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could be the sound/AC board or the logic board.... 619 Views / 4 Replies  
could be the sound/AC board or the logic board. Anyone with a working pismo around, so you could swap parts and find out, which one it is?
Posted by powerduck, on Jun 13, 2005 at 12:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
On a G3/250/13.3, a long time ago, I had a... 820 Views / 1 Replies  
On a G3/250/13.3, a long time ago, I had a similar problem (although the lines were vertical rather than horizontal). It was due to a faulty/loose display cable. Eventually, the PB had to be...
Posted by powerduck, on May 27, 2005 at 07:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Neither am I a guru nor do I have a fix for... 638 Views / 3 Replies  
Neither am I a guru nor do I have a fix for this; however, I wonder why it should be necessary to log out before putting the powerbook to sleep, or log in while it is pitch dark. It seems as though...
Posted by powerduck, on May 6, 2005 at 11:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
same here. 3,121 Views / 42 Replies  
same here.
Posted by powerduck, on Apr 30, 2005 at 02:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
the photo dock has an additional S-Video... 986 Views / 9 Replies  
the photo dock has an additional S-Video connector, and the regular docks don't. Otherwise, the dock for a 20GB 3rd generation iPod fits a 30GB iPod Photo just fine.
Posted by powerduck, on Apr 26, 2005 at 02:48 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
...and here: ... 2,152 Views / 31 Replies  
...and here:

http://wiebetech.com/products.php
Posted by powerduck, on Apr 5, 2005 at 07:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Simply relaunching the finder usually solves the... 750 Views / 13 Replies  
Simply relaunching the finder usually solves the problem for me. But it does seem a bit annoying. This may be the kind of bug that can only be encountered on a mac... :rolleyes:
Posted by powerduck, on Mar 25, 2005 at 12:52 AM, in macOS
That's unfortunate. Those with watches that... 2,352 Views / 49 Replies  
That's unfortunate. Those with watches that wouldn't look dumb might consider these:http://www.silverfoot.com/catalogue/webbing.html Dunno if they are fashionable in Texas. They are in the great...
Posted by powerduck, on Nov 15, 2004 at 09:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Open your activity monitor (utilities) and set... 683 Views / 4 Replies  
Open your activity monitor (utilities) and set the dock icon to "show memory usage" (monitor>dock items>show memory usage). Let it run while you are working and check occasionally how your current...
Posted by powerduck, on Nov 13, 2004 at 07:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Is the 17" too bulky to travel? Depends on how... 1,212 Views / 26 Replies  
Is the 17" too bulky to travel? Depends on how you travel The 15" is just small enough to fit nicely into a small backpack for the bike ride to school. Also, any bigger and use on an airplane might...
Posted by powerduck, on Nov 9, 2004 at 11:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
other world computing is a cheap, nationwide,... 711 Views / 6 Replies  
other world computing is a cheap, nationwide, reliable, mac oriented provider. They offer a plan with an optional accelerator program. Plus you get a an address @fastermac.net. Check it out at...
Posted by powerduck, on Nov 6, 2004 at 08:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well...that is giving them a little bit too much... 1,386 Views / 8 Replies  
Well...that is giving them a little bit too much credit. As can easily be gathered from the infamous white spot thread, that move should have come a few months ago. They are as sluggish to...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 25, 2004 at 11:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: And the 17" seems more like a portable desktop... 3,138 Views / 18 Replies  
And the 17" seems more like a portable desktop than a laptop. Now, if I were given the choice between a 15" Al book and the G5 desktop, I'd go with the Powerbook any time. Fits in my backpack, can do...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 22, 2004 at 02:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I believe the earlier 15" BTO models (5,2)... 844 Views / 11 Replies  
I believe the earlier 15" BTO models (5,2) 1.25GHz with 80GB @5400 had the Hitachi with 8MB, while the current model (5,4) 1.5GHz uses the Toshiba with 16MB.

