Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
This is got me stumped. I have even switched hard drives. The last time I tried to install and the PB did it again. This time I can't even mount the hard drive. It is being resurrected as I type this by Norton Volume Recover. DiskWarrier couldn't even see it. It mounted with SystemWorks. Diakwarrior is only meant to work on volumes that are mounted; nothing scary here, some low level volume info got trashed, likely just the disk driver, that's why you had to use Norton. Not to grump about topics, but you might find more people who can help on the G3 powerbooks list, since more of those guys are going to be running X, than the # of people on the classic list who happen to also have a early Wallstreet or whatever it was you are working with. I would check usenet and old macfixit articles (but you have to pay, I don't use them much anymore) or old G3 powerbook list posts, for starters. B -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
I had 10.2.2 on a Lombard, and then when I try to upgrade it to 10.2.4, it had problems booting.I think that 10.2.2 might be the best bet for older Powerbooks. J. From: Byron Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/28 Sat PM 12:11:18 EDT To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem All right, Jay here's one for you to ponder. I am trying to install OS X 10.2 on my WallStreet. The installation gets 2/3 of the way through and then the screen either goes dark or becomes light with no other image or has multicolored lines running down the middle and I am forced to restart with the three finger salute. This PB has had OS X 10.2.6 on it before but I reformatted and went back to OS 9. What is the deal??? Byron on 6/28/03 6:19 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a quirk with OSX on the wallstreet, and your PRAM battery is also probably bad. Boot into OS9 (8 might work too), then boot into OSX, and that should fix it until you powerdown again. If it isn't remembering the date time, and also has trouble with powerup from battery, then your PRAM battery is probably bad. J From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem Hi, I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as I can see the spinning 'cursor' with the Apple logo. Then, when the startup progress bar appears, the screen turns to black until the startup process is finished, and only when it is finished do I get a chance to turn the brightness on again using the brightness buttons (one press on the button is enough to turn brightness completely on back again). Do you know what could be causing that problem? TIA, JPP -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
on 6/29/03 9:49 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had 10.2.2 on a Lombard, and then when I try to upgrade it to 10.2.4, it had problems booting.I think that 10.2.2 might be the best bet for older Powerbooks. J. I can't even get 10.2 on it as it is now. I had 10.2.6 on it earlier. Byron -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
This is a quirk with OSX on the wallstreet, and your PRAM battery is also probably bad. Boot into OS9 (8 might work too), then boot into OSX, and that should fix it until you powerdown again. If it isn't remembering the date time, and also has trouble with powerup from battery, then your PRAM battery is probably bad. J From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem Hi, I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as I can see the spinning 'cursor' with the Apple logo. Then, when the startup progress bar appears, the screen turns to black until the startup process is finished, and only when it is finished do I get a chance to turn the brightness on again using the brightness buttons (one press on the button is enough to turn brightness completely on back again). Do you know what could be causing that problem? TIA, JPP -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
All right, Jay here's one for you to ponder. I am trying to install OS X 10.2 on my WallStreet. The installation gets 2/3 of the way through and then the screen either goes dark or becomes light with no other image or has multicolored lines running down the middle and I am forced to restart with the three finger salute. This PB has had OS X 10.2.6 on it before but I reformatted and went back to OS 9. What is the deal??? Byron on 6/28/03 6:19 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a quirk with OSX on the wallstreet, and your PRAM battery is also probably bad. Boot into OS9 (8 might work too), then boot into OSX, and that should fix it until you powerdown again. If it isn't remembering the date time, and also has trouble with powerup from battery, then your PRAM battery is probably bad. J From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem Hi, I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as I can see the spinning 'cursor' with the Apple logo. Then, when the startup progress bar appears, the screen turns to black until the startup process is finished, and only when it is finished do I get a chance to turn the brightness on again using the brightness buttons (one press on the button is enough to turn brightness completely on back again). Do you know what could be causing that problem? TIA, JPP -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
