Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:30 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > Well... I should have read the fine print. If those cutstom processors > are only upgrades from the ones of IBM and Motorola, then ok. look, > these days Ican barely trust anyone with fixing my Macs. First they > will say that it has alot of p

Re: Basic Video card question....

2010-04-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: taping pins 3& 11? what are you talking about? If this is some new technique, this better work... o_O Obviously you're new to Macs. The x2 & x4 AGP PowerMacs originally came with cards with ADC ports that carry 28v power for to Apple ADC

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Well... I should have read the fine print. If those cutstom processors are only upgrades from the ones of IBM and Motorola, then ok. look, these days Ican barely trust anyone with fixing my Macs. First they will say that it has alot of problems, then they charge me big bucks, and return it to me ru

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread James Therrault
On Apr 2, 2010, at 11:01 PM, Albert Carter wrote: This might be off-topic but fits with this response: John, You are only partially correct here. If you mean that AMD is CURRENTLY consistently behind Intel you would be correct, however AMD has in the past be ahead of Intel: 1) In 2006 AMD wa

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread Albert Carter
This might be off-topic but fits with this response: John, You are only partially correct here. If you mean that AMD is CURRENTLY consistently behind Intel you would be correct, however AMD has in the past be ahead of Intel: 1) In 2006 AMD was the first to release a fully 64-bit processor 2) In

Re: Basic Video card question....

2010-04-02 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
taping pins 3& 11? what are you talking about? If this is some new technique, this better work... o_O On 4/2/10, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > I would use a video card that has 256MB of VRAM. Most of my computers > have that as a minimum, even though i almost never use graphics > intensive programs, b

Re: Basic Video card question....

2010-04-02 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
I would use a video card that has 256MB of VRAM. Most of my computers have that as a minimum, even though i almost never use graphics intensive programs, but just in case i have it there, it will be there. I reccommend an Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT with 256MB of VRAM. It can also have an extra 128MB of

Re: F/S Large Apple/Mac Collection

2010-04-02 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
yes i would. On 4/2/10, Bill Connelly wrote: > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: > >> Is there any one on this list who would be interested >> in a large Apple/Mac Collection in Ohio ? >> Wm. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a >> group for t

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

2010-04-02 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Hey guys i have a question. i also have a PM G4 sawtooth graphite, and i absolutely hate that ATI RAGE 128PRO. Would a flashed Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX440 work? It is a PC card. with 64MB RAM. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

2010-04-02 Thread Noah
On Apr 2, 4:42 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: > > The OEM Apple Radeon 7500 from the 2002 Quicksilver is ADC & VGA ports   > only, so if your Radeon 7500 has a DVI port, it's definitely a flashed   > PC card rather than an OEM Apple card. Since there was only one

Re: Your next G4 project!

2010-04-02 Thread dc
On Apr 1, 4:54 pm, John Niven wrote: > http://www.weirdomatic.com/funny-mailboxes.html > Check out the very last photo for your next G4 project! Thank you! For years I've been wondering what to do with the OEM case from my upgraded Cube, now my life has meaning again! -- You received this messa

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

2010-04-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: An ATI Radeon 7500's currently connected to my DVI monitor (as opposed to a VGA connection and it used to be to a different monitor). The OEM Apple Radeon 7500 from the 2002 Quicksilver is ADC & VGA ports only, so if your Radeon 7500 has a DVI port,

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

2010-04-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: I bought an ATI Radeon 7500 and popped it in. This is an Apple OEM Radeon 7500? The Apple OEM Radeon 7500 was kinda rare, it only came in the 2002 Quicksilver G4. AFAIK there is only one Mac firmware for the 7500, it was the original version 222. You

Re: TiBook charger

2010-04-02 Thread Clark Martin
On 4/1/10 1:57 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: Hi All I just got a TiBook 800, really nice piece everything works OK except the power adapter never turns green, even though the battery is fully charged and shows 100%. The adapter is good because I use it on other machines. Is this an indication of impen

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

2010-04-02 Thread Clark Martin
On 4/2/10 12:15 PM, Noah wrote: Hello group. I've got a Sawtooth (450 MHz) with some issues surrounding the display and most likely the video card. The machine has been used as a server for a long time and recently I wanted to put it in production. I moved the machine to a new location and did

Sawtooth Video card/display issue

2010-04-02 Thread Noah
Hello group. I've got a Sawtooth (450 MHz) with some issues surrounding the display and most likely the video card. The machine has been used as a server for a long time and recently I wanted to put it in production. I moved the machine to a new location and did a fresh installation of Tiger on

Re: F/S Large Apple/Mac Collection

2010-04-02 Thread Bill Connelly
On Apr 2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Is there any one on this list who would be interested in a large Apple/Mac Collection in Ohio ? Wm. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focu

F/S Large Apple/Mac Collection

2010-04-02 Thread Wm. Arnold
Is there any one on this list who would be interested in a large Apple/Mac Collection in Ohio ? Wm. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.c

Re: Basic Video card question....

2010-04-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: Its got an AGP slot on the board, & I was wondering what I could put in it to give it a bit more oomph in the graphics department. A PCI graphics card has throughput of 1/2 AGP. The slowest Mac AGP slot is AGP x2, so minimally a the slowest

Re: Basic Video card question....

2010-04-02 Thread Steve Thompson
On 02/04/2010 06:17, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: alrighty then, i guess you are good to go... im i right? If so, then i am glad that i helped you out. any time you have a question about macs or pcs, come to me. -- Hi I've got one of these in my G4, ATI Radeon 9200: Chipset Model:ATY,RV280

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Apple uses PPC CPUs made by Freescale also. Freescale is the name of the chip manufacturer formerly known as Motorola. -- Bruce -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 des

Re: G5 and M-audio crash on boot

2010-04-02 Thread billycar_G3-5
This is the behavior I referred to above (I don't know what other audio card to suggest): Having recently downloaded a lot of upgrades (FCE 4, Quicktime, iTunes, Security update, etc) ... I just got 3 kps in a row ... 2 between restart using the Programmer's button ... 1 on next Cold Boot ... fin

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread John Musbach
On 4/2/10, James Therrault wrote: > JT > > (Who still wishes that Apple would have selected (or bought) AMD) uh why? AMD is consistently behind intel and has had financial troubles. Intel constantly leads in x86 technology and has had a stable financial record. Selecting AMD instead of intel woul

Re: G5 and M-audio crash on boot

2010-04-02 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
On 4/1/10 7:41 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: A bit off topic, but maybe somebody here has some ideas! My G5 2.0 Duely with Tiger (10.4.11) will often hang on boot - all the fans running full speed and the dreaded screen saying "hold down power

OpenGL and GeForce4 MX or ATI Radeon 9800Pro

2010-04-02 Thread Bill Connelly
Any Final Cut Express 4 users on the list? Most people on the Apple Support Forum are requiring 1.25GHz Macs or better for a discussion ... Two Macs here: Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz and Digital Audio Dual 533 G4s I'm trying to use FCE 4 for the first time, and have mild concerns about the "e

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

2010-04-02 Thread James Therrault
On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:44 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:41 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: It's much more reasonable to buy a 1.25Ghz PowerPC G4 processor upgrade rather that the ones you see, because you don't know what processors they are, and who knows what could be in them, i