From raub at afn.org Thu Aug 9 04:27:28 2007 From: raub at afn.org (Mauricio Tavares) Date: Thu Aug 9 04:27:32 2007 Subject: Fwd: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? In-Reply-To: References: <32EDBC8D-6FFA-48EC-A1C8-14245E7E33A5@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <46BAFA20.4010201@afn.org> I have a 120GB Seagate HD. Could I use it as my Cube's internal HD without any issues or special black magic? I found that it did not like the 10GB Maxtor I also had laying around... Francois wrote: > From: Francois > Date: July 24, 2007 11:19:51 AM MDT (CA) > To: cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Subject: Re: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? > > Hi Stefan, > I have used OSX since the first version on my cube. I've installed every > upgrade available and have used an 80GB drive the whole time. Not once > has the HD given me a scare. (not to mention all that time on OS9 I > think I had maybe 1 incident). The reason I told you that is so that you > have an idea of how unlikely having to repair my disk is. So it's not > too big of an issue for me. If I did need to do that though it would be > time for me to put that drive in a Mac Pro to repair it as it would be > WAY faster. > > From my memory when I installed the driver I did test a few of your > questions out. I was able to access the drive in every case - except > when connected by firewire in any method. > I will try to test it again to see if it still works! > > On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:06 AM, > cube-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:09:25 +0200 >> From: Stefan >> Subject: Re: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? >> To: "A place to discuss Apple's Cube." >> >> Message-ID: >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I use that software from Intech. It works great gives me access to >>> 320 GB internal IDE drive, but the only problem I didn't foresee is >>> when connecting the cube as a FW disk to another mac, it will not be >>> able to access anything past the 128 GB, EVEN IF the other mac loads >>> the Intech driver... so its a small limitation to be aware of. >>> Francois >> >> Hi Francois, >> >> >> I read your posting. >> >> Some years ago I installed the Intech-driver for a while but found it >> instable then. >> And I was concerned for my data. >> Now you brought back my interest. :-) >> >> Do you have experiences with situations when you had to repair your >> (large!) harddisk >> by booting in root-mode or with harddisk-toolkit (original Apple or >> other) when starting from a connected firewire-drive? (I don't mean >> target-mode!) >> Does the 128 GB-limit exist in that case too? >> >> That's what moves my mind. >> >> Or are there any other problems to mention? >> I hope you will tell us everything of importance? >> >> >> Thanks for answering in advance >> Stefan > > > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > From raub at afn.org Thu Aug 9 04:28:44 2007 From: raub at afn.org (Mauricio Tavares) Date: Thu Aug 9 04:28:49 2007 Subject: [Cube] RW CDs Message-ID: <46BAFA6C.5090402@afn.org> Does the Cube have issues with RW CDs? I burned ubuntu for PPC in one and tried to boot off it but the machine cheerfully ignored it. From andrew.mckenzie at onlinecol.com Thu Aug 9 05:29:57 2007 From: andrew.mckenzie at onlinecol.com (Andrew McKenzie) Date: Thu Aug 9 05:34:55 2007 Subject: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? In-Reply-To: <46BAFA20.4010201@afn.org> References: <32EDBC8D-6FFA-48EC-A1C8-14245E7E33A5@shaw.ca> <46BAFA20.4010201@afn.org> Message-ID: <0FDB56B6-4F17-4C03-8A27-C258083C8B34@onlinecol.com> Hi- Certainly should be able to. Andrew On Aug 9, 2007, at Aug 9 , 5:27 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: I have a 120GB Seagate HD. Could I use it as my Cube's internal HD without any issues or special black magic? I found that it did not like the 10GB Maxtor I also had laying around... Francois wrote: > From: Francois > Date: July 24, 2007 11:19:51 AM MDT (CA) > To: cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Subject: Re: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? > Hi