On 2011/01/24 06:32, johnwd5 so eloquently wrote:
I have been offered a MDD tower with a bad psu. Can I use an iMac psu
in place and do I need to make any adjustments?
*Anything* is possible, but given the completely different form factors
of the two it isn't going to be easy. Doing the ATX
On Jan 24, 2011, at 6:32 AM, johnwd5 wrote:
I have been offered a MDD tower with a bad psu. Can I use an iMac psu
in place and do I need to make any adjustments?
No. MDD's take a special PSU, there are ways of modding standard ATX PSU's to
fit.
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Dear Listers,
My wife's iMac G5 is currently connected to a Lexmark laser printer
that works fine. She wants me to connect a color printer to the
iMac The problem is, I can't ADD any other printers to this
computer.
I have been talked through the process of adding printers (OS
10.4.11)
At 8:53 AM -0500 12/24/2010, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
iMac G5
OS 10.4.11
Canon Pixma MX300.
The iMac sees the new printer and it is listed as being connected to
the Mac via direct USB in System Profiler
Good.
but the iMac can't find the driver that the Canon tech and I
installed and
On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 AM, AndersFager wrote:
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a black screen with a
little blinking white square in the upper left corner. It feels like
the damned thing has gone Win 3.0 on me.
capacitors being those little silo-like things? No, they look ok.
And everything runs nicely from the Installer CD and from a Disk
Warior CD. I'll get a new drive.
Anders
It is a 2005 iMac g5 (ALS). It should have 3 Phillips screws on the
bottom. If it does, open it and look for signs of
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a black screen with a
little blinking white square in the upper left corner. It feels like
the damned thing has gone Win 3.0 on me. What can be done in this
enviroment?
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This is one of the older ones. Pre-intel.
On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 AM, AndersFager wrote:
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a black screen with a
little blinking white square in the upper left corner. It feels like
Gottick International wrote:
This is one of the older ones. Pre-intel.
All G5 computers are pre-intel.
Which G5 model is it?
On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:59 AM, AndersFager wrote:
I'm trying to get this iMac G5 to start from an installer disc in
order to format the new drive. And now I have a
Sorry. I wish I could tell you. powerMac 8.1 - is all that System
Info gives away. It has a 1.8hz processor. No built in camera. Does
that help? I can now get it to start on the Install Disc but it fails
to format the new drive in it. in/output error disk utiliity says.
Thanks for your
On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Gottick International wrote:
Sorry. I wish I could tell you. powerMac 8.1 - is all that System Info
gives away. It has a 1.8hz processor. No built in camera. Does that help? I
can now get it to start on the Install Disc but it fails to format the new
drive in
It is a 2005 iMac g5 (ALS). It should have 3 Phillips screws on the bottom. If
it does, open it and look for signs of leakage on the capacitors. Otherwise,
I'd say the hard drive is dead.
Mikeal Palulis
Kallisti Medias
On Nov 7, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com wrote:
On
Mactracker (http://www.mactracker.ca/) has a feature that lets you
choose which mac you have and it tells you the software package that
comes with it (the proper number on the install disk). I know it
seems like you are backing up, but I think I would just double check
and make sure you have the
It is definitely formatted correctly,
I think you're wrong. I believe you're confusing file system type and
partition map type? You probably have the correct file system (HFS+
journalled), but the wrong partition map type (should be Apple
partition map, you probably have Master Boot
On Sep 9, 8:14 pm, gifutiger gifuti...@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
Iamanamma, it sounds like you have tried everything, however if I my
suggest,
1. Reboot and do a PRAM reset.
2. Reboot and do a NVRAM reset.
3. Reboot to Install disk.
4. Not sure about 10.4.x as I've never had that
On Sep 10, 2010, at 6:25 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
On Sep 9, 8:14 pm, gifutiger gifuti...@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
Iamanamma, it sounds like you have tried everything, however if I my
suggest,
1. Reboot and do a PRAM reset.
2. Reboot and do a NVRAM reset.
3. Reboot to Install disk.
You have to pick at least one partition to get the option to fix the
partition map. Try again you're almost there:-)
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
carmo...@aol.com
Already did that. There is still no joy in Mudville.
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FWIW, the exact same thing happened to me with a G3 iBook. Everything
was right (formatting, the CDs), yet I couldn't install the software.
I finally gave up, cloned my Pismo HDD to it using CCC (both the
10.4.11 and the 9.2.2 partitions), and it worked.
I still don't know what happened...
Felix
On Sep 10, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
Already did that. There is still no joy in Mudville.
You still haven't been able to confirm that the partition map is the
correct Apple Partition Map. I'm almost certain you're going to find
out that you've got a HD that's formatted with
You still haven't been able to confirm that the partition map is the
correct Apple Partition Map. I'm almost certain you're going to find
out that you've got a HD that's formatted with Master Boot Record or
Open Disk Utility, highlight the HD (not a partition, the icon in the
What is a TDM?
