How big is the HDD on the iMac? If it's under 2TB, I suggest getting 3TB
HDD, putting it in a firewire enclosure, Carbon Copy Cloning it, remove the
old HDD and install the 3TB one, and continue about the day.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Tina K. wrote:
> On 2011/05/03 10:23, imrazor so elo
Well, here's how it goes. If you have anything after Mac OS X 10.2.8, you
will have support for 128GB HD's on any machine that supports it. Depending
on your version of the iMac G4, anything 1GHz and below will not support a
128GB HDD or larger. However, if you have any machine that is capable of
r
Those 2 revisions are similar, as long as the 2 have nearly or exactly
identical components such as firewire, ability for airport, basically as
long as the 2 logic boards look the same, then you're good to go. If you're
swapping out on something that one logic board has and the other doesn't,
then
Mar 7, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote:
> I have taken G3 iMacs apart before, and it's all a risky business. Some
> work with each other, some won't even boot. It depends, though. A 500 to
> 600Mhz board will have a more likely chance of working with it's components
I have taken G3 iMacs apart before, and it's all a risky business. Some work
with each other, some won't even boot. It depends, though. A 500 to 600Mhz
board will have a more likely chance of working with it's components than
something of a greater processor frequency difference, just as long as th
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> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote:
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>> Just asking, Carlo, how did you increase the RAM readability to 2GB? I
>> have an 800MHz G4 iMac that would love such an upgrade.
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Just asking, Carlo, how did you increase the RAM readability to 2GB? I have
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On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Carlo Piacente wrote:
> Mystic, if you think it is not the logic board, you should find out what
> else...my iMac G4 had the video chips
I think the logic board has to be replaced, unless you have skills with
soldiering USB buses onto logic boards. I have an iMac G4 which doesn't want
to turn on, and idk why. The logic board's not the reason, though.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
> All 3 ports are dead
I do agree that the Wallstreet Powerbook's Keyboard is the best looking.
Imagine it with a bronze backlight?
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
> On Jan 23, 5:41 pm, Mystic Prowler wrote:
> > G4 computers are older than intel Macs, but using a G3 is absolutely
>
G4 computers are older than intel Macs, but using a G3 is absolutely
unbearable. A G4 processor at least has Velocity Engine, which is very
useful and makes the processor more responsive. A G3, is like a dumbed
version of a G4. Even in today's world, A G4 is useful, a G3 is history. A
G5 is really
My iMac G4 800 has been updated with the latest security updates and it
never had these problems before. However, I do remember my other 700 G4 iMac
having these problems. I changed up the sleep settings and did what walter
said and it worked.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
I am not sure why, but certain computers won't accept burnt discs, for these
reasons:
The recorded speed was too high for the CD/DVD to be read on this current
drive
The Mac simply doesn't accept burnt discs
Or, there might be a special coding inside the Mac installer discs that tell
the system it
Do what I did, get the disk out, install tiger one computer, take it out,
plug it back in the iMac and boot. If not, I do have some install disks for
the original iMac, but I don't think you'll want to work with an OS older
than 10.2.
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Dan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I broug
I have tried this before on an iMac G3 graphite with Ubuntu 10.04, and after
the system files loaded, the screen didn't show up, so I reverted to Tiger.
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Brian Boothe wrote:
> What requirements do i need on a Powermac G3 to run linux , a few years
> back i burned
It has 2 HDMI ports but that's about it.
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Not necessarily though. I was able to boot from and install Mac OS X Leopard
on my G4 iMac 800 using my Macbook Pro system install disk version 10.5.2.
It had both the PowerPC Code and the Intel code even though it was
specifically designed for the intel machine. I am not lying, go check it out
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I have successfully installed leopard From my mbp before to a emac, so
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Either you can use Leopardassist, which gets you a 933 MHz processor
temporarily, or you can use my technique, but I have to find this first. The
technique is manual and has to be done through OF. Also, this one (as I have
tested) has a limit of 9.99GHz speed... but I can give you the code to use.