Stefan, > I have used OSX since the first version on my cube. I've installed > every upgrade available and have used an 80GB drive the whole time. > Not once has the HD given me a scare. (not to mention all that time > on OS9 I think I had maybe 1 incident). The reason I told you that > is so that you have an idea of how unlikely having to repair my > disk is. So it's not too big of an issue for me. If I did need to > do that though it would be time for me to put that drive in a Mac > Pro to repair it as it would be WAY faster. > From my memory when I installed the driver I did test a few of > your questions out. I was able to access the drive in every case - > except when connected by firewire in any method. > I will try to test it again to see if it still works! > On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:06 AM, cube- > request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:09:25 +0200 >> From: Stefan >> Subject: Re: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? >> To: "A place to discuss Apple's Cube." >> >> Message-ID: >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I use that software from Intech. It works great gives me access to >>> 320 GB internal IDE drive, but the only problem I didn't foresee is >>> when connecting the cube as a FW disk to another mac, it will not be >>> able to access anything past the 128 GB, EVEN IF the other mac loads >>> the Intech driver... so its a small limitation to be aware of. >>> Francois >> >> Hi Francois, >> >> >> I read your posting. >> >> Some years ago I installed the Intech-driver for a while but found it >> instable then. >> And I was concerned for my data. >> Now you brought back my interest. :-) >> >> Do you have experiences with situations when you had to repair your >> (large!) harddisk >> by booting in root-mode or with harddisk-toolkit (original Apple or >> other) when starting from a connected firewire-drive? (I don't mean >> target-mode!) >> Does the 128 GB-limit exist in that case too? >> >> That's what moves my mind. >> >> Or are there any other problems to mention? >> I hope you will tell us everything of importance? >> >> >> Thanks for answering in advance >> Stefan > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube _______________________________________________ Cube mailing list Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube From g.a.pineau at globetrotter.net Thu Aug 9 11:00:23 2007 From: g.a.pineau at globetrotter.net (Gilbert Pineau) Date: Thu Aug 9 11:04:36 2007 Subject: [Cube] RW CDs In-Reply-To: <46BAFA6C.5090402@afn.org> References: <46BAFA6C.5090402@afn.org> Message-ID: <31C5C49C-F88A-40AE-8087-C71E51AEB926@globetrotter.net> Hi! I am currently using a Kanguru Quicksilver DVD burner with the software DragonBurn - absolutely fantastic program since it adjusts to given capacities for optimum quality and speed ! - and I had no problem ever with CD or DVD in rewrite mode since my Cube takes and reads everything. I have only a 500Mhz cpu and 1,25 G of RAM. Very reliable... As for the external HD, I also use a 120 Gig unit that I split into two partitions, one Current One back-up with no problem. My unit is Firewire connacted for optimal speed. Hope this helps. Gilbert Le 07-08-09 ? 07:28, Mauricio Tavares a ?crit : > Does the Cube have issues with RW CDs? I burned ubuntu for PPC in > one and tried to boot off it but the machine cheerfully ignored it. > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube Gilbert A. Pineau,cmc 98, 3e rue Pasp?biac Qu?bec G0C 2K0 418-752-6956 From lejo at mac.com Thu Aug 9 11:21:39 2007 From: lejo at mac.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Leif_Joel_=D6rell?