Re: iBook Problems

2004-04-16 Thread John
On Apr 16, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Jim Eddy wrote: On Apr 16, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Al Poulin wrote: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would never touch any iBook again unless I had a warranty with it. The problem is in the hinge design, not the MoBo, contrary to what Apple wants you think or what many have

Re: Panther on Lombard

2004-04-16 Thread Jeff Hubatka
On Apr 16, 2004, at 6:58 PM, G-Books wrote: On lombard, requires partitioned drive with x on first part less than 8 gigs large Not on the Lombard, only on the Wallstreet and Beige G3. --- JSH TiBook -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.sm

iceBooks ate my Soul

2004-04-16 Thread illovox
on 4/16/04 6:58 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I would never touch any iBook again unless I had a warranty with it. The >> problem is in the hinge design, not the MoBo, contrary to what Apple wants >> you think or what many have written about. The hinge is very badly >> designed, as

Re: Interchanging parts on Ti PowerBook models

2004-04-16 Thread Dan K
Mark Kippert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: >Anybody know if you can swap parts between the 400MHz & 550MHz Ti? > >Primarily I need to trade out a damaged lower case on mine. A corner is >broken as well as the battery latch. They're different parts for sure. I remember comparing the case bottoms of a 4

Re: iBook Problems

2004-04-16 Thread Jim Eddy
On Apr 16, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Al Poulin wrote: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would never touch any iBook again unless I had a warranty with it. The problem is in the hinge design, not the MoBo, contrary to what Apple wants you think or what many have written about. The hinge is very badly des

Re: iBook G4 into a G3.

2004-04-16 Thread Thomas Ethen
Cute! You could fold it also. Tom >> Is it feasible to put the logic board of an iBook G4 14" into an ice >> iBook 12" dual USB. > > After working into a few PowerBook models and seeing how tight the space is > in a laptop, I would imagine you would have to bend the board a little bit, > or mayb

Re: iBook Problems

2004-04-16 Thread Al Poulin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would never touch any iBook again unless I had a warranty with it. The > problem is in the hinge design, not the MoBo, contrary to what Apple wants > you think or what many have written about. The hinge is very badly > designed, as is the wire bundle that is snaked

Re: Lombard & OSX

2004-04-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 16/04/04 13:59, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I get to the lower slot? The top one is easy to find. The bottom > one has the 64 meg chip in, so I thought I would switch them and take out the > 64 > meg. I took out the top larger chip and only the original 8.6 dis

Re: Lombard & OSX

2004-04-16 Thread Al Poulin
Linda at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a 333 lombard - I wiped the drive - its empty and now trying to=20 > install Panther.=A0 Every time it gets to the installation screen it freezes= > .=A0 I have=20 > 192 meg memory and it says it needs only 128.=A0 Any suggestions, I have a Lombard wit

Re: iBook G4 into a G3.

2004-04-16 Thread Mike Kauspedas
You could always mod the book and extend and shorten in areas you need, or make a whole new case out of wood! Or a Nintendo, briefcase, bananas! :) On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 12:46 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 16/04/04 14:39, "Beniamino Cenci Goga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it feasi

Re: iBook G4 into a G3.

2004-04-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 16/04/04 14:39, "Beniamino Cenci Goga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it feasible to put the logic board of an iBook G4 14" into an ice > iBook 12" dual USB. After working into a few PowerBook models and seeing how tight the space is in a laptop, I would imagine you would have to bend the boa

iBook G4 into a G3.

2004-04-16 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
Is it feasible to put the logic board of an iBook G4 14" into an ice iBook 12" dual USB. Ben -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale!

Re: Lombard & OSX

2004-04-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 16/04/04 13:59, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I get to the lower slot? The top one is easy to find. The bottom > one has the 64 meg chip in, so I thought I would switch them and take out the > 64 > meg. I took out the top larger chip and only the original 8.6 dis

Re: Lombard & OSX

2004-04-16 Thread Polkadoter
How do I get to the lower slot? The top one is easy to find. The bottom one has the 64 meg chip in, so I thought I would switch them and take out the 64 meg. I took out the top larger chip and only the original 8.6 disk will boot up - the panther disks won't. Any help is appreciated. Als

Re: Wallstreet battery reconditioning?

