Upgrading my Beige G3 — #14
That's an awesome tip - thanks!
That being said, I'm about to put down $21 for this item:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230304040895
...and I though…
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Beige G3 shuts down with heavy drive usage! — #1
Hi guys,
As some of you will already know, I'm currently having fun restoring a thrift-store-salvaged Beige G3 Tower - I've successfully upgraded the RAM, created an Admin account…
3400c Memory — #3
Well, really, I suppose the question should be this. "Is Powerbook Guy's price of $99USD a ripoff?"
G4 (sawtooth) graphic cards — #31
www.buy.com has the wang model of 6200, that is where i bought mine from
buy.com xfx 6200 wang
that is where i bought mine from.
as heavymetal4god said it could be bad nvram set…
Bigger drive in iMac — #7
Would be nice to run OS/X - sadly 64mb of ram won't be a pleasant experience :'( or maybe it won't install.
Got it running with the 40GB drive - its running very nicely on OS …
Bigger drive in iMac — #6
Your talking about if he wanted to install OS X. OS 9 or 8 don't have the 8GB partition limitation.
I finally have disk images transfered!!! — #4
Oops! The disk image for King's Quest disk 1 came back with errors & ADTPRO labels the disk as being "I/O Errors." I have a utility that will try to get bad blocks out on m…
Bigger drive in iMac — #5
On the tray loaders the two limitations are that the OS has to be on the first partition which is 8gb or less, the second is the mac can't recognize the full capacity of a HD if it…
Bigger drive in iMac — #4
You might want to check the jumpers - I find that with my iMac, the HDD must be set to Master or Single drive, otherwise I can't boot from the drive.
Bigger drive in iMac — #3
It should boot ok as blixanz says, the OS needs to be on the first partition of the drive which must be under 8GB or your system will become very ubnstable.
Try installing the dri…
Bigger drive in iMac — #2
That is only the case when installing OS X. It should boot.
Are you booting from a install CD?
Bigger drive in iMac — #1
Have one of my tray-load iMacs going now and have put a 40GB drive in to replace its' old 4GB. Drive has not been partitioned.
Can't exactly boot into Mac OS :-/ - just hangs a…
G4 (sawtooth) graphic cards — #30
My G4's have been wonky like that before. Just leave everything unplugged from the machine without battery for a couple days. Then try again.
G4 (sawtooth) graphic cards — #29
I know what you mean about grasping at straws.... I've tried a few already.. pram, nvram, cleaned everything using Onyx. I hope its not a duff card as these are hard to find....…
G4 (sawtooth) graphic cards — #28
It should work fine. Did the G4 start reliably before you put in the 6200?
Also, apparently this card shouldn't be taped so make sure there is no tape on the gold connectors. It…
G4 (sawtooth) graphic cards — #27
Hey folks, if I can bring up this topic again...
I have a G4 450 "Sawtooth" I have flashed a 6200 wang video card and it will not always boot. Some times the system boots with …
3400c Memory — #2
How long is a piece of string?
As with any saleable item that can be imagined, your card is worth only as much as someone else is willing to pay for it. You may be able to glean…
3400c Memory — #1
How much is a 128MB stick worth? I have one in a broken machine and it might need to be sold if I can't get a replacement machine to use. Thanks.
.kext problem in G4/733 DA — #4
I cleared the G4 DA by removing its drives (three of them) to a G4 MDD, where they work properly and without any grizzles or KPs. The one unfortunate response was OS 9.2.2's inabi…
.kext problem in G4/733 DA — #3
I'm not sure if OS X sort of ear-marks certain kexts during install for potentially faster loading or something. Dunno.
If you're using an SDR RAM eMac, then the architectures sho…
.kext problem in G4/733 DA — #2
Try installing Tiger and then use Migration Assitant to transfer the files. The install still thinks your on the eMac witch can cause problems in the innards of OS X. I usually get…
Dead FireWire on a G4? — #10
A while back I was attempting to clean up a newly-bought 'not working' iBook G3/600 in target disk mode from an eMac. It was a successful exercise, but the next night, when Retros…
.kext problem in G4/733 DA — #1
I'm preparing a G4 as in the title for my wife, who currently uses an eMac/1GHz, so that she can use an ADC Cinema Display HD (23") with it. Erase and install (using a SuperDuper!…
Steel wool best for corrosion removal? — #9
…stabilize the surface with a proprietary liquid (such as Kill-Rust, Neutra Rust, End-Rust) containing chromium salts, phosphoric acid and poly-(vinyl acetate)…
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Steel wool best for corrosion removal? — #8
Copper, brass or bronze, depending on the hardness desired, but most often brass. If the rusted metal is the bright steel (which relies on its polished surface to resist rust) of …