=) Date: Thu Aug 9 11:22:09 2007 Subject: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? In-Reply-To: <615DA39F-C0D6-490E-B538-F725C7F28669@mac.com> References: <20070719014135.021271106414@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <51227508-156E-4418-A1AD-826F13244101@shaw.ca> <615DA39F-C0D6-490E-B538-F725C7F28669@mac.com> Message-ID: <2E8965EB-0880-4326-A19B-197EC7A9C515@mac.com> Hi again, I have switched hard-drive again, always looking for the most quiet and vibration-free hard-drive. And now I have fond Seagate St3160815A, it is a 160GB 1 platter hard-drive with 8 MB cache. It is very quiet and vibration-free and cool running (since it just uses 1 platter) and gives you 128GB of storage insted of the 120 GB hard- drives that actually only gives you 111GB. Joel 21 jul 2007 kl. 22.01 skrev Leif Joel ?rell: > Hi > > I have been using the ATA Hi-Cap Installer for years in my Cube > with no problems. I am using a 320 GB Seagate drive with one 127,9 > GB partition and one 170 GB partition. > > Joel From raub at afn.org Thu Aug 9 18:46:02 2007 From: raub at afn.org (Mauricio Tavares) Date: Thu Aug 9 18:49:10 2007 Subject: [Cube] RW CDs In-Reply-To: <31C5C49C-F88A-40AE-8087-C71E51AEB926@globetrotter.net> References: <46BAFA6C.5090402@afn.org> <31C5C49C-F88A-40AE-8087-C71E51AEB926@globetrotter.net> Message-ID: <46BBC35A.40707@afn.org> Gilbert Pineau wrote: > Hi! > > I am currently using a Kanguru Quicksilver DVD burner with the software > DragonBurn - absolutely fantastic program since it adjusts to given > capacities for optimum quality and speed ! - and I had no problem ever > with CD or DVD in rewrite mode since my Cube takes and reads everything. > I have only a 500Mhz cpu and 1,25 G of RAM. Very reliable... > I think those Linux CDs I made must have issues as they would not even work with my ibook G4. I may try to reburn them in the ibook instead of a linux box at work... > As for the external HD, I also use a 120 Gig unit that I split into two > partitions, one Current One back-up with no problem. My unit is Firewire > connacted for optimal speed. > I too love firewire and plan on finding an external case for my recently bought dual layer dvd burner. This way I can use it as an boot device next time I try to boot the fedora dvd. > Hope this helps. > > Gilbert > > Le 07-08-09 ? 07:28, Mauricio Tavares a ?crit : > >> Does the Cube have issues with RW CDs? I burned ubuntu for PPC in >> one and tried to boot off it but the machine cheerfully ignored it. >> _______________________________________________ >> Cube mailing list >> Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > Gilbert A. Pineau,cmc > > 98, 3e rue > Pasp?biac > Qu?bec G0C 2K0 > 418-752-6956 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > From raub at afn.org Thu Aug 9 18:47:13 2007 From: raub at afn.org (Mauricio Tavares) Date: Thu Aug 9 18:50:51 2007 Subject: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? In-Reply-To: <2E8965EB-0880-4326-A19B-197EC7A9C515@mac.com> References: <20070719014135.021271106414@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <51227508-156E-4418-A1AD-826F13244101@shaw.ca> <615DA39F-C0D6-490E-B538-F725C7F28669@mac.com> <2E8965EB-0880-4326-A19B-197EC7A9C515@mac.com> Message-ID: <46BBC3A1.2050307@afn.org> Leif Joel ?rell wrote: > Hi again, > > I have switched hard-drive again, always looking for the most quiet and > vibration-free hard-drive. And now I have fond Seagate St3160815A, it is > a 160GB 1 platter hard-drive with 8 MB cache. It is very quiet and > vibration-free and cool running (since it just uses 1 platter) and gives > you 128GB of storage insted of the 120 GB hard-drives that actually only > gives you 111GB. > Nice! I may look for such a drive later on. Silence is nice. > Joel > > 21 jul 2007 kl. 22.01 skrev Leif Joel ?rell: > >> Hi >> >> I have been using the ATA Hi-Cap Installer for years in my Cube with >> no problems. I am using a 320 GB Seagate drive with one 127,9 GB >> partition and one 170 GB partition. >> >> Joel > > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > From jdeamara at hotmail.com Thu Aug 9 19:22:07 2007 From: jdeamara at hotmail.com (James Deamara) Date: Thu Aug 9 19:22:13 2007 Subject: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? In-Reply-To: <2E8965EB-0880-4326-A19B-197EC7A9C515@mac.com> Message-ID: Hi all. When I replaced my HD I went with a notebook drive by Samsung (HM120JC 120GB ATA-6 5400RPM 9.5MM 8MB Buffer). Whisper quiet, low heat dispersion and light weight. It had great reviews on newegg as well. Only drawback is that you need to buy a 2.5" to 3.5" ide interface