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Not exactly a mac mod, but a hardware mod question... (SATA-card modding) 1,079 Views / 0 Replies  
Any ideas on what the mentioned mod is?
Posted by Crimson, on Jun 16, 2009 at 03:49 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Arf, please read the question properly. I have... 1,329 Views / 2 Replies  
Arf, please read the question properly. I have that CPU-upgrade, have had it since 2003:) I'm only looking to ID the clip that holds the heatsink - is it industry standard or proprietary... I'm...
Posted by Crimson, on Apr 25, 2009 at 12:51 PM, in Hardware Hacking
G-Celerator heatsink question 1,329 Views / 2 Replies  
Can anyone identify the clip? http://www.macuser.co.uk/reviews/53368/giga-designs-gcelerator-g4-14ghz-cpu-upgrade.html It's socket something, but what?
Posted by Crimson, on Apr 22, 2009 at 12:36 PM, in Hardware Hacking
I'd dare say pay a visit to www.themacelite.com... 1,410 Views / 19 Replies  
I'd dare say pay a visit to www.themacelite.com for flashing information and a guide on suitable PC video cards. I myself flashed a Radeon 9800 Pro I got pretty damn cheap (35 euros with Zalman dual...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 19, 2009 at 01:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Worth a shot, I'd say. But make sure the other... 895 Views / 6 Replies  
Worth a shot, I'd say. But make sure the other QS' don't crash the way yours does first:)
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 14, 2009 at 05:03 PM, in Mac Desktops
A faulty PSU might indeed be able to crash the... 895 Views / 6 Replies  
A faulty PSU might indeed be able to crash the thing. If needed voltage is way lower than needed, the mobo doesn't have sufficient juice to run properly. HWD can run well, it doesn't boot the full OS...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 14, 2009 at 09:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
Ok, here's a brief cap from finnish: The card is... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
Ok, here's a brief cap from finnish: The card is based on Sil3152, the markings are:
Sil3512ECTU128
QK0429.1-1
0638
AD03AX2

It's from www.verkkokauppa.com (the current card there is not the...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 13, 2009 at 01:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
Found a heads-up on another finnish forum - One... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
Found a heads-up on another finnish forum - One ~20$ is indeed flashable, with deep-sleep and booting possible.
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 10, 2009 at 11:57 PM, in Mac Desktops
Check how the heatsink is attached - if you're... 1,174 Views / 5 Replies  
Check how the heatsink is attached - if you're lucky, they used some industry-stantard mechanism - which would mean that you can get a good HS without a hassle.
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 8, 2009 at 08:46 AM, in Hardware Hacking
That way thinking, yes. But that's why I'm after... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
That way thinking, yes. But that's why I'm after a flashable card at around 20$:D Besides, I bought this mac a year ago for 80 euros... Added RAM from my sawtooth, which I thought had fried AGP,...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 7, 2009 at 05:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
Aye, noted that thingie about enclosures. I'm... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
Aye, noted that thingie about enclosures. I'm actually planning on adding internal drives. Oh, cannot seem to find 3112-drivers for mac there, 3124 OTOH has drivers.
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM, in Mac Desktops
mduell: excuse me? Some of us just cannot shell... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
mduell: excuse me? Some of us just cannot shell out dough for all the latest gear there is. Besides, as I live in finland, and I do not have a credit card, newegg etc is out of question. Oh, that...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 5, 2009 at 04:24 PM, in Mac Desktops
mduell: that would be affordable one, although... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
mduell: that would be affordable one, although it's PCIe as reader50 pointed out. SI doesn't seem to have any mac drivers online anymore...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 4, 2009 at 01:52 PM, in Mac Desktops
Just curious, have you checked the cable that... 906 Views / 4 Replies  
Just curious, have you checked the cable that goes to the front panel board? Both ends...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 2, 2009 at 04:29 PM, in Mac Desktops
http://www.halvathinnat.fi/magento/atk/i-o-kortti-... 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
http://www.halvathinnat.fi/magento/atk/i-o-kortti-ohjainkortit/pci-sata-serial-ata-hard-drive-card.html

