Tomm Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 To be honest you're a bit screwed. If you've done half an installation, it will have already wiped what was on there originally. Your only real hope is to find the missing install disk, or get one from somewhere. Are you near an Apple store? Because the patronising Geniuses there may be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Got a question more than a problem but anyway...How come sometimes when I turn on my MacBook the green light to the right of the built in camera comes on straight away and the only image I can get in Photobooth is a plain green one? Must admit i've not really tried anything to correct this since I never use it but i'm curious in case one day I need to.Cheers,Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban mammoth Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 try to turn my imac on and the start up sound comes on, then i can hear the hard disk fire up, the on light comes on, then nothing, then a big fan noise............. ermmmmmmm help??!cheersDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Try this...Resetting PRAM and NVRAMShut down the computer.Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.Turn on the computer.Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.Release the keys.Your computer's PRAM and the NVRAM are reset to the default values. The clock settings may be reset to a default date on some models.If that doesnt work... I'm stuck :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jennings Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Try this...Resetting PRAM and NVRAMShut down the computer.Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.Turn on the computer.Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.Release the keys.Your computer's PRAM and the NVRAM are reset to the default values. The clock settings may be reset to a default date on some models.If that doesnt work... I'm stuck :/An easier way of doing this is:Command+Option+O+F during bootupType: 'reset-all'Hit enterYour mac will reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 If your computer doesnt support Open Firmware it's not much use though. Don't see how it's easier either, you have to hold the same amount of keys then type something, that's more effort than holding four keys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban mammoth Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 the screen doesn't come on at all.just the boot up noise, hard rive wirring up, then nothing, then big loud fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 What iMac is it? G3/4/5? Intel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban mammoth Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 it's a g5 one.i tried the command option p r thing earlier on in the day, to no effect.so i just turned it off and left it all day.my dad went and turned it on this evening and it worked fine!!so it must have worked, unless it just needed a breather, it is never turned off, would that make a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I had a problem with my G5 last summer, it would randomly shut down.I took it into the living room, took the back off, hoovered all the dust out of the fans and around the processor (there was shit loads), then turned it on, and left it overnight, and I havn't had any problems since, so if it plays up again, give that a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Web-cams that are cheap and work with macs?That you would recommend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 (edited) ebay, search for isight, and watch a few, see how much they go for, and that's what i'd recommend, or buy one of these cameras, http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/cameras/index.php, and then download the software, and that will work too. Edited October 11, 2007 by MonsterJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 f**k is that a joke, i looked at iSight cams on google images thought wow that pretty sweet, look on ebay and people are bidding over 100quid. That is extorshinate for a web-cam what is good about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Nothing special really, just another Apple product that people go nuts for cos it's not made anymore (Look up "Newton"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 When is 10.5 (leopard) coming out? Says october!Also can anyone suggest a cheap (sub £60) external hardrive, 160gb minimum really. Must be small and only powered from firewire of usb, no extra power adapter.Looked on amazon and this looks ok.....CLICK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Rob, apparently October 26th is the date to look out for, I cann say from first hand experience, Leopard is f**king awesome.On the harddrive front, i'd recommend this, I have the 250gb version and it's really f**king good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 lovelyyy! Well the 26th of october is my birthday!! wohoooooooI wonder if I ring them up and tell them i'm a valued customer they'll give me a copy as a birthday present Yeah?? Funny you should say that, my mates got the 160gb one and we plugged it in and it worked fine. Just the reviews of them haven't been that great. May try it anyway I think, get the 250gb one!O you've tried leopard have you? is it a special one you hear me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Awesome, definitely give them a ring and blag a free copy haha. Well I got the 250GB one, took my macbook pro apart, swapped it for the 100GB in my MBP so now I have 250 in my laptop and 100 external, and I can honestly say it's awesome. It's even dropped in price since I bought it two weeks ago! They're really good drives and I've had no problems with mine, touch wood! Yeah it's a special copy but I'll be buying it when it comes out, for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Ok one thing that REALLY f**ks me off about my MBP is the light sensor, hands over the right side by the screen and it goes dark, fair enough.But when im typing its constantly going bring dark bring dark, doing it right now!!!Anyway you can "lock" it to one brightness or whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 System prefs, display.Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes (untick it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Not really a problem, just a question:When it's dark in my boudoir and my iMac is shut down but there's power going to it (i.e. from the mains), I'll see a dim green light coming from the underside of the screen, coming from behind the vent (there's lots of little circular shadows). What is this light? I guess it can't be a bad thing, I suppose I should worry when I don't see it anymore._____________________________________________It may well have been mentioned, but if you're wanting to rip DVD's (I'm sure it works fine on Windows PC's too) but Handbrake is absolutely awesome for the job. It's really easy to use, it's free, easy to customise and so far it's had no problems with any DVD's I've thrown at it, albeit, I've only had the program for about 5 days - 100% success rate though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Mactheripper is another good one.Dim green light... absolutely no idea to be honest, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai the Socket Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 'Recruitment Seminar' at Apple @ Meadowhall tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jennings Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 If your computer doesnt support Open Firmware it's not much use though. Don't see how it's easier either, you have to hold the same amount of keys then type something, that's more effort than holding four keys.Sorry. I prefer it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathopper Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Just linked my pc to my mac via ethernet, it says on the pc side its sendingin packets and stuff but how do i get it set up on the mac side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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