adapter. James. From: Leif Joel Örell Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's Cube." To: "A place to discuss Apple's Cube." Subject: Re: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 20:21:39 +0200 Hi again, I have switched hard-drive again, always looking for the most quiet and vibration-free hard-drive. And now I have fond Seagate St3160815A, it is a 160GB 1 platter hard-drive with 8 MB cache. It is very quiet and vibration-free and cool running (since it just uses 1 platter) and gives you 128GB of storage insted of the 120 GB hard- drives that actually only gives you 111GB. Joel 21 jul 2007 kl. 22.01 skrev Leif Joel Örell: >Hi > >I have been using the ATA Hi-Cap Installer for years in my Cube with no >problems. I am using a 320 GB Seagate drive with one 127,9 GB partition >and one 170 GB partition. > >Joel _______________________________________________ Cube mailing list Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube _________________________________________________________________ Messenger Café — open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now. http://cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_AugHMtagline From ronsteinke at mac.com Fri Aug 10 00:54:24 2007 From: ronsteinke at mac.com (Ronald Steinke) Date: Fri Aug 10 00:54:33 2007 Subject: [Cube] MAzimum Hard Drive size for Cube ? In-Reply-To: <0FDB56B6-4F17-4C03-8A27-C258083C8B34@onlinecol.com> References: <32EDBC8D-6FFA-48EC-A1C8-14245E7E33A5@shaw.ca> <46BAFA20.4010201@afn.org> <0FDB56B6-4F17-4C03-8A27-C258083C8B34@onlinecol.com> Message-ID: <9DB8A4F2-2718-473D-B60F-2FFEF174D6B0@mac.com> On Aug 9, 2007, at 5:29 AM, Andrew McKenzie wrote: > Certainly should be able to. Yes, but it needs to be initialized first in order to be used in a Mac. After you install the drive in your Mac and boot to an Apple startup/installation CD, you will have the option to initialize the drive, just be sure to select the extended formatting. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/cube/attachments/20070810/a92b8161/attachment.html From no-spam at punkt-x.de Sat Aug 11 00:34:23 2007 From: no-spam at punkt-x.de (Stefan) Date: Sat Aug 11 00:33:53 2007 Subject: [Cube] Cube DC-VRAM-Board or what else? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi friends, my second cube makes problems... Hope you can give me a hand. Some days ago the family watched a DVD and finally the cube shut off and wasn't to restart. I tried everything. Finally I could restart it. (First it restarted even with the Formac ADC...) But again it shut down. What I've tested: Other HD (the original 20 GB) Other ATi (another original like the one in the cube ATi Rage 128) Other monitor (VGA-CRT) And I could find out: - With my Formac Gallery ADC 17" TFT the cube won't start up. - with a VGA-CRT at the VGA it starts and runs without problems. - it starts without any problems without any monitor. - when the ADC-TFT is plugged in with the cube running it shuts down. - the Formac is dead all the time (no light, no reaction at all) - That happens with the intact second graphic card too. (My first idea was an overheated graphic card) QUESTION: Is it the DC/Board or has anyone another idea? By the time: it is the original cube, but has a large HD, max. RAM, that's all. Thanks for your answers in advance Stefan From lizajbear at yahoo.com Sat Aug 11 13:22:23 2007 From: lizajbear at yahoo.com (liza bear) Date: Sat Aug 11 13:22:28 2007 Subject: [Cube] help Message-ID: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> x> Hello: > > I have a Mac G4 Cube from 1999 > with a 450MhZ CPU. I also have 4 > laCie 160GB hard drives. > > Primarily because I have over 100 hours of video > to edit, I want to upgrade the CPU > and also the video card. > > A/ where would I find a 1GB CPU > at a reasonable price? what would you recommend? > Can I install it myself or will I have to take it to > Tekserve? {I am in Manhattan) > > B/ will a faster CPU enable me to run > Mac OS 10.4? I am now running Mac OS X > Panther which is 10.3.9. > > C/ What kind of video card would you recommend? > > D/ Is there a risk or a downside to upgrading the > CPU and videocard? > > Thank