Snow iMac Image to eMac
From Zach Tuckwiller
Charles,
Re:
- From Mark Ekster:
I work in a public school. I have an eMac - purchased 9/03, boots
in OS 9 - and attempted to put an image on this machine that
was created on a snow iMac. It worked perfectly on the eMac, except
I only have one choice for resolution and one choice for colors
(millions). What have I toasted in order for this to happen, and
how do I get back my resolution choices. Thanks for any help.
I too work in a public school environment and may be able to
shed some light on the imaging Mark speaks of (since I have imaged
and re-imaged machines as well).
He is referring to using Disk Copy to make an "image" of the
hard drive in a Snow iMac and use that image on the hard drive of
an eMac that boots OS 9 so that both computers look/function
exactly the same, which is good for the students so that they see
the same setup and software on the different machines.
From my experiences and everything I've read, the best way to
handle the setup of various machines is to create your image on
your most powerful machine and use it on the older machines. My
guess is he may be experiencing an issue with the video driver,
since the eMac uses a Radeon 7500 AGP chipset and the iMac uses a
Rage Pro 128 chip set.
We had a similar issue with 600 MHz (16VRAM) iBooks when they
came out. Our image at the time was made on a 500 MHz iBook, and
there were video driver issues, since the 600 MHz (16VRAM) uses a
different, newer video chipset. The simple solution was to do a
custom Add/Remove of the video drivers on top of our image that we
put on the computers. Here are the steps to get him back to
good:
- Boot the eMac from its OS 9 install CD (the OS 9 Software
Install CD that came with the eMac)
- After boot up, double click the Mac OS install icon
- At the welcome screen, click 'Continue'
- Select destination disk to be the name of your eMac's hard
drive and click 'Select'
- CLICK THE DEFAULT BUTTON THAT SAYS 'ADD/REMOVE'
- Make a check in the Mac OS 9.2.2 check box
- In the pull down menu on the right side of the window, choose
'Customized Installation'
- Deselect (no check marks) ALL choices EXCEPT
'Video'
- Click 'Ok' button
- Click the 'Start' button
- When finished, reboot and you're done!
He should now have his video options back and have his snow iMac
image on the machine.
After he gets this machine working properly, if it's the newest
machine, he should probably make an image of it to use for
imaging/reimaging purposes. Like I said before and from personal
experience: Images will typically work "downhill" (created on
higher machines, use on lower machines) but not "uphill" (created
on lower, used on higher machines), so to speak.
I hope the info helps. I give it with the usual "Use at Your Own
Risk" disclaimer, but I'm 99.9% sure he can do this. At worst,
he'll have to reinstall the image from the snow iMac. But the way I
look at most of my work is, "It already isn't working right, so
it's not like I can break it much more."
Have a nice day and as much fun as you can!
Take Care,
Zach
- Will do. Thanks for the info!
Charles
Re: eMac question
From Mark Ekster
HI,
Issue resolved. My iMac image had some old/missing extension
that need to be added from the eMac install disk. Thanks for
getting back to me.
Mark
RAM Compatibility
From: Andrew Beardsmore
Dear Sir
Do you know if the RAM (PC100 SODIMM 256 Kingston) from my
upgraded iBook 466 SE (Clamshell
FireWire model) will fit into my Lombard 400?
Many Thanks
Andrew Beardsmore
- Hi Andrew,
It will fit, and it may work. I have a 128 MB PC 100 module
pulled from my Pismo in the upper
slot of my WallStreet (which
uses the same specified PC 66 RAM as your Lombard), and it works
fine in OS 9, but I wasn't able to get Jaguar to boot, and I
expect that RAM incompatibility may be the reason.
Actually, your iBook is specified to use PC 66 RAM, too. Check it
out at <http://www.macshack.com.au/table.html>
I don't think it can cause any damage to try the PC 100 module. OWC
is selling PC 100 RAM for Clamshell iBooks and Lombards, but at
your own risk of course....