As far as power consumption of the...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 14, 2004 at 07:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Is 128MB video ram necessary? 901 Views / 7 Replies  
I don't know if that adapter suits your needs, but a DVI-to-VGA adapter (and an S-video-to-composite adapter) is included (for free) with the PB. It seems like you could spend the 30 bucks towards...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 10, 2004 at 11:42 AM, in Mac Notebooks
right ...but you should still give them a call... 982 Views / 13 Replies  
right ...but you should still give them a call and see what happens.
:cry:
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 10, 2004 at 01:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
You will receive a paper invoice by mail a few... 982 Views / 13 Replies  
You will receive a paper invoice by mail a few weeks after the purchase. I just printed out the electronic invoice and sent that instead. I figure they would really like to give me that rebate and...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 9, 2004 at 10:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Yes - the sad part is though that Apple care... 825 Views / 10 Replies  
Yes - the sad part is though that Apple care won't give you the specifics of what they consider genuinely poor battery performance vs. normal wear. They won't quote you a minimal capacity acceptable...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 7, 2004 at 02:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
3 small and 2 large "faint" white spots appeared... 33,519 Views / 111 Replies  
3 small and 2 large "faint" white spots appeared on my 15" rev A after some three weeks of light use. The spots remained stable (number, size, shape, intensity) from October 2003 through late August...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 3, 2004 at 07:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Good RAM but not a good price. Considering the... 464 Views / 2 Replies  
Good RAM but not a good price. Considering the expensive Apple memory, lots of people upgrade their new powerbooks immediately after they get it and sell their original 256 MB sticks on ebay. Search...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 2, 2004 at 07:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
JKT could you explain to me why the continuous... 571 Views / 2 Replies  
JKT could you explain to me why the continuous degradation causes the capacity to apparently decline in increments rather than on a curve. I had the same problem as Bruck: powerbook arrived with bad...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 2, 2004 at 01:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No way. Upgrade the pismo, if you must or save... 823 Views / 10 Replies  
No way. Upgrade the pismo, if you must or save your money towards an Al book. I skipped the entire Ti family of powerbooks and don't regret it.
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 28, 2004 at 11:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Don't know about a Ti specifically, but I sent in... 578 Views / 7 Replies  
Don't know about a Ti specifically, but I sent in my upgraded pismo with for HD unrelated repair and that wasn't a problem. In my experience, Apple care doesn't nitpick and won't void a warranty...
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 28, 2004 at 11:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks
My 15" 1.5 GHz Powerbook came with an Apple... 589 Views / 4 Replies  
My 15" 1.5 GHz Powerbook came with an Apple preinstalled Hynix 512 MB stick in the lower slot. I put a second Samsung 1GB in the upper slot. Works perfectly. Why wouldn't it?
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 23, 2004 at 11:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
My Pismo had similar symptoms at one time.... 1,160 Views / 19 Replies  
My Pismo had similar symptoms at one time. Replacement of the Logic Board (Apple care) helped.

Pismo PowerLogix G4/500 (after repair: G3/500), Travelstar 40/5400, 1 G RAM.
Posted by powerduck, on Jul 17, 2004 at 02:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I am using an OWC FW 400 enclosure and a FW 800... 2,152 Views / 31 Replies  
I am using an OWC FW 400 enclosure and a FW 800 (MicroGB+) from wiebe tech. Both are flawless.

http://wiebetech.com/products.html#portablestorage
Posted by powerduck, on Jun 4, 2004 at 01:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Help with 15"Powerbook purchase. 624 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a first generation 1.25 GHz Powerbook. It has 5 white spots and unequal illumination (darker right side). Apart from that, the machine is just about the most awesome powerbook I have owned....
Posted by powerduck, on May 5, 2004 at 10:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
This is not quite to the point, but might be... 541 Views / 6 Replies  
This is not quite to the point, but might be interesting anyway. About two years ago I upgraded my 400 MHz Pismo with the Powerlogix G4 500. Everything went smooth and the performance jump was quite...
Posted by powerduck, on Apr 29, 2004 at 08:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
conventional wisdom is sleep when plugged in;... 690 Views / 4 Replies  
conventional wisdom is sleep when plugged in; however, with the indecent amount of power drain by the sleeping panther, what is the conventional wisdom for sleep on battery?
Posted by powerduck, on Nov 3, 2003 at 03:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
it depends on the meaning of "bought". If it was... 697 Views / 4 Replies  
it depends on the meaning of "bought". If it was invoiced after the 8th, you should qualify. Here is what I received from the Apple store:

Since your order invoiced after the announcement date of...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 31, 2003 at 12:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Go there: ... 1,034 Views / 3 Replies  
Go there:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88344

and here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284


My PB had the same 99%=fully charged phenomenon. Recalibrated,...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 26, 2003 at 06:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks
out of box white spots 2 and 1 in order of... 5,467 Views / 61 Replies  
out of box white spots 2 and 1 in order of brightness. Both are fairly small, 1 is hardly noticeable.
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 22, 2003 at 11:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A few days ago, the apple store for education... 650 Views / 6 Replies  
A few days ago, the apple store for education quoted a delay of 4 to 6 weeks for the following configuration:

