RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Robert Long
thanks ksam 279 I really appreciate all you people are doing to help me. I know a little about my macs but not too much. I could not even begin to know how to upgrade or fix one. Robert Long From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:32:54 -0700 To: g

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 21, 2009, at 9:08 PM, Ross wrote: > > As regards the QS systems and the MDD, all have PCI-X slots.. PCI-X > cards are usually backward compatible with PCI slots, though the > actual bandwidth takes a considerable hit. Sorry, Ross. PCI X did not make an appearance until the G5s. And not i

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread Ross
On Dec 21, 10:33 am, toothgrisle wrote: >    I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card. >    Most of the options that I've come across do not support OS 10.3, > and even the "factory page" varies on more than a few of them relative > to this.  Perhaps I need to know what works, instead of what i

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread Ross
On Dec 21, 10:33 am, toothgrisle wrote: >    I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card. >    Most of the options that I've come across do not support OS 10.3, > and even the "factory page" varies on more than a few of them relative > to this.  Perhaps I need to know what works, instead of what i

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread Brett M. Roby
A message from "John Carmonne" on 12/21/09 12:59 PM, using the e-mail , contained the following: > Sounds pretty good to me, what about audio does the Bluray player connect to > my stereo. > also can I play an image thru the player or is a disk necessary? > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda USA > > 25

Re: Lost finder and desktop Indo

2009-12-21 Thread Dan
At 3:28 PM -0700 12/21/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, BlackShark Films wrote: > > and somehow lost all my non MAc apps and desltop >> screen. I am limited to Safari, calculator and MacMail. If I download >> something like Quicktime update it goes through but i cannot se

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Kasey Smith
yes, you have it right. On Dec 21, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Robert Long wrote: > Here is what is on my G3 ser. SB913SWCG9D > ETHERNET ID *00 50 E4D8 6A* 310 MHZ 512K CACHE 64 MB SDRAM HD CDR > I think this chip speed, cache and > memory sdram and no dvd > right? > Rob

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Robert Long
Here is what is on my G3 ser. SB913SWCG9DETHERNET ID *00 50 E4D8 6A* 310 MHZ 512K CACHE 64 MB SDRAM HD CDR I think this chip speed, cache and memory sdram and no dvdright? Robert Long From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge Date: Mon, 21 Dec 200

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Robert Long
Hello guys and gals, here is what I found on my G3 Ser. SB913SWCG9DEthernet ID *00 50 E4 D8 6A*310 mhz 512 k cache 64 mb sdram HD CDrom So you are right, no DVD but I have some good suggestions for which to install. I'll pick up some more ram and then go from there. I have a disk fo

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, I have a G4 Power Mac AGP Graphics that I purchased new from Apple in 1999, 1.75Gb RAM Memory and an up-grade to a 1.25Ghz G4 processor. I'm using the ACARD 6280M which seams to run just fine. I've had it installed for about 2 years. However the 6280M doesn't accept any external connec

Re: User can't mount dmg files in 10.3.9

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: > After a couple of days on the web and performing a dozen or so > recommendations including AppleJack, emptying system caches, and > editing the /etc/hostconfig file I was getting really upset. > > Today I set up a new user with no privileges a

Re: Lost finder and desktop Indo

2009-12-21 Thread Clark Martin
Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, BlackShark Films wrote: > >> Hi All: I Used Disk Warrior (on my MAc G4 notebook) to clean up >> some disc slowness > > Don't do that. Disk Warrior does not 'fix some disk slowness'. > > Disk Warrior is NOT a 'maintenance tool', any more than

User can't mount dmg files in 10.3.9

2009-12-21 Thread Doug McNutt
"error 95" "no mountable file systems" is the error message and searching with Google on that pair of strings generates a bunch of postings and links to Apple knowledge-base offerings which explain that it's a known bug which "sometimes" can be fixed. It's found on 10.3 and 10.4 On 6/24/09, Kr

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread Clark Martin
John Carmonne wrote: > On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:09 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >> >>> Can I just buy a player and connect my monitor to it or do I have to >>> have aTV? >> >> You mentioned an HDMI connector? Then yes all you need is a player.

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Robert Long wrote: > > Thanks Bruce, I looked at mine it is just a CD no DVD but I am going > to put in one. Which is best in your advice to add?? Well, just about any ATA DVD-/+ R-RW is usable with OS X 10.4.11. You may have to to use PatchBurn to get it fully r

power install guide

2009-12-21 Thread b3buck
Does anyone know of a site that will hold my hand for a powermac 8600 power supply replacement? Pictures prefered. I was returned a loaner with a new tranny in hand. No idea how to hook up all the cables. Thanks in advance..Buck -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: Lost finder and desktop Indo

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, BlackShark Films wrote: > > Hi All: I Used Disk Warrior (on my MAc G4 notebook) to clean up > some disc slowness Don't do that. Disk Warrior does not 'fix some disk slowness'. Disk Warrior is NOT a 'maintenance tool', any more than removing the cylinder head and

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > As Bruce was saying all you need is the stand-a-lone player > connected to > your screen via HDMI. I believe you can also use a DVI-to-HDMI adapter cable from a computer to a TV, but since there is no Blu-ray player for PPC Macs, this would

Re: Lost finder and desktop Indo

2009-12-21 Thread Kasey Smith
well, it looks like reinstall time... On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, BlackShark Films wrote: > > Hi All: I Used Disk Warrior (on my MAc G4 notebook) to clean up > some disc slowness and somehow lost all my non MAc apps and desltop > screen. I am limited to Safari, calculator and MacMail. If I

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Robert Long
Thanks Bruce, I looked at mine it is just a CD no DVD but I am going to put in one. Which is best in your advice to add?? Robert Long > From: john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:11:34 -0700 > > > On Dec 20, 2

