Re: self replacing a powerbook Power Management Unit (PMU)

2004-04-26 Thread mmnihals
yep I was running the latest Panther when the PMU went.. I've been looking in the Mac shop for used portables - seems no one is willing to part with their macs without forking out a lot of $$ (AU$ that is :) I miss my mac and using XP is just rubs that in all the time. :\ AFAIK, Lombard can

Re: self replacing a powerbook Power Management Unit (PMU)

2004-04-26 Thread Wayne
The cost of the PMU is about $300 new (last time I checked, and you may not be able to purchase new since this is considered an Apple Service part only). You can find several companies who repair Powerbooks will also have parts such as this for quite a bit less. These companies also repair

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 26/04/04 01:07, Rad Craig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got my first mac laptop a month or two ago, a Wallstreet. It now has 10.2.8 on it and has been locking up a lot recently. I have Disk Warrior, when I put it in the drive and restart, it locks up at the apple screen and spinning

Re: self replacing a powerbook Power Management Unit (PMU)

2004-04-26 Thread James Sanderson
On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 07:15 AM, Wayne wrote: The cost of the PMU is about $300 new At one of these sites I found them for about US$99. I don't know how that converts to AU$. The site did not indicate if the parts were used, refurbished or new. As far as doing it yourself, it is one

Re: self replacing a powerbook Power Management Unit (PMU)

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 09:35, James Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 07:15 AM, Wayne wrote: The cost of the PMU is about $300 new At one of these sites I found them for about US$99. I don't know how that converts to AU$. The site did not indicate if the parts were

Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread COCCORP
Hi, At a most inopportune time, while away on business(!), my Wallstreet's 14.1 screen is suffering from flashes of white clouds forming occasionally on the screen while in use, before totally fading out to white. Faint little outlines of what SHOULD be displayed only remain thru the white...

ALSO - Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread COCCORP
I forgot to add that, if I put my WS to sleep by closing the lid (while the screen is faded out 2 white), the problems disappears for a moment on wakeup. Or goes completely away, as it has right now... Craig W. SOMEWHERE in South GA (tifton!) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: ALSO - Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 10:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I forgot to add that, if I put my WS to sleep by closing the lid (while the screen is faded out 2 white), the problems disappears for a moment on wakeup. Or goes completely away, as it has right now... I've never heard about this

Ethernet question

2004-04-26 Thread COCCORP
ONE MORE QUESTION; Please, Mr. Wiz...! I am using the hotel's (Courtyard by Marriott) in-room Ethernet (yay!)... Does Appletake HAVE to be on Ethernet in order for the Ethernet connection to provide service to my Powerbook? At home I think my PMac has Appletalk on to use my cable modem

Re: Ethernet question

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 10:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ONE MORE QUESTION; Please, Mr. Wiz...! I am using the hotel's (Courtyard by Marriott) in-room Ethernet (yay!)... Does Appletake HAVE to be on Ethernet in order for the Ethernet connection to provide service to my Powerbook?

Re: Older PBG3 Bus Error Bomb

2004-04-26 Thread George Mogiljansky
Is that because that particular extension was calling that font? (Just a wild guess.) George --- Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, just as an example of what to be thinking about, I had a computer choke on boot up and eventually traced it down to a bad font. The odd part is that

Re: memory for g4 alubook

2004-04-26 Thread plain*clothes
On Apr 20, 2004, at 10:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to increase the memory i can get two 512 chips for $220 for total memory of 1 GB or a 1GB chip for $320 for total 1.256 GB memory. is it worth the extra $100 for the seemingly modest increase in ram? a 25% increase is not exactly modest by

Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Rad Craig
I have a Wallstreet with 10.2.8 on it. I have tried and tried to get 10.3 to install, but it won't. I have tried XPF .15, .16, and .17, none of which have worked. I was told to try .14, but I haven't been able to find it, anyone have a copy? Anyway, it has been locking up frequently recently,

Re: ALSO - Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I forgot to add that, if I put my WS to sleep by closing the lid (while the screen is faded out 2 white), the problems disappears for a moment on wakeup. Or goes completely away, as it has right now... If it's a 13 it's probably the display cable that

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 11:43, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Wallstreet with 10.2.8 on it. I have tried and tried to get 10.3 to install, but it won't. I have tried XPF .15, .16, and .17, none of which have worked. I was told to try .14, but I haven't been able to find it, anyone have a

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Rad Craig
I have never been able to boot either machine with the DW CD. It 'looks' good, but doesn¹t mean there's not a problem with it. I have booted with the OSX CD and ran disk utility, that's how I spotted those errors that say they are fixed, but when I run it again, immediately after I had just ran

Re: ALSO - Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 4/26/04 11:46:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If it's a 13 it's probably the display cable that needs replacement or perhaps reseating. If it's a 14, chances are it's at the end of its lifetime. At least that behaviour is close to the behaviour my last 14 had before it died

tweaking OS X

2004-04-26 Thread Mike Kauspedas
What are some good tweaks and apps to get OS X running better on a Wallstreet II? IE, I can't afford a faster CPU and RAM right now, so besides 1000 colors what else? Does anyone know any good tweaking apps to use, etc? Thanks Mike @ AAHS Tech -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: ALSO - Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread James Sanderson
This is the very problem I have had. I am awaiting a PMU (Power Management Unit), which I have been informed is a possible source of sleep problems among other things, the replacement of which may also solve a start up problem. My WS goes to sleep immediately after the execution of services

Re: Ethernet question

2004-04-26 Thread Jeff Hubatka
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:37:42 EDT Subject: Ethernet question ONE MORE QUESTION; Please, Mr. Wiz...! I am using the hotel's (Courtyard by Marriott) in-room Ethernet (yay!)... Does Appletake HAVE to be on Ethernet in order for the Ethernet connection to provide service

