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Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #5

Man, you are totally right, paws. IGNORE ME! I guess I forgot "Yikes!". Maybe because it's an exclamation? But yeah, since my brain no workie today (I'm moving again and doing int…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 04:41

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #4

Your Sawtooth uses a 66MHz PCI video card (if it has AGP, it's not a Sawtooth) which is markedly slower, regardless of the fact that the two chipsets are virtually identical (both …
68kMLA Hardware by paws Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 01:39

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #2

Leopard may be part of your issue, as it's more processor-intensive than its predecessors. It's not even officially supposed to run on less than an 867MHz G4, if that's any indicat…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Sat, 5 Jul 2008 - 00:11

Weird Sawtooth G4 Performance Issues... — #1

Hello all, Just got a Sawtooth G4 - specs are as follows 500mhz 1GB RAM Leopard 10.5.4 / MacOS 9.1 on the same 120gb drive. stock 16mb rage 128 pro DVI For whatever reason, t…
68kMLA Hardware by sambapati87 Fri, 4 Jul 2008 - 22:54

Lombard & Tangerine — #46

Too much! Now I'm running Ubuntu 5 from the LiveCD [] ]'> Trackpad's a little tweaky and it's weird having to remember to use CTRL instead of the Apple key. But I'll sor…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 15:26

Lombard & Tangerine — #45

Now it has 9.2.1 on the third partition. Man does this thing fly in the Classic OS. I'm too excited for words. I've run Battery Reset after heebiejeebies put me on to it. I'll …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 10:48

Lombard & Tangerine — #44

The Pismo still boots without a battery Click to expand... Well, this is a Lombard, not a Pismo. I'll try it in a second and get back to you Result: MLA 1 Apple nil. I'm typ…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 02:42

Lombard & Tangerine — #43

Yes, it did cross my mind when you joined up. The other macdan is a bit of a Powerbook guru. Click to expand... I'm just some noob that gets lucky.
68kMLA Hardware by MacDan Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 02:02

Extremely Odd iBook G4 Display Problem. — #3

I don't know about the ibook g4, but if it's similar to the g3 version, the backlight inverter gets its power through a power MOSFET switch on the logic board. If you've already sw…
68kMLA PowerPC by sjword Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 01:17

Lombard & Tangerine — #42

So have you tried bridging the two pins? Have some random Combo drive in my Pismo (from a Dell Pentium 4 notebook), did the same mod and it works a treat booting now. The Pismo s…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Thu, 3 Jul 2008 - 00:17

Extremely Odd iBook G4 Display Problem. — #2

I don't know about the ibook g4, but if it's similar to the g3 version, the backlight inverter gets its power through a power MOSFET switch on the logic board. If you've already sw…
68kMLA PowerPC by tomlee59 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 22:22

Apple IIe Complete in Box great right? — #9

Thanks for all your help in solving my problem, I will probably just buy a replacement from a local vintage computer supplier this weekend. thanks again
68kMLA Hardware by ILoveMacs84 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 22:02

Apple IIe Complete in Box great right? — #8

Until you can find a replacement PSU or work out how to fix your existing one, I think you should look for a simple swap. The Apple II FAQ (easily found on the net) describes the …
68kMLA Hardware by Charlieman Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 21:55

Extremely Odd iBook G4 Display Problem. — #1

I've got an iBook G4 that has a display problem that has me completely stumped. When turned on, it chimes and all is well, but then the screen flickers almost like a lightbulb doe…
68kMLA PowerPC by sjword Wed, 2 Jul 2008 - 18:47
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