you for your suggestions. > > Liza > > > > > http://squaringoff.blip.tv > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers > from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it > out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > http://squaringoff.blip.tv ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting From mg3611 at aol.com Sat Aug 11 13:44:27 2007 From: mg3611 at aol.com (mg3611@aol.com) Date: Sat Aug 11 13:44:49 2007 Subject: [Cube] help In-Reply-To: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> References: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8C9AA6F8B38F320-F34-F14A@webmail-dd19.sysops.aol.com> Cubeowner.com has lots of info. -----Original Message----- From: liza bear To: cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com Sent: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 1:22 pm Subject: [Cube] help x> Hello: > > I have a Mac G4 Cube from 1999 > with a 450MhZ CPU. I also have 4 > laCie 160GB hard drives. > > Primarily because I have over 100 hours of video > to edit, I want to upgrade the CPU > and also the video card. > > A/ where would I find a 1GB CPU > at a reasonable price? what would you recommend? > Can I install it myself or will I have to take it to > Tekserve? {I am in Manhattan) > > B/ will a faster CPU enable me to run > Mac OS 10.4? I am now running Mac OS X > Panther which is 10.3.9. > > C/ What kind of video card would you recommend? > > D/ Is there a risk or a downside to upgrading the > CPU and videocard? > > Thank you for your suggestions. > > Liza > > > > > http://squaringoff.blip.tv > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers > from someone who knows. Yahoo! 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URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/cube/attachments/20070811/3270e9c4/attachment.html From g.a.pineau at globetrotter.net Sat Aug 11 13:41:23 2007 From: g.a.pineau at globetrotter.net (Gilbert Pineau) Date: Sat Aug 11 13:44:52 2007 Subject: [Cube] Cube DC-VRAM-Board or what else? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Stephan I once had a Cube with a similar problem and finally realized after investigating everything - inboard cardsand softwares - that the multipins connector was at fault. Normal wear apparently?? I hope this is not your situation because even though I tried to get the proper replacement part -local, national, continental and even europe search- , I got nowhere - after alll our Cube units, as good as they are, are now labelled as a vintage unit???- so finally I had to buy myself another Cube, believe it or not. Now the good side: a few months later, a friend of mine who is a certified electronician dealing with hardware fixes and cures has been able to restaure the old unit connection and it finally worked - with a special home-made connector -, so my daughter today uses this unit... with a VGA CRT screen wth no more problem. The extra piece added wwas unstable when using the beautiful Apple CLD screen which is collecting dust in my basement...what a pity! After everything failed, sometimes the obvious remains to be looked after... Gilbert Le 07-08-11 ? 03:34, Stefan a ?crit : > Hi friends, > > > my second cube makes problems... > > Hope you can give me a hand. > > Some days ago the family watched a DVD and finally the cube shut > off and wasn't to restart. > I tried everything. > > Finally I could restart it. (First it restarted even with the > Formac ADC...) > But again it shut down. > > What I've tested: > Other HD (the original 20 GB) > Other ATi (another original like the one in the cube ATi Rage 128) > Other monitor (VGA-CRT) > > And I could find out: > > - With my Formac Gallery ADC 17" TFT the cube won't start up. > - with a VGA-CRT at the VGA it starts and runs without problems. > - it starts without any problems without any monitor. > - when the ADC-TFT is plugged in with the cube running it shuts down. > - the Formac is dead all the time (no light, no reaction at all) > - That happens with the intact second graphic card too. > > (My first idea was an overheated graphic card) > > > QUESTION: > Is it the DC/Board or has