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From: Debbie Wilson on 26 Apr 2010 01:59 Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > I've got six G3 iMacs here in various states - free to a good home - but > you'll need to collect from Aldeburgh - I'm not wrapping and posting them! Thanks Hugh, but I'm a bit too far from you to make it worthwhile! Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield
From: Sara on 26 Apr 2010 12:25 In article <83kn9eFt0bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-25 20:38:25 +0100, Debbie Wilson said: > > > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > >> Yes. You might see something about disk problems in system.log > >> (Console.app). > > > > OK, thanks. Shame! > > There's a chance (given the sound) it is the optical drive, but then > given the whole machine seems to freeze while this is happening the > odds are extremely high that it is the hard disk. > > Again, the system.log should reveal a bit more. > > > > >> Nothing a new hard disk wouldn't fix of course! > > > > If I had a spare one I'd put it in and offer it anyway, but > > unfortunately I don't... > > They're relatively inexpensive, but the pain might be trying to > physically install it. The CRT iMacs were a 5-min job to replace the HDs as I recall. The problem I had with those old beasties was memory upgrades. for some reason I kept snapping the retaining clips and there were a few colourful iMacs with superglued memory modules here for a while. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up
From: Debbie Wilson on 26 Apr 2010 16:55 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > The CRT iMacs were a 5-min job to replace the HDs as I recall. The > problem I had with those old beasties was memory upgrades. for some > reason I kept snapping the retaining clips and there were a few > colourful iMacs with superglued memory modules here for a while. Well, someone off Freecycle now wants to take it and have a go, so at least it's not wasted :-) Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield
From: Sara on 27 Apr 2010 08:16 In article <1jhksv8.b8khoe13mat4N%djmaizels(a)mac.com>, djmaizels(a)mac.com (Debbie Wilson) wrote: > Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > The CRT iMacs were a 5-min job to replace the HDs as I recall. The > > problem I had with those old beasties was memory upgrades. for some > > reason I kept snapping the retaining clips and there were a few > > colourful iMacs with superglued memory modules here for a while. > > Well, someone off Freecycle now wants to take it and have a go, so at > least it's not wasted :-) > Excellent. I've never managed to work out how to use freecycle - I'm sure it's great but it just confuses the hell out of me. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up
From: Hugh Browton on 27 Apr 2010 08:19
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:59:27 +0100, Debbie Wilson wrote (in article <1jhjnc1.1mt00uf172yhjiN%djmaizels(a)mac.com>): > Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > >> I've got six G3 iMacs here in various states - free to a good home - but >> you'll need to collect from Aldeburgh - I'm not wrapping and posting them! > > Thanks Hugh, but I'm a bit too far from you to make it worthwhile! > You need to look at the bigger picture, Deb. It's called a trip to the seaside! Fish and chips, buckets and spades, bikini top and bottom, sunburn and windburn (it is the east coast in april after all!). Lots of nice places to visit and see. -- regards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim." Edsger Dijkstra (1930-2002) |