Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Tom
It sounds like you have a CD drive in your BW G3. They came with a CD only drive. Most if not all of the OS x disks 10.3 and above are DVD disks and require a combo CD/DVD drive of one flavor or another. Back when Apple would exchange ones newly purchased OS DVD for CDs. What would fit on 1 or 2

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 8:59 AM -0800 11/19/10, as Tom so eloquently wrote: It sounds like you have a CD drive in your BW G3. They came with a CD only drive. Most if not all of the OS x disks 10.3 and above are DVD disks and require a combo CD/DVD drive of one flavor or another. Back when Apple would

USB stick read only

2010-11-19 Thread Geke
What could be wrong -- and how do I fix it! -- if a USB stick is mounted as read only? I’m logged in with a non-limited account, and in the past, the stick could be written to just fine. I’m talking about a G4 digital audio here with 10.4.11, the USB stick is plugged into a powered hub, and I

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D What does the verbose message say when you try to boot a disc using Cmd-v? Are you certain the jumpers aren't in conflict on the drives? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: USB stick read only

2010-11-19 Thread Gus
I have a little san disk that plugs into an adapter that I use on my usb to store data. On my san disk there is a little white tab that you can move up and down that write protects it. I don't know the specifics of your device, but it wouldn't surprise me that it didn't have a write protect

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Clark Martin
On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Tom wrote: It sounds like you have a CD drive in your BW G3. They came with a CD only drive. Most if not all of the OS x disks 10.3 and above are DVD disks and require a combo CD/DVD drive of one flavor or another. Back when Apple would exchange ones newly

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 1:29 PM -0600 11/19/10, as Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: On Nov 19, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D What does the verbose message say when you try to boot a disc using Cmd-v? It says it cannot connect with the DVD drive. Are you certain the

Re: USB stick read only

2010-11-19 Thread Dan
At 11:24 AM -0800 11/19/2010, Geke wrote: G4 digital audio 10.4.11 the USB stick is plugged into a powered hub, and I think it's formatted FAT32. What could be wrong -- and how do I fix it! -- if a USB stick is mounted as read only? If the stick is actually formatted NTFS then it will be

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: What does the verbose message say when you try to boot a disc using Cmd-v? It says it cannot connect with the DVD drive. I've never heard of such a message in the verbose dialog? Sounds like a hardware issue which you won't fix by changing

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 3:37 PM -0600 11/19/10, as Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I've never heard of such a message in the verbose dialog? Sounds like a hardware issue which you won't fix by changing discs. Sorry, I paraphrased. Anyway I got a black label Panther and it's installed. I'd rather do

G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-19 Thread M Christol
I got some RAM to upgrade my G5 2.5x2 I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. I noticed it's 2.6 volt the manual says to use 2.5 volt Is that gonna be a deal breaker? - xx 000

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

2010-11-19 Thread Ashgrove
On Nov 13, 11:56 pm, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: On 11/13/10 4:57 PM, Tom wrote: Thanks much, everybody. Well, you've convinced me that I need to move up into the Intel world for the sort of work I do, but I think I'll have to get a tower rather than an iMac or Mini,

Re: AGP Video Card for a 30 Dell UltraSharp?

2010-11-19 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:54 PM, dc wrote: On Nov 15, 12:32 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Is there a DA Dual 533 or QS 2002 Dual 1GHz AGP Video Card for a 30 Dell UltraSharp? Inexpensive flashable AGP cards, and flashing instructions, available? GeForce 6200 / 256 MB

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: Sorry, I paraphrased. Anyway I got a black label Panther and it's installed. I'd rather do Tiger but everyone wants too much $ If you have any Tiger DVD (including grey ones), which I believe you have, you should be able to install Tiger. I

Re: G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, M Christol wrote: I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. My G5 is VERY picky about how the RAM is seated. In my experience, all computers that require matched sets are difficult. I've reseated and restarted my G5 perhaps 18-20 times before,

Re: G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-19 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Nov 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, M Christol wrote: I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. My G5 is VERY picky about how the RAM is seated. In my experience, all computers that require matched sets are difficult. I've reseated

Re: USB stick read only

2010-11-19 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, If you are real lucky, it will be the write protect switch mentioned earlier. I like drives with those switches. If you are less lucky, it may be a USB drive failure. Flash drives have a limited number of times they can be written. When the controller on the drive detects that it