Re: DVD-R

2004-04-26 Thread Steve Fuller
On Apr 26, 2004, at 11:08 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: Steve, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I've used Apple, TDK and Memorex 2x and 4x media without any issues. I've gotten them at CompUSA and BestBuy. Have you tried those TDK indestructable ones? Are they worth the expense? Those are the ones they use in

Re: tweaking OS X

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 12:10, Mike Kauspedas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are some good tweaks and apps to get OS X running better on a Wallstreet II? IE, I can't afford a faster CPU and RAM right now, so besides 1000 colors what else? Does anyone know any good tweaking apps to use, etc? Thanks

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 11:54, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never been able to boot either machine with the DW CD. It 'looks' good, but doesn¹t mean there's not a problem with it. I have booted with the OSX CD and ran disk utility, that's how I spotted those errors that say they are

Re: Ethernet question

2004-04-26 Thread darm0k
At 10:37 AM -0400 04/26/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using the hotel's (Courtyard by Marriott) in-room Ethernet (yay!)... Does Appletake HAVE to be on Ethernet in order for the Ethernet connection to provide service to my Powerbook? At home I think my PMac has Appletalk on to use my cable

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Rad Craig
On 4/26/04 11:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/04/04 11:54, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never been able to boot either machine with the DW CD. It 'looks' good, but doesn¹t mean there's not a problem with it. I have booted with the OSX CD and ran disk

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Rad Craig
On 4/26/04 11:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/04/04 11:54, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never been able to boot either machine with the DW CD. It 'looks' good, but doesn¹t mean there's not a problem with it. I have booted with the OSX CD and ran disk

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 13:09, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/04 11:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/04/04 11:54, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never been able to boot either machine with the DW CD. It 'looks' good, but doesn¹t mean there's not a

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Rad Craig
On 4/26/04 12:14 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/04/04 13:09, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/04 11:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may have to try that. This laptop already had 10.2 on it when I got it and I don't have that CD. I

Re: DVD-R

2004-04-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Steve, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I prefer that my DVD media either sit in a case on a shelf, or spin in my drive, and nothing else. :) Well, of course, but if they can take the beating and still work then that's nice and a great advantage. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 26/04/04 13:17, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/04 12:14 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/04/04 13:09, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/04 11:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may have to try that. This laptop already

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Rad Craig
On 4/26/04 12:27 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26/04/04 13:17, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/04 12:14 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea, I had someone recommend that I try .14, but I can't find it. It isn't listed on the XPF site that I

Re: advice on laptop purchase

2004-04-26 Thread P. H. Adams
On Apr 26, 2004, at 2:54 AM, Kathryn Odell wrote: I am contemplating a purchase of a new laptop to replace my G3 firewire (Pismo). Another feature to consider that I haven't seem mentioned yet is that the PB has a PCMCIA slot (like the Pismo). I find this incredibly useful for transferring pics

Re: advice on laptop purchase

2004-04-26 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:16:55 +0300, P. H. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another feature to consider that I haven't seem mentioned yet is that the PB has a PCMCIA slot (like the Pismo). ...Perhaps a niche feature, but when taking all things into consideration, it might be the thing that tips

Re: advice on laptop purchase

2004-04-26 Thread Steve Fuller
Yes! I'm glad you mentioned that as it was an important factor for me as well. Given that a laptop doesn't have any expansion bays I like having a PCMCIA slot as a little bit of future proofing. Am I not the only one that wishes that Apple would put some sort of docking connector on the

Re: advice on laptop purchase

2004-04-26 Thread geno
An Apple branded dock would be nice, but then also that would mess up the clean white surface of the bottom of my ibook. geno. http://www.barbaloot.com AIM: BARBALUT when you die, says a dark-haired woman at the next table, they can make you into diamonds now. It's scientific. That's how I want

Re: Wallstreet LCD fading to white...!

2004-04-26 Thread COCCORP
Some other things I have noticed... When fading out, the cursor freezes. IF the screens chooses to come back to the desktop, the cursor can move again. Fading out also seems to coincide w/ some programs, and the finder, to unexpectedly quit. I am not sure if that is related, however... Like a

Re: Older PBG3 Bus Error Bomb

2004-04-26 Thread Clark Martin
At 7:42 AM -0700 4/26/04, George Mogiljansky wrote: Is that because that particular extension was calling that font? (Just a wild guess.) Well, YA. I think the extension was pre-imaging the font so it could display things faster. My point was that just because you've found something that

Re: self replacing a powerbook Power Management Unit (PMU)

2004-04-26 Thread Clark Martin
Try the following: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=lombard+pmubtnG=Search+Froogle This is a froogle search on Lombard PMU. If Google has a localized version of Froogle you could start there. It in fact shows three of the sites listed below. At 8:15 AM -0400 4/26/04, Wayne wrote: The cost

Re: Wallstreet disk problems

2004-04-26 Thread Clark Martin
At 9:09 AM -0400 4/26/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 26/04/04 01:07, Rad Craig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got my first mac laptop a month or two ago, a Wallstreet. It now has 10.2.8 on it and has been locking up a lot recently. I have Disk Warrior, when I put it in the drive and restart,

Re: Ethernet question

2004-04-26 Thread Clark Martin
At 12:09 PM -0400 4/26/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/26/04 10:41:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You don't need AppleTalk on Ethernet to get your Ethernet connection to provide services to your PowerBook. It depends on what you mean by services. If you mean web browsing or

How to wireless network

2004-04-26 Thread DPrice
Can I network my Pismo to an iMac, both using an Airport card and accessing the network through the same wireless router? Pismo is running Jaguar,and iMac 9.2. I have tried to do so but totally unsuccessfully. Thanks for any help. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small