[G4] Flatliner MDD

[B G]

The not awaking from sleep is a common issue for the G4's. I do not  
know if anyone has ever found the magic solution, it seems to be a  
combo of add on cards, USB hubs, software etc.

The best solution is to set the preferences to never sleep, you just  
spin down the disks and dim the display.

Also if you need to reset since the MDD do not have the reset /  
interrupt buttons, try the keyboard commands before you open it up  
and use the motherboard reset

  Keyboard Commands:
If the computer does not have a reset button, press the Command- 
Control-power keys instead.

If the computer does not have an interrupt button, press the Command- 
power keys instead.




Brian

G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM

On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.) wrote:

> Status Update of the patient:
>
> While awaiting arrival of the correct disks, I found that a friend  
> of mine
> is a closet Macophile. He has a powerbook g4 and offered to let me  
> try his
> hardware test disk. No dice there my brothers. He also offered me  
> his #1
> rebuild disk that has OsX 10.3. That disk appeared to install  
> normally,
> although the resulting installation is not stable. It will not wake  
> from
> sleep (It goes comatose. Lights are on but the video doesn't do  
> anything)
> Then I have to press the little button inside in order to shut it  
> down to
> reboot. When I do that, The $#@!%& machine loses its mind and  
> forgets it has
> a hard-drive and optical disks and everything for several cycles of  
> P-ram
> and NV-ram resets. Then it fires up just as neat as you please. I have
> disconnected the drives and will not play anymore until the correct  
> disks
> arrive. In the meantime, I am kind of enjoying playing with Linux.  
> I don’t
> know how to play music or Movies, but I can surf and play some of  
> the many
> games that came with the installation.
>
> I conclude the patient is still viable and with the correct  
> software and/or
> firmware can be loaded with an Apple operating system. Failing  
> that, it will
> be a Linux test mule.
>
> PS.
> Is it a mistake to have two optical drives in this unit? When I got  
> the
> Superdrive, I just put the original CD/RW in the bottom bay. Just  
> don't know
> how to access it yet.
>
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