Re: Continuous pinging - affecting performance ???

2004-09-03 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 1:46 PM +1000 9/3/04, Dana Sibera wrote: On 03/09/2004, at 4:22 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: In an attempt to keep my Mac/ADSL online all the time irrelevant of net activity I have now set Network Tool to continuously ping my ISP, seems to work... However,

Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....

2004-09-03 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 11:55 PM -0400 9/2/04, Clyde Kahrl wrote: Eric wrote: Any suggestions for a decent, reasonable source? A: Source for what? you can always get the old orinoco (roam about) cardbus cards from Wegener for $28 Clyde, What's a 802.11DS card? I know it's a

Re: OT- need some help with backlight

2004-09-03 Thread Tom and Lisa P
Can anybody here help me troubleshoot a problem with a non-working backlight? I know my way around a VOM and a soldering iron, and I understand about working with high voltages. Or if you can just point me to a site with info on the subject, I would highly appreciate it. I'd really hate to

No battery in Powerbook G4 550 Titanium

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
I need some suggestions what to look for in a Powerbook G4 Titanium 550, which refuses to see, except for the first 5 minutes, and also don't charge batteries, even if known to be good and fully working in other Powerbook G4s. Typical behavior is that when battery is inserted and machine is

Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Clyde, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: A: Source for what? you can always get the old orinoco (roam about) cardbus cards from Wegener for $28--it comes with an OS9 driver but you have to download a $20 driver to use OSX from IOXperts, or orange micro--although maybe proxim is now giving the

Re: ibook SE

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
larry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I know that there was cdrw available aftermarket. He was talking, I thought, original.. I kinda missed the point of regarding the situation years ago. Hmm, I still think I do, so no wonder that eluded me. But the there were part does give away something like

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Timothy Luoma
.. Original Message ... On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:33:41 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if the diagnostic test doesn't show up any problem the fun begins The problem with that theory here is that TechTools reported a problem with the HD (which I printed out and sent

Re: OT- need some help with backlight

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Tom, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If you need a new backlight, www.digikey.com or www.jkl.com sell them. How do one know what backlight to look for? Any ideas? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: OT- need some help with backlight

2004-09-03 Thread Tom and Lisa P
Tom, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If you need a new backlight, www.digikey.com or www.jkl.com sell them. How do one know what backlight to look for? Any ideas? As far as I can tell, look for one that is the same size as the old one. I honestly am not sure if all backlights have the same electrical

Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....

2004-09-03 Thread Sam Strong
My reply follows quote: A: Source for what? you can always get the old orinoco (roam about) cardbus cards from Wegener for $28--it comes with an OS9 driver but you have to download a $20 driver to use OSX from IOXperts, or orange micro--although maybe proxim is now giving the driver

Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....

2004-09-03 Thread Mark Kippert
Erik Ness on 9/2/04 10:16 AM wrote: Oy, when did they go through the roof? I was looking just a few months ago and they were reasonable. What happened? Any suggestions for a decent, reasonable source? Looks like you can now purchase them as a service part (which means just a 90 day

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/3/04 7:00 AM, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: The problem with that theory here is that TechTools reported a problem with the HD (which I printed out and sent along) plus Finder/cp showed problems on some files which I put in one folder on the Desktop called

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Mark Kippert
Kyle Hansen on 9/3/04 1:27 PM wrote: As an Apple Certified Technician I can assure you that if you sent that machine to my shop I wouldn't have looked at that printout for more than a second and then I would have gone about my merry way troubleshooting it with *real* utilities. Not

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Tom and Lisa P
As an Apple Certified Technician I can assure you that if you sent that machine to my shop I wouldn't have looked at that printout for more than a second and then I would have gone about my merry way troubleshooting it with *real* utilities. Not lightweight consumer stuff like Techtool. Real

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread victoria duggan
As an Apple Certified Technician I can assure you that if you sent that machine to my shop I wouldn't have looked at that printout for more than a second and then I would have gone about my merry way troubleshooting it with *real* utilities. Not lightweight consumer stuff like Techtool.

Pismo battery problems

2004-09-03 Thread Dan Colwell
I have 2 Li-Ion batteries that I swap monthly in my 400MHz Pismo G3 powerbook, 768 RAM, 40G hard drive using 10.3.5. One of the batteries doesn't lock in place and each time I lug it around between work and home it slips out some. This makes me have to reset the date and time. I had my PRAM

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Tom and Lisa P
As an Apple Certified Technician I can assure you that if you sent that machine to my shop I wouldn't have looked at that printout for more than a second and then I would have gone about my merry way troubleshooting it with *real* utilities. Not lightweight consumer stuff like Techtool.

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread victoria duggan
From: Tom and Lisa P [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:41:19 -0400 To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed As an Apple Certified Technician I can assure you that if you sent that machine to my

Re: Help w/ Pismo!

2004-09-03 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 9/2/04 2:55:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Remove every Battery (also the PRAM one) and AC Adapter. Leave the PowerBook without Power for two hours or more. Then, press the RESET key located on the Back. Boot from the CD and check installing OS 9.0.4. Okay; played with my

Re: Help w/ Pismo!

2004-09-03 Thread Tom and Lisa P
In a message dated 9/2/04 2:55:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Remove every Battery (also the PRAM one) and AC Adapter. Leave the PowerBook without Power for two hours or more. Then, press the RESET key located on the Back. Boot from the CD and check installing OS 9.0.4. Okay; played with my

Re: ibook SE

2004-09-03 Thread Dan K
I wrote: AFAIK, no first gen clamshell can use Apple's DVD Player (ADP)under X, same as with Lombard the ATI RAGE Mobility chip doesn't support mpeg2 decoding to which Mikael [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: According to ATI it can: Delivering a complete solution, RAGE MOBILITY includes dual LVDS

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/3/04 12:02 PM, Mark Kippert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Kyle Hansen on 9/3/04 1:27 PM wrote: As an Apple Certified Technician I can assure you that if you sent that machine to my shop I wouldn't have looked at that printout for more than a second and then I would have

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/3/04 2:55 PM, Tom and Lisa P [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I use Apple's internal Service Diagnostics Software and a couple of Hardware Board testers and hard drive testing stations. The only retail Utilities I use are Diskwarrior and Hard Disk Speedtools. Apple has a

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 3, 2004, at 3:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: They are really well organized. Better than any PC company and I have many Certs on the PC side as well. That's odd, because I usually find Tums to be far more useful on the PC side... -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is

Re: Applecare - impressed and not impressed

2004-09-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/3/04 3:30 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Sep 3, 2004, at 3:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: They are really well organized. Better than any PC company and I have many Certs on the PC side as well. That's odd, because I usually find Tums to be far more

Re: ibook SE

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Or you haven't yet but are willing to try it? I am willing to try VLC, perhaps tomorrow, as ADP is regarded as long gone more or less by myself. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Help w/ Pismo!

2004-09-03 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 9/3/04 5:31:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Okay; played with my Pismo some moreNOW when I try to start it up, I get four, even tone slow beeps (NOT the tone of death) and the PRAM/sleep lamp starts flashing in cycles of four... So; what level of Hades has my processor

Re: No battery in Powerbook G4 550 Titanium

2004-09-03 Thread Jeff Hubatka
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikael=20Bystr=F6m?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No battery in Powerbook G4 550 Titanium Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:06:03 +0200 I need some suggestions what to look for in a Powerbook G4 Titanium 550, which refuses to see, except for the first 5 minutes, and also don't charge