Re: My Quicksilver Dual 1GHz G4 has gone bizerk ...

2012-12-15 Thread Alex Sciortino
If that error is CPU cache replace it. My issue started with that and it refused to bong today. They are cheap enough. I would recommend a dual 800mhz or faster if you want to use it for anything other than a server. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: My Quicksilver Dual 1GHz G4 has gone bizerk ...

2012-12-15 Thread Bill Connelly
Late ... Breaking News ... According to another AHT run tonight, a Startup Error was reported: POST / 16 / 64 A google search produced a discussion, which one contributor says it possibly means some of the cpu cache is bad. This would explain the kernal panics, and shut downs at Startup, an

Re: My Quicksilver Dual 1GHz G4 has gone bizerk ...

2012-12-15 Thread Bill Connelly
Conatacting Bruce offline with (minus attachments here): On Dec 15, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 15, 2012, at 6:34 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: Another thing I just realized I have been doing ... plugging / unplugging my Firewire webcam while the system is booted up. Could th

Re: PowerMac G4 Processor

2012-12-15 Thread Bill Connelly
On Dec 15, 2012, at 7:49 PM, Alex Sciortino wrote: I ordered the 450mhz replacement. Are there any things I can do it improve my server's performance? Not an expert on this, but maybe adding an SATA PCI card and SATA drives. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group

Re: PowerMac G4 Processor

2012-12-15 Thread Alex Sciortino
I ordered the 450mhz replacement. Are there any things I can do it improve my server's performance? -- 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.

Re: PowerMac G4 Processor

2012-12-15 Thread Alex Sciortino
Ok thank you. I have found one for $20. Do you think that would be a fair price, or should I keep looking? -- 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://low

Re: PowerMac G4 Processor

2012-12-15 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> Hello. I have a dual 500mhz Powermac G4 that needs a new processor. I popped > it into my 400mhz Mystic and had the same issue of no boot. With the 400mhz > CPU both work fine. Where would I get a replacement and should I get the > sonnet 1ghz upgrade? This is used as a FTP server. My 450MHz un

Re: PowerMac G4 Processor

2012-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 15, 2012, at 11:45 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote: > Hello. I have a dual 500mhz Powermac G4 that needs a new processor. I popped > it into my 400mhz Mystic and had the same issue of no boot. With the 400mhz > CPU both work fine. Where would I get a replacement and should I get the > sonnet 1

PowerMac G4 Processor

2012-12-15 Thread Alex Sciortino
Hello. I have a dual 500mhz Powermac G4 that needs a new processor. I popped it into my 400mhz Mystic and had the same issue of no boot. With the 400mhz CPU both work fine. Where would I get a replacement and should I get the sonnet 1ghz upgrade? This is used as a FTP server. -- You received

Re: My Quicksilver Dual 1GHz G4 has gone bizerk ...

2012-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 15, 2012, at 6:34 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > Another thing I just realized I have been doing ... plugging / unplugging my > Firewire webcam while the system is booted up. > > Could that be a cause of my woes? Since Firewire is not hot-swappable? FW was designed from the beginning to be

Re: Throwing in the Towel

2012-12-15 Thread Richard Gerome
     I bought that 9800 for a friend's G4 466mhz Tower and never used it because I couldn't flash the rom... I maxed the ram, put in a 250G 7200rpm HD (only reads 128G) and a new DVD super drive and installed Tiger. They had this 23" monitor for it and I just left the orig video card in it. I had t

Re: My Quicksilver Dual 1GHz G4 has gone bizerk ...

2012-12-15 Thread Bill Connelly
Another thing I just realized I have been doing ... plugging / unplugging my Firewire webcam while the system is booted up. Could that be a cause of my woes? Since Firewire is not hot-swappable? I saw one time in my system log, that an Ecamm plugin was somewhat confused (I think) Maybe the

Re: My Quicksilver Dual 1GHz G4 has gone bizerk ...

2012-12-15 Thread Bill Connelly
I also ran AHT 1.2.6 on my QS 2002, and it showed no signs of problems. -- 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-list.shtml and ou

Attention all Minecraft players on PowerPC Macs Reguarding the MC 1.4.6 Update

2012-12-15 Thread Xion Dracari
while a good chunk of power PC Macs would probbly lag like heck on minecraft it is being stated that as of the 1.4.6 the LWJGL "Lightweight Java Game Library" in use by Minecraft will no longer be compatable with Java 1.5 (Java 5) avilable to PowerPC Users see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feat