > Inserting a macOS installer disc changes nothing. > > Reset PRAM, no luck. Can boot into open firmware. But booting from there > results also in the gray screen. > > Then I thought it might be the drives or their connection. I removed them > from the iMac and connected then (with the iMac cable) to another computer > and they work fine there. > > Anyone any idea why the iMac stopped recognizing any drive? Are there parts > in the the iMac that can go bad (no battery leakage) over the years and need > replacing? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Reconfiguring AirPort Express?
I have two Airport Utilities, "AirPort Utility” & "AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow”. Each is for a specific set of Airport models with, AFAIK, no overlap between them. Each utility only “sees” it’s set of Airports. You may need the other utility. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Dec 28, 2017, at 12:49 PM, Bill Spencer <wspen...@jhu.edu> wrote: > > I've connected it to the Mini via an ethernet cable and it is not showing up > in either AirPort Utility or Network settings that I can see. Grrr. > > On Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 12:29:06 PM UTC-5, Clark Martin wrote: > The Airport Express I used had an Ethernet port on it you should be able to > connect a cable directly from that to a computer and access that way. > > > Clark Martin > A designated driver on the information Super Highway > >> On Dec 28, 2017, at 8:20 AM, William Spencer <wspen...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >> Hi there: This is the kind of thing that drives me batty. I decided I wanted >> to stream iTunes (version 12.7.2.58) over the home stereo via our >> (pre-existing) FiOS wifi network, so I picked up an A1264 AirPort Express on >> eBay. It still has the prior owner’s network running on it, so I tried using >> a straightened paperclip to push the reset button (I held the button in >> while plugging the unit in, like the book says). The unit is flashing amber, >> the old network is still showing up, and AirPort Utility is not seeing the >> unit at all. >> >> Did I tell you that I hate dealing with networking issues? >> >> I found a PDF of the setup guide, but I cannot find the AirPort Setup >> Assistant it mentions. All I want to do is get the thing to join the >> existing home network so I can stream iTunes to the home stereo. >> >> Did I tell you that I hate dealing with networking issues? >> >> I am very sorry to be so dense, and I appreciate all offers of assistance >> (as well as of a nice Scotch). Thank you very much! >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml > <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> and our netiquette guide is at > http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > <http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml> > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > <http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Reconfiguring AirPort Express?
The Airport Express I used had an Ethernet port on it you should be able to connect a cable directly from that to a computer and access that way. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Dec 28, 2017, at 8:20 AM, William Spencer <wspence...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there: This is the kind of thing that drives me batty. I decided I wanted > to stream iTunes (version 12.7.2.58) over the home stereo via our > (pre-existing) FiOS wifi network, so I picked up an A1264 AirPort Express on > eBay. It still has the prior owner’s network running on it, so I tried using > a straightened paperclip to push the reset button (I held the button in while > plugging the unit in, like the book says). The unit is flashing amber, the > old network is still showing up, and AirPort Utility is not seeing the unit > at all. > > Did I tell you that I hate dealing with networking issues? > > I found a PDF of the setup guide, but I cannot find the AirPort Setup > Assistant it mentions. All I want to do is get the thing to join the existing > home network so I can stream iTunes to the home stereo. > > Did I tell you that I hate dealing with networking issues? > > I am very sorry to be so dense, and I appreciate all offers of assistance (as > well as of a nice Scotch). Thank you very much! > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Working G3 iMac?
Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > The hard drives I can see, but what did those poor CD drives ever do to > anyone?? :-) > > (sez the guy currently degaussing about 150 3.5” floppy disks and spent a > couple of hours running some 8” (!) disks through our shredder a while > back…someone discovered a couple boxes of old data disks in storage and > university policy is "Destroy all data!” > > I feel like the Data Security Dalek: "DE-MAGNETIZE! DE-MAGNETIZE!” 8-) Just be thankful the policy isn’t to do a DOD wipe procedure. Could be a little difficult trying to find an 8” drive… or computer to use it. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Help
Also, try creating a new user and see if the problem exists under that user Clark Martin KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. > On May 17, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > >> On May 17, 2016, at 6:35 AM, davidw1235 via iMac Group >> <imaclist@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> I have an imac G5, Powermac8,2 running Leopard. Recently it's been acting >> weird. >> I am unable to move any folders on the desktop, I can open folders, and >> launch Applications, but I can't drag and drop anything. >> The Desktop picture/background no longer chganges upon restart, before it >> changed each time it started up. >> >> the Desktop always starts up with the same window open no matter what. and >> Yes, I have closed it and restarted. >> Some Applications, like AOL won't start upi. Persistence helps but not >> always. > > > Stupid zeroth step: try a different mouse. A mouse with a flaky left button > will produce the “I can start things but not drag and drop” symptoms. > > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?
KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On May 23, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Colin Yarwood colin.yarw...@gmail.com wrote: Guys Thanks First the bad news - CCC : (the authors tell me) is not compat with 10.3.9 :-( The current version isn't but there is a version that is, I used CCC a bunch with 10.3 and 10.4. However I have found a copy of MacOSX10.4.Universal.pkg on my 10.5 Disks. I don't know what that is. It doesn't seem likely there would be a full install of 10.4 on a 10.5 disk. I have copied the pkg to my Fash memory card which goes on a USB card reader and has made transferring progs to the iMac. Can I copy it from there to the iMac or should I transfer it to a CD or DVD on my firewire ext Drive OR should I use the 10.5 Disks to update the OS? Will I need more memory? Your advices welcome as ever! Colin On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 6:47:30 PM UTC+1, Clark Martin wrote: Put the Pismo in Target Disk Mode (pressing 't' while booting, the FireWire symbol should appear), connect it via a FireWire cable to the iMac, boot the iMac while holding down the Option key and select the Pismo's drive to boot from. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy it to the iMac drive. Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On May 21, 2015, at 3:04 AM, Colin Yarwood colin@gmail.com wrote: So I have done most of this on the iMac Flowerpower G3 600 - I cannot find my 10.4 Disk and am investigating how I might be able to create a dmg from the Pismo that would boot - I have FW and a working slot drive. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?
I can't tell from some searching which version(s) works with 10.3.9, I'd have to fire up a machine or to to find out, let me know if you want to know which version to use with 10.3.9. KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On May 23, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On May 23, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Colin Yarwood colin.yarw...@gmail.com wrote: Guys Thanks First the bad news - CCC : (the authors tell me) is not compat with 10.3.9 :-( The current version isn't but there is a version that is, I used CCC a bunch with 10.3 and 10.4. However I have found a copy of MacOSX10.4.Universal.pkg on my 10.5 Disks. I don't know what that is. It doesn't seem likely there would be a full install of 10.4 on a 10.5 disk. I have copied the pkg to my Fash memory card which goes on a USB card reader and has made transferring progs to the iMac. Can I copy it from there to the iMac or should I transfer it to a CD or DVD on my firewire ext Drive OR should I use the 10.5 Disks to update the OS? Will I need more memory? Your advices welcome as ever! Colin On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 6:47:30 PM UTC+1, Clark Martin wrote: Put the Pismo in Target Disk Mode (pressing 't' while booting, the FireWire symbol should appear), connect it via a FireWire cable to the iMac, boot the iMac while holding down the Option key and select the Pismo's drive to boot from. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy it to the iMac drive. Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On May 21, 2015, at 3:04 AM, Colin Yarwood colin@gmail.com wrote: So I have done most of this on the iMac Flowerpower G3 600 - I cannot find my 10.4 Disk and am investigating how I might be able to create a dmg from the Pismo that would boot - I have FW and a working slot drive. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?
Put the Pismo in Target Disk Mode (pressing 't' while booting, the FireWire symbol should appear), connect it via a FireWire cable to the iMac, boot the iMac while holding down the Option key and select the Pismo's drive to boot from. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy it to the iMac drive. Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose. On May 21, 2015, at 3:04 AM, Colin Yarwood colin.yarw...@gmail.com wrote: So I have done most of this on the iMac Flowerpower G3 600 - I cannot find my 10.4 Disk and am investigating how I might be able to create a dmg from the Pismo that would boot - I have FW and a working slot drive. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?
