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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 03:06pm PT
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The newer hard drives are at least 5400 RPM, which give a substantial speed boost over the 4200 RPM models.
Going from 5400 RPM to 7500 RPM does knott give nearly as big a performance increase - knott sure why.
Before you do anything about the lines on the screen, test using an external monitor.
If you can narrow down the problem, it will be a great help in deciding if it's worth fixing.
If it is indeed the logic board, then you have to decide if you want to track down a used
one (again, good luck!), or spend $$$$$ on a new replacement logic board. The labor would
probably be $250 for the replacement at a reputable shop - you might find someone for $50
to $75 an hour on the side. Or you can sack up and do it yourself! It's knott brain surgery...
Climbing rocks is much scarier!
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Jan 13, 2008 - 03:13pm PT
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Knott,
That fixit site is cool but the computer they show for the 12 alum. G4 isn't mine. It's way different. Mine has the quick remove keyboard that once you lift it up you can easily remove the ram. I did this along time ago. took it from 256 to 1gig.
Am I wrong about what computer i have?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 03:18pm PT
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What model is the other G4?
If it's knott a 12" Powerbook, forget it. What's the processor speed of yours?
Here's a great site:
http://www.everymac.com/
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Wade Icey
Big Wall climber
Indian Caves, CA
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Jan 13, 2008 - 03:53pm PT
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DR. Knott
For the last couple days my monitor image is 'bouncing, vibrating, and has an intermittent 1/2 inch black border making the the OS screen appear to be a window within the window screen? Time for some routine maintenance I don't know about or Death Knell?
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Jan 13, 2008 - 04:20pm PT
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Ha Ha Ha.... Maybe I am to stupid to fixit myself!
Ok, it really a 15" G4 Ti
The hard drive looks easy enough though, but the logic board, uhh I don't know.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 04:28pm PT
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N0_ONE - are you now saying your machine is a 15' Titanium?
Those hard drives are a piece of cake to replace. Just remove the back cover screws and thar she blows...
Wade Icey - What monitor is it? What machine? The more specific the better...
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Jan 13, 2008 - 04:52pm PT
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Yeah that's what I'm saying. Sorry for wasting half your day! :-)
So.. if I put my buddies hard drive in can I retrieve his data?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 05:02pm PT
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You provided for an entertaining repartee, which is never a waste of time...
If you want to get the data off either machine, start it up while holding down the "T" key
until you see a blue screen with the nuke symbol. If you see that, it is potentially good
news because it means you can plug a FireWire cable from your Mac to another Mac and
access the files as if it were a removable drive. What sort of stuff do you need to save?
If it is porn, perhaps God is punishing you?
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Wade Icey
Big Wall climber
Indian Caves, CA
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Jan 13, 2008 - 05:30pm PT
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Dr. Knott, maybe the whole rig is just dying of old age?
Thanks!
Hardware
Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
Machine Model: PowerMac3,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 400 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 832 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 3.2.2f1
Monitor:
ATY,Rage128Pro:
Chipset Model: ATY,Rage128Pro
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-A
VRAM (Total): 16 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5046
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-63001-108
Displays:
Apple Studio Display:
Display Type: CRT
Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 05:38pm PT
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I have a 400 Mhz iMac with an aftermarket 7500 RPM drive. It is running Mac OS Tiger 10.4.11,
and it is running rather well with 320 MB RAM. You can get a 80 GB drive for around $40...
It's super easy to install one into a G4 tower. Try the monitor with another machine
and see if the problem persists. You could also slap another video card in there to see
if that makes a difference...
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Jan 13, 2008 - 07:55pm PT
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So... I connect the two computer with fire wire, start up main computer, then start up his G4 while holding down the "T" Key?
Then his computer will show up as a disk in finder?
Do I have to set up sharing or networking preferences?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 08:22pm PT
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Do knott worry about network or sharing - just drag and drop the porn...
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Jan 13, 2008 - 08:25pm PT
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Ha Ha Ha.....I was trying to ignore the porn references.
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