Re: ibook G4 Combo drive in Pismo?

2006-01-24 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Jan 24, 2006, at 7:17 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if a Combo drive from an iBook G4 12 1ghz would work in a Pismo? Thanks. Hi Yes it will it is just a straight drop into the pismo caddy but the face plate will not fit as it is slot loading. You can make one easy

Re: 10.4.4 and update for 15 Al PB's ?

2006-01-11 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:58 AM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, These items just popped up on Software Update - anybody installed either yet ? 10.4.4 seems to have some pretty extensive fixes that look useful but I have had some bad experiences with the OS X upgrades in the past so just being

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
I just subscribed to this list as I need some advice. Welcome to the best place for info i have found,(and they are sometimes friendly) I have a G3 500/384/20 Pismo with a disfunctional OEM DVD-ROM drive running 9.2.2 which is networked to an iMac G5 (1.8/1GB/super-drive) through a

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Tannis Baker wrote: If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. One more thing - what do you mean confident, Vicki? This machine has always worked beautifully for me - except for

Re: which ipod for a Pismo?

2005-12-29 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Dec 29, 2005, at 1:49 PM, david wrote: On Dec 29, 2005, at 7:14 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, I was wondering if anyone could please tell me which version of the ipod/s would work with a 400 mhz G3 Pismo laptop, 512 mb ram, firewire and usb 1 Hi I used a ipod mini with usb connection

Re: Firewall

2005-12-28 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Why don't you just go to the system prefs click on sharing and turn the firewall on that is built in to X. for the powerbook. For the windows just install the router software on it, 9 out of 10 times the router will come with fire wall software then you can configure the router via the

Re: Lombard wont boot from os9 CD

2005-12-26 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi James I would say that the drive you have in it is not bootable or has been set to slave do you have the drive that came with the book still if so stick that in and try again. if that does not work then it must be the media Is it original or been copied for back up because if it is

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi all if that is so then why does mac format give it 4.5 out of 5 as a mac router and it only dropped the .5 % because of the price even thought they are, roughly 30% cheaper that the airport base stations. I think That it is each to there own on the router side and what works for some may

Re: Dead Airport Base Station

2005-12-23 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi ~Alan I had the same with a graphite base station so i changed the card with a dell true mobile card and it now works fine just is seen as a different network name (but that could be changed if i wanted to very easy.) it is sat in my friends house serving his win 2k and ibook without

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-21 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Amanda I use a netgear wgt624 108mbps wireless router without problem. The router is very easy to set up and i have no troubles connecting a couple of laptops and a couple of desktops all via airport or wireless connections. It lets my mini connect at the full 54mbps airport extreme

Re: Anybody tried one of these: Motorola 802.11g PCMCIA WiFi wireless card WN825G

2005-12-20 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Dec 20, 2005, at 10:59 PM, B.L. wrote: Good evening fellow G-Bookies. I have a question for the list regarding pcmcia cards for the Lombard and any other powerbooks. I have in my G4 Sawtooth a Motorola WPCI810G 802.11g Wireless PCI Network Adapter that shows up in Apple Profiler as an

Ti book

2005-12-19 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi All after no reply to my last post i have done some digging and it seems that i am not alone in the symptoms i am having with my Ti. I downloaded the utility coconut battery and it says that the charge of my battery is 85% of the original also says that the battery has done 224 cycles

Re: Ti book

2005-12-19 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Ti battery, I'd be calling AppleCare and having a long discussion with them about it. Sorry I can't be much of a help, Caleb On Monday, Dec 19, 2005, at 08:40 America/Chicago, VICTORIA.DUGGAN wrote: is there a reset for the Ti battery like with the pismo one,?? TIA for any advice or help

ti and battery issues

2005-12-16 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi All Need help with the battery on my Ti. The book has stopped charging the battery It shows that the battery is there but just says calculating ...until full and will not charge the battery at all i have reset the pmu, i have tried it with the battery out to see if it notices the

Re: Tiger install fails on Pismo??

2005-12-13 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
First why the 8gb partition?? The pismo does not need it! Just install the os over the 9.2 on the second partition and then use the first 8 gb for extra storage, or just start again and format the full drive in one. Second i would try with just one of the ram chips in because tiger

Re: Universal Power Cord for Powerbook and Dell?

2005-12-07 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Dec 7, 2005, at 2:28 AM, Lists wrote: Realizing that some of you also live in two worlds when it comes to computers, I wonder if someone here might have any experience with a universal AC power adaptor which would work both with a Powerbook (15 1.5Ghz) and an Inspiron 700m. I need

Re: Why do I have to reset Airport for every security update?!

2005-11-30 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Zoltan Are you using an external g card or the built in airport, because i had this problem using a g card in the pcmcia slot changed to airport and all is fine. vicki On Dec 1, 2005, at 1:50 AM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Hello All, I've noticed that after the past year or so, EVERY

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

2005-11-28 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Clem If you are still getting 1 hr from the first battery and you use the mac like that then (that is great not good) To get better life try this. Go the the system prefs and select the energy saver settings, Then click the options tab. select the 1st and 2nd of the other options then

Re: unwanted network

2005-11-24 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Dan You need t o set the wireless to join a specific network (the one that you set as yours ) I am betting that you have your wireless set to just join automatically to the network so that you do not need to log on all the time. You can still do this but to a specific network only.

Re: iBook keyboards

2005-11-20 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Ruffin I think that if you want a keyboard that feels the same as the 500 ibook you need a Pismo with decent spec the Pismo is commanding a better price than I books at the moment! but on the up side the parts from your ibook G3 if the spec is good can be swapped into the Pismo (not

mac to windows printing

2005-11-15 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi All Need help I have just set up a Mac for my friend. and i need to know how to set up the printer so the mac can use it also, This is how the set up works. Windows desktop running XP connected to a Netgear router and the Router is connected to the cable modem for internet connection.

Re: Enabling Rendezvous printing

2005-11-15 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi I think you need to enable printer sharing in the system prefs/ sharing this should enable the printer to be accessed by all the mac on the network. vicki On Nov 15, 2005, at 9:07 PM, Dijkwel wrote: Hello listers, Recently acquired a Brother HL-2040 printer for use with my iBook G4

Re: Upgrade Hard Drive for Powerbook G4

2005-11-14 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Clem I think that the hdd size on the powerbook G4 is limited to how big the drives are made now. I think that 120gb is the largest, I just got a G4 Ti 1GHZ that had a 60gb drive in it and dropped a 80gb hdd in ,and i have put the 60gb hdd in another G4 Ti a 400mhz version, I do not

Lombard

2003-01-17 Thread victoria.duggan
Hi all just joined this list last week when I got a Ti. (not really sorry to say I have just swapped the Ti (it was the base model ) for a g3 333 lombard and a g3 Ibook with dvd cdrw and lots of ram. But the lombard has the standard 64mb in, is there a cheap sorce for ram out there or does anyone