Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / October 2004

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http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=9767608

The white brick power adapter for my PBG4 has failed, or at least the
light is out and a voltmeter shows no voltage output.
Can I temporarly replace it with my G3 Wallstreet Yoyo adapter while I
get a replacement for the white brick? Both seem to have the same

I am posting this message to see if someone out there can help with my
problem.
To start off here are the details of computer.
iBook 500mhz

I bought a used Pizmo.
Battery promptly failed--would only run maybe 20 minutes. Seller gave
me another, used but tested. It did the same. But strangely, when both
batteries were in the laptop, it reliably ran around 7 hours!

My PB G3 (333 bronze keyboard) has decided to stop sleeping. Won't
sleep from the sleep timer, won't sleep from a menu command, won't
sleep when the cover is closed. It ignores the sleep timer,  crashes
from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.

Got email this morning (10/25) quoting $89 for rebuilding
Wallstreet/266 3500 mah battery.  No experience with this
company, but I think I will try them.    JohnB

My lombard battery seems to have died. Basically, when it claims to be
fully charged, it won't last much longer than 20 minutes. I recall a
battery utility that came with older system software- I can't remember
if it was with 8.6 or even further back though. Is there anything worth

I've added an external firewire disc to increase the disc space for my
itunes. However, in doing so, copying itunes folders and libraries and
deleting old ones, i have lost the ability to read audio cds: I get
"There are no volumes on this CD that can be read by OSX etc"

http://www.pacificbattery.com
They are promoting 5400mAH batteries for Lombards for $135. Seems like a good
deal.
Anyone have experience with this company?

I'm considering getting a wireless router, and am wondering about the
possibilities of setting up my Lombard to benefit from this. My other
laptop is a new 12" G4, so no problem there, as it has airport extreme
installed. I don't seem able to find an apple pc card that would work

I'm currently using a 17" Powerbook and whenever I have my power cord
plugged in it squeaks.  It's annoying and slightly embarassing.  I
paid a lot of money for this thing and it squeeks!  It used to squeak
only when I ran Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004.  Now it appears as

how can i install os x and boot up successfully by using a external
3.5" harddisk?
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After updating an iMac with 9.2 (from 9.1) I now cannot make a cd stay
put in the drive. Even on boot up it ejects the cd before I can use
it. I feel silly saying this (because I don't know the name of the
style of CD-Rom player) ...but the cd-rom drive is not a tray, rather

Just won an ebay auction, and my 1400c is on the way. It comes with a
Global Village 56k modem/ethernet card, but which driver do I need? The
Global Village website has several and is totally confusing. Can anyone
provide a link to the proper driver for this card?