Mac Forum / General / Hardware / December 2006

Was reading at Macfixit about people with G5s having liquid coolant
leaking after about 20 months. Yikes! Something to look forward to come
March or so.
Anybody seeing this? I'm just wondering how widespread it is. Is it

Is there are a way to scandisk or check disk a hard drive in FAT32
format that is connected by a USB device? I'd rather not have to run to
a windows machine to have to check it.
TYIA

Has anyone managed to get the new Motorola KRZR to sync using iSync? I
have one on order and I'm wondering if there is any iSync support yet.

Anyone currectly using Ethereal on MBP?  Is so, where did you get it?  If  
not, is there something else out there that does the same thing (that's  
also free :) that works on MBP?
Also, if you're currently using it, will it "sniff" win or linux running  

I am looking for a PRAM battery for my Powerbook G4 500 mhz.  I saw on
at We Love Macs http://www.welovemacs.com/9224361.html
Its $90 but looks like it is just $15 worth of hearing aid batteries
soldered together.  Is there a do it yourself or cheaper alternative?

Can anyone offer some thoughts on this hard disk problem I have?
Powermac G4, 500Mhz
I have a 500GB IDE drive attached via an internal combo sata/ide PCI
card.  I have one SATA drive attached, and one IDE drive attached.

I just formatted my drive and reinstalled Tiger and my DLink NIC. Everything
is now installed properly, it seems.
But the NIC is acting strangely: It wont connect to my network properly. It
reports a 100% signal and a proper connection but says that the WEP password

a friend of mine has a Mac, I got a PC.
he would send me a streaming from his Mac via Internet.
do you guys have an idea how it could be done?

Can anyone give me a pointer to instructions for releasing the old power
supply in the easiest way? The first look indicated lots of screws, a
more simple way would be fine.
Yours

Question about the two monitors: Although the iMac monitor looks
different from the Apple 20-inch Cinema Display, are they basically the
same monitor inside?

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Can blue-and-white Mac G3s running OS X go to sleep?
I just bought one used, and the seller told me it could.  Seems to me,
well, it isn't.  After it's allegedly asleep it makes just as much
noise as when it wasn't asleep, which makes me suspicious.  Or is it

I've got a 250GB LaCie HD that I seem to have locked myself out of... I
changed the Ownership & Permissions for other users to "No Access"
(from the Get Info window) since I use my drive on a network, thinking
this would keep them out of my stuff.  For whatever reason, it

Yesterday for the first time in about a month I hooked up my FW HD
(LaCie) to my iMac 17" G5, OSX 10.3.9,  and did some back ups without a
problem.  this am the computer would not start up. After unhooking every
external, and re starting several times the problem was the FW HD.  ...

My G4 desktop won't turn on.
Pressing the power button has no effect. I checked cords and power
strips. I have not tried a new cord. The box is in a cabinet and a tight
squeeze to get in there.