Re: Slow start-up on MDD FW800

2011-07-22 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:54 PM, Hal wrote: Any ideas? Safe boot holding the Shift key, then restart normally. -- 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:/

Re: Slow start-up on MDD FW800

2011-07-22 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 23-07-2011 5:54, Hal ha scritto: > Eventually I got the international "no" symbol > (circle with a diagonal line). It could be POST (Power On Self Test, testing hardware at boot) is finding something wrong. Do you have Apple Hardware Test disc? > I have tried a different CPU, > differen

Slow start-up on MDD FW800

2011-07-22 Thread Hal
Hi all, My FW800 is beginning to start up slowly. At first I'd get the gray start-up screen with the timer icon at the bottom but it would just keep going. Eventually I got the international "no" symbol (circle with a diagonal line). I have tried a different CPU, different hard drives, diffe

Re: sata

2011-07-22 Thread Dan
At 7:33 PM +0200 7/22/2011, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 22-07-2011 15:15, Dan ha scritto: > These new-fangled eco friendly drives aren't really something new, they're just spinning slower, 3200 or 4500rpm instead of 7200 or 1 - which makes them less expensive and higher profit. A sl

Re: sata

2011-07-22 Thread peterhaas
>> These new-fangled eco friendly drives aren't really something new, >> they're just spinning slower, 3200 or 4500rpm instead of 7200 or >> 1 - which makes them less expensive and higher profit. > > A slower spinning drive should also mean the drive is less mechanically > "stressed" and - the

Re: Stupified by Spotify

2011-07-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jul 22, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Isaac Smith wrote: On Jul 19, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Dan wrote: Anyone using Spotify? It seems to have just opened up to everybody; that or I finally got my invite. So I'm using it as of about 5 minutes ago. What's your experience? Big snip From the Harvard

Re: sata

2011-07-22 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 22-07-2011 15:15, Dan ha scritto: > These new-fangled eco friendly drives aren't really something new, > they're just spinning slower, 3200 or 4500rpm instead of 7200 or > 1 - which makes them less expensive and higher profit. A slower spinning drive should also mean the drive is le

Re: Stupified by Spotify

2011-07-22 Thread Isaac Smith
On Jul 19, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Dan wrote: > Anyone using Spotify? It seems to have just opened up to everybody; that or I finally got my invite. So I'm using it as of about 5 minutes ago. > What's your experience? It seems okay, although lacking in certain genres (or releases from certain rec

Re: imac g5 will not install 10.4/10.5 - dead hd or...?

2011-07-22 Thread Dan
At 2:47 AM +0200 7/21/2011, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: 17" imac g5, 1.8 ghz, 1.5 gb ram and a 150 gb hd 10.5 with all updates it started with an unwillingness to wake up from sleep, [snip] The symptoms you describe seem more like a failing HD than a power supply. Can you boot on an external drive?

Re: G4 hd fail

2011-07-22 Thread Dan
At 12:55 PM -0400 7/21/2011, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: G4 933, OS 10.4.11 Got the "spinning clock" (not the colorful beach ball) trying to boot. Finally, after many hours - got to boot off the 10.4 disk. Disk Utility found errors and couldnt repair it (can not unmount disk, invalid node struct

Re: sata

2011-07-22 Thread Dan
At 1:44 PM -0400 7/21/2011, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: Do the Sata drives use less power then ide or ultra ata? What Peter said, +... SATA drives tend to be slightly less power hungry just because they're based on newer technologies. The difference isn't all the much tho. The drive motor is