Mac Forum / General / Hardware / September 2008

 I got an old IPOD given by my friend from oversea. It is just totally
a physical MP3 player without any software,installer or driver. Now I
am having problem how to transfer the MP3 files from my Window base PC
to IPOD.

This group has no official FAQ that I can find regularly posted on the
newsgroup as a good group should.  
So, here is an unofficial one.
Don't bother reading or posting here.

hi all;
i have bought nVidia 7800GS on ebay AGP version. it is working but i
wonder is there any drivers or is there any website that would explain
how to import kexts? i have headaches and performance are not better

Hi everyone.  I have a MMD with the superdrive.  It burns CDs just fine.
But when I try to copy a DVD, when I put the blank disc in, it struggles a
bit, then spits it out and says "please insert a blank recordable disc"
(paraphrase).  Any ideas?  Thanks.

I have the original 350MHz PowerMac "Sawtooth", Graphite Case. I also
have a DP500MHz CPU Board, which I want to put in it. Mac OS9 has no
problem, but OSX does. What do I need to do here?

I have a whole bunch of questions regarding WDS. Can someone give me some
good info or point me to a web site with directions for setting up a WDS
using Airport Extremes.
1. When setting up WDS do I set even the main AP to "Participate in WDS" or

My client is using an old Epson 785 EPX printer (USB connection).
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14365&prodoid=15672
18&BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh&x=17&y=16
 and
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice ...

Until these last days, my Macintosh Portable had no problem, except the
sound which was very quiet.
Now there is only a black screen, and a regular noise of the hard disk.
What can I do ?

Plugging PC100 RAM into a PC133 eMac slot is going to cause no problems?
Mark
TIA

My wife recently replaced her all-in-one with a new Brother MFC-240C.
I can see the URL for that printer on her settings.  (Queue
name=Brother_MFC_240C)
I downloaded a driver program on my computer and ran it, but I still

I have this old iMac G3 400MHz that I'm using to share an internet
connection through a Verizon EVDO 3G USB modem. (I'd rather have high
speed internet that used ethernet directly, but that isn't an option
at this location.)

I am helping a client to set up his new MacBook Pro and securing it. I
was reading http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352 about securing it with
better security when turning/powering it on like on PCs with their BIOS
password prompts. I am aware that these can be resetted with ...

Do I have to zap my pram after replacing the battery in G3 b & w
tower? Or did that happen when the battery was out during replacement?

The keyboard on my mac conked out, so i'd like to replace it, but with
something smaller.
Basically, i want to lose all the keys to the right of the qwerty
block.

If anybody knows how to control a stepper motor using leopard, give me
a message.