Similar thing happened to me and my 7600 G3. I had 10.0.4, went back to 9, then tried to install Jaguar later. I had to erase the drive inside OS X's installer before it would work. Apparently, unless you really erase the drive, some OS X files stick around and cause probs on re-install. This may not be you're issue, but it sounds awfully similar. I would try erasing the drive/partition from the installer before you install if that is possible for you to do without losing stuff. on 6/28/03 11:11 AM, Byron Gardner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All right, Jay here's one for you to ponder. I am trying to install OS X 10.2 on my WallStreet. The installation gets 2/3 of the way through and then the screen either goes dark or becomes light with no other image or has multicolored lines running down the middle and I am forced to restart with the three finger salute. This PB has had OS X 10.2.6 on it before but I reformatted and went back to OS 9. What is the deal??? Byron on 6/28/03 6:19 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a quirk with OSX on the wallstreet, and your PRAM battery is also probably bad. Boot into OS9 (8 might work too), then boot into OSX, and that should fix it until you powerdown again. If it isn't remembering the date time, and also has trouble with powerup from battery, then your PRAM battery is probably bad. J From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem Hi, I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as I can see the spinning 'cursor' with the Apple logo. Then, when the startup progress bar appears, the screen turns to black until the startup process is finished, and only when it is finished do I get a chance to turn the brightness on again using the brightness buttons (one press on the button is enough to turn brightness completely on back again). Do you know what could be causing that problem? TIA, JPP -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem
This is got me stumped. I have even switched hard drives. The last time I tried to install and the PB did it again. This time I can't even mount the hard drive. It is being resurrected as I type this by Norton Volume Recover. DiskWarrier couldn't even see it. It mounted with SystemWorks. In any case, this has got me really worried. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. I am beginning to strongly suspect a hardware here. It is obviously a screen problem. Cable maybe. I just replaced a broken hinge on the left side. I am thinking something is amiss with the display. Anyone tell what to check? Need help...this is sooo not good. Byron on 6/28/03 6:19 PM, Thad Hoffman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Similar thing happened to me and my 7600 G3. I had 10.0.4, went back to 9, then tried to install Jaguar later. I had to erase the drive inside OS X's installer before it would work. Apparently, unless you really erase the drive, some OS X files stick around and cause probs on re-install. This may not be you're issue, but it sounds awfully similar. I would try erasing the drive/partition from the installer before you install if that is possible for you to do without losing stuff. on 6/28/03 11:11 AM, Byron Gardner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All right, Jay here's one for you to ponder. I am trying to install OS X 10.2 on my WallStreet. The installation gets 2/3 of the way through and then the screen either goes dark or becomes light with no other image or has multicolored lines running down the middle and I am forced to restart with the three finger salute. This PB has had OS X 10.2.6 on it before but I reformatted and went back to OS 9. What is the deal??? Byron on 6/28/03 6:19 AM, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a quirk with OSX on the wallstreet, and your PRAM battery is also probably bad. Boot into OS9 (8 might work too), then boot into OSX, and that should fix it until you powerdown again. If it isn't remembering the date time, and also has trouble with powerup from battery, then your PRAM battery is probably bad. J From: Jean-Philippe Pellet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/28 Sat AM 05:32:54 EDT To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PowerBook G3 Series Mac OS 10.2.6 Brightness problem Hi, I recently acquired for $200 a PowerBook G3 Series (Rev. I) and I decided to install Jaguar on it. 10.2.0 ran fine, but after I upgraded it to 10.2.6 with the combo updater, I began having the following problem: when I startup the Mac, the screen brightness is OK as long as I can see the spinning 'cursor' with the Apple logo. Then, when the startup progress bar appears, the screen turns to black until the startup process is finished, and only when it is finished do I get a chance to turn the brightness on again using the brightness buttons (one press on the button is enough to turn brightness completely on back again). Do you know what could be causing that problem? TIA, JPP -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