On Apr 8, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Mark My Word wrote: Hi to all. A friend of my wife dropped off this old iMac snow, vintage 2001, that had been stored for about 8 years. She recently wanted to get back onto the internet for email, web browsing, some simple games, etc... It seems the old IE browser and email app are not performing very well with today's internet. She hopes that the machine can be brought up to date enough to use a more modern web browser that will display content and features like a modern machine. I'm totally PC literate, but lacking anything besides casual Mac knowledge. My understanding is that to enable this machine to run Safari, Mozilla, or a newer IE, it would need to move up to a version of OS10, rather than the OS9.1 that is installed. Is this true, and could this machine be updated with a version of OS10? Will the hardware support and play nice with a version of OS10? Any guidance or help would be greatly appreciated. OS 10.4 (Tiger) will work very nicely on this machine. I installed it at a school where we had over 200 iMacs including a great many early Snow iMacs. They were the mainstay machines for students and teachers. Safari and Mail worked quite well on them. I don't recall Mozilla being a problem but I only briefly used it on those machines. I don't think I ever installed an IE on them. Tiger is the most recent version that can be readily or practically installed (Leopard, 10.5 CAN be but there is no real advantage) That said, that vintage of Safari will be limited on some (many???) current web sites due to Flash and Java not being up to date. It should work well enough for many sites however. Clark Martin KK6ISP Another Designated Driver on the Information Super Hiway. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: External Drive for OS 10.4 Tiger
Agreed, mostly, companies put such requirements on their products to avoid supporting older systems. KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Jan 15, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Can’t new external hard drives be formated or otherwise made to work with OS X 10.4 Tiger? I do not understand why not. A user group member wants to buy an external hard drive to back up her old iMac with 10.4 Tiger. It seems that models available at the Apple Store, Best Buy, and other outlets specify OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard or later. This is with models like Seagate Slim and LaCie Porsche, whether USB bus powered or with power adaptor. I don't think so...any USB drive should work on any USB-capable Mac.These drives contain (mostly useless) software that may not run under 10.4 but the drive should function just fine -- -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs
I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a ton (literally) of that vintage iMac running OSes 9.2, 10.2, 10.3 10.4 and only ever needed to press 'c' or use the option feature to get them to boot a CD. KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Dec 30, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Thomas Fritsch xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: i had a G3 400mhz DVi iMac and i always had to do the OpenFirmware Boot trick to make anything above OS9 boot, the OF trick i belive went like boot cd:,\\:tbxi its been too long since i had it ( i traded up for a Snowwhite 600mhz G3.) -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: External DVD Writer
Are you sure it is powered by USB. A DVD writer can pull a fair bit of power, more than USB can supply. Does the computer see it in System Profiler? KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Oct 31, 2014, at 9:11 AM, robert Dee bdmc...@msn.com wrote: I just bought a LG SP60 DVD Writer. When I tried to set it up on my 2003 iMac G4 computer, the computer doesn't read it. Am I doing something wrong? The unit is powered by USB -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: External DVD Writer
First step, Launch System Profiler (Apple Menu - About this Mac - More Info...), select USB and see if the drive is appearing. When you say it doesn't read it what does that mean? It doesn't appear in Disk Utility, you insert a disk and it doesn't mount on the desktop,... Clark Martin KK6ISP Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway On Oct 31, 2014, at 9:11 AM, robert Dee wrote: I just bought a LG SP60 DVD Writer. When I tried to set it up on my 2003 iMac G4 computer, the computer doesn't read it. Am I doing something wrong? The unit is powered by USB -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Office may need upgrade
On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:11 AM, John AOL wrote: On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:23 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: I actually have another old iMac and I connected the two and put one on the other but could not unlock the software and still cannot restart from a backup. Some 2000 iMac models have FireWire (400) ports, in which case you can reboot from an external FireWire hard drive. You cannot boot from external USB drives with such old iMacs. Once again, it would be helpful if you would specify your iMac models. Fabian You can boot 2000 iMac with USB as long as the drive is externally powered plus it will boot on a USB flash drive too. Yup, I didn't know you could until I accidentally did it one day. But be advised, it is agonizingly slow due to the USB 1.1 interface. As in it may take several minutes to see any indication that it is booting and it can take quite some time to complete booting (maybe 30 minutes, I don't recall). If you are copying a disk this way, you're best off just letting it run overnight. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Weird mouse problem
On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Eric Volker wrote: Never mind, 5 minutes after I posted this I found a solution. Well, a partial solution anyway. I had been trying a number of Logitech and Microsoft mice with the Mac and none of them would work. Finally, I decided to try a Genuine Apple(tm) Mouse - and it worked. I guess the M$ mouse driver on the Mac got corrupted and was interfering with any non-Apple mouse. Just a guess though...it's been a very strange couple of days. For future reference, as a temporary fix, if you have another, networked, Mac you can activate Screen Sharing on the problematic Mac and control it from another Mac. It may be the driver's preference file that was corrupted, that's more likely than the driver itself becoming corrupt. Trashing it may fix your problem. It's likely that most non-Apple mice look like M$ mice. Thanks anyway, Eric On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: I have a mid-2007 aluminum 24 Intel iMac with Mountain Lion loaded. One day it simply refused to recognize the USB mouse or keyboard. A reboot fixed the keyboard problem (currently using Mouse Keys), but the mouse remained unresponsive. Upon further investigation, I found that no USB mouse would work in any port, on the back of the iMac or in the keyboard. The red LED on the bottom of the mouse comes on, but the pointer will not move, nor will any clicks register. The keyboard seems to work regardless of which port it's plugged into. It is also constantly prompting to install a Bluetooth mouse. There are some pending updates which we can't install because Mouse Keys doesn't seem to function on the update install screen. This is one of the strangest Mac problems I've run into. I've tried resetting PRAM, but that didn't do any good. Is there anything else I should try? Will a Bluetooth mouse actually work? -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: G5 archive install - how to go back?
On Jul 15, 2013, at 4:22 AM, Stuart wrote: My G5 20 would not connect to my wireless ADSL Router. Tried to update the system, (10.5.8) but needed to install 10.5.6 first. I believe (rather late at night) I clicked 'Archive Install' but disclicked on 'save network settings' as I wanted new network drivers installed. 465 G HD is showing 191 G available so 275 g on disk - I presume there is much more on drive than just 10.5.6. How can I find old sys files? Old sys is not offered on 'select startup disk' Your old stuff should be in a folder titled something like Previous System. IIRC, inside that will be a folder marked with the date of your AI. I isn't available as a startup disk as you can only have a single bootable OS X system per volume and the newly installed system is that bootable system. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Moving to WordPress
On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: Low End Mac has made the transition to WordPress, which allows our writers to submit content online, allows our readers to add comments, and now allows us to run our own forums. Once upon a time there were only G3 iMacs, and that's when this group began. With the new forum system, I've set up separate groups for PowerPC (G3, G4, and G5) iMacs (and eMacs) and Intel iMacs. PPC: http://lowendmac.com/forums/forum/mac-hardware/powerpc-macs/imacs-ppc/ Intel: http:http://lowendmac.com/forums/forum/mac-hardware/intel-macs/imacs-intel/ Follow the link(s), create an account, and let's see how all of this works. You're the first group to try out the new system. Are these forums web only? If so that stinks. I much prefer e-mail or at least RSS. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: broken power button
On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Fuffkin wrote: My son snapped off the power button of my imac g4 (it tended to be a little sticky and he used a little too much force trying to unstick it). Anyway, the mac was in great shape, no problems at all since the day I bought it, but now I can't turn the thing on anymore. I've asked around and everyone seems to say this seemingly simple problem is a big huge deal. I don't care if I can't ever turn it off, I just want the darn thing to be on and running again, even if just for a while so I can say goodbye. I'm not ready to give up and throw away a perfectly good computer just because a tiny little button came off. Anyone have any suggestions, fixes, tricks, magic chants, etc.? Any help at all would really be appreciated. Thanks IIRC, there are two buttons on the logic board, one of which powers it on, the other resets the PMC. I don't know which is which off hand. You should be able to find out with a web search. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Kernel panic?
On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:03 PM, ben kernan wrote: This evening I was trying to setup a new folder for Escape Velocity Nova on my external hd noticed that I had the option of booting from the partition which contains the CCC backup for my wife's laptop, which contains 10.7... Since my 24iMac has 10.5.8, I thought this would be an easy way to be able to use Lion without paying it upgrade. So I restarted from the external... things seemed to be going well, got to the apple screen, then grey screen with a lot of garbage on it with a message telling me to restart in 4 different languages. After trying to restart 3 times with the same result, I am at a loss as to how to get back to 10.5 0n the internal drive. any thoughts on this perplexing possibly dumb action on my part. iMac is 10.5.8, 2.4 cd2, 750gb internal 2tb external 4gb ram. Boot and then hold down the option button. A list of bootable drives will appear, click on the appropriate drive and then click on the right arrow. Alternatively, disconnect the external drive and boot. Also,to get it to boot Lion you might try booting it off the external and hold down the shift key. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Playing video on a slot-loading iMac G3
On Jan 22, 2013, at 2:36 PM, D. Fabel wrote: My daughter is using a few old iMac G3 slot-loaders for a kiosk-style informational video for her robotics team's upcoming competition. She has put together a video in iMovie, but we can't seem to find the right settings to get the video to playback smoothly in Quicktime (these are 400-500MHz, 768MB-1GB Ram, running 10.4). She's tried exporting the video to a Quicktime movie using various settings, but nothing has worked so far - the audio is always great, but the video just can't keep up. Would anyone happen to know what format the video would need to be for this to work well? For starters, crank the video resolution as LOW as it will go (640x480 if you can). This way the video decoder doesn't have to deal with as many pixels. The solution she has come up with is to create a DVD with iDVD, move the TS_Video folder to the hard drive, and then run the video using DVD player. Unfortunately, this only works on the iMac's that have an internal DVD drive. The ones that are CD only refuse to let the DVD player app start up. Is there a work around for that? I would love to put a few kids movies on one of these old boxes as a video babysitter while my wife and I steal a few moments together away from my youngest. I'm not certain about this but the machines without a DVD drive may not have the DVD decoding hardware so if you can get it to play the TS_Video folder it would have to use software so you are back to the same problem as with QuickTime. I think you are pretty much stuck though, other than using DVD playback, the G3 just isn't up to full sized video playback. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: system copy?
On Dec 4, 2012, at 4:22 PM, b...@wa.net wrote: I hope to soon be replacing my flaky core duo imac with a slightly newer core2duo. I am currently using snow leopard, and will be starting out with the same on the newer machine, with the possibility of upping to lion later. I would like to be able to simply copy my entire hard drive contents onto the new machine. In past upgrades i recall having to reset permissions on numerous directories and still not always getting everything copied over via network, like the contents of Mail for instance. Is there software, preferably within SL or available free, that will allow me to simply copy the entire thing without all the hassle? Looking to do this over a network as i don't have an external drive. Thanks for any info! Yes, Carbon Copy Cloner does exactly what you want. I've used it literally over a thousand times without any trouble. When it's done, you boot off the copy and it is just like the original. It was free but not it is not, I don't know how much they are charging for it. They do have a trial deal but I don't know about it. http://www.bombich.com -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: cloned iMac Indigo won't boot
On Aug 16, 2012, at 8:34 PM, rebtevye wrote: USE CASE: Supporting a grade school Mac lab and am trying to make a consistent load for all of the iMacs (G3, Indigo, 500MB RAM), with OS 10.4 and OS 9.2.1 PROCESS: I followed the recommendations in How to Clone Mac OS X to a New Hard Drive, using Carbon Copy Cloner instead of SuperDuper. To simplify this operation, I connected the target iMac to the source machine using a firewire cable, and starting it in [T]arget disk mode. RESULT: The transfer went very well, however, when I disconnected the two machines and tried to boot the target iMac, the gray OSX startup screen came up briefly, then a black square ~2 x 3 popped up on the screen and the computer shut down. That is known as a kernel panic. The core of the operating system, the kernel, knows something is very wrong but can't do anything about it. When this has happened in the past, I started up from a OSX install disk and re-installed the OS. This time, I tried booting in Safe Mode (hold Shift after chime, and release at gray apple), and the computer booted up, starting me at a user selection/login screen. When in Safe Mode, I ran Disk Utility and confirmed permissions were OK. I also reset PRAM on the next restart. This is definitely NOT a permissions issue. Try Disk Verify, THAT might find a related problem. Still, the computer either gave the black warning screen, or just went dark and shut off. Any other suggestions? I would rather not re-install from scratch on every computer, plus I like the advantage of having the same 'student' and 'admin' user accounts on every iMac in the lab. Have you tried cloning this system to another computer? Typically this is due to bad memory. A simple test, if it has two DIMMs is to swap them. It won't fix the problem but it should result in a different symptom. If it does then one (or both) are bad. I worked in a grade school and used CCC to install the OS several times on about 250 computers. I perhaps had a problem a handful of times, all related to the specific computer and not to the cloning process. I may have even had a kernel panic (KP) but I can't recall it happening. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mackeeper Info Thread
On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:19 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Amato Michael J. wrote: How about using a search find and spotlight I've used both successfully. Just make sure you search for the app name, publisher's name (keep it simple), the company domain name (pref files (should) use the domain name in reverse order (ie. com.apple)). Splotchlight can be useful to find the ancillary files. But you cannot depend on it to find 'em all ... not every file you need to trash will contain the app's name or domain's name or company's name, or be set so it can be seen by the user, plus quite often people exclude certain folders and such from its index... Bottom line: There is NO substitute for putting some thought into it. And always try the product's uninstall feature first. On the other hand if you check the usual places (Applications, prefs, App Support, etc) and delete those files in the vast majority of cases what is left, if anything, will be a few trivial files. Meaning that it is only going to be taking up a small amount of space. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: No Mouse with AHT
On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I just got a G4 iMac. It's a 15 800MHZ model. I wanted to run Apple Hardware Test on it to be sure it was solid before I start working on it. It currently has 10.3.9 on it and the mouse works fine, but as soon as I boot into the hardware test, the mouse won't move. The light on the mouse is on, and I'm able to use the Tab key on the keyboard to switch between the different categories, so I know the machine isn't frozen. I've tried old puck mice, and newer pro mice, but no change. Try unplugging the mouse then plugging it back in again. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: your daily dose of 'Arrrrrgggghhhh' from the support trenches...
