Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-07 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 07/12/12 22:34, frrob ha scritto: > The "solution" I have found to this problem is (if it powered on and gave > me the flashing molex icon) is to manually power it down with the power > button, and (if it didn't power up at all just do this) unplug the machine > for 30 seconds to a minut

Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-07 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:37 PM, frrob wrote: My understanding is that the "tape on pins 3 &11 issue" applies to PC versions of the 9800 card flashed over to Mac, not to original Mac edition cards. This is an original Mac edition card. I don't think the pin 3 & 11 issues was PC vs. Mac cards, I

Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-07 Thread frrob
Kris: My understanding is that the "tape on pins 3 &11 issue" applies to PC versions of the 9800 card flashed over to Mac, not to *original* Mac edition cards. This is an original Mac edition card. Cards that have the pin issue will cause the machine to not power up *at all * if the pins are n

Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-07 Thread Kris Tilford
Isn't this the tape pins 3 & 11 issue?: -- 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.com/lists/g-li

MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-07 Thread frrob
Hello! I have a MDD G4, 1.25 GHz DP, 10.5.8. Last night I installed a Radeon 9800 Pro 128M AGP (DVI) card, replacing the stock Radeon 9000 68M (ADC). My main motivation for doing this was to have a 128M card, so as to run a larger monitor at full resolution. I didn't really look for the 9800 Pr

Re: imac g5 help needed asap

2012-12-07 Thread tina
Den Torsdag, 6/12 2012, 02:05, Valter Prahlad skrev: > Il giorno 06/12/12 01:57, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: > >> i had one behave exactly like this when I tried to boot it from a cd, >> and >> with no memory and harddrive installed > > AFAIK, with no memory the Mac should "beep" one time > (see htt