Target Disk Mode, once known as Firewire Target Disk Mode. Boot the machine
up with the 'T' key held down, then connect via firewire cable to another OSX
system...the first computer will show up as a drive on the second.
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Yes, one of several reasons that has deterred me from owning an Intel
Mac. So many already APM-formatted great Firewire boot drives. But
the list of Intel-only apps keeps growing.
On Sep 10, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
You still haven't been able to confirm that the partition
On Sep 10, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Iamanamma wrote:
Now I am using my newly acquired TDM knowledge to
transfer the user account and all of its information from another iMac
to the one I've been working so hard to fix.
Better be a PPC iMac. Intel and PPC don't mix in Tiger, but are
totally mixed
Could you elaborate? Thanks.
On Sep 10, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
It is possible to make a dual boot HD for both Intel PPC, but it
MUST be Leopard, and it MUST have the correct partition map scheme.
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On Sep 10, 2010, at 3:47 PM, onelucent wrote:
Could you elaborate? Thanks.
On Sep 10, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
It is possible to make a dual boot HD for both Intel PPC, but it MUST be
Leopard, and it MUST have the correct partition map scheme.
You can boot only with
This is what I have:
iMac G5
Power Mac 8,1
Power PC G5
Install disk set Mac OS X 10.4
When I try to install the operating system I get the following
message:
This software cannot be installed on this computer.
Why not? The hard drive has been zeroed. These are install disks for
a Power PC
On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
This is what I have:
iMac G5
Power Mac 8,1
Power PC G5
Install disk set Mac OS X 10.4
When I try to install the operating system I get the following
message:
This software cannot be installed on this computer.
Why not? The hard
You're using a machine specific install disk you need a Retail Universal disk.
John Carmonne
John: Are you serious? The install disks are keyed to a specific
iMac serial number? I bought all 4 of my PowerPC G5 iMacs at the same
time. I have two different sets of iMac G5 disks that I have
On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
You're using a machine specific install disk you need a Retail
Universal disk.
John Carmonne
John: Are you serious? The install disks are keyed to a specific
iMac serial number? I bought all 4 of my PowerPC G5 iMacs at the same
time. I
Are they all the same model/processor speed? I think some machine
specific disks are that specific.
No, they are not tied to a machine's serial number.
Len
When I bought them they were all IMACG5 20/2.0GHZ/512/250 (Straight
off the receipt from Apple) I have replaced a couple of hard
Are they all the same model/processor speed? I think some machine
specific disks are that specific.
No, they are not tied to a machine's serial number.
Len
When I bought them they were all IMACG5 20/2.0GHZ/512/250 (Straight
off the receipt from
Just a thought:- if in the time you've had these iMacs, they have had any
firmware updates through Software Update, that might render their original O/S
cds not installable...
Ted
Hi Ted:
Of course I did updates, because Software Update demanded it. (if
you could only see me rolling my
On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
Just a thought:- if in the time you've had these iMacs, they have
had any
firmware updates through Software Update, that might render their
original O/S
cds not installable...
Ted
Hi Ted:
Of course I did updates, because Software Update
On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
This is what I have:
iMac G5
Power Mac 8,1
Power PC G5
Install disk set Mac OS X 10.4
When I try to install the operating system I get the following
message:
This software cannot be installed on this computer.
Why not? The hard
On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:46 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
You're using a machine specific install disk you need a Retail Universal
disk.
John Carmonne
John: Are you serious? The install disks are keyed to a specific
iMac serial number? I bought all 4 of my PowerPC G5 iMacs at the same
time.
You will also get this error if the hard drive is formatted with the
wrong file system, such as MS-DOS, or is messed up.
Boot from the installer, run disk utility, go into the partition tab
and re-partition the drive, making sure that the format is HFS+
(Journaled). Just select '1 partition' from
Well, if that's the case and the disks you have came with the particular
machine you're trying to install on then a trip to the Apple Store is in order.
However you stated you bought 4 iMac's and mention two sets of disks that
don't work, sounds to me like you have the wrong ones. If you can get
On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
It is definitely formatted correctly, and I had out 4 sets of disks.
One was for our G5 tower, ad I can understand why it didn't work.
Now, I do think I may have used the tower's set to do the re-format.
Would that cause this problem?
The
On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
CCC is Carbon Copy Cloner?
yes.
What is a TDM?
Target Disk Mode, once known as Firewire Target Disk Mode. Boot the machine up
with the 'T' key held down, then connect via firewire cable to another OSX
system...the first computer will show
Iamanamma wrote:
if in the time you've had these iMacs, they have had any
firmware updates through Software Update, that might render their original
O/S
cds not installable...
