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I have a Powerbook G3 Lombard (bronze) which I would like to instal osX on. Others have said this is theoretically possible, but could one change out the processor and make the computer much faster? Also can a video card be accessed? Currently, I can only use dial up and …

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First off, I apologize if this is in the incorrect forum. I couldn't really tell where it should go, because it's a software problem on an Apple hardware product. If this is in the wrong spot, again, I apologize. That being said, I've been experiencing some problems with my iPod …

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Hello, I just received my new Cinema Display 20" and have it all hooked up. However, I would like to also run the previous monitor which is a NEC Accusync LCD 17" as a second monitor. I'm told this would be particularly beneficial when using photoshop. There is only one …

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Hi I have a macbook that was given the ol beer in the keyboard treatment and went dark with a ghost image, before I bought it, leading me to believe that it was the inverter board had blown, I bought one online and replaced it but to no avail. The …

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I need a numeric keypad that uses a USB hub for my mac. I replace the wireless keyboard with a new one and there's no number pad with it. I've purchased two number pad that were s'posed to be mac compatible, but were not. I don't need a retractable cord. …

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I have a minimac and recently added my grandchildren as users. I used the parental control options when setting their own log ins but need to make some changes. This is where all my dramas began. I have tried every which way to gain access to their account but am …

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Hey Someone gave us another working "quicksilver" Does anyone have one of these? Or Knows what their capable off.. We have one already but that's dedicated and modified for a specific task. Thsi one's for experimentation ....We have spare memory, and hard drives and family pack software to put in. …

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Hi, I have an emac g4 that has a number of problems, It is a 1.25gz. Sometimes it will boot to a blue, blank screen, on holding down the alt key I see the boot drive and I can start up (10.4os) but will go to the blue screen again. …

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Hello, I have a Apple g4 ibook that will not power up.The battery doesn't charge either.Is it possible that the dc input is bad?I took it to the Apple store and they could not determine the problem.They said they could send it to the depot to have it repaired for …

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I just bought a used 1.42 GHz 14" iBook G4 and the ac adapter that came with it appears to be the 45w version. It works, although it might be running warm, I'm not sure what's normal. It doesn't say "45w" on it but does say the output is "24. …

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700 MHz iBook G3 If I move the screen just a tiny bit on this iBook it goes off instantly. This is when the screen is open at a normal viewing angle. I can use it forever like that but if I move the lid the smallest amount the computer …

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the light is not on by my internal camera....when i open photobooth nothing comes up the screen is blank and the light is still not on.....help!

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Hi, I'm a complete dunce when it comes to computers so I need some serious help? A friend of mine gave me a PowerBook G4, she said that it had some problems but nothing like this! I bought a new Power Pack for it because it wasn't working, but it …

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We have connected a G5 tower to a Compaq 17" flat screen and after a couple of minutes it runs slows and cant open any folders. Basically it hangs the hold system. I am not a Mac guru, I look after the windows network and help out the Mac team …

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It appears that the onboard NIC in my G4 has fried (No lights, No IP address). I had no idea it would be so hard to find a replacement. Any recommendations? TIA.

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Have a Lacie 1T external drive that my G5 is not finding. Have always connected with USB 2, and has worked fine to date (6 months). Turned it on after vacation and no icon on desktop. Should I try with firewire ? How do I find the drive ? Any …

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My iBook has just given up the ghost, I only have a set of Mac OS 9.1 discs and can not get the machine to boot from these disks. Help Please, no important info stored on HD.

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Hi there, I've recently got my first mac (mac book pro) and currently dealing with a little problem: I have a lacie peripheral driver where I store all heavy data and it is no longer recognized by the computer (i.e. it's not display within volumes and hence I cannot repair …

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the weird behavior began as a thin red line running horizontally across my cinema display followed by what looked like what might expect to see if an earthquake was taking place in the monitor. On attempting to restart in the normal fashion the "extra fan" kicked in and I turned …

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I am trying to accomplish One thing and either way I will be happy. I had a HP Laserjet with No Mac OS support and every third party drive didn't work at all. So I sold the windows only LJ and just bought a Mac OS X compatible HP LJ. …

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My I-mac G-5 gives the start up sound, then I get the blue screen with the apple in the center. After about a minute the computer begins to make a loud noise-as if the fan is running in overdrive, it will not complete the start up process. I have to …

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My roommate bought an airport express before I had moved in. We now have 3 computers wireless off this router (Me and my two roommates). Recently my boss gave me his old G4 laptop and I am having a hard time connecting to the internet. My G4 shows full bars …

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Hey, I'm thinking about buying a mac laptop and if i did i would get a ram upgrade, I was browsing through some on eBay and was just wondering if i could just buy a ordinary 4gb ram or would have to have a specific one because of it being …

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If any one could tell me why my monitor turns off when I launch a computer game, it would be most appreciated. I have a MacMini and I have tried dumping files, launching games from the applications folder and running the game while the monitor is down to see if …

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I am attempting with little success to connect a G5 to a G4. I attempted to connect using a hub through the ethernet connections with no luck. Today I attempted to connect using a firewire from one to the other. With the GA booted up, I booted up the G5 …

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This is my first post so please be gentle with me!! I am having trouble understanding airport utilities. I have the utilities window open and it displays the router address...I would like to know where this address is from, is it internal or did my internet provider give it that …

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I have a g3 700 imac that hasn't been used in about a year since it died and was replaced by the intel based imac. The g3 imac will not even power up. The CRT was showing signs of degradation before the g3 quit. I wonder if it is a …

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If you hear timed clik cloks on your hardisk its time to say goodbye, for there is no way you can have it working again. the hardisk has crash for it cannot recover from a physical damage that has happened. you can hear timed knocking.for the hardisk cannot goback to …

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My 2005 PowerBook G4, 1.25GHz with a Fujitsu HD has been funny for a while. I flattened it and reinstalled OSX 10.3.4, didn't improve things so bought Leopard. Wouldn't install. Now won't open at all, just get grey screen, Apple logo and revolving clockface. Makes clicking sounds but does nothing. …

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A while back, I salvaged a good eMac motherboard from an eMac with a fuzzy CRT screen. I didn't write down the specs or serial number from a screen view, or from the label on the inside of the eMac's optical drive door. Now I wanted to figure out if …

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