Recent content by dflett

I have had the same problem since I switched to a wireless network (AirPort). XP on VPC6 will work with the wired ethernet port on the powerbook but refuses to work with the Airport card. I know Windows and have never got it to work regardless of the network settings on XP. Win98 is fine though...

Have you recently upgraded to 10.3.5 ? If so it may well be the fan. The 10.3.5 update lowered both the temperature the fan comes on and the temperature the speed it increases speed on all 12" powerbooks. When my powerbook is on mains supply, the fan goes much more than it used to. It's...

Yes, the CRT iMac firmware must be updated from MacOS 9: the only reason I keep it installed on the machine, otherwise its 10.3.5 too.

My iMac DV used to make the same noise but when it was powering off. If it is the same noise it is electronic, not mechanical, quite loud and gets lower in tone and last for a couple of seconds. I have heard it is the sign of an analogue board dying in the iMac but mine disappeared after I...

Many thanks for the link - i need to fix an iBook's DC socket soon and they have just the part to do it!

The Dell laptop I was talking about (the 7500) could be ordered with different screens. If you like hi res 15 inch then you could order 1400x1050 as the native resolution and if you preferred bigger pixels you could order a 15 inch screen with 1024x768 native resolution (and get a slight...

I think having the multiple options is a good idea - let's the consumer decide what's best for them. That is what Dell used to do a few years ago when I had to buy Wintel laptops - you choose 1024x768 up to 1400x1050 on the same model laptop. Personally I prefer a higher resolution over more...

The University of Washington Television site has an interesting lecture on the origins of OS X and general Mac history given by Bud Tribble of Apple. It's slightly out of date (2003) and deals with Jaguar rather than Panther but I found it very interesting and thought I would pass it on to...

No adapter - just the cable - I assume its just a cable.

As a user of both platforms I can sympathise with your comments cellfish although I don't agree with some of the points you make regarding OS X. Its a shame Apple innovate in many areas and yet make some decisions that shackle and limit the platform's potential. Their hardware and software is...

Great reply cellfish LOL - I know exactly what you mean! After 'switching' only a couple of months ago, and as much as I respect Apple's products (I do) there is not harm in my opinion in asking why a limitation is there especially if it seems arbitrary to the user. And if a limitation is in a...

Does anyone know why the 12" Powerbook is limited to a 75Hz refresh rate when driving an external monitor at 1600x1200? As far as I can see, the Geforce 420 Go supports rates up to 100Hz at this resolution in other laptops. Is this a software limitation in OS X? My monitor supports 85Hz...

Thanks Cheryl - already tried that and no difference. I believe it to be a hardware power problem with the USB sockets on the Powerbook. Apple have not confirmed it yet but that's what it looks like to me and others that see the symptom. I don't know if it is just my powerbook or all of them is...

A simple and annoying problem - everytime I plug the new MicroVault into the powerbook, the powerbook dies - screen goes black and I have to reboot. Any ideas? MicroVault is USB 2.0 and works in my PC and my iMac DV (10.1) no problems, just the powerbook fails. If I boot up with it in...

I have played extensively with tabletPCs - it was either one of those or my powerbook - i bought the powerbook in the end. The handwriting recognition is fantastic on them and the ability to sketch out ideas anywhere on the computer reflects the way I worked so I really, really wanted to like...