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 …

Yes it's Leopard's fault all the way. My Dual 450MHz chokes with video in leopard. Tiger, works fine.

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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.

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…

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

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 …

it still pulls only 5 and 2 though.

As long as the mac is plugged in I'd should be ok.

3.6-V primary cells such as the half-AA lithium thionyl chloride battery used for PRAM maintenance and time-keeping in Macs rarely leak, even after declining to voltages such as 0.…

You want to measure voltages with the power supply plugged into the motherboard. I believe it needs a load to function properly. Mike

Well I did what II2II suggested and took a multimeter to the power supply. First off idk if this is another symptom, but when the system board is unplugged from the psu, and u turn…

Ok, thanks, once I get back from our camping trip I'll open up the iMac and see if there's a dead battery. -Apostrophe

My 2E used to overheat on hot summer nights, and when it did, it would behave very strangely. That's why clip-on cooling fans were a very popular accessory. And for years, someone …

I don't think there's any difference between a dead battery and no battery in an iMac, it should still boot. It's the same 3.6 v battery that they've been using forever, so luckil…

Hi, I'm in a good mood; today me and my dad were over at the house we're trying to sell, to clean up the yard and stuff. While there, I picked up our hp Photosmart printer. I br…

I'm more inclined to say the PSU is the problem, probably because my II+ was exhibiting similar problems and swapping in a modified AT PSU solved most of the problems. The quickes…

Easy causes could be loose chips (give a solid push with your thumb on any socketed ones) or a marginal power supply (try with no cards (especially the disk drive card) installed).…

Yes, it did cross my mind when you joined up. The other macdan is a bit of a Powerbook guru. In fact, he might have just given me the clue I need to make the UJ-841 drive bootabl…

Well I bought a Monitor II, Apple IIe, Disk II, Parallel Pro Card, 80 column card, etc. It was complete in all the boxes, with manuals and disks, and extra parts with only little u…

MacDan says they'll take any standard laptop optical drive [] ]'> Click to expand... Well, that's a coincidence in names!