Ted
Hi Ted:
Of course I did updates, because Software Update demanded it.
FYI, firmware updates and
wrote:
From: Iamanamma vsand...@neo.rr.com
Subject: Re: New install of OS 10.4 on G5 iMac
To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 7:12 AM
Are they all the same model/processor speed? I think some machine
specific disks are that specific.
No, they are not tied
, Iamanamma vsand...@neo.rr.com wrote:
From: Iamanamma vsand...@neo.rr.com
Subject: Re: New install of OS 10.4 on G5 iMac
To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 8:20 AM
Just a thought:- if in the time you've had these iMacs, they have had any
firmware updates
On Sep 9, 12:40 pm, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote:
I know your mad - get this, I had 6 G4s but only one would let me install
10.4.11, the other 5 are exactly the same inside and outside, but only this
one would install, so I just moved the hd to each after the install and
updates
Ugh. I dread the thought of going to the Apple store. It's a 2 hour
drive and it is ALWAYS crawling with people. The Genius Bar is ALWAYS
behind schedule, and I just am not all that interested in losing 5-6
hours of my day AND having to pay Apple for that privilege.
CCC is Carbon Copy
On Sep 9, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Iamanamma wrote:
It is definitely formatted correctly,
I think you're wrong. I believe you're confusing file system type and
partition map type? You probably have the correct file system (HFS+
journalled), but the wrong partition map type (should be Apple
Greetings,
Iamanamma, it sounds like you have tried everything, however if I my
suggest,
1. Reboot and do a PRAM reset.
2. Reboot and do a NVRAM reset.
3. Reboot to Install disk.
4. Not sure about 10.4.x as I've never had that version, however on
10.3.x and 10.5.x there is an install option that
Hey the Genius Bar at the Apple Store is free, it's only if they have to
send it to back Techs will they charge you!!! I took my Clamshell once because
I couldn't get it to work on dailup and they spent 45 mins on it and no charge
and just a few weeks ago I took my Titanium Powerbook
My MDD runs at around 142F without the CHUD tools, and around 100-120 with
CHUD.
-Jonas
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.netwrote:
On 6/29/10 6:59 PM, Mark Sokolovsky of coolmar...@gmail.com sent
5 blue LED fans and a hydrogen cooled system is in there =)
On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:22 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
My MDD runs at around 142F without the CHUD tools, and around
100-120 with CHUD.
Do you know why the difference?
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I don't think so. My 20 1.8GHZ is running at 162F.
Thanks!
-Jonas
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:59 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
Hi All
Is 126 degrees F high for a CPU temp in a G5 iMac 24 2.8 4 GBs RAM
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda USA
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On Jun 29, 2010, at 12:59 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
Is 126 degrees F high for a CPU temp in a G5 iMac 24 2.8 4 GBs RAM
There's no such thing as a G5 iMac 24 2.8 GHz.
This must be an Intel iMac.
And no, 126 F isn't high, it's normal:
http://www.intelmactemp.com/list
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The inside of a Ford Taurus hits 140F easy in the midwest when outside
temp is 120-125.
126 for the chip is 'cool'
On Jun 29, 1:59 am, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
Hi All
Is 126 degrees F high for a CPU temp in a G5 iMac 24 2.8 4 GBs RAM
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda USA
Sent from my
outside
temp is 120-125.
126 for the chip is 'cool'
On Jun 29, 1:59 am, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
Hi All
Is 126 degrees F high for a CPU temp in a G5 iMac 24 2.8 4 GBs RAM
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda USA
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126F? That is crazy! My PM G4 Sawtooth's PowerPC G4 processor runs an
average of 73F. IDK why, but it's like that. I have a thermal sensor next to
the processor.
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On Jun 29, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote:
126F? That is crazy! My PM G4 Sawtooth's PowerPC G4 processor runs
an average of 73F. IDK why, but it's like that. I have a thermal
sensor next to the processor.
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Mark I'm higher than that Magic
I don't mean to doubt you, but it that 73 F or C? My house is 75F so
for the inside of anything but the fridge to be cooler is tough.
On Jun 29, 1:50 pm, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.com wrote:
126F? That is crazy! My PM G4 Sawtooth's PowerPC G4 processor runs an
average of 73F. IDK why,
My sawtooth is 73F when turned on.
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5 blue LED fans and a hydrogen cooled system is in there =)
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On Jun 29, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote:
5 blue LED fans and a hydrogen cooled system is in there =)
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Darn I should've known you would have a hydrogen cooled system, what the heck
is that and where do I get one?
John Carmonne
Yorba
John, remember his video he posted a few weeks ago claiming he had
magically gotten SL to run on said sawtooth? He opened his G4's
case, and I believe I saw the stock heatsink, not some hydrogen
cooling assembly.
