Recent content by Volvo242GT

Some updates... Picked up an A1289 Mac Pro 2.66GHz Quad-Core machine with 16GB of RAM, a few drives, and two optical drives for $150. Also received an A1278 mid-2010 MacBook Pro that needs a battery with the deal. The same day that occured, I picked up a 24" Dell monitor for $10, plus tax off...

Plans changed a bit. I downgraded to the A1278 MBP and am planning to sell the A1286 as a project machine for someone who has an A1286 with a bad GPU chip, but a good drive and battery. So, swapped the 1TB drive from that computer over to the A1278. My reason for doing this is that one of my...

Finally received the second power harness. Pulled the nVidia card, and finished wiring up the ATi card. Results: Scrolling seems less pokey, and more like what I'd expect from an intel Mac. Previously, it felt like I was using a Macintosh II with the stock 8-bit video card, speed-wise.

Or, install termination resistors onto the board of the CD-ROM drive. I forget if the Panasonic tray loaders have the terminals for them, but I do know that the Sony caddy loaders do, next to the 50-pin connector.

^Yes, might as well. Got Wi-Fi on the Mac Pro, finally. Yes, I know that I'm showing a screenshot of the other forum site. Had to use a couple Nikon Nikkormat FT series shutter mounting screws to mount the Airport Extreme card to the logic board. All of my Apple screws were too big, or...

It could be worse. In late 2014, my niece was playing with a couple friends in our bonus room. For some reason, they decided to make a tent, using my sister's original intel iMac as one support for the sheet. Well, pulled the computer over onto its face. Display cracked internally. Since it...

That's cool. Hmmm, just realized that the title of the thread had a typo in it. :oops: -J

Posting this from the Mac Pro... Waiting on the Airport Extreme card and the video card power harness, so I can get it fixed up properly, but it works now. Using the TP-Link minirouter that's normally on the G4 as a wi-fi adapter.

I've decided to pass the A1278 onto a client I have. He currently has a 2009 version that, without OCLP, tops out at 10.11.6 El Capitan. The one I own is a mid-2010, so it can run High Sierra. Going to take the 500GB drive from his A1278, install it in mine, then, if there's enough room...

Might be worth trying After Dark 4.0... It might require that version to work properly.

Got the Mac Pro home and set up. Looks like it needs an Airport Extreme wi-fi card installed on the logic board, since there's no ability to connect to my wi-fi network, unless I use the TP-Link dongle that I've used with my G4. Also got an mid-2010 A1278 MBP with the Mac Pro, which I may...

Ok, good. It's probably the same.

Maybe something happened to the power supply after the initial testing. I don't think there's enough of a difference between the 520 and the 575 to make it impossible to use a 520 board in a 550 or a 575. With respect to the drive, pull it, then connect it externally to either your CC, or...

I wonder if it'd be a good idea to upload the final version of the info.apple.com FTP server to the 'garden, provided that doesn't get us in trouble with Apple themselves. I saved it locally to my MacBook Pro, so I can access everything via File Sharing on one of my other Macs - usually my G4...

Sounds like you guys have been busy... @PentaxEnthusiast Sounds like it might be time to find an SD or CF adapter that can plug into the IDE cable inside the machine. That would at least let you use an "SSD" solution on it. Spent some time transferring documents and music to my old A1186's...