PBG4 15.2/1.25GHZ/1024 (1)/80 (5400)/CMBO/AP/BL

ordered 09/25/03 Est. Ship...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 2, 2003 at 05:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I have been using a pismo/osx.2 with the... 750 Views / 8 Replies  
I have been using a pismo/osx.2 with the powerlogix g4/500 upgrade for somewhat over a year now. For my purposes, the machine is very usable and snappy enough. You will need to take some pleasure in...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 2, 2003 at 11:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
BTO, educational, US PBG4 15.2/1.25GHZ/1024... 18,296 Views / 302 Replies  
BTO, educational, US

PBG4 15.2/1.25GHZ/1024 (1)/80 (5400)/CMBO/AP/BL

Ordered 09/25/2003 Est. Ship 11/07/2003
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 1, 2003 at 04:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
certainly. they dually duel dell in hell 9,978 Views / 60 Replies  
certainly. they dually duel dell in hell
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 19, 2003 at 10:48 AM, in Mac Desktops
Got my powerbook back from repair. I assume it... 801 Views / 11 Replies  
Got my powerbook back from repair. I assume it must have been the self-destructing port phenomenon. I certainly plugged/unplugged numerous times without even thinking that a plug on a mac might not...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 18, 2003 at 01:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for the replies. Nothing helped. I finally... 801 Views / 11 Replies  
Thanks for the replies. Nothing helped. I finally called Apple. They asked me to send the PB in without much ado and will repair it under Apple Care. So I assume it's some sort of a known hardware...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 9, 2003 at 03:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Pismo: firewire ports dead. Any ideas? 801 Views / 11 Replies  
Out of the blue, my pismo quit detecting any firewire devices. I tried various combinations of unplugging/replugging, resetting vram + pram without any success. The ports are still powered (will...
Posted by powerduck, on Sep 7, 2003 at 07:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It seems odd that it should happen with the power... 442 Views / 2 Replies  
It seems odd that it should happen with the power adapter plugged in. Otherwise, the power manager might be screwed up. Try if resetting the PMU helps.
...
Posted by powerduck, on Nov 14, 2002 at 03:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
all right, all right. You do not need to remove... 1,071 Views / 25 Replies  
all right, all right. You do not need to remove the sink from the processor card. But you do need to remove the sink from the computer together with the card. Did I get it right?
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 21, 2002 at 03:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The procedure how to install ram in a pismo is... 1,071 Views / 25 Replies  
The procedure how to install ram in a pismo is described at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58582

Apple apparently does not encourage adding memory in the lower slot. However, if...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 21, 2002 at 02:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
go there:... 874 Views / 9 Replies  
go there: http://www.transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=97

or do a search for travelstar at www.googlegear.com

You may want to consider the newer generation travelstar drives (20G and...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 12, 2002 at 06:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
my pismo has been running 10.1.5/10.2 with the... 694 Views / 3 Replies  
my pismo has been running 10.1.5/10.2 with the powerlogix g4 upgrade for about 2 months now. No problems whatsoever :) With the cpu maxed out (burning cds etc) it tends to run hot (fan comes on -...
Posted by powerduck, on Oct 12, 2002 at 06:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
obsolete equipment? I don' think 1,424 Views / 19 Replies  
I'd say hold on your pismo, get the G4 upgrade from Powerlogix, put in the travelstar 40 gnx and perhaps some more ram. You'd be amazed.
With some planning, you'll have your powerbook back from the...
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 29, 2002 at 10:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
same here 10.2 installed fine in my (G4... 767 Views / 12 Replies  
same here
10.2 installed fine in my (G4 upgraded) Pismo:)


Pismo G4/500/1024(transintl)/40/ 10.2 (6C115)
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 26, 2002 at 01:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Quote: ... 2,618 Views / 81 Replies  
Quote:
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Anybody with a g4 pismo that seems a little less cool than expected may wish to check on those resistors (need a magnifying glass, the...
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 23, 2002 at 10:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
heat problem after g4 upgrade 2,618 Views / 81 Replies  
I have been running a g4 upgrade in my pismo for a few days now. Stability and performance under X.1.5 are awesome:D; however, my powerbook gets very hot. In fact, the fan came on, something that has...
Posted by powerduck, on Aug 14, 2002 at 08:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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