anyone another idea? > > > By the time: it is the original cube, but has a large HD, max. RAM, > that's all. > > > Thanks for your answers in advance > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube From wfoxjr at earthlink.net Sat Aug 11 16:10:17 2007 From: wfoxjr at earthlink.net (Bill Fox) Date: Sat Aug 11 16:10:23 2007 Subject: [Cube] help In-Reply-To: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> References: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: My advice is to get a new Mac mini instead of upgrading. Use your working Cube as a backup or home server. See below for specific answers but also look at www.cubeowners.com: On Aug 11, 2007, at 1:22 PM, liza bear wrote: > >> I have a Mac G4 Cube from 1999 >> with a 450MhZ CPU. I also have 4 >> laCie 160GB hard drives. >> >> Primarily because I have over 100 hours of video >> to edit, I want to upgrade the CPU >> and also the video card. >> >> A/ where would I find a 1GB CPU >> at a reasonable price? what would you recommend? >> Can I install it myself or will I have to take it to >> Tekserve? {I am in Manhattan) Probably eBay, if at all. OWC has only a 1.8GHz Sonnet ($299) and a Dual 1.6GHz PowerLogix ($549). Unless you are a near electronics technician, I would recommend Tekserve do the switch--it's doable but tricky. >> B/ will a faster CPU enable me to run >> Mac OS 10.4? I am now running Mac OS X >> Panther which is 10.3.9. I am running 10.4.10 and 10.4.10 on a 450MHz Cube with no problems. You can too w/o the upgrades. >> >> C/ What kind of video card would you recommend? The best has been the ATI Radeon 7500, no fan. Look on ebay. >> >> D/ Is there a risk or a downside to upgrading the >> CPU and videocard? Stress to your DC board but I ran both upgrades in a Cube for years with no problems -Bill From no-spam at punkt-x.de Sun Aug 12 02:15:23 2007 From: no-spam at punkt-x.de (Stefan) Date: Sun Aug 12 02:14:59 2007 Subject: [Cube] Cube DC-VRAM-Board or what else? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Gilbert, you used some english expressions I'm not used to. So I ask back: As I believe to understand it was the connector of the ADC-TFT-Monitor in your case. Is that wright? And you didn't find a solution (does that mean a replacement-Connector?) for your Apple TFT? Hope I understood it... Best regards Stefan >Hi Stephan > >I once had a Cube with a similar problem and >finally realized after investigating everything >- inboard cardsand softwares - that the >multipins connector was at fault. Normal wear >apparently?? > >I hope this is not your situation because even >though I tried to get the proper replacement >part -local, national, continental and even >europe search- , I got nowhere - after alll our >Cube units, as good as they are, are now >labelled as a vintage unit???- so finally I had >to buy myself another Cube, believe it or not. > >Now the good side: a few months later, a friend >of mine who is a certified electronician dealing >with hardware fixes and cures has been able to >restaure the old unit connection and it finally >worked - with a special home-made connector -, >so my daughter today uses this unit... with a >VGA CRT screen wth no more problem. The extra >piece added wwas unstable when using the >beautiful Apple CLD screen which is collecting >dust in my basement...what a pity! > >After everything failed, sometimes the obvious remains to be looked after... > >Gilbert > > >Le 07-08-11 ? 03:34, Stefan a ?crit : > >>Hi friends, >> >> >>my second cube makes problems... >> >>Hope you can give me a hand. >> >>Some days ago the family watched a DVD and >>finally the cube shut off and wasn't to restart. >>I tried everything. >> >>Finally I could restart it. (First it restarted even with the Formac ADC...) >>But again it shut down. >> >>What I've tested: >>Other HD (the original 20 GB) >>Other ATi (another original like the one in the cube ATi Rage 128) >>Other monitor (VGA-CRT) >> >>And I could find out: >> >>- With my Formac Gallery ADC 17" TFT the cube won't start up. >>- with a VGA-CRT at the VGA it starts and runs without problems. >>- it starts without any problems without any monitor. >>- when