2004-04-16 Thread Mike Kauspedas
There is a battery reset program you can get from Apple. Or from this website: http://www.d20.co.edu/downloads/ilister.php?type=mac I'm not sure exactly where it is on that site, but there are a lot of other utils too. Hope that helps, not the best app, but it might help. Mike On Friday, April

Wallstreet battery reconditioning?

2004-04-16 Thread COCCORP
Hi again(!), Short of getting a VST charger, is there any way to recondition a Wallstreet battery? Like some software fix? Craig W. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for re

Interchanging parts on Ti PowerBook models

2004-04-16 Thread Mark Kippert
Anybody know if you can swap parts between the 400MHz & 550MHz Ti? Primarily I need to trade out a damaged lower case on mine. A corner is broken as well as the battery latch. -Mark -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Cleanning house.

2004-04-16 Thread Hector I Macedo
Hi there guys, I'm cleaning my cabinet and I found spare parts for old performa putter: a 500 meg HD, a floppy drive, a cd drive, old memory modules, an internal modem and miscellaneous parts. Also want to get rid of a scssi EazyQuest drive complete and functioning, with 4 usable tapes and also

Re: Wallstreet proessor upgrades

2004-04-16 Thread Wayne
I used a Powerlogix 466 upgrade card for a few years, and it worked great. I followed the instructions, flashed the Rom, shutdown the computer, removed original processor, put in Powerlogix, start up and the Rom was flashed, that was it. Went from 233 to the 466 speeds with a 1 MB backside cache a

Wallstreet proessor upgrades

2004-04-16 Thread COCCORP
Hi, What are do's & don'ts, the "must-have"'s and "do not touch"'s regarding Powerlogix, Sonnet and else (Newer?) processor upgrades for the Wallstreet I and WS II? I just recently obtained a Powerlogix and a Sonnet upgrade card, but I have heard tales of ROM upgrades, heat problems, etc. I ha

Re: Panther on Lombard

2004-04-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 16/04/04 08:39, "michael Vogt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No I don't think so I just wiped my drive and did the panther install > fine . then latter I put os 9.1 to so I could boot into it to use > Apple DVD player > Michael & Sharon Vogt <>< > > On Apr 16, 2004, at 6:34 AM, <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Panther on Lombard

2004-04-16 Thread michael Vogt
No I don't think so I just wiped my drive and did the panther install fine . then latter I put os 9.1 to so I could boot into it to use Apple DVD player Michael & Sharon Vogt <>< On Apr 16, 2004, at 6:34 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: on 4/16/04 12:05 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Panther on Lombard

2004-04-16 Thread illovox
on 4/16/04 12:05 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a 333 lombard - I wiped the drive - its empty and now trying to=20 > install Panther.=A0 Every time it gets to the installation screen it freezes= > .=A0 I have=20 > 192 meg memory and it says it needs only 128.=A0 Any suggestions,

Wallstreet and iBook rotten to the core

2004-04-16 Thread illovox
on 4/16/04 12:05 AM, George Mogiljansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ouch, what Wallstreet fiasco? > I just ordered a complete (I hope) screen off eBay. I > bought a 300 MHz PDQ model with dim screen for cheap. > George >> Look great, rotten hinge design...worse >> than the Wallstreet >> fiasco. Alwa

Re: Lombard & OSX

2004-04-16 Thread mmnihals
I got the same model Lombard running 10.3.3 quite nicely. I've been OSX only since Jaguar. In my experience, 192MB isn't enough for OSX to run smoothly. I had 192 MB myself before OSX. (a 128MB+64MB). Upgraded and put in a 256MB chip in the bottom slot and the 128 in the top slot. At 384mb the mach