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| | I have an iBook G4--no disks--daughter left them at school Cannot boot up Went into single user mode and ran /sbin/fsck -fy came up with disk0s3: I/O error Invalid key length (4, 12283) ** Volume check failed any suggestions Many thanks in advance Gary |
| | My ibook died and will not restart no matter what I try. The screen is black. The battery is full as green light on at electricial connection. The hurrah sound does not come on when I press start button; nor start plus apple button; nor start plus apple plus control … |
| | Here are the system specs of this machine: OS 10.4.3 Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.1) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.35 GHz Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1 … |
| | hello i'm running OS 10.2.8 because i was running out of room because of the 35+ gigs on my itunes/ipod i recently bought a firewire harddrive. after transfering legions of files, various music librarys, etc. when i go to play a song on my itunes i cannot, because itunes 'cannot … |
| | I'm trying to repair my hard drive via disk utility from the install disk. The only problem is, when I start up from the cd everything freezes and white horizontal lines appear halfway down the screen. I'm trying to repair the disk because disk utility's "verify disk" gave me a … |
 | Hello, I'm afraid to hear the possible truth to this question, but... The screen on my eMac contracts a bit in size for a fraction of a second to a second. Seems to only do it when using a browser, not just when my slide show is running or if … |
| | Since iTunes 7 I have not had any success updating software on my iPods. I have a nano and a mini (both earlier generation). When trying to update software using iTunes 7 (rather than the old iPod Updater) I get an error about my firmware file being corrupt. I have … |
| | Hello everyone, [INDENT]I've just joined today and have come up through the electronics industry, moving over to the IT industry where I have had experience building and repairing PCs and more recently repairing G3 and G4 Power Macs. I have just aquired a faulty G5 Dual 1.8GHz PowerMac. This machine … |
| | Hi there My powermac tower G5 was working fine until yesterday and today the screens wont receive signal from tower. I just bought two Samsung monitors and installed it to the computer it work fine for a couple of days and now it does not receive the signal from the … |
| | Hi guys. Brand new to Apple computers as I got a "defective" G4 from my neighbor. He was going to throw it away but I told him I would try to fix it first. When I power it up, it makes a musical "greeting" power up sound and the monitor … |
| | I was talking to a nice woman the other day and she was having a trouble with her External Disk Drive. Below is the chat log I had with her: "[15:31] <tallmacgirl> i think ive made more trouble trying to fix the glitches . I just want it to run …  |
| | I have a Dual 2 GHz G5 with OS 10.3.9 and a HP MediaCenter with Windows XP. Each computer is connected to a Princeton VL1916 flat panel monitor. Since they are connected to these monitors none of my computers would hibernate or shot down unless I disconnect the monitor cable … |
| | My Imac G3 was always acting up when it turns on after 5 to 8 minutes it shutsdown, so i decided to open up and found out that it has a defective power supply, no parts available so I dissembled it make an improvisions, using its optical protection switch imade … |
| | Hi everyone, basically I bought my Mac a few weeks ago and this is the first time I have used a Mac, had been running on PC before. I connected my external hard drive a few days ago and it said that the hard drive was not formatted with the … |
| | ipod is acting up, imagine that! itunes is not giving me the option to sync songs to my ipod, went to apple site and followed instructions, updated itunes, reregistered ipod, restored ipod, then got a corruption message again, restored ipod again...and still cant load songs to ipod...sure im not the …  |
| | Help. I bought a HP scanjet 3970 and hooked it up to my G4 Mac, The scanner goes on when I start the computer but when I go to scan it does not seem to recognize the software. I cannot scan by using the buttons on the scanner either. It … |
| | Hi error code 0x80020043 relates to BURNING THE DISK FAILED BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF CD IS NOT SUPPORTED Anyone having had similar problems will no doubt have looked at this apple thread for advice - [url]http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=119512&tstart=0[/url] As you will see there are no postings from Apple addressing this problem despite … |
| | I was previously successfully using skype, ichat, and gizmo project. Now, all of a sudden, none of them will open. When I click on the application it appears in the finder, but bounces and does nothing. The programs never start. Eventually I force quit from the dock (it won't show … |
| | Hi All, ive got a powerbook, now its over two years old, and i never had a problem with it before (the battery life was going down rapidly and recently i only got about 10 minutes out of it, but thats not the issue im writing here about...) I was … |
| | machine seems slow - this is the only thing that seems out of sorts... External cache ?!!? of Processor ? of Memory ? anything I can do about it ? I've heard of people alchohol wiping the circuit card and connections to get rid of this... sounds wacky, but ? … |
| | A friend of mine had his iMac G3 take a hit in a storm and it knocked out his modem. He tried to get DSL but when he connects the Ethernet cable all the phones stop working in his house and the all start to ring on a constant. When … |
| | I have a G3 Blue and White (OS 10.2.8) that I am trying to connect to my home wireless network. I purchased a Macwireless card for the G3 and it is installed and recognized by the system. My network appears on the list of local area networks that I can … |
| | Howdy, At work, a beautiful 12x12? Wacom Intuos (Intuos not Intuos3!) graphics tablet was unearthed from the pit of unused equipment. I asked my boss if it still worked, he said the tablet still worked, but no computer had an ADB port for it anymore. He said he already contacted … |
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| | My old iMac DV died, and I replaced it with a 20-inch Intel iMac. Wonderful machine, but it doesn't have a modem. I need to send faxes, so I dusted off my Zoom K56 Flex fax modem. This device has a 25-pin RS-232 serial connector, so I bought a USB-to-Serial … |
| | I currently have a network of 5 PCs wirelessly connected with a D-Link Access Point (DLink DWL-700). They are sharing the Internet access. I am required now to include two units of Apple Macintosh G4 and 1 unit of Apple Mac G5 wirelessly to the network, to share the Internet. … |
| | [I]I have an older computer its an apple mac 7200/75 and when i turn it on all i get is a picture of a floppy disk with a question mark on it. what do i do? |
| | I have Motorola cable modem hard wired to my eMac. I would like to connect a wireless broadband router to my modem to allow a PC to make a wireless connection while the eMac remains hard wired. I purchased a Linksys Wireless-G router at the suggestion of the salesman only … |
| | I have a MAC G4 dual processor mirror front (downstairs in my home) and a G3 IBOOK white case that I would like to use wireless. I just purchased an Apple Original airport card on ebay for the laptop (not installed yet). I would like to network my computers and … |
| | I just bought a MacBook in November, and two months later the CD Port has quit working. It wont suck in the CDs at all, it just makes the noise as if it is, if that makes any sense. I've even tried to ease it in, and it just stays … |
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