Mac Forum / General / Hardware / May 2006

i just wanted to ask how final vinyl accomplishes recording of vinyl records
from a direct-connected turntable without a preamp. i know that final vinyl
uses the riaa eq when recording from a turntable, but how does it or the
imic amplify the input? and why is there nothing for ...

I have an eMac 1.25 with a video problem. The upper left and right
corners of the display have a greenish blue hue to them. Is there an
adjustment for this problem or is it a video card/hardware problem?
Thanks

I'm looking for a new monitor since my CRT is on it's last legs and have
been eyeballing two Viewsonic LCD monitors.  The ones I am looking at
are the VX922 19" and the 20.1" widescreen VX2025WM.  I'm currently
using a G4 733 Digital Audio with a GeForce4 MX/64 MB graphics card.  ...

The PPC version wasn't powerful enough to do full Core Video.
Is the new Mac Mini?

Attempting to resurrect dead 1 GHz DVI PowerBook motherboard.
What are the minimum components required to be connected for the motherboard
to show signs of life?
I currently have these connected:

Apple USB modem causes iMac core duo kernel panic.
This is a problem that I called Apple tech support about shortly after I
bought my iMac 20" core duo.  This is the second Apple USB modem that I
have bought and both of them cause the same problems.  The Apple USB

One line of pixels running horizontally across the 20" display of my
iMac is distorted.
This line of pixels seems to copy color from lower on the display. For
example, on the logon screen, the line is black except, for a white

If this discussion is already somewhere, please direct me to it.
i have an ibook g4 800MHz. been using it for 2.5yrs now. but now the
system cannot run. it started with the system becomes very2 slow then
suddenly i cant boot the system. the question-mark-folder icon appears.

My new Mini should be here tomorrow, and I'm all set up for it.
However, I'm keeping my G3/USB-upgraded 8500 A/V because of all the data
and software I use (inlcuding old versions of Photoshop and Illustrator
and lots ofpictures and music). It has gigs and gigs of SCSI hard drive ...

30GB Hard drive in an iBook G4 is bad. I will replace with new hard drive...
Can iBook G4 work with any brand name of 2.5' hard drive, like Hitachi,
Samsung, or other ? any Capacity? like 40GB or 60GB?OR iBook G4 requires
30GB Hitachi hard drive?

I would like to customize my Mighty Mouse. In particular, I woud like
to use the right button for click-lock.
I installed the software from the CD but this didn't seem to add any
options to the existing ones (Spotlight, Exposé, etc).

Hi all, I'm upgrading my system from an old PowerMac 5400/120 running OS
8.6 ("mean machine" haha) to an iMac "Snow" G3 600mhz/512mb running Tiger
and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a printer and scanner
that would compliment this new computer's appearance. I ...

My Mac was acting up this morning, so I decided to run Disk Utility.
I got the OK on that, but at the bottom of the screen, it said
S.M.A.R.T status failing.
I tried Google to see what this means. Other than a warning to

Does anyone know the following about the new Macbook Pro
with the Intel cpu in it?
1. Does it do EM64T?
2. Does it do multi-threading?

I've a flat panel G4 iMac and happy with it. No apparent problems, but very
recently I notice that there is no startup chime. Is this indicative of other
problems? I'm willing to search the web for answers, but don't know the
questions to ask.