On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Dan wrote: At 11:12 AM -0700 12/16/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: A triple today... [MS machinations] LOL And here I was all stressed out because my fav keyboard was misbehaving ... having to remove the keycaps and vaccuum out the cat hair. Then my Mac's power just suddenly dropped... Was worried the power supply gakked, but then I realized the Vicky was standing over the switch on the power strip, behind the desk, with that I didn't do it! look on her face... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/Vicky%2C%20on%20the%20shelf.jpg I think it's a global cat conspiracy. They are pissed over Computer Aided Tomography being (originally) called CAT. After that they are all anti-computer. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?
On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: This has gotten very frustrating. I spent most of the weekend either trying to figure out terminology (bridge mode vs. client mode vs. STAProxy) or arguing with the Airport Express, with multiple soft (while already plugged in) and hard (while I'm plugging it in) resets. Now it refuses to show green under any circumstances, only flashing amber. Whenever I send the update command to it, the utility tells me the settings were updated, just wait for it to appear in the list, but it never does, it just flashes amber (after the solid-amber period). I also get a message saying there was an error, please try again. Is it possible that I have to do more than one hard reset in a row before I can make changes? Or what else might be going on? The thing is only a couple of months old, so I hope it's not defective, but if so could I use the (also practically new) wireless SMC router (SMCWBR14S-N2) to do the same bridge mode? I would try connecting directly to the AE with no other devices connected. It's possible that there is a misconfiguration between the AE and you're network. You may need to manually configure you're wired connection to get them to talk. Do the update then configure the AE for you're setup. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Failing router?
On Nov 24, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Jason Brown wrote: A wall wort is a funny term for the power adapter/transformer that plugs into a wall. Looks like a wort on the wall. :) Sent from my iPad On Nov 24, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: I hate to have to ask, bout what's a wall wart? It's WART, we're not talking vegetables or beer here. And Wall Wart isn't a funny term, it's a very common usage. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac
On Nov 23, 2011, at 8:23 AM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.net wrote: Looking for a little help here. I've got an Indigo iMac, 500MHz, with 512MB ram that has a CD drive only. I'm trying to get movies onto it but running into problems. First off, DVD Player will not open as it knows there isn't an internal DVD drive attached. Plugging in either an external firewire or USB drive doesn't make a difference with DVD Player. I tried making a disc image of the DVD and mounting that, but DVD Player still wouldn't start. So, I then tried copying the Video_TS and Audio_TS folders to the hard drive. Neither VLC nor MPlayer was able to play back video. I'd get audio that sounded great, but absolutely no video. ??? Lastly, I tried using Handbrake on a different computer to rip the DVD down into m4v format. Transferred that over to the iMac and fired it up in iTunes 8.2.1. Better, but not usable. This time I got audio and really stuttered video. Unusable again. I've still got one Handbrake preset left to try (I think I did Universal and iPod Touch/iPhone last night), but thought I would ask here to see if anyone else has figured this out already. G3 Macs that shipped with DVD drives also had video hardware that decoded the video data. A G3 just isn't up to full screen video playback. About the only thing to try is to use hand brake and reduce the video size (width and height), by at least half. Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium
On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:14 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are we? I FAX 80% of my invoices to my customers so I need a modem on my machines the Apple USB with FaxPro is my solution. In addition to everyone having a laptop we have a joint, family computer in the kitchen, a G5. One of it's uses is for sending faxes as it has both a built in modem and an HP scanner / printer / copier attached. Whenever we upgrade it to an intel I'll have to figure another solution. Or stop faxing. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: airport card
On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:21 AM, D. Fabel wrote: ??? Which is it? Or are other factors involved? Doug The card supports WEP. OS X.4 (I think) and up supports WPA in software using an original Airport card On Oct 20, 2011, at 6:47 AM, larry kinsey wrote: The old cards support WEP. Anything up to WPA with TKIP. I did a test some time ago and here is what I wrote up: We wrote here recently about how Apple included support in Tiger (and perhaps Panther) for using WPA with the original Airport card. Some people here said they couldn't get it working. Well today I tested it out. It works but with a specific configuration. I tried it with my Pismo with an Original Airport card and the base station is an Airlink 101 Super G. I tried WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (WPA PSK is the same as WPA Personal) and using TKIP and AES with both. The results were: WPA PSK TKIPWorked AES Doesn't Work WPA2 PSK TKIPDoesn't Work AES Doesn't Work Only WPA PSK with TKIP worked. So those trying to do this would be well advised to try that combo. My D-Link N AP/Router supports WPA and WPA2 both enabled simultaneously and also AES and TKIP both enabled. My Pismo doesn't work with that router. I'm not in a hurry to test it out as a it's the main router and several computers connect through it. And here is the Apple link that discusses WPA on Tiger with original Airport cards. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2594?viewlocale=en_US Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: airport card
On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, D. Fabel wrote: I'm having mixed results... If I try to connect an iMac G3 indigo with Airport card to my existing Verizon FIOS wireless router (MI424), it WILL NOT connect regardless of how I set it up. WEP, WPA, WPA2, with TKIP, with AES, with both... No combination seems to work. Make sure it's set up to use 802.11b. Many 'g' and 'n' routers can be configured to not allow 802.11b devices to connect. Try, as a test, disabling the security. However, if I set up my old Airport Express (g only) to create a wireless network - low and behold my iMac connects just fine using WPA. Any thoughts out there on why I'm good to go with the AE but not with the FIOS router??? Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: airport card
On Oct 20, 2011, at 5:39 PM, D. Fabel wrote: No security works fine. Unfortunately, that leaves the network wide open. But it tells us that the issue is security, not other factors. All I can suggest at this point is to try WPA TKIS again, making sure the encryption key matches. The current FIOS router will only do b/g/n or b/g, there is no b only mode... I was suggesting it might have a NO 'b' mode, some do. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: airport card
On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:51 AM, Bruce Hazzard wrote: Hi, Can anybody tell me if a airport card can be installed in a SE G3 imac early 2001 Blue white Dalmation? And if it can be what do I need to do it? Thanks Bruce You need the iMac airport adapter. Might be hard to find now. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: issues with Core Duo imac
On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:21 AM, gifutiger wrote: I use Century Duster, Air-in-a-can. In the electronic industry (manufacturing and repair) we always used compressed air, or some kind of caned air. A couple caveats: if you use compressed air from a shop compressor you MUST ABSOLUTELY have a filter and a moisture/oil trap on it or the magic smoke can escape. If you use canned air, particularly in humid environments, use short bursts, and allow the device to come to room temp and evaporate any condensed water before turning it on or the magic smoke can escape. And, alas, the magic smoke refills on sale last week seems to be out of stock...:-) Yeah, funny, they sold out on the first day, 4/1. Also Costco has a good price on large cans of air in 4-packs. Finally, when dusting out strange or new computers it's always helpful to do so out of doors. I have evicted live spiders with canned air in the past, and even the normal dust rhinoceroses can be quite messy if evicted inside. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Game controller
On Feb 2, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Mike Linnett wrote: On 2 Feb 2011, at 18:38, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Papa wrote: I'm New to iMac. I'm interested in getting a game controller and the wireless mouse leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to playing a game. What are the pros and cons for a controller for and iMac? My first choice would be a wireless one, similar to what is used on a X box. However, I am not familiar with any game controllers for the iMac. Virtually any USB game controller on the market can be used, either out of the box or with the aid of USB Overdrive: http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html I was just trying out the WiiRemote on my MBP last night. There are a couple of programs which work with it, DarwinRemote and WiiWhiteBoard. DarwinRemote lets you use the Wiimote as a mouse and configure the various buttons as keyboard keys. It uses bluetooth and is easy to sync up with the computer. I don't know about game integration though. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Shutdown Problem
On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... A problem with my iMac G5... 1st Gen, 20 inch, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, 500 GB HD, Airport Ext., Bluetooth. I think that's about it. The problem... a while back it started going into sleep when playing videos (with VLC). As time went on, it seemed to take less and less time for it to do so. Now it is shutting down every time I try to start it up. Gets to the spinning wheel and then just *blink*... it shuts down. The person I got it from told me the power supply had been replaced. Just wondering if the Pram battery could be bad? I got a dead iMac G5 from a client. I started by looking at the logic board. It had a number of bulging caps on it, this is a known problem. I replaced all of them and then some. Still woudn't start up. I looked in the power supply and it too had some bulging caps. I replaced some of them but I ran into some troubles with it so I ended up buy a rebuilt supply from e-Bay. Once I put that in it booted right up and has been fine ever since. So based on that I would have a look at the caps on the logic board. You can find take apart instructions at www.ifixit.com. Once you take the back off you can see if the caps are bulging. There are a couple of dozen all told in a group roughly at the bottom center (going from memory there). They are cylinders 3/4 high by 1/2 diameter (very rough dimensions). If some of them are bulging that is likely your problem. If you know how to solder you can replace the bulging ones I replaced all the caps in each group if just one was bulging. It's bit tricky as they are soldered in with lead free solder, it has a higher melting point than leaded solder. If you don't know how to solder (this isn't the time to learn) maybe you can find someone who can. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Ubuntu on Rev D iMac
