SillyDog701

[Antony]

None of the Power Mac G3's have USB2.0 support built in. The B+W machine I'm using now, has a
couple of USB1.1 ports on the back panel, while the two beige G3 systems, had no USB ports at all.

That's really interesting, USB 2.0 was not the standard back then if I remember correctly, and my Power Mac G4 FW-800 does not have built-in USB 2.0 connectors (can be added by internal card).

Most USB 2.0 devices are compatible with USB 1.1.

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[DJGM]

It's going from bad to worse to damned infuriating now!

My Mac OS X user account appears to have rolled back most of it's settings back to a default state
as though the OS had only been installed. Most apps now crash at start up as soon as I double click
the application icon. I can't use any of my Gecko based browsers, as they crash instantly at startup.

It looks like I'll now have to create a new user account on this computer. This one appears to
have become so badly corrupted to the point. where it is now almost completely unusable!

This has got to be the worst damned bloody computer that I have ever owned!

The sooner I get my PC back up and running again with a new PSU, the better!

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[Antony]

It's going from bad to worse to damned infuriating now!

My Mac OS X user account appears to have rolled back most of it's settings back to a default state as though the OS had only been installed. Most apps now crash at start up as soon as I double click the application icon. I can't use any of my Gecko based browsers, as they crash instantly at startup.

the Power Mac G3 you recently acquired?

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[DJGM]

Yup, 'fraid so. I'm beginning to wish I never bought this damn thing, and kept with the beige PowerMac G3!

I'm now using a new Mac OS X user account, and recreating all of my settings and preferences that I
was using with the now 100%, completely and utterly buggered beyond repair original user account.

So far, it actually seems stable for once. If it starts playing up again, drastic measures may be taken!

At least I've got my Gecko based browsers working again!

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[Ron Williams]

If it starts playing up again, drastic measures may be taken!

Could I suggest a hammer or a bat. I took apart my computer and hit it on concrete with a bat because the CPU was messing up every 10 minutes. After I did that it worked perfectly for two weeks, then completely died.

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[Pu7o]

Could I suggest a hammer or a bat. I took apart my computer and hit it on concrete with a bat because the CPU was messing up every 10 minutes. After I did that it worked perfectly for two weeks, then completely died.

The hammer might be more effective

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[DJGM]

Yet another problem . . . now iTunes refuses to run. It claims there's not enough memory.



With 768MB RAM installed, how much ****ing memory does it damn well want?!?

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[DJGM]

An update on the iTunes problem . . .

Deleted the relevant iTunes [tt].plist[/tt] file . . . problem still occured.
Deleted the iTunes Music Library folder . . . problem still occured.

Deleted [tt]iTunes.app[/tt] and did a clean re-install . . . problem gone!

Turns out the iTunes application itself was buggered, not the prefs or library files.

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[Purple Lizard]

I have to say that i admire your persistence, i would have at least set the damn thing on fire by now lol

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[DJGM]

I think most of the problems are down to the fact that the Rev A version of the B+W PowerMac G3
can't handle having more than one HDD connected to one IDE channel. As soon as I get around
to putting in a single 40-80GB HDD, replacing the existing 6GB + 20GB drives, then with any
luck, the system should (hopefully) become a lot more stable and reliable.

Overall, Mac OS X is quite stable in itself, and none of the problems I've had since getting the OS
up and running on this computer have caused any complete system crashes or kernel panics.

As for my persistence, since it's the only computer I've got at moment that's actually in anyway
useable. My main PC has a knackered and worn out PSU, my testbed PC has no HDD installed,
while my G3 iMac currently has the 20GB HDD I originally tried in this B+W G3 which failed
completely only hours after installation. Check earlier in the thread for details on that!

Basically, when this system has a decent sized single HDD installed, the 20GB HDD currently
in use will be put back in my iMac (where it came from) and that'll get Linux installed on it.

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[Purple Lizard]

Any Updates on the situation?

If I were you I'd try and get a later model from ebay perhaps?

Best of luck anyway

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[Josh]

DJGM,

Have you tried to check Apple's online support to see if there are any patches you can download to fix this or service you could get from an Apple repair shop?

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[DJGM]

Since it's a nearly 7 year old model that's no longer under any warranty, acquired cheaply from eBay as
a 2nd (maybe even 3rd) user computer, I'd imagine that professional repair work won't come cheap!

Since I created a new user account in Mac OS X, there's far fewer random application crashes, and it all
seems a lot more stable. And even though I vowed to permanently remove Microsoft Messenger 5.0
for Mac because of frequent crashes, I decided to give it a final chance, and re-installed it afresh.

It still crashes! But not nearly as much as it did before. My other gripe with Microsoft Messenger 5.0 on
the Mac, is the same main gripe I have with MSN Messenger 7.x for Windows. Random unexpected log
outs from the MSN server, and some messages not being delivered to whoever I'm chatting with.

Anyway, my next step with my B+W PowerMac G3, is to acquire a new single HDD of at least 40GB
capacity, so I won't keep running out of space on the main partition where Mac OS X is installed.
I'm getting somewhat fed up of seeing the "Disk Full" message, and having to reboot. I'm sure
that Mac OS X 10.3.x has a huge memory leak when installed on a HDD of less than 10GB.

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[Purple Lizard]

So, one month and one day later, is everything still as bad as before?

Did you get a new HDD for the PowerMac? or are you still using the two old ones?

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[DJGM]

I'm going to wait until I've got a decent sized HDD before I use the B+W G3 Mac again.

Meanwhile, the iMac G3 currently has Kubuntu Linux 5.10 installed.

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