Re: power outage causes loss of video dual 1.8 G5

2011-02-01 Thread Dan
At 9:45 PM -0600 2/1/2011, Charles Lenington wrote: Luck of the draw or brief power outage causes loss of video. Really got lucky. Steps to resolve: 1. Safe boot - no luck 2. Zap P-ram - worked all normal so far. (Gotta get new batteries for 6 backups). Sounds like you lucked out - it was just

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jack Countryman
On 2/1/11 10:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: The one we worked on last belonged to a friend...he's still got it...and its still liquid cooled. Label shows it as a dual 1.8. No such thing. Someone must have swapped cases. If it's truly liquid coo

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: The one we worked on last belonged to a friend...he's still got it...and its still liquid cooled. Label shows it as a dual 1.8. No such thing. Someone must have swapped cases. If it's truly liquid cooled, will show as one of these newer mo

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jack Countryman
On 2/1/11 9:35 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote: Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous owner on the auction site stated

power outage causes loss of video dual 1.8 G5

2011-02-01 Thread Charles Lenington
Luck of the draw or brief power outage causes loss of video. Really got lucky. Steps to resolve: 1. Safe boot - no luck 2. Zap P-ram - worked all normal so far. (Gotta get new batteries for 6 backups). Hopefully this will help others w/ same problem. -- You received this message because you ar

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Try zapping the pram. As soon as you hear the apple chime, hold down command+options+p+r. The computer will restart. Hold down the keys until it restarts three times. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - w

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: > On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote: >> Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little >> unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous >> owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no >

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Bruce
Jack Countryman wrote: While the 1.6 were single processor and air cooled, the dual 1.8 models I've seen have all been liquid cooled? Both had leakage problems and bad power supplies, probably shorted when the liquid drained down into the power supply. Haven't seen any single 1.8 models.

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: > On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote: >> Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little >> unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous >> owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no >

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jack Countryman
On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote: Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no monitor to test it. No hard drive and ram came with it. So it

Re: problems installing Leopard software on g4

2011-02-01 Thread Todd -
My G4 MDD kept hanging part way through Leopard install ended up to be Ram problem Todd On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:47 AM, akhoff18 wrote: > > > On Jan 31, 10:24 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > > > When it begins to restart, hold the Cmd-v keys and see what the > > verbose dialog says when it tries to b

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Miguel Garcia-Gell wrote: > G5 PPC. The firts thing is check for any posible leaking problem under the > processor, this can damage The power supply and also The mother board. 1.8ghz where never water cooled. Jeff Engle -- You received this message because you

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Miguel Garcia-Gell
G5 PPC. The firts thing is check for any posible leaking problem under the processor, this can damage The power supply and also The mother board. After that, every going to be a little be easy. Is a dual or single processor? On Feb 1, 2011, at 5:30 PM, jason wrote: > Hey folks. I acquired a (

Re: 1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 1, 2011, at 4:30 PM, jason wrote: We put a 10.4 dvd in it, but couldn't decide if we could hear it spin up or not. Check the PRAM battery, it's likely old and near dead. If the DVD drive has power, it likely spins up. If your keyboard has an eject key, see if you can open or close t

1.8 ghz g5 tower

2011-02-01 Thread jason
Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no monitor to test it. No hard drive and ram came with it. So it arrived today, and I installed tw

Re: HP Deskjet 1000 Printer Mac OS 10.4.11 Drivers

2011-02-01 Thread maryland1571
I just tried using Pacifist with the driver from softpedia you listed. I was able to find were the driver was located but was not able to get it to install. Hopefully I will have my other machines up soon, so I can use the printer with them. On Feb 1, 12:29 am, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Jan 31,

Re: Unstable PowerMac G4

2011-02-01 Thread t...@io.com
On Jan 31, 6:42 am, dc wrote: > I would get a new hard drive and do a clean install of 10.4, see if > that fixes things. Another possible cause of freezes is for the CPU heat sink grease to have dried out between your CPU and the heat sink. I'm not saying that the evidence points that way, bu

Re: problems installing Leopard software on g4

2011-02-01 Thread akhoff18
On Jan 31, 10:24 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > When it begins to restart, hold the Cmd-v keys and see what the   > verbose dialog says when it tries to boot from the DVD? > > The final line of the dialog, or a repeating line should give you a   > clue as to what the problem is hopefully. the final

Re: Fwd: my mac don´t have correct display image

2011-02-01 Thread Illirik Smirnov
Uhh, we need a LOT more info. Please provide for greatliest service and goodness by happy email list. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Geke wrote: > Display: So what do you see? > > No installations: Do you mean you can’t install programs? Which ones > have you tried? > > Which version OS are you

Re: Dual G5 Dilemma

2011-02-01 Thread Illirik Smirnov
I'd trade a stock card for a flashed one! My dual needs a new one for UT2004... The G5 is still a great piece of hardware and it is not unwise to keep it in spite of its few issues. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:18 AM, imrazor wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 6:24 am, dc wrote: >> On Jan 26, 3:50 pm, imraz

Re: Hard drive failing!

2011-02-01 Thread Illirik Smirnov
Hitachi seems to be doing very well. I have a 1TB drive in my Quad G5 that works fantastically, with 64MB! cache. Paid $129ish for it last year; got it from a local parts store. Better than the old IBM DeathStars they inherited. Either way, I'd take 1TB/64M/7200 over 2TB/32M/7200. Most important i

Re: Fwd: my mac don´t have correct display image

2011-02-01 Thread Geke
Display: So what do you see? No installations: Do you mean you can’t install programs? Which ones have you tried? Which version OS are you using? Do you have administrator rights? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop M

Re: Dual G5 Dilemma

2011-02-01 Thread Ross
On Jan 31, 3:32 pm, imrazor wrote: > On Jan 31, 7:03 am, Ross wrote: > > > What's your so-called dilemma? Get the BIG-ASS electrical load off the > > DP G5 circuit. Try running the Intel and !!!heater!!! off of separate > > circuits. HEATER! Damn, with a DP G5, you should be looking for AC, > >

Re: problems installing Leopard software on g4

2011-02-01 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 31, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > >> Is that machine capable of having Leopard installed through normal channels? >> Don't you need an Installation Helper app, or clone the OS X from another >> successful installation for machines less than 1GHz processor power? Leopard req

Re: Dual G5 Dilemma

2011-02-01 Thread Richard Gerome
The cheapest way to do this is get a long 12gage or 14gage extension cord and find a different circuit (outlet) to plug into that's not on the heater circuit... Unless you are in a different country then the USA... Get a heavy duty extension cord for it... -Original Message- >Fro