On Jan 4, 2011, at 5:35 PM, logicfire wrote: Hello and good evening, I have a purple iMac, 333MHz with 384MB RAM, and I have been trying to attempt Simon Royal's triple boot experience. (http:// www.lowendmac.com/ed/royal/10sr/triple-boot-ppc-mac.html) Note that the 333MHz iMac is one of the first block of iMacs and tends to be problematic with some things that later G3 iMacs don't have a problem with. Some of the issues I've faced along the way have been my own, but this new one seems to almost be a limitation of the iMac itself. When it boots into Ubuntu 10.10, it is giving the same error three times not enough video RAM before exiting to a prompt. That iMac has 6Mb of VRAM while the next generation of iMac has 8Mb. The newer one also has AGP video while it's unclear about your's but I suspect it isn't AGP. I was going to leave it alone, but then I saw Austin Leed's article today about getting Ubuntu 10.10 to work on a 300MHz iBook. The early iBook has 4Mb of Video memory and it is AGP. I have put Debian on a 300MHz iBook (IIRC it only had the usual problem of having to manually configure the Xorg.conf file.) I've also put Ubuntu 9.04 on a Pismo (8Mb AGP) with little problem. Has anyone attempting this? If so, do you have any advice to share? I haven't tried Ubuntu 10 (yet) but 9 seemed to work pretty well. I currently have the mac's hard drive partitioned into 3: 1GB for System 9, 6GB for OS X, and the remaining 53GB for storage and files. You're going to have to free up a blank partition if you want to install a Linux distro. Thanks, Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac Very Warm But Not Running
On Dec 16, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Al Poulin wrote: On Dec 16, 7:04 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: It sounds like a power supply failure (or other power related circuitry.) So the power supply remains energized by AC power after shutdown as long as the iMac is plugged in? True? Part of it does. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Screen resolution on TV
On Dec 2, 2010, at 3:13 AM, Mystic Prowler wrote: It has 2 HDMI ports but that's about it. Well, you only need one to drive it from the computer. You can get either a DVI to HDMI cable or a DVI to HDMI adapter and an appropriate cable to connect the TV to the computer. Viewing the computer screen via HDMI is MUCH better than trying to using S-Video or NTSC composite video. Kind of like the difference between sitting in front of the screen and sitting about 40 feet away, respectively. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low
On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:58 PM, OzSanta wrote: G'day Tina I'm using the built in mic. However, even a usb mic won't drive the bars very high unless I talk about an inch away from the mic, and even then, quite loudly. I've trashed the Audio preferences, to no avail. I've lodged a hardware bug report to Apple. Line-in mics need a hi-gain mic such as the Belkin iMic, which I'm reluctant to buy unless I can figure out why the input is so low. Anyone have a new iMac that's showing low input levels? Try launching Audio MIDI Setup (it's in the Utilities Folder). Select the appropriate input source and check the gain. For my MacBook Pro my Built-in Mic shows a gain (Volume) of 7.00 dB for both channels 1 2. Audio MIDI Setup is something of a second set of preferences for sound and it often gets overlooked when there are problems. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Screen resolution on TV
On Nov 26, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote: I recently bought a 65 Plasma screen TV for my power mac G4 sawtooth. I am thinking about getting one of those DVI to S-video/ TV input adapters that Apple has for my computer to achieve better screen resolution. Currently, the screen is a little blurry with a 1024x768 resolution. Is it possible to boost that to maybe... 1600x1200 and get the fonts more readable? Also, I have am ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP card in my Sawtooth that came from a PC but was flashed. Will the adapter work and can I get my better screen resolutions? How are you connecting now? S-Video is good for maybe 800x600. I've used systems at 1024x768 with it but it doesn't really improve things, there are more pixels but they are even more blurry. Doesn't that TV have DVI, HDMI or VGA input (most digital TVs seem to). -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Internal IDE controller failure?
On Oct 24, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Mystic Prowler wrote: Hello, I have an iMac G4 800 that I just recently received, and the previous owner said that it won't detect any internal drives. I thought that it was a bad logic board at first, but successfully booting off of my G4 sawtooth in TDM mode proved me wrong. Currently, I have the machine running off of an external maxtor 300GB One Touch hard drive through firewire with Mac OS X Leopard carbon copy cloned into it from my G4 sawtooth. The machine runs fine, I just need to know that if there is any way to solve this problem before I dismiss it as case closed. I tried different drives, different IDE cables, and different dvd drives. nothing. Whenever I have any internal drives plugged in, the machine automatically shuts off when entering TDM mode, it takes an extra 10 seconds to show up the question mark-folder icon, and whenever i tried booting off of an internal drive, the Apple logo popped up, and then the grey wheel, but after 3-10 minutes, it stops and freezes. No multi-language message telling me to restart, or an Kps. Just a freeze. Now when I removed the internal drives and started off of my firewire drive, everything went well. Is there anything going on here? My iMac seems to hate internal drives, but whenever I remove the internal drives and startup from the external, the system acts normally. I had it happen on an iBook G4. The data on the HD was corrupt. After some testing it definitely appeared that the HD IDE interface was munged. I got a replacement machine and swapped the motherboards. I use the replacement machine (now with the bad IDE) with a FW drive as a spare computer. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Is it bad for my iMac to use an external FW800 HD as Boot drive?
On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:43 AM, JDM wrote: Hello all, I am new to this group and would like to know if this can be answered: using an external FW800 HD as Boot drive? I have an iBook G4 that had the internal IDE interface fail. I've been booting it with an external 2.5 FW drive. FW isn't as fast as IDE but it's still pretty good. At the school I worked at I had about 200 computers that when I did an OS install I did it by booting from a FW drive and copying the boot drive to the internal. Sure, booting from a FW drive is not a problem. The only downside is the speed and that you need to be careful that you don't accidentally unplug the drive. Also, Disk Warrior 4.1 says the CD must be on the internal CD Drive to work. I have done it once and it worked but the sounds that came out of the wonky iMac combi drive and the amount of time it took were unpleasant, so can I boot Disk Warrior on an external FW400 La Cie DVD/ CD to rebuild the tiny[250GB] internal HD? I know I could just try it but I don't know if there would be known negative reactions to that. ANy one here know about these things? I can't say about Disk Warrior but I have booted OS X CDs and DVDs from a FW drive (and with help from XPostFacto from a USB drive). As a guess I'd say that DW's publisher is just doing some CYA so they don't have to deal with supporting booting from an external drive. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Is it bad for my iMac to use an external FW800 HD as Boot drive?
On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote: Actually, I am able to get a 1TB IDE HDD off of OWC. I see a 750 Gb but no 1Tb. http://eshop.macsales.com/search/3.5+Internal+IDE/ATA Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Panther install on G4
On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:02 AM, a1 wrote: I acquired G4 imac with Panther already installed. I have Panther disks and wish to reinstall with a clean installation. However, the password on this admin acct on this machine is lost---and the imac isnt even letting me boot from cd. I made myself another user acct--in Jaguar one can allocate admin permissions but somehow this mac didnt allow for that---only standard acct. So now I am even locked out of the admin user acct. How can I boot from cd and install fresh over the previous admin acct? I really do not wish to dig in there and extract the HD. Is it asking for a password when you attempt to boot from CD? If it is then the Firmware password is active and changing the HD won't help. You need to reset the Firmware Password. To do this open it up and remove one memory stick then start up and do a PRAM zap (hold down Command-Option-P-R just after starting up). Basically by removing (adding or moving will work) some memory you are telling the boot process you have physical access to the guts of the machine and therefore you have the authority to remove the password. If it isn't asking for a Firmware Password then it sounds like you may have a problem with your CD drive. Have you tried holding down the option key at boot? Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: considering a used iMac
On Sep 21, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Elliott Price wrote: 16? 28? Sorry to say, but I have about 36... Not all of them are super-collectible, but if we're just talking quantity I think I have you guys beat. :) I know I can be beat but my collection weighs in at 54. And that's not including two Newtons Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: considering a used iMac
On Sep 20, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Midnight rider wrote: Ok then, what's the purpose of the built in mini display adapter? Unless you need it for presentations, I see no use for it in terms of productivity. Unless I get a program which can modify the display adapter, (which i do know of, i am not sure if it'll damage the display internals or not.) What a shame. I have no use for my mini display adapters. =( Screen Spanning Doctor will allow the use of a second display for extended desktop instead of just mirroring. It doesn't modify the adapter and it won't hurt the display. It simply disables the block in Open Firmware that Apple put in, probably to restrict low end machines. I used it with my iBook. iBooks could only do mirroring while the same era Powerbooks did either mirroring or extended desktop. That is because Powerbooks were the high end machine and Apple wanted you to pay for those features. The software's documentation will tell you if it runs on a particular machine. One nice thing is that you just run the software once, it doesn't install any software, it just modifies a setting in OF. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: considering a used iMac
On Sep 20, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Ashgrove wrote: On Sep 20, 9:13 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: One nice thing is that you just run the software once, it doesn't install any software, it just modifies a setting in OF. Clark, Now that you mentioned that, I realized that I ran it only once, when I was still using Tiger. I upgraded to Leopard long ago --a clean install--, and it is still working. I forgot to mention that in the event of an Open Firmware reset (by whatever means) one will lose the extended desktop feature and will need to re-run Screen Spanning Doctor. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions
On Sep 11, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Elliott Price wrote: And that's not true; PPC Macs will not (officially) boot from USB devices. Later G4's and G5's can be made to if you go through a lot of hard steps setting up the USB drive, but I have never gotten that to work. Any Mac with USB 1.0 shouldn't start from USB because it's just too slow; it takes so long to boot, it just never comes up. (I know from experience! Tried to boot a G3 iMac from a USB DVD drive, and it just sat at the grey Apple screen for hours.) Well, I've had G3 iMacs boot from a USB harddrive. It took a while, I do't recall the specifics but it wasn't longer than 30 minutes. I've also booted a clamshell ibook from a USB DVD drive, again, slow but it worked. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: September 2006 iMac Core 2 Duo model RAM: 3GB or 4GB?
