Re: hard drive question

2004-12-07 Thread Joe Crow
0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Are there any hard drive brands to stay away from when shopping for a larger drive for a Pismo? xxxxxx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I lear

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Joe Crow
On Oct 8, 2004, at 5:22 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: Joe Crow said: Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow
Both. I've tried it plugged in and on battery. xxxxxx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is spo

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow
On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the exp

Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow
at? And what do I do about it? xxxxxx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog El

DVD burning in OS X

2004-06-07 Thread Joe Crow
X file is labeled LGCDR.device-plugin, but I don't know where it goes. I tried putting it in the extensions folder, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Profiler still says burning isn't supported. Any advice from the pros? xxxx

Re: Pismo DVD Failure/ Iraq laptop

2004-05-05 Thread Joe Crow
these out: http://search-desc.ebay.com/gcc-4240n_W0QQhtZ1QQsatitleZgccQ2d4240nQQsosortp ropertyZ1QQsotextsearchedZ2 The one I've got is the LG version, but they've got some HP ones up there for dirt cheap. Worth checking out. -------- -- Jo

Re: Pismo improvement

2003-12-07 Thread Joe Crow
ea on the price for the new one? I'll be in the market for a chip upgrade early next year, after I pop in a new hard drive. -- Joe Crow "Hierarchy was invented to regulate human relations with imaginary beings, and it still performs that function quite admirably. In the shadow of that

Re: Pismo Battery and DVD problems

2003-12-04 Thread Joe Crow
got a 3rd party CD-R/DVD-ROM drive and dropped it into the tray from the old drive. After I found the burner software update, everything worked great. Plus, now I can play the LOTR Extended Editions. Yay! -- Joe Crow "I am a scientist, I seek to understand me" - Guided By Voices -

Re: CD/RW drive question

2003-11-26 Thread Joe Crow
The chair recognizes Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make it good... > go to xlr8yourmac.com and look through their CDRW stuff there. There > may be updated driver files there for that model. Danke, herr. Found 'em, replaced 'em, all is good now. --Joe Crow -Everything I ne

CD/RW drive question

2003-11-26 Thread Joe Crow
G GCC-4240N DVD-ROM CD/RW drive. Anybody know how to remedy this? New driver, Disk Burner update, something? --Joe Crow -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Do

Re: Reasonable turnaround time to replace DVD-ROM module?

2003-11-18 Thread Joe Crow
27;s almost up anyway. Then the upgrading begins. --Joe Crow -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Pismo CPU upgrade question.

2003-10-01 Thread Joe Crow
expect to jump to OSX soonish. So, the question. Is there any real consensus as to which option (G3/900 or G4/500) is more useful and/or powerful? Anybody out there made the jump and care to give some testimonials? --Joe Crow -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart pe