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iBook Hard Drive replacement — #18

Howard! Where were you when I needed you??? Anyway thank's for the tip...I will now know for the future what happened. I guess this was an $80 lesson in patience for me. But just…
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iBook Hard Drive replacement — #19

The button in question is the famous CUDA button. It provides a master reset, including zapping pram. I don't know where this button is on an iBook. The CUDA button got prominent …
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iBook Hard Drive replacement — #20

Having had an iBook all the way down to the bones, I certainly did not see a CUDA button (and I know what one looks like). I suppose the reset button just north of the regular powe…
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iBook Hard Drive replacement — #23

Another idea.... I recently installed a 18GB 9mm IBM drive in an iBook for a friend. I hit the same as you - wouldn't boot from cd. The reset button cleared that, but I still coul…
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #1

I have been doing a lot of reading into adding a Game Wizard to my rev. D and I still have a few questions about the whole situation. First, if I can, I want to avoid swapping mob…
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #2

You shouldn't notice any difference in graphics if you swap your mobo with a rev. B. Why? Because rev. B's have rage pro and 6MB VRAM, which is the same as your current rev d. Qu…
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #3

Right. Thanks. Does anyone know about OS X support, or anyone who is planning drivers or system level threads or whatever to get the Game Wizard to work with OS X? And that addi…
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #4

1. Swap. The onboard vid card is the same. Swap. Thats all I can say. its easy, its simple, its fun. 2. The 12 meg card is NOT an iMac card, its a PCI card for tower macs. …
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #5

I wouldn't count on OS X support for GW. Maybe in a some beta SW drivers, but i can't see support for anything interfacing with a slot that Apple never discussed being implemented …
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #6

It'll work. If it doesnt, someone will hack it. Keep in mind that 8.6 or 9 doesnt officially support it either. Heh. Ca$h
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #8

Quit worrying. it'd be stupid if ONLY new mac could run OSX. The mezz was never really supported on any current OS anyway, and it works. If it doesnt work, somebody WILL hack …
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Mezz, Game Wizard, and OS X — #9

Good call, Ca$h. I do say that I have faith that someone will hack it. If not, I'll learn to program and do it if I have to.
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Ideas for Newertech — #1

So, NewerTech has demonstrated that the G4 chip is pin compatible with the G3. That leads me to believe that if they wanted they could offer G4 upgrades for iBooks. Only bad thing …
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Ideas for Newertech — #2

Is it pin compatible? I though the daughterboard for the G4 upgrade was re-engineered. Or am I missing somthing?
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Ideas for Newertech — #3

I was under the impression that the pins on the G4 and the G3 were completely different, meaning Newer Tech had to redesign the whole board. Their website, however, does not hint …
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Ideas for Newertech — #5

If I could have a G4 processor and a Radeon card on my iMac DV SE/400 I'd be ecstatic!
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Ideas for Newertech — #6

You'd also have an imac in goo form. Heat you know ------------------ -Ruddigger ------------------ Have you had your gigaflop today?
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Ideas for Newertech — #7

Fan, you know. ------------------ People aren't as dumb as you think. Wait, what was I thinking, 90% of the world uses WINDOWS! You don't like Macs? Good, more for me.
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