Mac Forum / General / Hardware / August 2005

I'm not sure if this is the right group to talk about this but here
goes. I have an iMac (a white flatscreen, one of the newer ones) which
Iv'e had for 7 months and evertime I turn it on by about 5-10 minutes I
get this real bad stench coming off the top of the screen. It's hard to

When I try to import pictures from my digital camera into my Mac the
pictures do not import correctly MOST of the time. The pictures come out
horizontally banded with the top band being OK, the rest of the bands are
color skewed and shifted a bit to the right or left. Each time I ...

Powermac G4 800mhz OSX 10.2 - Recently upgraded and added a super drive
(DVD R - Pioneer DVR-105 SuperDrive).
Superdrive Records DVDs but does NOT PLAY DVDs (getting a DVD framework
error - Error code: -70012 - Could not initialize the application

I have a Beige G3 running OS 9 with an "old style" DB-15 video
connector, and I've acquired a nice large monitor with a "new style"
three-row mini-DB on the cable. So I need to build an adapter.
I have some data on how to strap the DB-15 connector for various

I have a PowerMac G3 Blue and White and in it, it has a 10 gig hard
drive, I purchased an external Maxtor 40 gig hard drive to put in
the g3 should I put it in? Also I want to transfer all the whole 10
gig hard drive to the 40 gig is there a program or any way possible

My dad uses a blue clamshell iBook 300MHz. It has 64MB RAM soldered
and 64MB extra.
Is this the right Apple spec for RAM expansion ?
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs
-G3/iBook15Feb00/index.html

Other than the obvious -- things like RAM upgrades and FireWire disk -- what
are the best ways to speed up an iBook G3? Also, what other upgrades are
there? I have the wireless card now.
- JB

I'm running Tiger (10.4.2) on a 17" Al PowerBook. Frequently, but not always,
and for reasons undetermined, bright green artifacts will appear on the
screen. These artifacts seem to be related to certain areas of the image
being displayed. I'm curious as to whether others have ...

I'm going to take my Wallstreet with its (replacement) power supply to
Scotland.  Can this unit autoswitch to 220V/50Hz?  I *think* it can, but
I'm not sure.

According to various sites, the Mac has either PC2700 or PC3300
memory.  Apple's site *says* PC2700, but if you look at one in
a store, it will say PC3300.  Apparently it has been shipping
with a PC3300 module installed (at least in some cases).

Anyone out there used any CD ripping services?  I just got an iPod mini
as a gift but the only computer I have is the one at work - and my
company doesn't allow us to take up space with our own personal iTunes
libraries.

One friend of mine can not start his (very) old Macintosh anymore.
It says at boot time (translated on the fly):
"A system error has occured
 Error number 10

Would it be realistic to expect a Bluetooth version of the Mighty Mouse?
I love the idea of a multi-button mouse, but I won't buy this thing
until they make it wireless.
(I mean, ideally I'd like to buy a Bluetooth *trackball* but

I've got a friend with a beautiful Dual 2Ghz G5 that's gone pop, or poof
more likely. Apparently it started to emit a burning smell so he
switched it straight off.
He's taken it back to the store where he bought it and they said it was

I've recently noticed that, when I take my 1.5GHz, 17" G4 PowerBook out
of sleep, it fails to connect to the internet.  It's doing so via
AirPort, using my NETGEAR WGR614v4.
More specifically, what I find in the TCP/IP tab of the AirPort