Dunno if this is flashable, maybe I'll try it one day... It's based on Sil3112-chip, and...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 1, 2009 at 03:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
SATA-controllers? 3,408 Views / 13 Replies  
I'm dreaming... of an affordable SATA-card for my meager GigE - what are the alternatives? Are any of them el cheapo PC-cards flashable for mac? I don't need RAID or any fancy stuff, just to get some...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 1, 2009 at 03:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
Ok, the G3's FPB is much more complicated than... 2,275 Views / 4 Replies  
Ok, the G3's FPB is much more complicated than the one from G4. (Which mainly has 3 switches, dual colored LED and lid open/closed switch) I'd dare say they're not compatible. Here's a helpful link...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 1, 2009 at 08:01 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Could you post some images of the FPB? I could do... 2,275 Views / 4 Replies  
Could you post some images of the FPB? I could do some visual comparison:)
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 27, 2009 at 12:24 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Mods to interior (hardware, cooling) or exterior... 1,314 Views / 9 Replies  
Mods to interior (hardware, cooling) or exterior (case mods). These include cooling solutions varying from air intakes to blowholes to water cooling, lighting etc. Anything that will void the...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 23, 2008 at 03:55 AM, in Hardware Hacking
I just tried SD to make an ASR-ready image of my... 1,314 Views / 9 Replies  
I just tried SD to make an ASR-ready image of my boot disk just incase I want to check leopard out... If I'm not satisfied, I can restore my current working setup:)
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 16, 2008 at 01:29 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Seanc: I suspect he's going to do something to... 1,100 Views / 2 Replies  
Seanc: I suspect he's going to do something to the plastic:)
After some googling: http://homepage.mac.com/rstephens/.Public/powermac_g3_blue.white.pdf
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 16, 2008 at 01:14 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Carbon Copy Cloner would be the key - Bombich.com... 1,314 Views / 9 Replies  
Carbon Copy Cloner would be the key - Bombich.com (http://www.bombich.com) That's how I did it with my setup:) There are others too, try searching MacUpdate (http://www.macupdate.com) or...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Umm, the zalman-link is wonky, no product is... 2,797 Views / 10 Replies  
Umm, the zalman-link is wonky, no product is specified? Are you perhaps pointing at this (http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=137) or what? your link lacked ?idx=nnn from the end...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 1, 2008 at 05:33 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Ok, I'm selling my sawtooth and Radeon 8500, I've... 2,133 Views / 7 Replies  
Ok, I'm selling my sawtooth and Radeon 8500, I've got an offer I wanted... Radeon 9800 Pro will be bought soonish... and the cable shelf is going to be modified, so no need for small fan... (R9800Pro...
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 28, 2008 at 05:38 AM, in Hardware Hacking
I'll try and check... other things pending prior... 2,133 Views / 7 Replies  
I'll try and check... other things pending prior that:)
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 20, 2008 at 05:42 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Good resource for pre-G5 macs: G4 parts... 2,133 Views / 7 Replies  
Good resource for pre-G5 macs: G4 parts information (http://infohost.nmt.edu/~holstien/g4info.html)
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 19, 2008 at 07:20 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Milhouse, if i remember correctly, you were the... 2,133 Views / 7 Replies  
Milhouse, if i remember correctly, you were the one who made G4 into G5-look back in time? Thanks for the reply... The fan size is the main problem - here in Finland, suitable fans aren't really...
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 19, 2008 at 06:59 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Not one comment,sad. 2,133 Views / 7 Replies  
Not one comment,sad.
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 18, 2008 at 03:19 PM, in Hardware Hacking
GigE with Giga upgrade - fan problems 2,133 Views / 7 Replies  
Ok, I've got a 1.25GHz upgrade waiting to be installed into GigE, but the problem is the fan. It died ages ago when I transferred my Sawtooth into a server case, and about month and a half ago i...
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 13, 2008 at 02:47 AM, in Hardware Hacking
The current theme is UNO and the same applies to... 766 Views / 3 Replies  
The current theme is UNO and the same applies to OS X itself. No idea where to find said graphic...
Posted by Crimson, on Jul 11, 2007 at 12:40 AM, in GUI Customization
Höh, not one reply:/ 766 Views / 3 Replies  
Höh, not one reply:/
Posted by Crimson, on Jul 8, 2007 at 07:59 AM, in GUI Customization
Quick Q: resizer? 766 Views / 3 Replies  
The one that Firefox (and so many other apps) uses, any idea how to get rid of it? I mean the lil' gray rectangle in the lower right corner of the window with 3 diagonal lines on it...
Posted by Crimson, on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:51 PM, in GUI Customization
On plain vanilla system, latest glib (2.12.10)... 3,520 Views / 13 Replies  
On plain vanilla system, latest glib (2.12.10) and latest irssi (0.8.11-rc1) - above error is not there:) Had to reinstall, I had phooked my perl...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 9, 2007 at 02:28 AM, in macOS
latest glib (2.12.9) has the patch rolled in, ... 3,520 Views / 13 Replies  
latest glib (2.12.9) has the patch rolled in, and it works... although when quitting, there's an error:
irssi(9269) malloc: *** Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x2f85b8; This could be a...
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 1, 2007 at 03:51 AM, in macOS
current line used to configure irssi 0.8.10a with... 3,520 Views / 13 Replies  
current line used to configure irssi 0.8.10a with above patched glib and pkg-config 0.21, gettext 0.16.1:

./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --with-glib-prefix=/usr/local/lib/...
Posted by Crimson, on Jan 26, 2007 at 04:35 AM, in macOS
gritz: please look at the pictures... 20,273 Views / 128 Replies  
gritz: please look at the pictures http://users.evtek.fi/~k0101446/NASA/ See the window resizer? Please, tell me how to get rid of it... it jumps on your eyes on firefox (and goes over RIP's button)
Posted by Crimson, on May 26, 2006 at 03:55 PM, in GUI Customization
I did, it's the "last resort" if something does... 1,313 Views / 5 Replies  
I did, it's the "last resort" if something does not render on FF...
Posted by Crimson, on Oct 10, 2005 at 02:32 AM, in GUI Customization
That DeXtop -site does not play nice with... 1,313 Views / 5 Replies  
That DeXtop -site does not play nice with Firefox. Navigation vanishes when it finishes loading.
Posted by Crimson, on Oct 9, 2005 at 10:37 AM, in GUI Customization
ooh, my bad. I should've been a bit more careful:) 20,273 Views / 128 Replies  
ooh, my bad. I should've been a bit more careful:)
Posted by Crimson, on Oct 6, 2005 at 11:21 AM, in GUI Customization
Kevin, it is an installer... 20,273 Views / 128 Replies  
Kevin, it is an installer...
Posted by Crimson, on Oct 6, 2005 at 10:37 AM, in GUI Customization
ok, I'm forced to keep my terminal.app set to use... 817 Views / 3 Replies  
ok, I'm forced to keep my terminal.app set to use ISO 8859-1/15 to see äöå properly in irc. If I set terminal to UTF-8 and use luit to set charset for remote screen session, I lose local screen's...
Posted by Crimson, on Jul 8, 2005 at 07:21 AM, in macOS
Without being able to see the picture anymore,... 1,026 Views / 10 Replies  
Without being able to see the picture anymore, I'd still dare to venture that they're dashboard widgets that are running in developer mode (?), thus visible on desktop. Macosxhints had something on...
Posted by Crimson, on Jul 5, 2005 at 06:54 PM, in GUI Customization
thanks for the link, viruscool... there's already... 916 Views / 11 Replies  
thanks for the link, viruscool... there's already wiki for growing hemp, so why not for theming OS X :D
Posted by Crimson, on Jul 1, 2005 at 07:08 AM, in GUI Customization
Heh, the first link did it, I imported the... 916 Views / 11 Replies  
Heh, the first link did it, I imported the applied theme with themepark, and from application skins omitted all iApps, also, I did not do the discard phase, for some reason it screwed finder menus:)...
Posted by Crimson, on Jun 28, 2005 at 04:23 PM, in GUI Customization
ok, I'll add my question here: I wish to modify a... 916 Views / 11 Replies  
ok, I'll add my question here: I wish to modify a theme (Polyvinyl Plastics) for my own use, mainly my gripes are too big font in iTunes and the background of "LCD".
Posted by Crimson, on Jun 28, 2005 at 10:16 AM, in GUI Customization
tlmad: what glib you're using? as I mentioned... 3,520 Views / 13 Replies  
tlmad: what glib you're using? as I mentioned above, glib 2.6.4 is hosed and needs a patch.
Posted by Crimson, on May 10, 2005 at 04:07 AM, in macOS
ok: forgot to add: glib needs to be patched,... 3,520 Views / 13 Replies  
ok: forgot to add: glib needs to be patched, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302672
---------------SNIP------------------------------------------
--- glib/gmain.c.orig 2005-05-01...
Posted by Crimson, on May 8, 2005 at 03:52 PM, in macOS
nogo, whatsoever I do, it either fails or does... 3,520 Views / 13 Replies  
nogo, whatsoever I do, it either fails or does not work.


Ok, got it around glib, it needed to be patched... but now perl fails.

Update: I got it a working...
I did a complete reinstall, only...
Posted by Crimson, on May 7, 2005 at 06:07 AM, in macOS
http://www.dfwdepot.com/osc/product_info.php?produ... 1,076 Views / 16 Replies  
http://www.dfwdepot.com/osc/product_info.php?products_id=242

that might help in putting the slim ones in...
Posted by Crimson, on Mar 4, 2005 at 06:37 PM, in Hardware Hacking
WTB: broken sawtooth logic board 347 Views / 0 Replies  
Need it for a project - sizing things up for case conversion... Toss me offers:)

(Alternately, if someone has extaneous 133MHz-bus mobo and wants to part of it really cheap... ya know who to...
Posted by Crimson, on Feb 18, 2005 at 06:58 AM, in Marketplace
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