Mac Forum / General / Hardware / May 2007

Dealnews.com is offering an external ide drive enclosure w/FW and USB2
for $25 and I'm thinking of going for it.
Does anyone here have an opinion on the quietest hard drives available?
Thx in advance.

Dear list,
I have this display Apple Cinema HD 23" which kind of blinks.  The image
becomes blurry or just disappears for a few fractions of a second.  I cannot
relate the event to anything specific.  Has anyone seen or observed this

My wireless Mighty Mouse that I bought last November was getting flaky:
constantly losing connection, unresponsive, running batteries down
within hours, refusing to turn on, etc. It was obviously defective.
So, the Apple genius gave me a replacement. This replacement feels a

Does anyone know if there are Iomega ZIP 100 disks available for
PowerMacs?  Where to purchase them?
Thanks in advance,
Oscar

Why is it I cannot find an off-the-shelf cam which lists Mac OS as a
system requirement-?
Main criterion: cost. I would like to find one for under about 25-30
bucks. They seem to abound for PC's.

Hey, gang:
Sorry in advance if this isn't the proper group for my query.
In any event, I'm tired of staring at the large block that is my 19" CRT
(attached to a 2.66 Mac Pro with Radeon X1900). I'm ready to jump over

Hey all,
Does anyone know how much RAM can actually be crammed into one of these
iMac 333s? Do the 512MB or 1GB SDRAM SO-DIMMs work in these machines?
Thanks,

I've just started to do DVD backups using my iMAC G4 (screen on a
stick model)  with superdrive(Pioneer DVR 105) and find that the drive
doesn't recognize certain kinds of DVD+Rs (Maxell & Sony). It writes
just fine to Imation 8x DVD-Rs.

I am wondering if a bump of 2 gigs of RAM in a G5 dual 2.5  PPC will boost
the performance much. I'm noticing a bit of slowdown in the past 6 months.
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Jefferis Peterson, Pres.

I just want to say that my MBP now has a shinny new Toshiba 200 Gb HD
inside. It was a slightly traumatic upgrade but I'm happy with the results.
A few tips for anyone else considering doing this:
- Get the right tools (Small Philips, Torx T6, spudger)

I have an external Fantom Firewire CD-RW case. Model TFCD52FW. The
ventilating fan sounds loud and rough. I think it needs to be lubed or
replaced. How do I open the case? I removed 8 screws and got the drive
loose, but not able to remove it. How do I remove the entire case? I've

i recently got a imac, and im checking out some of the peripherals for
it.
the APEBS looks interesting. i have a long house, and the mac is in
the front w/ the speakers, so streaming to a stereo in the back would

Forgive my ignorance.  I have a MacBook Pro and of course it has an
ExpressCard/34.  I find from time to time I need a fast external drive
and wonder if it is best to use the ExpressCard/34 to couple with a
drive, and what drive you might recommend.

My B&W PS has reached its last milliwatt.
It does not want to supply power for more than a few minutes.
I want to swap it out for an ATX supply, with more wattage.
I know there are PS connector differences, searching the net, I find a

I will be purchasing a MAC Pro as soon as the release of Leopard comes out,
so I am currently focusing on all the software and hardware that I want to
get for my new MAC. I am currently a PC user and I have seen the light. I
have been converted.