On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Ashgrove wrote: This makes me recall some Apple document I read somewhere, about excessive bong usage... ;-) Most likely from the Santa Cruz division. F On Aug 17, 2:44 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 11:07 AM -0700 8/17/2010, Ashgrove wrote: Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-) Anybody? *BONG* How's that? I've got only one previous message with this subject - the body of the message be empty. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: G4 iMac w/Ubuntu - install problems
On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Timo V wrote: I bought a G4 iMac 20 from Free Geek in Portland . . . long enough time ago that my free tech help is gone. Ubuntu is nice, seems easier to use than Windows, to me. But I need a Mac OS on it. Soon. And so far, no luck. The Ubuntu seems to have disabled the optical drive! Stick in the disk, reboot and hold down the 'c' key. If that doesn't do it try holding down Option at boot. If that doesn't do it, when the first boot menu from Ubuntu appears press 'x' The upshot, so far, is that I can't get the Ubuntu to even recognize a CD or DVD. I've been thinking of buying an external Firewire drive and trying to install from that, but I'm dubious. I don't have the foggiest idea how to install Mac OS over Ubuntu on this Mac, especially if I cannot get a CD/DVD to boot up. I thought of taking out the hard drive, placing it in a G4 Quicksilver, and installing it on that. But I'm not sure that would work. That should work just fine but I'd start with the above. Can one install a system over a network? Please advise. I'm stuck in Ubuntu and I want to get out! Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: time warp computer lab of iMac G3s
On 7/26/10 7:14 AM, Emma wrote: I just wanted to share my pet project with anyone who would understand how cool I feel it is. I have NO budget for computers as I am an elementary school art teacher in an economically stressed city, but luckily my room is next to the town warehouse so I have a shot at spotting discarded equipment from other schools. I actually broke down and bought a Flower Power off Ebay with my own money last month because I could not resist :-) My software is time warp as well so all this works just fine. Kids love looking inside the case when they notice they can... Here is my lab, each G3 has a name so I can tell a child to go use Sunny, etc. I am still getting it in shape (with the help of the town IT team when I am out of my depth). https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvP6lCScTDdOdFZqb3ZsZ09teWt2UHNKTGYzTEdfVlEhl=enauthkey=CIPWheIJ Like I said, it is a pleasure to be able to share my enthusiasm for iMac G3s! onwards and upwards, Emma Been there done that (even have a T-Shirt but not specific to education). You might want to post (roughly) where you are, people might have some oldies they'd be willing to supply. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
iMac G5 won't power up
I acquired an iMac G5 20, no camera (A1076), it doesn't power up. On plugging in the power cord one diagnostic LED comes on. Resetting the SMC doesn't help. PRAM battery is good. According to Apple test procedure it's a bad logic board. One set of caps was blown out, I replaced them (after much trials and tribulations). All the others looked okay. Does anyone know a likely culprit, fix, test? According to the original owner it was taking more and more attempts (button presses) to start up before it wouldn't start at all. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac G5 won't power up
On 6/17/10 6:19 PM, Google Photoshop Elements wrote: On Jun 17, 5:30 pm, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: I acquired an iMac G5 20, no camera (A1076), it doesn't power up. On plugging in the power cord one diagnostic LED comes on. Resetting the SMC doesn't help. PRAM battery is good. According to Apple test procedure it's a bad logic board. One set of caps was blown out, I replaced them (after much trials and tribulations). All the others looked okay. Does anyone know a likely culprit, fix, test? According to the original owner it was taking more and more attempts (button presses) to start up before it wouldn't start at all. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting Hi: I had the same issue with my 20 and I took it in to the Apple store. They had replaced the power supply a few months before (a known issue with these units) even though it wasn't one of the ones effected. Then it started turning itself off and starting up for no reason. Anyway, long story short - new logic board, another new power supply and a new hard drive. It was out of warranty but they replaced everything since it should've been caught when I first brought it in. That would be nice, the original owner had taken it in to Apple and they wanted $700 to fix it so that avenue isn't viable. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac G5 won't power up
On 6/17/10 6:06 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jun 17, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I acquired an iMac G5 20, no camera (A1076), it doesn't power up. On plugging in the power cord one diagnostic LED comes on. Resetting the SMC doesn't help. PRAM battery is good. According to Apple test procedure it's a bad logic board. One set of caps was blown out, I replaced them (after much trials and tribulations). All the others looked okay. Does anyone know a likely culprit, fix, test? According to the original owner it was taking more and more attempts (button presses) to start up before it wouldn't start at all. The problem very likely is bad capacitors in the power supply, as well as on the logic board. I've gotten the first diagnostic LED to come on in that generation of G5 iMac, which simply means enough power has gotten to the logic board to turn on the light. But after replacing the power supply capacitors (which I got herehttp://jimwarholic.com/2008/07/how-to-repair-apple-imac-g5.php), I got three lights and the iMac booted, even though there were more than a dozen leaking/bulging caps on the logic board. I've also done the same thing and gotten only two lights and some whirring from the hard drive. All the caps on the logic board looked OK, which is no guarantee they're working correctly by the way. After replacing the caps, I got three LEDs and the iMac booted. The caps in the power supply are much easier to replace than those on the logic boards, as you probably know. Make very sure that the replacement caps are soldered solidly to the boards. I examine the soldered legs of my replacements with a magnifying glass while gently wiggling the cap. It's very difficult to get new caps correctly soldered since Apple used lead-free solder with a high melting point during manufacture. As you already know, it's a trial/error/tribulation process. So you've got a lot of fun waiting to eat up hours and hours of your life. And all because someone stole an incomplete recipe for capacitor electrolyte from a Japanese company in the early 2000's. What's really evil, though, is that you can't tell a bad cap from a good one. I've had iMacs with obviously bad (bulging tops, leaking electrolyte, tilted because the bottom seal had blown) capacitors on the logic board run just fine. And I've had iMacs with pristine-looking logic board caps fail to boot even with a known-good power supply. Thanks, that gives me hope. I did look inside the power supply and one cap was bulging so it goes on the list of parts to replace. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Airport Card in iMac
On 6/2/10 1:37 PM, Jonathan Rowson wrote: Hello all. I've got a newish iMac Core 2 Duo machine that I brought last summer which has recently stopped seeing the internet via Airport. I've tried deleting and then reinstalling through the System PreferencesNetwork. I've tried resetting my Airport Extreme Base Station (all other computers in the home see the network without difficulty). I've noted that is will connect for a few seconds and then drop the connection. I've got AppleCare so I can take that next step uniess someone here has a suggestion. I have even reset my individual Airport Express modules I use to extend my network. I haven't tried lugging it downstairs to the router and plugging it in to see if it works ok wired. Any other suggestions? I'm running the lastest iteration of Snow Leopard. I've tried Safe Boot without success. I would haul it downstairs and try it both wired and wireless with the main AP. After that I'd go the AppleCare route. Have you updated the software to the latest version? -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac G5 not installing OS?
On 5/24/10 5:26 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: Hi, I have an iMac G5 with an isight camera that I got in a trade. The owner told me it just needs a hard drive, so I ran down to my local computer store and spent $50 on a 160GB SATA hard drive. Installed it in there and fired it up. booted to the boot selection menu, where I inserted the disc. It takes anywhere from 10-20 minutes to finish loading the boot selection menu, and then when I click the install disc, it goes to the apple screen, but no spinning lines under it. It never loads the spinning loading symbol. I was wondering if anyone had any input to this idea. I have tried target disc mode, and it boots into it after around 15 minutes, but it does not show anything on my MacBooks or PowerBooks desktop. Not sure what is going on here but would love it get it going, very nice machine with the 1.9ghz PowerPC G5. I am trying to install Tiger by the way. Thanks! Are you saying you activated Target Disk Mode on the G5 in question and it took 15 minutes before the yellow and blue Firewire logo came up on it's screen? Those boot times are way too long, something is wrong there. I'd check the RAM for starters. It could also be a number of things on the logic board. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Internet Sharing OS 9
On 4/23/10 10:01 AM, kurt piepenburg wrote: I have a trayloader iMac G3 (333 mhz with 384 MB RAM) running OS 9.2.2 that I can use to access the internet via a crossover cable strung between it and a grape slot load iMac G3 running OS X Tiger. I have Internet Sharing enabled on the Grape Tiger G3, and allow its Airport connection to my DSL router to be shared over machines connected via Ethernet. So, on the tray load I can run iCab or early Mozilla and surf the web over this shared Airport connection. I have yet another G3, a slot-load Tangerine DV model also running OS 9.2.2 with Airport connection to a DSL router, that I'd like to replace the Grape Tiger with and then share the wireless internet connection with the trayloader . However, I can't figure out how to enable Internet Sharing on the Tangerine slot loader in the OS 9 control panels. Maybe it wasn't an available option in OS 9? OS 9 did, indeed, not have an Internet Sharing feature. Internet Router from www.sustainablesoftworks.com was the most common way to do it back then. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Old G3
On 4/20/10 9:20 PM, joshuallen wrote: It's a slot loader with a 20GB hard drive and 256 MB of RAM. I can't say if it's a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. It's the model that has the door on the back to accept an airport card or to swap out the RAM, and 2 firewire ports. I suspect that the HD and RAM must have been upgrades. I figured out how to partition it using the full install disk of OS 9 the guy gave me, and then I reinstalled to OS X.1. I figured maybe it was necessary, maybe not, but either way, I'd have an extra partition if I wanted to do a dual boot or anything. I'm starting to get the hang of OSX now, and it runs pretty well on this machine. I wish I could upgrade to take advantage of the software out there, but I don't think it's in the cards, unless I see something pop up on craigslist. The door on the back would be for a VGA mirroring connection. The door on the bottom gives you access to install an Airport card or memory (as well as the SMC reset and PRAM battery). Keep looking around for a cheap copy of Mac OS. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Old G3
On 4/21/10 5:48 AM, Bill Chapman wrote: I have an early G3 iMac, Bondi or Blueberry, I'm not sure... slot-loading 4Gb HD 256Mb RAM 350MHz Had OS 9.1 if I remember correctly (got it secondhand about 5-6 years ago) which I upped to 9.2.2 at first, and then 2 years ago loaded Panther (OSX 10.3.9). Also have the same-era G3 Clamshell laptop (so-called 'toilet seat' haha) with roughly same specs... replaced those with G4 and G5 machines over the last 2 years, but still have the G3s Ikea'd in plain view, I swap them on and off my 4-mac lan (which includes my trusty Power Mac 8600 MacOS 8.6) occasionally. All secondhand don't need brand new, never did. That info is confused. 4Gb HD implies a tray loader (unless someone downgraded the drive. But 350 MHz implies slot loader. Last year I got a tangerine clamshell. I always liked the look of that model. It was very different in a industry of sameness. You can always get a 8 port switch, cheap, so you can have all the computers on the net at once. I've got a 16 port gigabit switch, 24 port 10/100 switch, 16 port 10MBps hub and assorted other little ones hooking everything up. And three wireless APs for the laptops and such. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Old G3
On 4/20/10 2:41 PM, Elliott Price wrote: With the first-generation G3 Macs, there were some drive addressing problems that prevented it to boot from OSX if it wasn't on the first 8Gb of the disk. This is my understanding of it, I may be wrong about why, but those models definitely have that restriction. I *think* it was only the G3 minitower, the G3 desktop, and maybe the Bondi iMac. If the HD is under 8Gb, then there's no problem. I believe it applies to all tray loader iMacs which includes the next generation after the Bondi. And that group DID include a tangerine model. I was thinking there wasn't a tangerine in the tray loader clan which made me skip the 8Gb issue. You're right, that is a potential issue. To the OP, does your new toy have a tray loader or slot loader optical drive. If you have a tray loader then you do need to partition the HD with a slightly less than 8Gb partition at the beginning of the HD to install OS X onto. If you have a slot loader then you don't need to partition the drive. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: G3 having trouble with target disk mode.
