Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread James Sanderson
Thanks, Clark. I'm not sure where I read--or got--the info about open firmware. At the time I was having problems with a WS II. I was never able to open firmware with 9, but could with X. Maybe me fingers waren't workin' rright! Thanks, again for the info. J Sanderson On 2 Jan 2006,

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread James Sanderson
ah ha! Here's the catch! and the reason for my not being able to boot to Open Firmware on the WS II. And why Kristina can't do it either. Now I know the rest of the story! Again, ta! J Sanderson On 2 Jan 2006, at 22:48, John McGibney wrote: Isn't the Lombard too old a design for Open

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread James Sanderson
If this is so, and Clark says he could do this on a WS, I wonder what I was doing wrong. Still, the suggestion in the past has been to start with the memory. If it's the L2 cache (which is a memory register--if that's the right term), you'll have to swap with a compatible processor card.

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread Caleb Cupples
If it's the L2, it shouldn't be doing that. To me, it sounds like a failing hard drive or a corrupted partition, but that's my just my Windoze experience talking. Personally, I'd use the chance to go ahead and upgrade to OS X, but that's just what I'd do. It all depends on how much RAM you

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread Kristina
on 1/3/06 5:11 AM, James Sanderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ah ha! Here's the catch! and the reason for my not being able to boot to Open Firmware on the WS II. And why Kristina can't do it either. Now I know the rest of the story! According to Apple: Beginning with Power Macintosh

G3 Wallstreet CDROM drive tray won't open all the way

2006-01-03 Thread Edward Felberbaum
I recently became the proud owner of an Apple G3 Wallstreet. The CDROM drive, M2451, has a problem where when the drive is opened, the tray only slides out *half way*. The tray only extends to the point where about half of the spindle (the center part that grabs onto the CD hole) is visible. Out

Re: Lombard Wireless Woes

2006-01-03 Thread Art Richard
Caleb, When you encounter a web page that has problems in Safari it is because the page creater did not follow the standards (Windows and Explorer do not follow the standards, Safari does). There is a solution: In Safari, you can use the Debug menu to display web pages as if you were

Re: Memory Issues, Sighs and the anguish of helplessness...

2006-01-03 Thread illovox
Nevertheless, the problem sounds like a memory issue, and Wegener is not an irreproachable concern. Don't sigh, LEARN. It's a 5 minute operation and instructions are posted on the web. The memory is new...Wegener installed max memory when we replace the processor...in September or

Re: G3 Wallstreet CDROM drive tray won't open all the way

2006-01-03 Thread John McGibney
I had a similar problem with my PB1400, it was the ribbon cable on the bottom. There was a kink in it. I had to tape it out of the way. John On Jan 3, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Edward Felberbaum wrote: I recently became the proud owner of an Apple G3 Wallstreet. The CDROM drive, M2451, has a

HD not mounting on Boot?

2006-01-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
AlBk 1.5GHz 512MB OS X.3.9 This comp won't finish booting as of last night. Verbose mode shows: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start after command - e2ed //5 more iterations// disk0s3: I/O error. //something about not being journaled or not being able to read journaled// disk0s3: I/O error. //9

Re: HD not mounting on Boot?

2006-01-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 3, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: Using FW Target mode - (now stuck) CD and HD initially appear. I managed to see part of a directory before the spinning ball appeared. Prior to all of this, life was good. The only recently installed app was Firefox late New Year's

How to open .ASPX files with Safari

2006-01-03 Thread Clem Bacani
Hello Guys, I am using Safari as my browser but it could not open .aspx files except when you have to go to Explorer and save it from there and open it with preview. Safari will attempt to open it in other window but it remains blank until eternity. Is there a plug in that I have to

Re: Memory Issues, Sighs and the anguish of helplessness...

2006-01-03 Thread Kristina
I can and do learn...tho our techie abilities on our iPod were expensive...requiring a trip to the techrestore folks. I can give it go if the instruction are clear and warnings emphasized. I did replace my HD in this Lombard myself...preen Question: What did you mean by Wegener is not an

Re: Advice Needed - Wallstreet upgrade

2006-01-03 Thread Frank Dutra
Thanks to everyone who answered usb problem turned out to be a bad port on the OWC elite. At 3:36 PM -0500 1/3/06, Frank Dutra wrote: Can I use Carbon Copy Cloner to duplicate my G4 desktop (dual 450 gigabit ethernet) without any problems (missing drivers/control panels)? I don't

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread themacuser
Yeah, the Lombard does have OF. I've used OpenFirmware on a 3400 before as well. On 03/01/2006, at 3:45 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: The Lombard does have OF, because I've used it before. It's a NewWorld machine, similar to the Pismo. HTH, Caleb On Monday, Jan 2, 2006, at 23:08

Re: Memory Issues, Sighs and the anguish of helplessness...

2006-01-03 Thread William Ove
On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:26 PM, G-Books wrote: I did replace my HD in this Lombard myself...preen Question: What did you mean by Wegener is not an irreproachable concern. [snip] Built in memory test has detected a problem. Please contact a service technician for advice. SO is it an L2 cache

Re: Memory Issues, Sighs and the anguish of helplessness...

2006-01-03 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
From: Kristina mhamster earthlink.net I can and do learn...tho our techie abilities on our iPod were expensive...requiring a trip to the techrestore folks. I can give it go if the instruction are clear and warnings emphasized. I did replace my HD in this Lombard myself...preen If you can

sticky drawer on Pismo DVD drive

2006-01-03 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
I've been trying to sort out a Lombard for my father in law and I have a 6x DVD drive that seems to work OK once you get the drive closed. The drawer binds as I try and close it, sometimes I have to open it and clse it several times before I can get it to close all the way. Once it's closed it