Recent content by jameister

Unfortunately Miles, your in the same boat as just about every other MBP user with this problem, and getting hold of a bezel is like getting hold of hens teeth! I searched and searched for months and eventually gave up, but I'm sure if your patient enough your eventually find one, probably set...

Perfect, thanks! (Again) :)

Have just installed a larger drive in my MBP (Seagate 250gb 7200rpm). Cloned from previous drive (Seagate 160GB 7200rpm) using CCC but now when I turn on I get grey screen for 10secs then boots into OS. Never done this before drive. Checked condition of drive before and after installing and...

Excellent, thanks! Another great tip :)

I've found out how to do it ... ( http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/02/install-snow-leopard-from-external-firewire-or-usb-hard-drive-or-how-to-upgrade-to-106-without-a-dvd-drive/ ), I see what your getting at, nice! Damn it's quick! :) Cheers J

Excuse me for being a bit dumb but I don't quite get it, how do you do the installs from an external drive? Could you explain the procedure? Thanks in advance! ;)

Yes sorry I mean I have the G5 in Target Disk Mode so using the MBP as the external HDD via Firewire. But I didn't think you could install from the a Hard drive has to be from the disc?

I've already installed Leopard via Target Disk Mode to MBP, this worked fine, although took a while, not crazy really when your short of cash to buy a replacement CD/DVD drive, you kinda work with what you got ;) So I the answer is no as I have a PPC, I guess I'll have to wait....

I have a Macbook Pro A1229 (Santa Clara) with a broken CD/DVD Drive and would like to install Snow Leopard. I also have a G5 PPC running Leopard. Can I use the MBP in Target Disk Mode through the G5 to install Snow Leopard ?

On a similar Tip. I have a macbook pro A1229 santa clara model but the CD/DVD drive doesnt work. I also have a G5 PPC. My question is... Can I use my G5 to install Snow Leopard on the macbook pro via target mode ?

Thanks and I hear what your saying. I've already removed the bezel from the LCD, this was fairly simple, just having to be careful that's all, I did this on the assumption that you could get the part. I fix/repair laptops for a living, mainly PC's so Macs are rather a new kind of beast for me...

Sorry to hear about yours, yes it is a nightmare, still deciding what to do

Hi There I have a Macbook Pro 17 inch 2.4Ghz (Santa Rosa), Model A1229. The front screen bezel has 2 cracks both on either side from what seems to be caused by the hinge screws becoming loose in turn creating too much stress on the bezel. My question is.. does anyone know of where I...

Hi There I have a G5 Duel 2GHz Power PC, Recently I was losing the time, date and wireless settings so I assumed as my machine is now 4 years old the PRAM battery was up for renewal. This has now been replaced but I'm still losing my settings, not all the time but randomly, sometimes I...

My goal is to simply separate the data and make things tidy. I have many movie files and the rest are samples, song files/audio, etc. I just wanted to divide it for that reason but I can live with it. I already have 2 back-up external drives.