the ADC-TFT is plugged in with the cube running it shuts down. >>- the Formac is dead all the time (no light, no reaction at all) >>- That happens with the intact second graphic card too. >> >>(My first idea was an overheated graphic card) >> >> >>QUESTION: >>Is it the DC/Board or has anyone another idea? >> >> >>By the time: it is the original cube, but has a >>large HD, max. RAM, that's all. >> >> >>Thanks for your answers in advance >>Stefan >>_______________________________________________ >>Cube mailing list >>Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Cube mailing list >Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube From no-spam at punkt-x.de Sun Aug 12 02:43:51 2007 From: no-spam at punkt-x.de (Stefan) Date: Sun Aug 12 02:43:06 2007 Subject: [Cube] help In-Reply-To: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> References: <484663.17558.qm@web54409.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: >x> Hello: >> >> I have a Mac G4 Cube from 1999 >> with a 450MhZ CPU. I also have 4 >> laCie 160GB hard drives. >> >> Primarily because I have over 100 hours of video >> to edit, I want to upgrade the CPU >> and also the video card. >> >> A/ where would I find a 1GB CPU >> at a reasonable price? what would you recommend? >> Can I install it myself or will I have to take it to >> Tekserve? {I am in Manhattan) >> >> B/ will a faster CPU enable me to run >> Mac OS 10.4? I am now running Mac OS X >> Panther which is 10.3.9. >> >> C/ What kind of video card would you recommend? >> >> D/ Is there a risk or a downside to upgrading the >> CPU and videocard? >> >> Thank you for your suggestions. >> > > Liza > Hi Liza, I can underline Bill's device (Hi Bill :-): Upgrading a cube is no job for beginners, but possible of course. I'd say the risk (and costs for defects) is higher than the price for service. Main risks when upgrading CPU and graphic card: electronic defects by overvoltage (sorry, don't no the exact english expression just now), overheating of new CPU and cube at all. It's a tricky thing!!! And finally the risk of an overcharged DC/Board is surely the main problem. A faster CPU can bring problems and before all a new, faster graphic card. Powerlogix offered a stronger DC/Board. Is it still available? I regret to give an unpopular advice (am I a Cube-renegade ????) : Buy an Intel Mac mini (the fastest if possible). That's surely no designer's tip and of course no idea a mac vintage enthusiast would ever give you. But it's a device grown of rationality. A Mac mini Intel Duo Core is faster (out of the box!) than a Cube can ever become. Rendering a videofile will be 4-8 times faster than my 1.5 GHz Cube can do it! (Study the performance comparison!) It is very silent, economic in power consumption, has built-in USB 2.0, Airport extreme, bluetooth. What else can you want...? You can speed it up if you combine it with a 3,5 S-ATA drive (means you can have a new 500 GB+ drive). See the interesting advice/review at AMUG. If you buy it secondhand but still with guarantee of apple it will cost you probably 600 Euros (500$ ?) A similar amount you will have to spend for upgrading your cube. (If you sell the cube for about 200-250$ it might be even less expensive for you) I like my Cube, speeded up with a Powerlogix 1.5 GHz CPU (with 1 MB Cache!, the fast one), 1.5 GB RAM, a GeForce 4 MX and a DVI-TFT. But this Mac becomes old and one day it will die - surely. All that is no simple decision, I know. Wish you a good one. Regards Stefan From g.a.pineau at globetrotter.net Sun Aug 12 09:30:32 2007 From: g.a.pineau at globetrotter.net (Gilbert Pineau) Date: Sun Aug 12 09:34:16 2007 Subject: [Cube] Cube DC-VRAM-Board or what else? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <494B0EC9-C011-404C-870B-825D6FDEBED4@globetrotter.net> Hi Stefan, Sorry if my english is so-so because I am french. Yes, you got it, it was indeed the ADC-TFT-Monitor pis which were faulty. And yes, I have never been able to get the replacement part. As far as the fix my friend did, I could hardly explain in details because he fixed it at his home with special tools and told me it had been a wild guess because hhimself was far from being sure it would work but it did...so far! Gilbert Le 07-08-12 ? 