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    Dead G4 - help!

    Thanks for the advice The machine has woken up now - partly - the OS has started but there are no input devices active. Mouse light comes on but won't move the pointer on screen. Key cuts wount do anything either. It just came on after I tried it three hours later CD won't eject and...
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    Dead G4 - help!

    Thanks - I already tried that - Now I can't get the cd out again. The cost of posting it back to the states and getiing it fixed is stupid. I'd do better to buy a new pc laptop Thanks for your help anyway Nippynorman
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    Dead G4 - help!

    Power book G4 10 mponths old - was working fine - shut down to put away - closed lid before the process was completed and went to bed Now it won't start up - Battery was flat but charges up just fine. Not a glimmer on start up - chimes fan comes on and goes off, cd drive spins and then...
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    SoundDock remote hack for iPod menus

    I read in the mac review that you can get a remote updated to work the menu button. Is this true and if so how do I go about it? I currently have a 60GB ipod sat on a Bose dosck station. The Bose remote will switch it on and off and do the volume but it wont change play lists etc. I'm a bit...
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    Frustrating - duplicated my songs! help :(

    I had similar porblems - the duplicates aren't on the machine (g4 powerbook) but in the ipod. My 60 gb ipod updates fine --- my ipod mini fills up with duplicates for these songs Nigel
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    hard disc maintenance

    Thank you both for your rapid responses I'll give your suggestions a go - maybe I'll get rid of my remaining pc's in the light of your comments! regards Norman
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    hard disc maintenance

    Quite new to macs - can't really fathom how they work but certainly does the jobs that I need better than my old pc but...... I have noticed that my G4 800mz 512mb iMac is starting to slow down a bit after 6 months of use. I haven't defragmented the drive or flushed any caches or cleaned up...
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    DVD problems

    pps just tried to read through the apple stuff on the dvd drive. machine reports: dvd rw gca 4020b vendor: hl dt st which means zip to me I'm afraid Regards NORMAN
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    DVD problems

    ps I already had a look at this site but I couldn't really make out which model I had - imac or power book - sorry I'm not too good on this technical stuff. I just thought that DVD's played in DVD's but I'm obviously wrong!! thanks for your help Norman
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    DVD problems

    it says Mac OSX 10.2.8 (6R73) Memory 800 Mhz Powerpc G4 Bus Speed 100mhz Machine Model Powermac4.5 version = 2.1 Boo Rom Info 4.4.5f3 Memory DIMM1J20 sdram 512 Lots of other stuff that is gobbledegook I'm afraid Its the White blob anglepoise model It that enough info Thanks Nigel
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    DVD problems

    I have been given some files on a dvd which read fine on my G4 powerbook OSX10.45 - superdrive but will not read on my old g4 powermac 800 running 10.28 The old g4 reads and plays ordinary dvd's (films) - I have been told I may need a driver update - does this make sense. where could I get a...
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