I recently bought a 65" Plasma screen TV for my power mac G4 sawtooth. I am
thinking about getting one of those DVI to S-video/TV input adapters that
Apple has for my computer to achieve better screen resolution. Currently,
the screen is a little blurry with a 1024x768 resolution. Is it possible to
It would be alot simpler to install the programs you want one one account
and move all the info from both accounts into one folder then placing the
documents in the appropriate folders.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
> On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote:
>
I have an iPhone, and I got it because my old phone was terrible, it
couldn't keep up with 30-second calls, and it was the LG Vu. My iPod nano 3G
is getting older by the day, and I have had this for 2.5 years. So I thought
about getting an iPod touch and a new phone, and found out I got a discount
I suggest trying leopard on it, that's what I did with my 700Mhz eMac.
Performance is good.
Tiger is a little dated, are you SURE you want to stick with tiger?
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Walter Sheluk wrote:
> On 10-11-09 10:01 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
>
>> Merging two systems is a PITA no mat
on startup, it
means that it didn't pass the hardware test, meaning something is wrong.
> Mystic Prowler Nov 05 08:03PM -0400 ^
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that it could be a bad logic board or Power Supply.
>>>
>>
>> B. Not funny.
>> Is the
from my experience, I have never had a problem with my iMac G5 Rev A, but
some of my friends who had Rev.A iMacs did have Power Supply problems, and
sometimes it did make a noise, sometimes it didn't. Check inside your iMac
to see if any of your capacitors aren't broken.
>
>>
I think that it could be a bad logic board or Power Supply.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Jean-Claude Touzin
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> Ref.
> OS 10.5.8
> Name iMac G5 Model PowerMac8,1 Processor PowerPC G5 (3.0)
> Speed 1.8 GHz CPU 1 Cache 512 Ko RAM 1 Go
> Bus speed 600 MHz ROM version
Yes all hubs are powered except for hub 2. each have only 4 ports.
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I am worried about power consumption. 2 of my 4 USB ports are unpowered,
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Hello, I just wanted to ask, because I think I have too many USB ports on my
main machine, my G4 iMac, an they're all used. I am not talking about JUST
the USB ports on the logic board, I have 4 hubs plugged in and all fully
used. Is that normal? I have 16 total USB ports on my G4 iMac, and all but
Bad Power supply.
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM, BuffaloMan <
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> I have an 17" iMac {Series 1989} that does not start up, with a
> clicking noise that matches the #1 diagnostic LED flickering.
> Is that indicating a bad power supply or bad caps on the log
I agree with steven. I also believe in older computers, and sometimes I
bring in my PB 5300cs for reminders, notes, phone numbers, and song names.
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Steven wrote:
> On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Ashgrove wrote:
>
> > My oldest Mac is a PDQ Wallstreet. It's over 12 y
Let's hope that happens. To be honest, I only want intel to crash and burn
to stop Microsoft in it's tracks.
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Elliott Price wrote:
> I've read it's because they wanted to have "mac" in all the names. It makes
> SOME sort of sense, but, I mean, come on, people woul
e any wireless cards made for PDS or Nubus.
>
>
>-Elliott
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote:
>
> > For some strange reason my PC expansion card slots are not accepting
> ANYTHING. I try to put a basic wireless card in it the RIG
44 PM, Ashgrove wrote:
> > On Oct 30, 12:48 am, Mystic Prowler wrote:
> > > Does anyone have use for really old macs these days? I do. I know this
> is
> > > off of topic, but oh well.
>
> My oldest Mac is a PDQ Wallstreet. It's over 12 years old, yet it can
&
I mean if Apple moves away from intel and makes it's own processors, this
would cause an uproar in the Windows-intel world. Apple should go to AMD or
make it's own processors.
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Intelbook? I would keep all of the original names. But really, the new names
sound horrible. I really like all of the old names.
