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Hi Just updated my airport software to 5.4.1 and then the time capsule update to 7.4.1. No error messages - time capsule restarted and then nothing - just a plain orange light - it was working absolutely fine before the update - none of the machines G4, iMac, Macbook pro or the intel mac...

sorry - I'm an idiot - using the wrong installation disc. Thanks for pointing it out to me I had the disc for my new imac in - hardly surprising it didn't work Norman

I' ve tried to upgrade to 10.4 (family full version) on a 800mhz G4 with a fresh installation of 10.2. DVD mounts fine and on restart the white apple screen stops and lots of writing appears ovewr the start up screen saying panic ( cpu 0 caller 0X002E54BC) : unable to find driver for this...

Thanks for the help guys- my logic board will only take 1 drive Looks like I need the OEM install discs - just tried installing 10.4 from my ipod but it won't initialise from that either. regards Norman

Thanks for your help on this. The old HD does run the machine and it was running tiger quite happily but with very little space left on the drive. I also did'nt get the password with the machine. I have several other machines 2.8 dual core and a powerbook g4. Can I use one of these to initialise...

Hi just acquired a G3 blue and grey imac - no installation discs or p/word. Tiny 10 GB drive - full up so I have put in a 40 GB drive from my old pc (fujitsu) Machine starts and goes to flashing folder with question mark. I have tried to get it to boot on Tiger ( Apple disc)...

The time machine back up on my 2.16 Imac shows only the files saved to the desktop. All the other machines on the time capsule show the drives applications and users. ( Old 1.25 iMac, G4 powerbook and Macbook pro) It does not report a fault and the rest of the oftware seems o be working - I...

Hi I have just bought a copy of Adobe CS3 and installed it but my old version of CS is still sat there. Is there an unistaller I should use to get rid of it or is it a trash bin job? Thanks Norman

I've seen on the web that the Bose sound dock is compatible with a 16 Gb iPhone but when its sat on it the phone tells me that this is not a supported device, The Sound dock is a year old? Should I carry on regardless? Thanks Norman

thanks for the advice. I'll try dimming the screen regards Nigel

Can I switch off the monitor on my Imac when I am using it to drive my wide screen tv? Thanks

My 30 GB iPod video is running very very slowly. All functions work but very slow to load the songs 30 seconds+. I had some corrupt files and songs stopped in the middle. In the end I was unable to access anythng and so reformatted with iTunes and reinstalled music. Ever since it has behaved...

Thanks I wish I had read this before I installed Norman

Hi Have bought a brand new intel Mac and can't connect to internet. Did have a speedtouch 330 modem but couldn't get it to work. I have been told that these don't work on an intel mac so I bought a USRobotics ADSL2+ router. To my horror there is no information at all on how to set it up for...

How do I know if my machines support 'wake up on lan?' I'm running ARD 3 on an wired ethernet - G4 1.25 GHz powerPC , G4 1.65 power book and a 800 MHz G4 powerPC + a load of PC's (sorry) Thanks Norman

Hi thanks for the help guys I tied MSN and it says it doesn't support video conversations Can pc's run iChat or will it link with people running msn? Ill get a copy of skype and try that though. I also tried Adium but that didn't work either. Norman

Can anyone tell me if there is a cross platform messaging program that allows video conferencing between macs and pc's? Thanks Norman

thanks for the advice again but I'm stuck on 2 things - how do I get a keyboard to plug in? - I tried a mac usb k/b but it wouldn't recognise it I think it is truly dead - I have now had the H/d removed and bought a 20 quid box and removed the data i need. Apple are no help and the cost of...

sorry to be completely dumb but how do I access darwin? is ther a way that I can do this without the keyboard the keyboard doesn't seem to work at all Thanks for your help Norman

thanks for the advice chaps. i think i need to get the cd out first. it doesn't want to play the reset pram game. regards nippynorman