On 3/30/10 8:23 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: Should have probably mentioned that this is a G3 iMac, does that fix anything pertaining to my question? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: On 3/29/10 6:31 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: Well, as most of you probably forgot, I upgraded the systemboard in my G3 from 350 to 400mhz, and added the firewire package that came along for the ride. Now i've got a conundrum. It won't boot into target disk mode. I hold down T and it'll get to the point where it's supposed to go to target disk mode, and restart. Is there some reason that the G3 350mhz chassis won't let it go to target disk mode, or is it just a screwed up board? In that case, you definitely should have Target Disk Mode. It's likely either the HD or the logic board. Try disconnecting the IDE cable from the HD (just the HD). Put a CD in the optical drive and try Target Disk Mode. The CD should be visible on the other computer. This isn't a fix, just a test to identify the problem. Check out this link at Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661 It mentions iMac (Slot Loading) (the first generation of slot loading iMac) works in TDM IF the firmware is 2.4 or later. This sounds like it might be yours so check your firmware if you can. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
Re: G3 having trouble with target disk mode.
On 3/31/10 9:16 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: If it's running X, I'm assuming that it's got the latest firmware? Is there an OF setting that might need to be turned on? This board was from a school, and Target Disk mode might be turned off... AFAIK the only way to turn it off is with Open Firmware Password and you should be prompted for that. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
Re: G3 having trouble with target disk mode.
On 3/29/10 6:31 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: Well, as most of you probably forgot, I upgraded the systemboard in my G3 from 350 to 400mhz, and added the firewire package that came along for the ride. Now i've got a conundrum. It won't boot into target disk mode. I hold down T and it'll get to the point where it's supposed to go to target disk mode, and restart. Is there some reason that the G3 350mhz chassis won't let it go to target disk mode, or is it just a screwed up board? PowerMac G3s (BW) do not support FireWire Target Disk Mode. They don't support FireWire booting either. AFAIK this is the only machine that has FW that doesn't support either of those features. I believe there is one or more machine that didn't support them until a firmware update was released but I don't recall what machine(s). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: iMac G5 1.8Ghz 20' capacitor replacement
On 3/23/10 5:29 AM, Jay T wrote: Hey guys I have taken apart and put back together a LOT of macs, but I have never soldered anything to anything in there and I'm a little nervous here. I recently bought a used iMac G5 1st gen 1.8ghz and it boots up and operates quite well for extended periods. This week it started turning itself off spontaneously. So I opened it up and looked to find two bulging capacitors next to the heat sink. Bummer. I did some research and learned that the capacitors can be replaced. So I bought them, and a solder station, and I'm gonna give it a go. Gotta check the PSU as well, I think. Anyway, does anybody here have any experience with this procedure? Any tips or advice would be welcomed. Find something else to practice on first. Soldering is something of an art that takes time to develop. If nothing else, try twisting two wires together and soldering them together. If done right they should be very hard to pull apart. If these are through hole capacitors the solder should form a cone. It shouldn't take more than 10-15 seconds per solder joint. Longer than this and you might damage the cap. To remove the old ones, heat one side until the solder flows then push the cap away from that side, to pull the lead slightly through the hole. Then repeat on the other lead. Go back and forth this way a few times and you should have them out. If your tools include a solder sucker or solder braid use them to remove any excess solder. There ought to be some guides on the Web you can find about these. You might want to consider finding someone with some experience to show you the ropes and/or do the job for you. I wouldn't recommend even a job like this for a first timer. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: iMac G5 1.8Ghz 20' capacitor replacement
On 3/24/10 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Jim Scott wrote: The most difficult part -- aside from my steep soldering learning curve ascent -- was removing the original capacitors. Apple used lead-free solder in those iMacs, and I literally burned up several solder guns of increasingly higher heat capacity before I got one that could melt the original solder enough to free the bad caps. You need to get a decent temp regulated soldering iron, Harbor frieght used to have one for about $40, a quick googling finds them at $30-$120-ish. One of the mistakes people commonly make in soldering is using too small a soldering iron. What happens with a too small iron is the iron heats things up but the heat is conducted away to fast. The heat spreads out and damages things but it either doesn't reach the melting point of solder or it takes too long. For this sort of job I would probably use a 25W iron or perhaps a 40W, depending on the size of the caps. Of course the other big mistake is to use too much heat. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: System Preferences is very slow to open.
On 3/25/10 9:55 AM, Earle Jones wrote: First time this morning: I click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. After 30 or 40 bounces without opening, I click on it and hold the click. The 'Force Quit' is lit, so I click on 'Force Quit'. It quits bouncing. Try the same thing again: Click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. One bounce and it opens. Strange stuff! Is there a .plist file somewhere corrupted? Likely. Try moving ~/Library/com.apple.systempreferences.plist to the Desktop (~ is your user folder, /Users/username). P.S. Please don't cc me, I get the list so that is redundant. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Replacing the logic board in a G3?
On 3/18/10 7:13 AM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Jeremiah Stevens jeremiah.stev...@prodigy.net wrote: If it doesn't have firewire you must mean the tray loader. The boards are shaped differently between the two, so I would just reccomend finding a cheap g3 firewire capable model with a dead board and hook it up in that. I upgraded my Indigo iMac G3 (500mhz) with a 600mhz board out of a graphite with a smashed case, with a gig of ram this thing flies Jeremiah Stevens Actually, the 350mhz Budget one doesn't have FireWire. I upgraded it just fine, blazes through stuff now =) There were 350 MHz slot loaders without firewire. I worked in a school lab with 20 of them. They are kind of a fringe model, possibly an education only model. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: Kernel panic
On 3/4/10 4:10 PM, Malcolm O'Brien wrote: Isn't G faster than 1.1? - yes, but if you can add any sort of wifi to an older iMac, it doesnt matter. ??? You're saying that feeding 54Mb to a 12Mb-capable port is fine? He's saying it's not going to go faster then 12MBps. It's called handshaking. No network system simply sends data out continuously, hoping the receiving end can handle it. It's just as fine as sending data from your computer at 1000MBps to a router, from the router to your ISP at 15MBps, from there to another ISP at 500MBps thence to the target computer at 20MBps. Each leg only sends data to the next leg at a speed it can handle. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac refurb as an independent business opportunity?
On 3/2/10 7:13 AM, Malcolm O'Brien wrote: (a Quadra 610) had a clock speed of 25MHz and he asked me if I was sure about that Tell him you know someone whose first computer had 1K of RAM. Yes! One *K*. (In some locales Timex) Sinclair ZX81. My second computer had 3.5K of RAM and featured a whopping 22 characters across the screen. Commodore VIC-20. But the Volkscomputer, the Commodore 64 had a full 64K of RAM and a processor (6502) that smoked at 1MHz. I ran a 99K program on that 64K computer. My first computer had 256 bytes. And it was all hand wirewrapped, by me. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: My iMac quit working?
On 2/26/10 6:31 AM, deadpsyc...@gmail.com wrote: So I just bought a rev. B (I think) tray loading iMac it was working wonderfully all night until I shut it down and moved it upstairs. When I went to turn it on nothing, nada, zip, so I tried a different power cord zilch. Any ideas what could have caused this? I was really excited to get this machine and now this happens. Check the battery. Or just remove it, at least to test. Most machines of that vintage can run without it. Off hand I don't know how to access the battery. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: My iMac quit working?
On 2/26/10 10:54 AM, deadpsyc...@gmail.com wrote: I got it to start by resetting the pmu. Worked like a charm. Now I have a new question what are some of the upgrades available for this machine? Also what is the best os for this? I'm thinking either 10.3 or 10.2? In it's day 10.2 was a great improvement. But now there is pretty much no reason to use it. I would say 10.3 minimum and 10.4 if possible. Make sure it has enough memory. I usually consider 512 a minimum (if possible). You'd need to check MacTracker to be sure. Going with Tiger means you can run the current version of Safari and you can run the most up to date possible programs. It will keep it usable for the longest time. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: 10.4 on iMac Tray Loading?
On 2/20/10 5:26 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: Hey, I was wondering how smoothly Tiger would run on an iMac G3 tray loader. Any ideas? Jeremiah Stevens Hmmm... It should run okay. Maxing the memory would be a good idea. I'm not sure how much coaxing this would take. Putting Tiger on later models that Tiger doesn't natively support is just a matter of tricking or bypassing the installer. But I don't know if that applies to a tray loader. Also your HD space can be an issue, depending on how big the drive is. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: best unix-like system for my imac?
