Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death

2002-11-16 Thread Andrew Main
What I suggest you do is send your machine in to Apple and pay the full charge for laptop repair, which is $350. They will replace the drive and check your hnges and a number of other things. Is $350 the total cost, or is it $350 + parts? If the former, it could be a bargain; if the latter, I'd

Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...

2002-11-16 Thread Raymond Wiker
James Rohde writes: You need the Matsushita UJDA-710. This is a Combo DVD/CDRW (there _no_ DVD-R). Slimline DVD-Rs have only appeared in the last week in Sony Toshiba models. The ebay store that often sells the UJDA-710 is here: http://www.ebaystores.com/id=10525630 The

Re: Wallstreet acting flaky

2002-11-16 Thread Seth Austen
I have had a recurring problem on my wallstreet for a few months now. Sometimes when I touch the menu bar with the cursor, the finder will quit. Sometimes it happens without doing this, instead, a program will just crash on me (sometimes while quitting the program) and when I go to the menu bar to

Re: Wallstreet acting flaky

2002-11-16 Thread Joe Arcuri
On 11/16/02 2:22 PM Seth Austen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have had a recurring problem on my wallstreet for a few months now. Sometimes when I touch the menu bar with the cursor, the finder will quit. Sometimes it happens without doing this, instead, a program will just crash on me (sometimes

Wallstreet Screen Cable

2002-11-16 Thread FergalO
Anybody have any advice on finding part and replacing screen cable on flickering-screen Wallstreet? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on

Screen problem on Wallstreet

2002-11-16 Thread Gary E Davis
Hi all I'm using a 233Mhz series II wallstreet with the 14.1 TFT screen and from about half way down to the bottom the Color appears to be washed out or faded. Is this a inverter or cable problem or do I just have a well used Screen here? Thanks Gary -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...

2002-11-16 Thread Thomas Ethen
I was under the impression that you couldn't do that with the LG. Tom on 11/15/02 10:31 PM, Mark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for everyone's input. I have seen a Panasonic replacement on the internet for 79.95 + s/h that slaps into the expansion bay carriage. Anyone have this drive or

Re: Wallstreet Screen Cable

2002-11-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 16/11/02 20:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody have any advice on finding part and replacing screen cable on flickering-screen Wallstreet? Try PowerBook Parts http//www.pbparts.com/ and try to find a service manual. -Laurent. --

Re: Wallstreet Screen Cable

2002-11-16 Thread wappling
RE;you can also try Mac resque a list sponser for screen repairs. Anybody have any advice on finding part and replacing screen cable on flickering-screen Wallstreet? Try PowerBook Parts http//www.pbparts.com/ and try to find a service manual. -Laurent. -- G-Books is sponsored by

new member again =)

2002-11-16 Thread discoveryarts
I made it back a little sooner than expected. Ive got my 1st laptop =) Though I had to go down to the Fed Ex warehouse today to get it. grrr. Over all Im pretty pleased. Though the transition is going to take a bit of time...went cold turkey... traded my BW G4 straite trade for an iBook500.

Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...

2002-11-16 Thread Joe Ellis
At the moment it seems the UJDA-710 drive is only available for purchase in large quantities to resellers, I haven't found a single unit available anywhere. Joe Ellis On 11/16/02 4:47 AM, Raymond Wiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Rohde writes: You need the Matsushita UJDA-710. This is a

Re: new member again =)

2002-11-16 Thread Hal
On Saturday, November 16, 2002, at 07:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *3 Can this model live without this OSx.2.1 thing thats on here? (Im sure it is a very pleasant and tidy OS when you get used to it, but its a bit too slow on a G3 500 with a 66mhz bus speed and 8mb vram) 9.2.1 ok?

Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...

2002-11-16 Thread DavidWedge
Not to toot my own horn (too much), but we carry these (and many other pb parts), for those who are needing a repair/replacement.. http://www.wegenermedia.com OR the UJDA-720 drive specifically at http://www.wegenermedia.com/pismop.htm (the 720 is the newer version of the

Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...

2002-11-16 Thread Joe Ellis
I've got your site bookmarked, I'll have to wait a while to get some cash together. The ones noted earlier in this thread sold for considerably less; as much as $89 in one case. Glad to know they are still available though. Joe Ellis On 11/16/02 10:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Explorer has gone weird!

2002-11-16 Thread Kathryn Odell
I have a G3 Pismo with an airport card, connected to a Netgear wireless router. Suddenly today, I'm experiencing some weirdness with Explorer, and along with that I'm having one page on a web site refuse to ftp in Dreamweaver. The explorer thingit won't download, says I'm missing Flash