Re: iMac G5 Problems

2010-01-25 Thread John Hobbs
On 25 Jan 2010, at 23:31, Nat Hall wrote: Unfortunately, I don't have any external drives to test with... I did some reading online last night after posting that message on the G5 logic board problems and it said bulging capacitors is a dead giveaway of the syndrome. Sure enough-- I have plen

Re: Start up.......G3 / 600Mhz / 40 Gig Hd

2010-01-25 Thread Jim Scott
On Jan 25, 2010, at 5:49 PM, tl wrote: >Hey. All of a sudden when I am starting up it blinks a 'globe' > icon then switches to a blinking face and takes at least 5 min. to > complete. It used to fire up right away. Have I inadvertently changed > some setting and how do I fix it? Thanks, tl

Start up.......G3 / 600Mhz / 40 Gig Hd

2010-01-25 Thread tl
Hey. All of a sudden when I am starting up it blinks a 'globe' icon then switches to a blinking face and takes at least 5 min. to complete. It used to fire up right away. Have I inadvertently changed some setting and how do I fix it? Thanks, tl head. -- You received this message because you

Re: iMac G5 Problems

2010-01-25 Thread Nat Hall
On Jan 25, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Dan wrote: At 8:54 PM -0800 1/24/2010, Nat Hall wrote: I have an iMac G5 (20" screen, 2.0GHZ) that is having some sort of serious issue. This has been a family owned machine since it was bought brand new in Jan 2006. It's on it's THIRD logic board and THIRD p

Re: Installing Windows on my New iMac.

2010-01-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:11 AM, MacDiva wrote: But, which Windows? I am looking forward to a new life and yes, I realize Windows will bring all the risks of the windows OS to my Mac, but I hope it will not affect the Mac partition, Is this assumption right? My first suggestion is that unles

Re: Installing Windows on my New iMac.

2010-01-25 Thread Kasey Smith
On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:11 AM, MacDiva wrote: I have a Blueberry, a G4 notebook and a 24” iMac--along with a verly slow XP. I stopped using the frozen XP as of this year and will buy Windows to install it on my new Aluminum iMac. What s better than that? But, which Windows? I am looking fo

iMac G5 Problems

2010-01-25 Thread Nat Hall
Hi list, I have an iMac G5 (20" screen, 2.0GHZ) that is having some sort of serious issue. This has been a family owned machine since it was bought brand new in Jan 2006. It's on it's THIRD logic board and THIRD power supply, and I fear may soon be on its fourth unless I can fix it. The

Installing Windows on my New iMac.

2010-01-25 Thread MacDiva
I have a Blueberry, a G4 notebook and a 24” iMac--along with a verly slow XP. I stopped using the frozen XP as of this year and will buy Windows to install it on my new Aluminum iMac. What s better than that? But, which Windows? I am looking forward to a new life and yes, I realize Windows w

Re: iMac Rescue Newbie

2010-01-25 Thread Kasey Smith
On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:07 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On 1/20/10 10:56 AM, FluxStringer wrote: Recently I was handed an iMac that needed a home. It took me a while to find a power cord, but it started on the first try. It seems to have gone unused since '06. But even with a dirty face it was too