I call more M-Sok BS on this one. After some googling it appears
that the only use of
On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Chance Reecher wrote:
John, remember his video he posted a few weeks ago claiming he had
magically gotten SL to run on said sawtooth? He opened his G4's
case, and I believe I saw the stock heatsink, not some hydrogen
cooling assembly.
I call more M-Sok BS on
Agreed. 25C=77F and 50C is pretty normal from what I gather, 122F.
Makes no sense that the inside of any device is not quite above room
temp.
On Jun 29, 8:05 pm, Chance Reecher cha...@reecher.net wrote:
John, remember his video he posted a few weeks ago claiming he had
magically gotten SL to
On 6/29/10 6:59 PM, Mark Sokolovsky of coolmar...@gmail.com sent
5 blue LED fans and a hydrogen cooled system is in there =)
Ohhh, BLUE LED lights, well, no wonder :-)
Dana
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Is 126 degrees F high for a CPU temp in a G5 iMac 24 2.8 4 GBs RAM
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda USA
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The vertical lines issue on the G5 and Intel iMacs is a common one. My
2006 Intel iMac has gotten its screen replaced 4 times (the problem
returned after some days...). So far the 4th screen is working well,
it is in the first month of the replacement parts warranty.
I got the first screen
Hi All
I'm going to replace a display in a 17 G5 iMac 1.83 for a friend.
this will be the third one for this machine the first one was done by
Apple Care at 30 mos, it lasted 7 mos just long enough to be no
warranty. So this will be the third one I was wondering if this is a
problem
On Jun 26, 2010, at 4:54 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
I'm going to replace a display in a 17 G5 iMac 1.83 for a friend. this will
be the third one for this machine the first one was done by Apple Care at 30
mos, it lasted 7 mos just long enough to be no warranty. So this will be the
third
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
On Jun 26, 2010, at 4:54 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
I'm going to replace a display in a 17 G5 iMac 1.83 for a friend.
this will be the third one for this machine the first one was done
by Apple Care at 30 mos, it lasted 7 mos just long enough
On Jun 26, 2010, at 6:54 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
I'm going to replace a display in a 17 G5 iMac 1.83 for a friend.
this will be the third one for this machine the first one was done
by Apple Care at 30 mos, it lasted 7 mos just long enough to be no
warranty. So this will be the third one
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:11 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
On Jun 26, 2010, at 4:54 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
I'm going to replace a display in a 17 G5 iMac 1.83 for a friend. this
will be the third one for this machine the first one was done
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
I don't have another machine to test the display in so I'll have
to put in the new display and I guess kinda hope it's OK, can the
display work awhile and then crap out due to a capacitor problem?
Also can the Apple ASD pickup this defect?
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:36 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
I don't have another machine to test the display in so I'll have to put in
the new display and I guess kinda hope it's OK, can the display work awhile
and then crap out due to a capacitor
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:36 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
On Jun 26, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
I don't have another machine to test the display in so I'll have
to put in the new display and I guess kinda hope it's OK, can
the display
On Apr 20, 6:11 am, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote:
A friend recently gave me a Lexmark X75. I downloaded the Lexmark
drivers from their website, but it seems that the X75 is unsupported.
The G5 can't find a driver...but it does see the printer and
identifies it by name.
Are
A friend recently gave me a Lexmark X75. I downloaded the Lexmark
drivers from their website, but it seems that the X75 is unsupported.
The G5 can't find a driver...but it does see the printer and
identifies it by name.
Are there any other ways to solve this problem and get the X75 up and
On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:11 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
A friend recently gave me a Lexmark X75. I downloaded the Lexmark drivers
from their website, but it seems that the X75 is unsupported. The G5 can't
find a driver...but it does see the printer and identifies it by name.
Are there
On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:51 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:11 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
A friend recently gave me a Lexmark X75. I downloaded the Lexmark drivers
from their website, but it seems that the X75 is unsupported. The G5 can't
find a driver...but it does
john wrote:
Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its
stock condition, and has hardly ever been used. They are asking
$300.00, with the original discs, box, etc.
If it was in Oklahoma I would be camping outside her door. My kid's G5
iMac has the capacitor
On Jul 21, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Charles Lenington wrote:
We need a replacement until I get the nerve to try replacing them.
Did you see these repair kits:
http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21
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Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its
stock condition, and has hardly ever been used. They are asking
$300.00, with the original discs, box, etc.
I'm still in B+W world, and wonder how good
Yah. Buy it.
-Jonas
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On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:21 PM, john drkeenan...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its
stock condition, and has hardly ever
I have an 2.1Ghz iSight iMac and about a year ago, I took it to the
Apple Store because it wouldn't awake from Sleep or from a Restart/
Shutdown. The fans would start to blow loudly and the screen would
remain black and I had to force a shutdown by holding down the power
key. In order to
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