On 2/17/10 8:52 AM, John Musbach wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: To start with the .iso file burned to a CD-R, something the 9.10 version doesn't. Actually it can, but it depends on the cd-r brand, your cd burner, and your cd burning software being willing to. With the right combination, you can actually burn a bit more then what the cd-r is marked for and that is what the maintainers of this distro are banking on. Bad plan, especially when they make no mention of it where the distro can be downloaded. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Weird hard drive noises
On 2/17/10 12:56 PM, Elliott Price wrote: I'm just wondering how you'd plug in that last .4 of a keyboard... Same as any other, provided the USB cable is on that part of the keyboard. If it isn't then, well, you're just going to have to round down and make do with only 110 keyboards. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Feb 16, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Kasey Smithkasm...@gmail.com wrote: or you could push the USB bus to the limit and plug in 127 keyboards! :D Technically, You'd need USB hubs to interconnect those keyboards, but, there's 2 physical controllers on the iMacs, so wouldn't it be double that, divided by around 2.3 for usb hubs\ compound keyboards... so a total nearer 110.43478260869565217391304347826 would be more or less correct... still quite a few keyboards. (Don't ask me how I got that number... it just got spat out on my calculator) I came up with 18 7-port hubs and 109 keyboards. So you've got 1.434... keyboards too many. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Weird hard drive noises
On 2/17/10 6:03 PM, Elliott Price wrote: Haha, I like that idea. That should be my goal over next summer. :) My iMac has 3 USB ports, does that mean 127 keyboards per port, or is that the total number that USB will recognize? First, it's not 127. USB allows for 127 devices. But that includes hubs. Using 18 hubs you can connect 109 keyboards to one port. IF the 3 USB ports on the computer are separate USB busses then you could use 327 keyboards. AFAIK most if not all Macs have a separate bus for each port but it's possible some use an internal hub. -Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Feb 17, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On 2/16/2010 11:59 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: or you could push the USB bus to the limit and plug in 127 keyboards! :D Someone needs to do this for giggles. Go for a Guinness book record and have 127 people trying to type all at one time on the computer. lol -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Can G4 boot from flash drive?
On 2/16/10 9:03 PM, williamd wrote: On 16 Feb 2010, at 21.52, Clark Martin wrote: SOME PPC Macs will boot from USB. It's kind of hit or miss. And in one case I ran into it worked for OS 9 but not OS X. But in other cases I have booted OS X from USB. Is there a key combo or something to see if it will boot the usb (like holding down c boots the cd)? Hold down option at boot, it will show and allow you select any available bootable drives. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: best unix-like system for my imac?
On 2/15/10 12:34 AM, williamd wrote: On 14 Feb 2010, at 23.09, Clark Martin wrote in part: Official support for PPC under Ubuntu disappeared a while back. But there is a community supported version that is current. Ah I see. Thanks for clearing that up. I was able to install 6.06 but would prefer a more recent version; glad to know i can still use one on PPC. I just tried putting it on a Sawtooth. The Live CD worked, briefly... Seems with 9.10 there is some issue about the iso being too big to burn onto a single cd? I don't have a dvd burner. Is there something I'm missing here? Not as far as I can see, no. I ran into the same thing. The file was in the right size range for CD but Disk utility rejected the two CD-Rs I had, both were 700Mb. It did work when I put in a DVD-R and the target computer booted it okay. Seems kind of strange to make something that close to CD size but not quite. And there was no note about it (that I noticed) at the download site. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac DV 500 - Firmware/Classic Questions
On 2/15/10 5:33 PM, cduchon wrote: When I tried to run the install of Net Boot it failed with a general error... based on what you are saying it sounds like I dont actually install the software. Just copy the System Folder to the hard drive and then point the firmware updater to that folder? Copy the System Folder over, reboot from that System Folder (hold down option during boot and select the OS 9 icon), then run the firmware updater. You have to have OS 9 on an HD and be booted from it to run the updater. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Weird hard drive noises
On 2/14/10 3:34 PM, Mike Styer wrote: Sometimes I will sleep my iMac G3 350mHz 10.3 panther and it will sleep fine for a few seconds. But the hard drive will then rev up, coast, and then repeat. I think this only happens when I sleep it while it is booting up. Does anyone have any idea why this nights happen? Why are you sleeping it (or trying to) during boot? How are you sleeping it? When the HD is waking is the power light pulsing? -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Indigo iMac DV 600 stops at a white screen
On 2/7/10 5:54 PM, Ashgrove wrote: On Feb 7, 8:43 pm, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: What should I try next? Voodoo, swinging a rubber chicken over it, threats, cajolery what ever works. The rubber chicken idea sounds like a useful tip. But where does one get a rubber chicken? Ah, there's the rub. Usual places, novelty stores, a rubber egg, etc. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Indigo iMac DV 600 stops at a white screen
On 2/7/10 12:52 PM, Kevin Avery wrote: OK, here is the status so far; All of the troubleshooting have done in the past on this iMac has been in the dark, now in the daylight the white screen looks sort of grey. I was able to boot it into Open Firmware, I actually could see the words on the iMac screen. So I issued the above statements one at a time, hitting return after each one, no help, still a white/grey screen Was the OF screen faint (ie low contrast)? In the normal boot process can you see the flashing question mark on a folder (or any other start screen graphic), even faintly? If you can then all you have is poor contrast and you need to adjust the video controls. It might just be a matter of using the keyboard to adjust the brightness if it will boot or more likely you'll need to open up the case and tweak a pot on the video board. A web search should provide the needed info. I have reset the PRAM using Option-Apple-P-R and let it bong 4 times, same result. Hooking up an external monitor shows input signal out of range, that is on 2 different 15 flat panel LCD monitors, one is an NEC and the other is a Compaq. I have no other monitors in the house to test with. Those should likely work. They need to be able to display 1024x768 at about 75 Hz. I have been holding down the C key when trying to boot, i am pretty sure that I dont need to at this point because I should be getting the folder icon that comes up when it can't find a boot device. Correct, you need to get the video working before you worry much about booting the OS (other than above if it gets you to where you can adjust the video settings). I have also removed and reseated the RAM. And I actually have removed the third party RAM and left in just the 128mb of Apple branded RAM. Still the same result. Good idea. I removed the battery, it is definitely bad, it tested at 0.66 v DC, and is supposed to be 3.6 v DC. I tried to boot it without the battery and have gotten the same white/grey screen result. iMacs should boot okay without a battery. I appreciate all of your time and advice. What should I try next? Voodoo, swinging a rubber chicken over it, threats, cajolery what ever works. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Indigo iMac DV 600 stops at a white screen
On 2/7/10 3:11 PM, Elliott Price wrote: I think his problem is that it *doesn't* have an HD, and he's trying to boot it from the optical drive... Check to make sure the CD is a CD, and is bootable by that iMac. If it's a system specific disk that's not for an iMac G3, that could be causing the trouble. Are you sure it's a DV model? If it's a 350Mhz Indigo model, it'll only run 10.3, and not 10.4 (without Xpost facto) The sticker on the bottom lists the system stats. You might see if you can find an OS 9 disk to try out, since all G3 iMacs can boot into OS9, and OS9 was only on CD. There are 350 MHz Indigos with firewire. AFAIK machines without firewire will still boot the DVD, they just won't let you install. As the subject indicates, it's a 600MHz. His main problem so far is getting the video working so the OS isn't an issue... yet. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac DV SE - Green Blink after CUDA Reset
On 2/5/10 1:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Clark, I pulled the battery first, so I'm sure it's the power supply, now. Now, my next question, to the list is, how much would a new power supply set me back? Odds are finding a used iMac would be the cheapest route, you just need to find out which machines use the same power supply. AFAIK the slot loaders all use a compatible power supply but I wouldn't put any money down on that. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Indigo iMac DV 600 stops at a white screen
On 2/6/10 12:52 PM, Kevin Avery wrote: I have an indigo iMac 600 DV that I was recently given. There is not a hard drive in it currently. I put an original iMac grey CD in it to see if it would boot. I get the startup bong, but then it goes to a white screen and just stays there. I only tried to boot it off the CD to see if it would boot. Does it require a hard drive to boot? I thought if it couldn't find a hard drive it would get to a screen with the missing folder icon. The guy who gave it to me said it was working before he pulled the drive. I was hoping to set this thing up for my Mom to use. No, without a harddrive and with or without a CD it should still boot to the grey screen with the flashing question mark (and go on if a boot CD is in the drive). Startup bong - good White screen - bad That it bonged is a good sign. It says the CPU is up and running. That the screen is white implies a video problem. I would try the usual, PMU reset or at least a PRAM zap. You might also try reseating the RAM. I don't think that's it but it's a good idea anyway. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Indigo iMac DV 600 stops at a white screen
On 2/6/10 10:26 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On 2/6/10 12:52 PM, Kevin Avery wrote: I have an indigo iMac 600 DV that I was recently given. There is not a hard drive in it currently. I put an original iMac grey CD in it to see if it would boot. I get the startup bong, but then it goes to a white screen and just stays there. I only tried to boot it off the CD to see if it would boot. Does it require a hard drive to boot? I thought if it couldn't find a hard drive it would get to a screen with the missing folder icon. The guy who gave it to me said it was working before he pulled the drive. I was hoping to set this thing up for my Mom to use. No, without a harddrive and with or without a CD it should still boot to the grey screen with the flashing question mark (and go on if a boot CD is in the drive). Startup bong - good White screen - bad That it bonged is a good sign. It says the CPU is up and running. That the screen is white implies a video problem. I would try the usual, PMU reset or at least a PRAM zap. You might also try reseating the RAM. I don't think that's it but it's a good idea anyway. Try an Open Firmware reset of the video RAM. Press the power button. As soon as the iMac chimes/bongs, press and hold down the Option, Command, O and F keys. When the light grey Open Firmware comes up (it will take a while), take your fingers off the four keys. At the prompt, type this series of three lines, hitting the Enter/Return key at the end of each line: set-defaults reset-nvram reset-all As soon as you hit Enter/Return after the last line, the iMac will chime/bong and restart. If corrupted nvram was the problem, or if parameter memory was confused, this should get your iMac to boot to the desktop. This has worked for me countless times in getting iMacs, iBooks and other Macs with video-related startup issues/symptoms to boot. Good luck! I was going to point out that this is going to be a bit tricky since only a white screen comes up. It's possible but not likely that the OF screen will appear. You can still try the above typing stuff in blindly. But it did remind me of another trick to try. You can connect a VGA monitor to the computer and see what you can see on that. It only mirrors the built in screen so it may just show the white screen but it might not. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Google dropping support for older browsers in 2010
