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Forgot to add that 9.2.2 has problems also. Not all the time, but similar to the X scenario I described above. Except at startup 9.2.2 will get to the smiley Mac screen and then restart again - in a continuing loop of startup/restart. Almost like what happens when you hold command-option-P-R...

Here's my problem: PowerBook G3 400mHz (FireWire/Pismo/00) - 384Ram - 6GB HD - stock standard otherwise) I've got OSX 10.1.4 and 9.2.2 installed on my 6GB hard drive - you might have seen elsewhere on this forum that I'm replacing the HDD as soon as I get some buying advice from you all...

I'm about to dash out and upgrade the 6GB HDD in my PB G3 400mHz (FireWire), but aren't sure what brand HDD I should replace it with. My current HDD has ended up with bad block/sectors, or something like that. It's the 3rd HDD I've had in it since I bought it brand new - the other 2 drives were...

I'm running OS X 10.1.4 and am using IE 5.1.4. Is there any way to deactivate drop-down menu fading feature that occurs after you select something from a drop-down menu? It wastes a good two seconds or so when you select something on a drop-down menu and it fades out. This is probably because...

Started getting "graunching" noises from my FW external HD yesterday. Sounds like "graunch-graunch - space - graunch-graunch - larger space" repeating. I rebooted in Classic and ran Norton Utilities (6.0.3). It took some time to check the media on the 40GB drive and got two-thirds of the way...

VueScan doesn't work with my Canon FB636U (USB) scanner (dl'd it - ran it - ASP recognises my scanner when it's plugged in, but VueScan doesn't), and Canon look uncommitted to bring out drivers and software for OS X for it. Does anyone know of any other software that I can use? Regards Zeal :)

Okay, have been delving around with my stopwatch and my PB running on battery power for the last couple of days. Here's what I've learned: 1. Running a DVD with the Viewer set to full screen depletes the battery 45% faster than when it is set to Normal or Half Size viewing sizes. 2. No...

Sorry everyone for not getting back about my original post. I'm on holiday and have been having far too much fun away from my PB (I'm sure to go to hell for that one). I'm going to do some tests tonight as was originally suggested by Symphonix, to see if the charge status is at least roughly...

Thanks for the ideas Symphonix. I'll do what you suggest later on tonight and post my reply. I never thought of that being a possible cause and it makes good sense that it's got something to do with this. Still keen to hear from other Pismo/PowerBook users who may/may not be experiencing the...

Is anyone else experiencing the drastic drain of battery life under OS X 10.1.3? I'm running a PB 400 Mhz Pismo with 6GB IBM HD, 384MB Ram, stock standard DVD drive. This completely wrecks my chances of watching DVD's while on planes, waiting at airports, travelling in cars etc, things that I...

Took 3 attempts to finally get the install to work via Software Update - wasted 30MB of download on ADSL - an Apple server problem by the looks of it. Installed without incident on my PowerBook G3 400mHz Pismo. DVD works great - haven't noticed any improvements or degradation, but I'll take...

Who would have thought that having enough space to drown a CD in would end up being not enough in 2002. Oh well, consider those games gone. And it's been surprisingly stable since I threw them all out. As for OS9, I've got 384 MB Ram so have never bothered with VM - I have it switched off...

Ed, my Dad actually bought the 512kE so he could do some engineering design stuff on it. It even had an external (albeit 400k) floppy drive too and a wide version of the Imagewriter (dot matrix). I ended up playing with it the most and did some newsletters etc using MacWrite - bells and whistles...

Hi there Ed. Thought I would take you up on that first round. I'll have a Speights, mate. Now that's a good brew. Oh, I just found a wallet. Anyone lose a wallet? (just take a look inside). Oh shite! It's got a "Microsoft Fan Club" membership card inside it. WHO THE F%#@ OWNS THIS? Hey...

Okay, I've cooled down now. Thanks heaps for your support. Until I saw JJJ's post I thought I might have been the only person running Mac OS X in New Zealand. Just to clarify a couple of things before I move on: 1. I did do a low level format last time I formatted my hard drive (10 days...

I keep on having serious problems with OS X 10.1.2 installed on my PowerBook G3 (Pismo) 384MB Ram - 6GB HD. It starts with: when I have started up in OS 9.2.2 it shows the system folders in the Startup Disk control panel as being 10.1.2 and 9.2.2. However, when I startup in X it shows OS 9...

Hot diggitydawg I've finally worked out (guess work & luck - not skill on my behalf) how to configure with DHCP. And it's working now. Thanks everyone for their help. Zeal :)

paulboy - can you please advise/explain what port forwarding is? I've never seen or read anything about that on my Dynalink ADSL modem/router. What sorts of things am I likely to want to setup/change/modify etc? If I do setup port forwarding, do I use PPPoE or PPPoA and what are the Network...

I've just installed OS X - upgraded now to 10.1.2 on a partition on my external FW hard drive. I'm running 9.2.2 on my Powerbook internal hard drive. I've been using a Dynalink router to connect to my ISP using PPPoA. My router does have a PPPoE option but I've got no idea what any of these...