Mac Forum / General / Hardware / March 2005

We have a Western Digital 160GB external USB-2 hard drive. It was
formatted NTSF on an XP machine. But now we want to use it to backup
files saved on a Mac G3 OS 9x.
We started the transfer, and the files appear to be copying. But will

I have just bought a 350Mhz B/W G3. It is now running 10.3.8
When I put it to sleep the fans are still working so it is not going
into deep sleep like my G4s. Is the G3 capable of doing Deep Sleep?

Anyone have any favorite track balls for OS X 10.3.8?
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Al 15 PB, I've sent this thing back to Apple once already. The screen
developed a large dark area in the lower right. Luckily ( ? ) it was
also one of the units with the " white spot " screen defect, so they  
happily replaced the LCD.

Don't ask how it got there...  okay, it was a two year old, dammit.
Anyway, what is the best way to remove ballpoint pen ink from an iBook
screen?  Any ideas?
Tia,

I was just wondering if their was any general consensus on how to get a
Mac mini to work with a CRT I have a Sony GDM-FW900 and unlike most of
the postings I’ve seen, it is working with the mini however I am getting
some pretty bad Ghosting / Artifacting / in general blurred text, ...

I have recently acquired a 12" ibook g3 500 MHz. I loaded 10.3.8 and all
seems well except the ibook will not sleep when the lid is closed. The
apple logo on the back of the display stays lit and I can hear disk
activity. Any ideas on what could be causing the problem?

I'm planning on getting set up to switch from being a long time Premiere Pro
user to FCP as it is pretty much the standard.
Besides the obvious "Get a G5 and do it right" that is impossible and not an
option at this time.

This alert appears when I wake the computer from sleep.  It warns that
the disk's contents may be damaged.  After a few seconds the alert
disappears and the FireWire disk contents appear to be unaffected.
    I'd liketo know --

I have a user, who has a PowerMac G4 500mhz, 500M Ram, with an AGP card
in it. This person is a Graphic Artist, who works with Adobe, Quark,
etc and large graphic documents. I would like to know the "best" way of
upgrading the system, instead of purchasing the G5.

How do I remove the main hard drive from a G3 Beige?
It's obviously fastened to the floor of the case but how to I get at the
mounting screws?  I don't see them.
Thanks,

Will a Mac G4 500 Mhz with 512mb Ram support a 16x Dual Layer DVD burner
using Roxio Toast ?  Best Buy has them for as low as $99 and it seems time
to get one if it work.

I am receive a pretty cool birthday gift.  An HP DVD Writer model
dvd630i and a new firewire enclosure.  The enclosure is not here but I
have the Best Buy sealed box with the HP DVD Writer. The box says
NOTHING about Mac compatibility and I wonder if it will work in my G4

Interesting series in MacFixit currently.
Seems that during sleep the power supply is overheating and burning.
Cure seems to be replacing both the PS and the mother-board assembly
(called the "mid-plane").

My daughter just moved to a different area and took along her 2001 iMac 500
Blue Dalmation.  She is running OSX 10.2.  After reconnecting it, it ran
fine for a few days.  Recently after moving it again in order to work on the
table, the monitor acquired a green tint and has not ...