Recent content by bernie123

Here we are 6 days later, couldn't wait for input from anyone so I went ahead and took a gamble, bought the Samsung 2.5" IDE 80GB, model # MP0804H for my G3 PowerBook (Pismo 500mhz), and the thing went in and formatted beautifully, no problem running the ATA6 interface, although I was told the...

Hey thanks for you input RacerX, Now my only concern is whether something I read about Pismos not being compatible with ATA6 drives is true or not. Apparently the G3 were only compatible with ATA5... ...would you or anyone reading this have any knowledge of this limitation? Tx, Bernie

zeddeh, try this link: http://www.vantecusa.com/product-cooling.html Vantec sells numerous inexpensive laptop fan models. You might consider a heftier model if this laptop is your main production machine, ie: something that plugs-in rather than drawing power from a USB port. Look up the...

Hey guys, I'm planning on replacing the original 12GB drive that came with my PowerBook G3 Series "Pismo" 500mhz (Firewire model) with something larger. I've got my eye on a Samsung 2.5" IDE 80GB, model # MP0804H. Is there a physical hardrive size limitation to the motherboard on this...

Thanks Al, I'm going to review all this flashing business with a buddy who's a bit more savvy on this Terminal business. DVR FlashX gave me headaches originally but I'm confident that I'll find a way to work this out. I'll get back and let you know one way or the other, thanks. Bernie

Can anyone supply me feedback on the above questions? ie: how to to do a firmware upgrade on my external FW DVR burner while leaving the internal Superdrive alone? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Al, I have since found and followed the MACOSX version of flashing you provided (thank you) MacFixit's OS9FAN's version (including the DRAG THE FOLDER IN TERMINAL method) and got errors both times: "...can't find...or... could not open....". I will try the method you described making sure I...

Al, thanks for that. I expanded the .exe that I found at this location on the Pioneer site: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/service/support/article/0,,2076_4249_277206650,00.html and am now looking at 3 files: – UPGR110D.exe (272kb) – RB100111.139 (1.7mb) &#8211...

I toasted a batch of data DVDs using these no-name disks (retrospectively, a big mistake) that came with a white "inkjet compatible" painted surface. Burns were done with built-in Pioneer Superdrive on my G4 Quicksilver running OSX 10.3.9. Everything was more or less OK until I recently bought a...

Diablo, thanks man. Sorry for having you spell everything out to reformat that 250GB drive. It was not the Disk Utility routine that was faulty, or the way I was going about it, all along, you were correct in assuming the limitations of my old Firewire enclosure. I've since purchased a new FW...

oops, now there's a possibility. Darn, how many factors are there that can affect this thing from formatting properly for me?? The FW enclosure is somewhat older, a no-name of some sort, FW400 with two 6-pin connectors. I'm contemplating another FW external case, but was hoping to make that one...

Thanks again. In Disk Utility: – no such menu/option under the ERASE menu. Only choices are under the SECURITY OPTIONS tab where you can erase/or not existing data, zero out, 7-pass, 35-pass – under PARTITION, if I select the "1 partition" option, I can type in 250GB in the SIZE...

The one 250GB partition sounds good man, but Disk Utility does not seem to view the drive as that, all I get is the 128GB that has already been formatted into (or out of?) it when I did it from within the G4. I gave TechTool Pro a go at it last night, same deal as Disk Utility. There must be a...

Guys, wow, thanks for multiple choices. Guess I'll be doing lots of reading and paying many visits to the fan store! Either that or get myself a good set of headphones! Thanks a lot, I'm now equipped with a few methods of modification to achieve the peace and quiet I've been loning for. I'll...

hello everyone, anybody have suggestions to my problem listed above? All I found was a patch from the Apple site but for the G4 mirrored doors exclusively, nothing earlier (my G4 is the Quicksilver, I believe one edition before the Mirrored Doors version). Thanks for your help.