05:15, Stefan a ?crit : > Hi Gilbert, > > you used some english expressions I'm not used to. > > So I ask back: As I believe to understand it was the connector of > the ADC-TFT-Monitor in your case. > Is that wright? And you didn't find a solution (does that mean a > replacement-Connector?) for your Apple TFT? > > Hope I understood it... > > Best regards > Stefan > > > > >> Hi Stephan >> >> I once had a Cube with a similar problem and finally realized >> after investigating everything - inboard cardsand softwares - >> that the multipins connector was at fault. Normal wear apparently?? >> >> I hope this is not your situation because even though I tried to >> get the proper replacement part -local, national, continental and >> even europe search- , I got nowhere - after alll our Cube units, >> as good as they are, are now labelled as a vintage unit???- so >> finally I had to buy myself another Cube, believe it or not. >> >> Now the good side: a few months later, a friend of mine who is a >> certified electronician dealing with hardware fixes and cures has >> been able to restaure the old unit connection and it finally >> worked - with a special home-made connector -, so my daughter >> today uses this unit... with a VGA CRT screen wth no more problem. >> The extra piece added wwas unstable when using the beautiful Apple >> CLD screen which is collecting dust in my basement...what a pity! >> >> After everything failed, sometimes the obvious remains to be >> looked after... >> >> Gilbert >> >> >> Le 07-08-11 ? 03:34, Stefan a ?crit : >> >>> Hi friends, >>> >>> >>> my second cube makes problems... >>> >>> Hope you can give me a hand. >>> >>> Some days ago the family watched a DVD and finally the cube shut >>> off and wasn't to restart. >>> I tried everything. >>> >>> Finally I could restart it. (First it restarted even with the >>> Formac ADC...) >>> But again it shut down. >>> >>> What I've tested: >>> Other HD (the original 20 GB) >>> Other ATi (another original like the one in the cube ATi Rage 128) >>> Other monitor (VGA-CRT) >>> >>> And I could find out: >>> >>> - With my Formac Gallery ADC 17" TFT the cube won't start up. >>> - with a VGA-CRT at the VGA it starts and runs without problems. >>> - it starts without any problems without any monitor. >>> - when the ADC-TFT is plugged in with the cube running it shuts >>> down. >>> - the Formac is dead all the time (no light, no reaction at all) >>> - That happens with the intact second graphic card too. >>> >>> (My first idea was an overheated graphic card) >>> >>> >>> QUESTION: >>> Is it the DC/Board or has anyone another idea? >>> >>> >>> By the time: it is the original cube, but has a large HD, max. >>> RAM, that's all. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your answers in advance >>> Stefan >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cube mailing list >>> Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cube mailing list >> Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube G From raub at afn.org Sun Aug 19 11:31:45 2007 From: raub at afn.org (Mauricio Tavares) Date: Sun Aug 19 11:31:53 2007 Subject: [Cube] RW CDs In-Reply-To: References: <46BAFA6C.5090402@afn.org> Message-ID: <46C88C91.70802@afn.org> Ronald Steinke wrote: > On Aug 9, 2007, at 4:28 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: > >> Does the Cube have issues with RW CDs? >> > > It is not necessarily the Cube that has issues, but the CD reader in the > Cube. Some of the earlier CD readers will not recognize a home-burnt CD. > Why? I Haven't found that out yet, but it happens. > > I had the same issue of a home-burnt disc not being readable and when I > replaced the old reader with a newer model, the disc was instantly > recognized and mounted. > That is good to know. I was installing ubuntu linux in my cube and until I burned a CDR disk it would not boot up. But, now, it is running ubuntu feisty rather happily. In fact I will probably retire my P3 ubuntu box and have the cube do its job as it should be more energy efficient (the P3 is a 1U machine).