Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-12-01 Thread Tom and Lisa P
Interesting idea. Does a WS II CPU work on a WS I? I upgraded the processor to the 292MHz limit after I bought the machine 'cause 233 was just too slwww. What's BGA? Jim Sanderson A WS2 CPU will work fine on a WS1 motherboard. Just not the other way around. BGA stands for Ball Gr

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread James Sanderson
Interesting idea. Does a WS II CPU work on a WS I? I upgraded the processor to the 292MHz limit after I bought the machine 'cause 233 was just too slwww. What's BGA? Jim Sanderson On 30 Nov 2005, at 17:39, Tom and Lisa P wrote: WS on Jaguar I remember when I had all sorts of

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread Tom and Lisa P
WS on Jaguar I remember when I had all sorts of issues with mine. All those kinds problems went away with the upgrade to Panther. With the comp not recognising the RAM, that's probably to do with the processor. One person suggested now might be the time to take advantage of Daystar's G4

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread James Sanderson
In a message dated 11/30/05 11:09:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Say, another question: What screen are you using with your Wallstreet? I think I remember surmizing awhile back that the brightness issue may be because my friend has a 12.1" active matrix (not the more common 12.1" passive

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread Mike Kauspedas
On Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at 02:09 PM, Clark Martin wrote: The backlight going out is a common problem with the Wallstreet. The fix is fairly simple. Restart into OS 9. Sleep the computer. Wake the computer. Restart into OS X. At this point Startup Disk usually freezes. Do a thr

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread James Sanderson
WS on Jaguar I remember when I had all sorts of issues with mine. All those kinds problems went away with the upgrade to Panther. With the comp not recognising the RAM, that's probably to do with the processor. One person suggested now might be the time to take advantage of Daystar's

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread GalBros
In a message dated 11/30/05 11:09:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>That may not have anything to do with your RAM problem. 10.2.8 does >>that to many WS -- you need to press the brightness button below the >>display once startup has reached the desktop. > >I can bear witness to that... a fri

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-30 Thread GalBros
In a message dated 11/29/05 5:48:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >That may not have anything to do with your RAM problem. 10.2.8 does >that to many WS -- you need to press the brightness button below the >display once startup has reached the desktop. I can bear witness to that... a friend ha

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-29 Thread Gene Osburn
Well, it does actually see the RAM because it boots to OS X, but here's the weird thing. Everything is fine and I see the apple and the spinning lines, then the screen goes really dark, like the backlight shuts off. That may not have anything to do with your RAM problem. 10.2.8 does that t

Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-29 Thread Clark Martin
Well, it does actually see the RAM because it boots to OS X, but here's the weird thing. Everything is fine and I see the apple and the spinning lines, then the screen goes really dark, like the backlight shuts off. I can barely see what's on it. If I try and login it throws back an error sayin

WSII won't see RAM in top slot

2005-11-29 Thread Mike Kauspedas
Well, it does actually see the RAM because it boots to OS X, but here's the weird thing. Everything is fine and I see the apple and the spinning lines, then the screen goes really dark, like the backlight shuts off. I can barely see what's on it. If I try and login it throws back an error saying