Lost finder and desktop Indo

2009-12-21 Thread BlackShark Films
Hi All: I Used Disk Warrior (on my MAc G4 notebook) to clean up some disc slowness and somehow lost all my non MAc apps and desltop screen. I am limited to Safari, calculator and MacMail. If I download something like Quicktime update it goes through but i cannot see it. I cannot use the

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Robert Long
Thanks, I'll take a look Robert Long From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:24:16 -0700 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Try looking on the back, below the power plugs. There should be a sticker that has two barcodes and says something like 400MHZ/1MB CA

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 21/12/09 3:59 PM, "John Carmonne" wrote: > > On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> You mentioned an HDMI connector? Then yes all you need is a player. >> >> >> > Sounds pretty good to me, what about audio does the Bluray player connect to > my stereo. > also can I play

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:59 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > Sounds pretty good to me, what about audio does the Bluray player > connect to my stereo. Depends on the player but yeah most have at least component audio out. If your monitor has speakers, the HDMI input carries audio as well. See the m

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:09 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > >>> >>> >> Can I just buy a player and connect my monitor to it or do I have to >> have aTV? > > > You mentioned an HDMI connector? Then yes all you need is a player. > > -- > Bruce

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Kasey Smith
Try looking on the back, below the power plugs. There should be a sticker that has two barcodes and says something like 400MHZ/1MB CACHE/64MB SDRAM/6GB HD/DVD-ROM/KB This means that the machine has a 400MHz CPU, 1MB of CPU cache, 64MB of RAM, a 6GB hard drive, a DVD-ROM drive (and a DVD decod

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > toothgrisle wrote: >>I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card. snip > > I have the SeriTek/1S2 in my GigaBit Ethernet G4. I have the same card in my Digital Audio. Works fine for me in 10.3, . 4 and .5. Bootable with no problems. I have

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread Clark Martin
toothgrisle wrote: >I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card. >Most of the options that I've come across do not support OS 10.3, > and even the "factory page" varies on more than a few of them relative > to this. Perhaps I need to know what works, instead of what is > "supported"? >

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread Brett M. Roby
>From what I can tell, Sonnet makes a great PCI SATA card. One I¹ve recently been trying to procure is the RocketRAID 1520, which is a 2-port internal PCI SATA card. I believe all or most are compatible with 10.2 and up, although that¹s just going off of memory and I don¹t have data to back that up

PCI _ SATA Controller cards

2009-12-21 Thread toothgrisle
I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card. Most of the options that I've come across do not support OS 10.3, and even the "factory page" varies on more than a few of them relative to this. Perhaps I need to know what works, instead of what is "supported"? I have three Mac G4s, two Quick

Re: Firefox

2009-12-21 Thread Dan
At 1:40 AM -0600 12/21/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote: >Does anyone else notice that if you have Firefox automatically check >for Add-on updates that it makes it unresponsive whenever it finds >any? >I finally turned this feature off and hope this helps. It just did it to me. 3.6b5. - Dan. -- - P

Re: Burning music

2009-12-21 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/21/09 11:09 AM, Bruce Johnson of john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu sent > > On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: > >> I have burned some songs to disks and they play fine in a portable >> CD player (Walkman, kinda) but they will not play in my car - >> although regular music disks

Re: Burning music

2009-12-21 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/21/09 10:58 AM, Paul Stamsen of pjs...@bresnan.net sent > I have burned some songs to disks and they play fine in a portable CD player > (Walkman, kinda) but they will not play in my car - although regular music > disks do. > > What am I missing? > > P. Hi Paul, What year is your car

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Robert Long wrote: > > Mine is just blue side panels and front.I tried a OS 10 4 tiger > and it won't read the disk. You have a so-called 'Blue&White' G3 Mac; you can install 10.4 on it but if you cannot read the disk, you may have the CDRW-only optical dri

Re: Burning music

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: > I have burned some songs to disks and they play fine in a portable > CD player (Walkman, kinda) but they will not play in my car - > although regular music disks do. > > What am I missing? two main possibilities. 1) It's a disk full of M

Re: Burning music

2009-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
Paul Stamsen wrote: > I have burned some songs to disks and they play fine in a portable CD player > (Walkman, kinda) but they will not play in my car - although regular music > disks do. > > What am I missing? > > P. Some automotive CD players will not handle .mp3 files. How did you burn

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:09 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >> >> > Can I just buy a player and connect my monitor to it or do I have to > have aTV? You mentioned an HDMI connector? Then yes all you need is a player. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Gr

Burning music

2009-12-21 Thread Paul Stamsen
I have burned some songs to disks and they play fine in a portable CD player (Walkman, kinda) but they will not play in my car - although regular music disks do. What am I missing? P. -- A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weigh in other people's patien

FYI:Fan on video board.

2009-12-21 Thread Norm Rowe
FYI: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro My video became almost unreadable. After doing some trouble shooting I discovered that the fan on the ATI mac pro video board was rubbing on the heat sink. Disassembled and remounted the fan and all is well.  Just some I hope useful information. Norm -- You recei

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Robert Long
Larry, I think you are right. One of the next things on my list is another drive with DVD w & rw. More memory and then open to all suggestions. Robert Long Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:28:36 -0500 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com From: lde...@comcast.net Subject: RE: Upgrade my Ge RE: Upgrad

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-21 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Mine is just blue side panels and front.I tried a OS 10 4 tiger and it won't read the disk. Robert Long I suspect that you B&W is not equipped with a DVD drive. Larry -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-21 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Brett M. Roby wrote: >> Thank you Brett it all seems so simple now. I do >> appreciate the other suggestions as well >> at least I know where some more things are stored and >> how they're accessed. >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda USA >> >> 25 kids all named Mac > > -