Has it always dropped connections? I would try running the "Hardware Test" CD that came with your computer.

It's that "wiggle around" bit that struck me. You might want to check out this thread. It may contain a hint; no promises.

Running a Tibook 550 512/48gig/combo I have been doing all my Photoshop work in Sys 9 untill PSD 7 came out... I figured that since it was going to be optimized for OS X then the …

That's strange. The beta was pretty good even though it was slow at rendering filters. Can you please do some benchmarks so I can see the speed differences. I have the same laptop…

My lovely PB G4 400 cannot play DVD after I upgraded to OS X 10.1.4. So I think there is problem with the DVD-ROM. However, I found that it is still working when I insert music CD …

Not sure what to tell you except that my 400mhz Pismo still works fine after the update, so it is not a universal problem. It may just be that your drive is malfuctioning and that…

If the problem happened because you installed new software, then CLEARLY it's a software problem. Post your question in the Mac OS X forum AFTER searching it to make sure that nobo…

Hi, I'm new to mac's and am looking forward to picking up my first mac, a secondhand P'book G4 667 this week. However as a novice to the Mac OS's I'd really appreciate some assist…

If you have opportunity to get the computer in front of you, and assuming it is running, go to Apple System Profiler (in Utilities under OS X, Apple Menu in 9). You should find mos…

a second recomendation. check the Apple System Profiler found in the Applications or Applications (Mac OS 9) folder. If not there then in one of the Utilities folders. Just ask the…

One thing that you should at least ask to do is to watch a DVD (okay, maybe not the whole movie) and Burn a CD, just to make sure the optical drive is still working. (Is this one o…

Thanks all. Hopefully I'll be enjoying a fully functioning latest generation P'book 667 soon. Cheers, Dave

I have owned an early version of the 667 (non-combo) and it had to be replaced by a later version with the combo. I was very pleased with the first one and had no trouble with it …

i was trying to fix this guys Lombard today. He has a VST DVD drive and hardware decoder card. They originally worked fine but he wierd his hard drive clean (he had 8.6) and inst…

Older DVD drives and software were finicky with certain DVDs - the Matrix was notorious for causing problems. Newer drives and software such as your Pismo fixed the problem. Vers…

When ATI announced the new Mobile video chip, they also siad it supports 8 MB VRAM on board, and 8 externally.....so, does the noew powerbook have this expandibility? Dammit

"Dammit", I think what ATi means is that it can use 8 megabytes of system RAM for graphics. That happens a lot in the low-quality eMachines (gulp) computers. I would hope the Powe…

According to FiringSquad the Rage 128 Mobility (same chip on Pismo) has hardware DVD decoding capability. Does anybody know if the Apple DVD Player takes advantage of this? Here'…

The player is aparently not using the Chip's mpeg2 decoding facility, as Apple advertise it as "Software DVD player". Maybe at a later date... Maybe ATI should start to develop an…

It would certainly be VERY cool if someone could get the ATI Mobility 128's DVD decoding to work. Hardware decoding enables you go watch a DVD in the background or in a little win…

Actually, from what I understand, Apple does use some of the chip's hardware. Just from looking at it on my Pismo, I would venture to say it does hardware scaling (because when you…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: I agree that ATI should write a DVD player for the Mac, seeing as how Apple refuses to make the effort... And herein lies the one…

from the ATI RAGE 128 FAQ: Q13: Do the new RAGE 128 based Macintosh boards support DVD/Mpeg-2 acceleration? A13: While the RAGE 128 chip can "power" software DVD playback, for it…