To think of it, the "box" scheme makes no sense anymore.
the Macbook and the Macbook pro should stay there. The air has to be the new
Macbook or iBook or it has to go.
If you are wondering about my desktop screenshot i provided, here are some
things to know.
The photoshop icon on the dock is one i made to replace the retail one.
I replaced the quicktime leopard icon with one from SL.
The background is a "Nevermind" Nirvana background that I made using
photoshop
hahahaha! I can imagine what will Apple have to say to that! XD
This is a glitch not real. I can imagine what else is going on my
iMac could be a hologram, my iMac could be a remake of the G4 iMAc from the
future with 16million TB of RAM, who knows? not me... XD
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Not really. My primary desktop system is an iMac G4 17" 1.25Ghz, and my most
powerful is a MBP intel i7 Mid-2010 15", yet i use my iMac more than my MBP.
Using PowerPC is never over... And it will never will be. I am keeping all
of my PowerPC machines, and intels too. I am waiting for Apple to go
I was using frostwire earlier and sometimes the program takes too long to
close, so sometimes I open Activity Monitor to close it. I clicked here and
there, and looked carefully at a few things. This is a strange glitch I
found. I looked at the shared memory size in the iTunes window, and it
showed
Does anyone have use for really old macs these days? I do. I know this is
off of topic, but oh well.
I took a trip to the jurrasic today, and found my PowerBook 5300cs sitting
on my desk. I recently got a new battery for it, so it is a little more
useful than it used to be. To think of it, althoug
I really do find intel useful, but not the best. PowerPC was and always will
be the best. If Apple continues a different line of chips, they might name
it PowerPC G6 even if the processor architecture is completely different.
Going away from intel means that Apple will increase the chances of the
M
I understand that.
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I understand keeping production of faster and faster processors could be
tough, but look at IBM today! The world's first processor running at 4.6Ghz
without being overclocked! And it has 32-cores.
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I agree, but at the same time I suggest doing this:
The Apple A4 chip should be standardized for all mobile platforms (except
laptops), while Apple should go back to the PowerPC, but have a different
name and a new generation, like the PowerPC G5 v2, or the PowerPC G6, or the
Core G6... I love the
I tried to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my G5 iMac, and it turns out that the
installer "crashed". It says that i need some kind of boot partition map.
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That isn't too far away you know. 2016 is only 5 years from now, and 2014 is
only 13. It's almost 2011, the year of the touchscreen and touchpad. let's
see what will go on.
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Well, judging my the course of technological expansion over the past few
years, we should start seeing 128-bit computers around 2016, and commonly
around 2024.
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I have a question The iMac G5 is perfectly useful... but no new version
of Mac OS X supports it anymore. It is a powerful, 64-bit computer that will
last until 128-bit computers start peeking through the markets I wonder
if it would be a good idea to dual-boot it with Ubuntu systems because
I like the G5 because of it's efficiency and speed and processor design. me
second is the G4, then the PowerPC 601.
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The PowerPC 970-970fx CPU is inefficient COMPARED to today's processors, but
this processor even today provides effective computing power. Don't forget,
this processor has different instruction sets and architecture code than the
intel processors, so different things may result in different reactio
I know that early core duo intel macs and iMac G5 macs look the same on the
outside but had different stuff in the inside, but is there a way to take
the fan and heatsink from a core duo iMac to an iMac G5 to remove all of
that noise?
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When I ran my iMac G5 ran at the "automatic" option, it felt like I was
running a crawling 1.5Ghz G4. Now that I turned on the "Best" option, I
don't care if it makes too much noise, as long as it isn't too loud, and to
make sure it doesn't overheat. I don't want that capacitor problem with my
Rev
I am okay with PowerPC macs for now... mostly because leo is still
supported. They are fast, don't get me wrong. Especially my iMac G5. I
turned the energy saver option to "Best" for performance, and this machine
roars louder than my G4 machines combined. I do need a new MBA, though. A
good 15" Pow
Malcom 'o Brian, you have a 17" iMac G4 800? THose are nice machines you
know, I have 2. One is a 17" 1.25Ghz that WAS a 1Ghz but had it's logic
board replaced because of an unknown reason. My second iMac G4 is identical
to yours except it is a 15" screen, and it's internal IDE Bus failed. It is
ru
cool I am getting an 867Mhz 15" Powerbook G4 next week... =)
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My bad, on track, not tack.