On 2/5/10 8:47 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:35 AM -0700 2/5/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Dan wrote: I have complained often... to no avail. Being behind the times is par for a lot of large businesses. This occurs when IT groups intentionally set things up so as to maintain their job security. It's bad planning and bad oversight (management). OTGH, it's a quite necessary, as the hacker underworld needs it to survive. So often, even today, management believes everything the IT department says because they are baffled by the BS. If any other department tried it heads would roll. To an extent, but in many cases it's out of the local IT handssometimes it's ineptitude or extortion on the part of outside vendors. [etc] That would come under the heading of bad oversight (management). All too often it comes down to a lack of choices. Such as computers that are the front end for instruments. The manufacturer ships it with some version of the OS and then for years never updates it. So when the computer front end dies you're stuck either finding an aged replacement for it buying a whole new system, even though the instrument itself is fine. Or some in house database that uses a web browser front end but it only works with ONE version of ONE web browser on ONE platform. In either case your only other choice(s) may be just as bad. Sometimes it's because out outside-imposed rules on the IT people; for instance by UA policy (handed down by the AZ Board of Regents) it is mandatory that any system connected to the UA campus network run an antivirus program. In theory that includes my iPod. In practice that also means my netbook running Linux. Mac OS X IS my antivirus program. At the school I worked at the district IT people mandated that an AV program be running on all computers. And I was ready to install it as soon as a Virus existed. And the whole district is Mac with the exception of a few computers at the district office and the cafeteria checkout system. This was the same district IT department that only knew they had a virus on one of their windows servers after I detected it from the school. It just felt SO good when I stopped banging my head on the wall. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Google dropping support for older browsers in 2010
On 2/5/10 9:22 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Clark Martin wrote: It's like the railroads still having firemen on diesel engines 20 years after steamers disappeared. I expect this to be more for public safety purposes: making sure the engineer stays awake or that someone's there to manage if the engineer croaks...a 2-mile long runaway freight train going 70 MPH is a scary frikkin' thing. It was a union thing. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Google dropping support for older browsers in 2010
On 2/5/10 8:50 AM, SteveCraft wrote: There's also something to be said for personnel knowing a mature system for security. I worked for Sungard Availability Services where certain systems/etc have to have 99.999% uptime. So in 2007 they had WinXP (from 2002) systems with IE 6 all patched up with other layered security parts throughout the OSI stack because their XP config had been tested/validated for several years. I'd bet money they won't go to Vista or Windows 7 until 2012 at least, if that. It took them years to go from NT4 to XP... The problem with the It works, why change it. system is that change isn't always predictable. It's predictable there will be change (although, not by everyone) but when is the big question. A place I worked at had three different computer based systems all using IBM PS/2 systems. We'd been using the same model for several years. When finally we found out they were going away we (I) started shopping for a new computer. I was only doing it for one of the products but the others said we'll use what you pick. So I went and found something and it worked well. Well almost but that's another story. But one of the other products that controlled some machinery used lots of software timing loops to control things. Everyone admitted that was bad but no one would make the call to fix it. Their solution was to replace all the PS/2 systems in the field with the new computer and change all the timing loops accordingly. I did point out that next year we might / should plan on a different computer. It would certainly be faster and would break those software timing loops again. What where they going to do, replace all the computers in the field AGAIN. I don't know, I was gone by then. I'm sure they made it work and I'm sure they did just the minimum to do so. If there is anything the computer industry is good at, it's change. Yet so many people get caught by surprise when it happens... again... and again. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Google dropping support for older browsers in 2010
On 2/5/10 9:48 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:14 AM -0800 2/5/2010, Clark Martin wrote: What we need is to find out why so much office work is being done in Macedonian and Serbian on Macs. Are they busy planning to take over the world or something. Outsourcing. If it was I don't think it would be in Macedonian or Serbian. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: imac g5 corrupted icons
gladys pérez-almiroty wrote: hi: again i call on you to help me help a friend. she called and told me that she has a problem with some corrupted icons. i will go there tonight and see if i can determine if it is just the icons or the document. any ideas or help? has anybody solved this? how? other than erasing the problem and doing it over? she has a backup, but it has the same problem. the only thing that she said was that she always has connected to the computer an external hd and a pen drive. she has an imac g5 nothing added- not even memory!- and is running 10.4.11. What icons? Finder icons or in some other application? Corrupted in what way? -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Installing without a DVD drive
Christian Wacker wrote: Boot the Macbook in target disk mode (Firewire disk mode) by pressing some key during startup (I don't know everything, but it's available on google) T for Target disk Mode Insert the installer disk into your iMac, and reboot, installing the OS to the firewire one (which is actually the MacBook) Problem solved. That's not a good idea and probably won't work. The installer disk might not (depending on version) run on the PPC iMac and if it does it may not install properly on the MacBook since it's Intel. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Installing without a DVD drive
Jonathan Rowson wrote: Hold 'T' while booting to enter Target mode. If I remember this only works with Macs with native FW 400/800 ports. Correct with the exception of the BW G3. It can't do Target Disk Mode nor boot from FW. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac G3 hard drives
Owen Strawn wrote: That would be a cool idea, but I've never managed to figure out how to use a remote server for iTunes (or iPhoto either). They never seem to want to wake from sleep remotely. There is a program called WakeOnLAN that will wake up a remote computer. You should be able to find it at http://www.versiontracker.com As a rule servers don't sleep. (They don't get put in bedrooms either). Thanks! Owen - Original Message From: Christian Wacker pizzaboy...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 10:49:12 PM That 266 has only one or two uses left. My 266 tray loader became a Christmas Present to a friend, and it was loaded up with their whole music collection. (it's got some software and a special remote I made, so it's basically a nifty little juke box) And, I use my 350mhz iMac as the same, loaded my whole media library on it, and enjoy it when I fall asleep some nights, (then I let it fall asleep a few minutes later.) -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: iMac G3 hard drives
Elliott Price wrote: Yeah. Any ATA drives are compatible, (I'm pretty sure, if not someone correct me) I've never had any trouble swapping drives around. (Between newer and older macs) Almost. There is a problem with certain machine using, I think, ATA-5 drives. I believe the machines in question are the Pismo and Lombard laptops so it doesn't apply to the op. But there are differences and occasionally they do bite you. -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:34 PM, owen wrote: Hi all, I have a tray load iMac (266mhz rev C) with an 40gb upgraded hard drive, and a slot load iMac (500mhz early 2001) with its original 20gb drive. MacTracker says the tangerine uses an Ultra ATA bus and the flower power uses an ATA-3 bus. Can I swap the drives? Yes. FWIW the 40gb drive is an Apollo EIDE UDMA-133 7200 Quiet drive. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: 10.4 causing problems with the wifi (again)
Christian Wacker wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 7:02 PM -0600 12/11/2009, Christian Wacker wrote: upgraded my iMac G3 to 10.4, and now i've got constant WiFi problems (again) I try to connect to the WiFi, using my netgear WG111V2, and it crashes the box. the box is ? The Internet Router\WiFi box, my iMac runs great at the moment, but it seems to like killing my internet. If your computer can crash your router you need a better router. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: USB 1 problems?
Dennis Faulkner wrote: On a related note, I am not an expert - I was told recently that I had to retire my beloved AFGA scanner, because the USB ports on the back of my Intel-chip IMac seem to be shorting out - every time I restart, I get the USB overlimit message, stating the port will be deactivated - I have to unplug all USB stuff, then restart, then plug USB stuff back in again, all USB ports act the same when this happens. I was told this was a problem with USB 1, that USB 1 stuff seems to short out the USB ports? Is this expensive to replace these USB ports on my IMac? I finally went with an all in one HP officejet 6500, the wired version. I've mixed and match lots of USB 1 and 2 devices on computers with USB 1 and 2 ports. I've occasionally run into over current warnings but never anything that couldn't be explained by a bus powered hub or some bad USB device. I suspect you have one bad piece of USB hardware that's causing trouble. It's also problem you are having a problem with your USB ports but that's unlikely. You could try doing a PMU reset. You can't replace the USB ports on the iMac, you'd have to replace the whole logic board. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: turns off with a slight click
gladys pérez-almiroty wrote: happy holidays to all! my aunt- she lives in an other town- just called me with this conundrum: her imac g 5 code name hero, 1.8 ghz, running some version of os 10.3 and maybe 2gb ram is turning itself off and when it does you can hear a faint click. i live 2 hours away and have not seen the machine when it does that. knowing my aunt it has not been updated since the last time i was there. any ideas? what should i bring to her when i go besides disk warrior? would that even help? if you have any other questions i can ask her. please help me!! thanks in advanced gladys I'd bring along a Firewire HD that you could install a fresh copy of the OS on then run it on that for a while to see if it still shuts down. That would determine whether it's a software or hardware problem. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Camera won't upload to iMac G5
Melvyn Edith Halbert wrote: Bill Chapman pagew...@interlog.com Nov 28 11:29AM -0500 wrote: I have no idea about your problem, but just out of curiosity, why are you running (Tiger) 10.4.6 and not Tiger 10.4.11? Just wondering... Reply to Bill Chapman: I use several programs under Classic which have no equivalent under OS X. Mac OS X 10.4.7 (and all later versions of Tiger) won't automatically open files created under Classic in the application that created them. Instead it opens them with some other application, not of my choice. Worse yet, when OS X 10.4.7 (or later) is installed, without asking the user's permission it changes the Creator of _all_ such files (of which I have tens of thousands). The original Creator code can be restored for one file at a time with the Finder's Get Info... command, but the Change All... option is broken in 10.4.7 and later; it isn't feasible to restore the Creator manually for tens of thousands of files. I have found from experience that the latest version of Mac OS X that does not behave this way is OS X 10.4.6, so this is the version I continue to use. My Mac at work is required by our IT department to run the last version of Tiger, so I know first hand how inconvenient it would be for me to run 10.4.11 on my iMac G5 at home. Me thinks you have a problem specific to your setup. I have Tiger 10.4.11 running on a G4 QuickSilver. It has Classic installed and I have a number of old programs on it and I have no problems with it opening with the correct application. In fact I have some real old apps that I haven't used in years, I hadn't used them since I was using a system running OS 9. For some of the documents I didn't realize I still had the app installed until I double clicked on the doc and it launched the app under Classic. And I have also used the Change All quite successfully. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: G3 400 MHz iMac that has a loud buzzing noise
Christian Wacker wrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Wolfman ecoma...@comcast.net wrote: It is a high pitched whining noise. then you're good! High Pitched Whining is common for older drives, but it doesn't mean dead, heck, my old laptop still works with it's 4gb hdd... whines worse than a 2 year old, but still runs just fine. We had a server with two 4Gb SCSI drives in a raid. Those suckers sounded like a bloody power saw. The other guy who worked around them and I would make a gesture like we were operating a radial arm saw when the drives get particularly noisy. I still have the drives somewhere. AFAIK they still work, I just don't want to use them because of the noise (and that they are only 4Gb). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
