User:Tonyr/Journal/May07

02May07

Powerbook
Later Powerbooks suffer from a lower memory slot failure. Memory for these guys is SODIMM in a two-slot bayonet rack accessible either by removing the back cover or removing a panel on the back. The 12" 867 Aluminum model uses PC2100 memory. The last 15" 1.67/1.5 GHz Aluminum models use PC4200 memory.

The failure is widely reported. <add some reference links here] From what I read Apple does not have a specific fix. This problem may apply to the Powerbook (see #29Apr07) that doesn't boot (I'm hoping).

10May07

A sketchy recap of the past week...

Scream Entertainment Grant Prepared and disbursed four G4 Powermacs and two monitors to Rick Fernandez, Scream Entertainment contact. He said they will be used for facial distortion feature at this year's Scream at the Beach at Jantzen Beach Center during the month of October. There is an opportunity for follow-up there, photo's and writeup and such.

MacBook A 2.0G/512PC5300/80 MacBook (2006? Core Duo) arrived 10 May. It powered up once after I took it apart and put it back together. Apparently the previous owner had done the same, but there were a couple of screws missing and one stripped screw site. The DVD slot had been distorted from above, as if it had been stepped or sat on.

There is a problem reported for this generation of MacBooks wherein the CPU Heat Sync would melt the insulation on a nearby (touching) wire and short out the power. That may or may not apply to this laptop, but that is moot, since it was in otherwise less that reasonable condition and I gave it to Sergio for parts sales on (ebay?). The HD had not been wiped yet.

G4/500MHz Dual Proc, Wishlist There was a Wishlist request for this box, so I contacted the requestor about it. He came to get it. Ali later told me that Wishlist requests received no special treatment, that the Wishlist protocol is to take a wish list item to the store and let them contact the requestor, who would then have a short window to come get it. I believe she also said that the Wishlist was not receiving much attention right now.

This particular box was working when sold, with Ubuntu Feisty installed. The video card, a Radeon RV250, had a DVI and ADC connector, but no VGA. I included a DVI/ADG adapter with the box.

Rsync Images ToDo: The Rsync images on the replication station need to be updated and expanded to include G4 Feisty and G4 Feisty SMP images.