Charles
Firemail.de
From Richard Vardaro
Charles,
I read your [article] about
Firemail.de.
I signed up, but I cannot get POP3 access.
Note: Before you can use Firemail with a POP3 mail program, you
must activate your post-office box over a login under http://mail.firemail.de.
That is what you said. Can you help me so I can get it to
work?
Rich
- Hi Rich,
My Firemail account continues to work fine. I use it every
day.
I assume that you have gone to the website and logged in. If your
username and password worked there, you should be able to configure
POP3 access.
Make sure your username is entered thus: xxxxxxx@firemail.de
Set the mail server to: pop.firemail.de
Set the SMTP server to: smtp.firemail.de
Should work. You didn't say what email client you are using. I have
it configured in both Eudora and Nisus Email.
Charles
re: iBook Logic Board Failure (Actually the DC
Board)
From Tony Wong, PS"
Hi Charles:
Re your 2003.10.13 article on
the subject, is there anyway of testing the DC board on an iBook to
tell whether it is faulty? (Voltage out?)
Please advise, thanks!
Tony Wong
- Hi Tony,
There may well be, but I'm ignorant of it if there is.
Perhaps one of our readers can fill us in.
Charles
8600 + Acard
From Sonia
Dear Charles
Thank you for your excellent site. I didn't who to send this to,
so I hope that it is of some use.
I am writing to report a very unsastisfying post-sale service
from Acard and to
save a great deal of grief, time, and money to other 8600
users.
I have a Power Mac 8600/300 with
the following configuration/upgrades:
- Sonnet accelerator G4 @ 400 MHz
- 512 MB RAM
- 2 SCSI hard drives
- Sonnet tech dual USB/FireWire card
- OS 9.1
This configuration had been working satisfactorily, but because
of the nature of my work (CAD and graphics), I needed more storage
space. After considerable research, I decided to install an ATA
hard drive for which a PCI/ATA adaptor card was required. Further
research took me to select a Acard's aec-6280m. My brother has a
Power Mac 8600 with a similar configuration and an aec-6280m
working satisfactorily. Prior to my communication with Acard, their
website indicated this card as "designed for G4, G3, 9x00, 8x00,
and 7x00" . Their manual also states that this is suitable for
older computers.
I had an Apple authorised service company install both the new
6280m and ATA drive. However, the information started getting
corrupted. Please refer to the service reports. Meanwhile the drive
was reformatted several times using a low level format to reduce
the possibility of errors.
I ran TechTool, which showed that the drive was failing the
re-zeroing test. The ATA drive was replaced with a new one, which
continued to have problems and fail in the same test.
Acard's US rep responded by email that the card caused too many
problems in the older computers and that they could not understand
why Acard was still showing on their site that the card was
compatible with my computer. It seems that all my correspondence
with Acard has resulted in them modifying their site. Also after
extensive correspondence with Acard, who initially did not say that
my computer was not compatible with the card, is now repeating what
their US reseller is saying. I am pleased to see that no more
people will be misled by incorrect information. However it still
does not solve the problems that I am experiencing with their card.
I am appalled to see how unhelpful and unprofessional they have
been given that I followed their prior guidelines in purchasing
their card.
I would appreciate if you could please print my letter to
forewarn other 8XXX users thinking of buying an PCI/ATA card from
this manufacturer.
Even more seriously, I wrote to other Acard resellers asking
their advice of which would be the most appropriate card for my
requirements. Please note that most of them have responded that the
aec-6280m is the one I should install. Once I removed Acard's
aec-6280m, my Mac has returned to proper operation. Unfortunately
my storage problem is still not resolved.
Please let me know whether you need a hard copy with
addenda.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely
Sonia
- Sorry to hear of your troubles with the Acard product, Sonia.
One can hope that Acard might be convinced to respond to your
issues more satisfactorily.
Charles
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