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G4 MDD startup issue/blank screen — #2

My gigabit does this. Make sure your video card is fully seated, it sometimes comes loosened on one end or the other when you open the case a few times.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Christopher Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 23:19

G4 MDD startup issue/blank screen — #1

I'm fixing a G4 MDD Powermac and it has this annoying problem. This computer will chime on startup and will make some hard drive noises it will not display any video on the DVI or …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by mac-man6 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 21:42

WiFi under OS 9 on Pismo? — #5

My Lucent WaveLAN card had the same problem. Turned off encryption, and used the MAC restriction feature instead.
68kMLA Networking by Gil Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 20:44

WiFi under OS 9 on Pismo? — #4

OS 9 can't do "WEP passwords" very well. Is your base station a genuine AirPort base station, or is it 3rd party? If it's 3rd party, the password can't be used in OS 9. You'll h…
68kMLA Networking by Christopher Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 16:13

WiFi under OS 9 on Pismo? — #3

Thanks for the reply! The base station is a genuine last gen Airport Extreme. Does that change something? Actually I could as well go with the MAC address filter.
68kMLA Networking by superpantoufle Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 14:43

WiFi under OS 9 on Pismo? — #2

OS 9 can't do "WEP passwords" very well. Is your base station a genuine AirPort base station, or is it 3rd party? If it's 3rd party, the password can't be used in OS 9. You'll h…
68kMLA Networking by alk Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 14:04

WiFi under OS 9 on Pismo? — #1

Hi all, I have a nearly pristine Pismo with 512 Mb of Ram, happily running both Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS 9.2.2 on a 60 Gb hard drive. It has an Airport card, which I can use jus…
68kMLA Networking by superpantoufle Wed, 29 Apr 2009 - 10:15

PowerBook 2400c Video Slideshow... — #1

Ok, the video is in reference to: 1. Yuplan keyboard install 2. 96 MB RAM install 3. CardBus hack 4. Internal Wifi installation Exciting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8HPs…
68kMLA Software by freudling Tue, 28 Apr 2009 - 07:26

Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #46

You know, over the last couple of months I've been watching the price of G4 Macs come way down Picking up a dual G4 at 800MHz or faster is now actually affordable. The real que…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 16:36

Green imac Hard drive swap how do I get to the HD — #11

There are four screws you need to remove. You can see two already. The other two are hidden underneath a panel that pops off. The panel has tons of holes in it, and underneath you …
68kMLA PowerPC by Mike Richardson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 08:39

Green imac Hard drive swap how do I get to the HD — #10

Right, Sorry-not a G4; Green Slot load imac G3. Thanks for the replies, but aside from which one is easier to get to than the other, nobody is telling me how to OPEN THE CASE. I'm…
68kMLA PowerPC by rocketath Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 04:58

Green imac Hard drive swap how do I get to the HD — #9

actually, i find it quite the opposite, save for the G4. The tray-load are easy, just take off the bottom, and then pull out the tray. The CD is just fixed to it, and easy to get.…
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 04:48

Green imac Hard drive swap how do I get to the HD — #8

actually, i find it quite the opposite, save for the G4. The tray-load are easy, just take off the bottom, and then pull out the tray. The CD is just fixed to it, and easy to get…
68kMLA PowerPC by coius Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 04:45

Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #45

You know, over the last couple of months I've been watching the price of G4 Macs come way down. It's been really very impressive to see an MDD that a few months ago would have sol…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by alk Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 02:28

Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #44

Awesome! You'll be pleased with that setup. Click to expand... HEH! } Will you still need to drive dual displays now? Click to expand... Erm . . . not a fre…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 02:01

Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #42

. . . I won an nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 64 MB on this go-round all right . . . but maybe the packaging and shipping costs are a TEENSY bit on the extreme side . . . :-/ . …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 01:49

Tiger install on beige G3 with xpostfacto problems — #8

A few points to add to the good advice others have contributed: - As folks have said, Tiger must be installed on the first partition, and the partition should be smaller than 7.45…
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Mon, 27 Apr 2009 - 00:27

Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #41

The GeForce4 MX should support dual displays even with only 32MB of RAM. Click to expand... Hooray! Thanks for all your input, comrade. Not too shabby for $22 shipped! …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Sun, 26 Apr 2009 - 19:42

Green imac Hard drive swap how do I get to the HD — #6

Hi, Try this page. It's a great resource that provides instructions on getting to any component in a slot-loading iMac. http://www.scribd.com/doc/103447/iMac-G3-Disassembly-Guid…
68kMLA PowerPC by Apostrophe Sun, 26 Apr 2009 - 15:43
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