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Apples are the best computers I have and will ever use. I have no need for
anything else. As long as Apple stays on tack, i'm happy.
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Actually, no i haven't. THis is my first machine running anything below OS 9
with internet access. Thanks, though. I'll be glad to remove that IE
bloatware.
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I know that this is NOT the place to talk about this machine in particular,
but this also has to do with my iMac.
I recently found a network adapter to use with my PM 6100, and it surfs the
web, not like the fastest machine out there, but like an iMac G3 but with a
really old internet browser. I h
At least I know my iMac is safe when i least expect it...
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I do need a new MBA as my newest machine is an iMac G5.
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Yes it sure will be. Strange to know that some Macs shipped with OS X 10.5
and can only go to OS X 10.6.
My G4 sawtooth has a wide range of operating systems...
Mac OS 8.6-Mac OS X 10.5.8
some later lower end core duo machines shipped with leopard
I do think it is not going to be a list of u
Okay okay... I read it a while ago too... but don't be so hard on me.
I thought some didn't know. please close this discussion.
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oh. well...
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I have a direct link to the site that Apple has it's Mac OS X lion page.
This OS is coming out in Summer 2011.
www.apple.com/macosx/lion
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This iMac is not in a projectile filled environment, it's just that this is
the best protection i could get for it, and it is well worth it because now
it is ultimately protected against wear and tear.
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I am at home, but the more protection the better.
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Normally, when you think of something, it is based on thoughts of the past.
things that are going on, and things around you. Many weeks ago, I was
taking a night ride around my neighborhood as excersize, and I found this
old lexmark printer, which happened to be a lexmark x85, and it had a sticky
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Nope. PS is good.
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I don't care about swapping the motherboards for my iMac anymore as a large
sized external firewire drive fixed the problems. this once problematic iMac
is now happy that I am it's current owner.
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i did the verboose boot and yes, the bus died.
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Yep, the bus died, but the iMac still keeps going.
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I mean, other than that, the iMac runs like all normal iMac G4 computers.
the previous owner said this: "whenever I think of this iMac, I think of
problems."
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There is a bong noise when it starts up. The system starts up with the
external drive as if nothing happened to the system at all. When i checked
the system profiler, the system cannot see the IDE bus at all for some
strange reason.
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Hello, I have an iMac G4 800 that I just recently received, and the previous
owner said that it won't detect any internal drives. I thought that it was a
bad logic board at first, but successfully booting off of my G4 sawtooth in
TDM mode proved me wrong. Currently, I have the machine running off o
strange, I bought one last year...
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Actually, I am able to get a 1TB IDE HDD off of OWC.
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What happens is that Leopard takes too much time loading the Temperature
Sensor in the graphics card. If you remove it, it will reduce the startup
time by around 90%, but don't complain if the card overheats!
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Mine is a 17" 1.25Ghz. The reason why this is so, is because originally it
was a 17" 1Ghz, but the logic board on that failed due to an unknown reason.
A person sold me this computer for $100 at a face to face craigslist sale,
and ever since I have invested some big bucks in it.
I got a SATA blu-r
And also, 250GB is not tiny! For an external drive, it is on the smaller
side, but for an internal, especially for PowerPC machines before the G5
era, it's huge! I have a G4 sawtooth that I am using right now that once
complained that the (now limit removed with proprietary software) HDD was
too bi
it's not bad at all. I would prefer to have an internal drive to make sure I
have guaranteed speed on the system's boot, but If you really need to use an
external drive after all else fails including the IDE controllers
themselves, then okay.
The only downside is though if you use an internal driv
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