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  1. ptswolfman

    Change my display size.

    I've found a lot of these types of problems are in the video drivers. Another thing you can try is to delete the video drivers and then reboot the computer. If you don't have the drivers already on a disk you can download the latest drivers from the website (either the computer's website if it's...
  2. ptswolfman

    Pricing-Performance need clarification

    Comparing the clock speeds is like (pardon the pun) comparing Apples to Oranges. Yes the Macintosh uses a RISC based processor so it's doing multiple taskes in the same clock tick as the AMD/Intel groups. Makes it nice because a 400MHz G4 will outperform a 900MHz AMD Athlon. (And no I'm not just...
  3. ptswolfman

    G4 Internal Modem/G3 Compatibilty

    Depends upon the G4's motherboard. I can't remember the "names" given to the board but the first G4's that hit the market I do think used the G3 Blue/White's modem. The modem was long, slender with a (approx) one inch white connector on it. The newer G4's have a completly different...
  4. ptswolfman

    HP Deskjet 500 serial with a MAC - drivers needed

    Have you checked with the HP website? They don't offer a driver for the Desk JET 500 but they do have the DeskWRITER (mac version of the same printer) I can't promise anything but it would be the first place I would try. http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printers/software/dw110en.hqx.html Hope this...
  5. ptswolfman

    Help starmx 1000 doesn't boot.......Lost PC user

    Last I checked Motorola Starmax carries a five year warranty. Most (if not all) Starmax that I'm aware of have been built within these past five years. The result would be that every Starmax out there is still covered under it's original warranty (one really nice feature about these computers)...
  6. ptswolfman

    Macintosh Hard drive issues

    As a Macintosh technician I've encountered this problem many times myself. An alternative to "bashing" the hard drive... would be to grap the hard drive with one hand (so the hard drive is basically in your palm) and then give your wrist a quick twist (snap your wrist). Do this a...
  7. ptswolfman

    Ideas regarding a laptop

    Laptops are one of the hardest things to upgrade. As mentioned by the others, the hard drive, memory, etc can be upgraded with fair ease, however, the processor is usually soldered onto the system board of the laptop. You would have to research the laptops design before knowing if the processor...
  8. ptswolfman

    cpu temperature ?

    I had a problem once w/ my Cyrix 200MHz. The plastic tab on the motherboard had broken off. This caused the heatsink/fan to look like it was still on the processor but it was just a little off... unfortunatly this caused many problems as you described. Best bet would be to check that...
  9. ptswolfman

    External Parallel CDROM sound Card

    To find the drivers for such a device you'd need to know the name/brand of the CDRom. As another user of the forum noted you could find more information about the product through the FCC ID using www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid or if you already have the name/brand you could go to www.windrivers.com and...

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