Mac Forum / General / Hardware / May 2006

The question is, what is available to tell whether the drive is getting
rife with bad blocks or something?
A quick summary of how I spent my weekend:
1. Try to install Tiger (PowerBook G4 running 10.3.3)

Just wondering if you can overclock a mac like you can with some
pc's, and if so where do you go to change the voltage settings for
the processor and memory?
Do macs have an equivalant to the bios/cmos in pcs, or is all

When I load the main page, I get a broken QT graphic where the main
content usually is, and none of the movie trailers work anymore.
What have they changed? Running 10.2.8, QT 6.5.2 Pro, 500mhz processor,
512mb ram. That should play h.264 right?

I am looking for a Mac "OS X" based scanning and OCR solution for the
storage of Inland Revenue receipts and business records.  I need a
reliable sheet feed scanner but I  am wondering if I could make do with
vendor supplied scanning/OCR software or if I should purchase Acrobat or

Is there an alternative to the iSight when it comes to webcams on the
Mac?  I just spent $900+ on a new mac mini and accessories and I would
like to have a web cam that won't put me over the $1000 mark.  Thanks!

Man, this is getting old. I expect my new Intel mini any day now, and
I'm going nuts trying to find a good keyboard to replace the ADB one
I've been using and really, really enjoying.
I have a line on a brand new Apple keyboard w/ mighty mouse for $50, but

Hi all...
Staff member brought in a G4/400 for me to update to 10.4 and put some
RAM in (it was running 10.2.8 before this...)
Machine is *only* giving me a 640x480 resolution in the Display's

I have a 30GB stock HD and would love to upgrade it, but I don't want
to open it up and was wondering where I can bring it to get a bigger HD
in it and how much it'll cost.

I'm transitioning to os/x from my scsi based os/9 and os/8 systems. I
had in the past kept off-line storage on non-powered up scsi units and
can do the same under os/x (either internal or external).
But as to ide, are there tools to not-mount all drives, and/or clear the

I have 15 inch PPC powerbook (1.5GHz). After getting it's logic board
replaced, I am seeing problems when the computer wakes up from sleep.
Some times after wake up, the screen becomes white and the computer
freezes. The only solution is to reboot the computer.

I am using a Linksys Wireless router with 3 wireless and 1 wired computer
accessing it. I have it set up using WEP encryption which I know is not the
best solution, but it is working fine for me.
Here is my question...

Mac 7600 with G4 400MHz accellerator
OS 9.2.2 (just installed)
Sonnet PCI IDE card (ACARD 6260)
LiteOn LTR-52327S (52x32x52x)

I recently bought the Dell for my G5 Mac, running OS 10.3.9. The Mac
came with the GeForce card. However, the Dell calls for 1680 x 1050
resolution, which does not appear in System Preferences
->Display. My problem is that the G5 apparently doesn't see the Dell,

My landlord is complaining that my mac is using too much
electricity. He says that his elctricity bill has gone up
$200 per month since i moved in.  Is that possible?
My system includes: dual 1.25 G4 MMD with 4 250GB internal