Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Burn it.

Tried that, no luck, it just burned.

Jeebus broke it coz you is evil and shit innit

There was the smell of the holy trinity (musty with an overtone of peas) just before it went tits up.

My ibook died of shitlogicboarditus so i took out the HD thinking i could boot from it on my new macbook but its intel innit and my ibook wasn't so it don't work. :(
I have loads of work locked up in the diskvault bollocks that i can't get at.
Bum.

Stick the disk back into the old ibook and start it up in target mode (hold down T as it starts up) - it is then just a hard drive so connect your old ibook to your new macbook like you would a hard drive and copy the stuff you want over.

Still, I'd like one of those new itile/tablet/slate/jazzmag things that no-one has seen yet!
Ooh! I hope it's shiny!

iJazz

My money is on iJazz.

Stick the disk back into the old ibook and start it up in target mode (hold down T as it starts up) - it is then just a hard drive so connect your old ibook to your new macbook like you would a hard drive and copy the stuff you want over.

Oh Tynan....if only I hadn't trashed the ibook carcas and taken it to the tip already. I am truly sorry I am in a mess all of my own making. Forgive me?

I've missed Tynan. Lolo'clock.

My Powerbook G4 just burnt out last night... pretty much lost my shit loads of work now....

(no backup)*

Mine too,totally fuckeroonied, exactly as above - with the fan thing too - I have done all the target disk/PRAM/battery out/ram shake it all about/verbose mode/blah blah/kick it/rebuild the directory (DiskWarrior) . . and so on.

Nothing works.

Apparently a lot of G5s that are 4-5 years old have gone bad like this.

Did you manage to sort yours out ?

I know the HD is fine as I can see it in target mode.

Went out and bought a mother fucking 8GB 27" iMac i7 - I currently 'run tings' - but it would be cool to get my G5 back to tax paying status as I have loads of stuff on there that is very useful . . . .

Any clues anyone ?

I had a G4 that did exactly the same thing. I'm sure it's planned obsolescence on Apple's part - nice.

I can't remember exactly how I did it but I was able to retrieve most of the data I think using DiskWarrior. It was a while ago but I think there is a scavenge mode that allows you to scan the corrupted disc and back up to a different hard drive.

Stick the disk back into the old ibook and start it up in target mode (hold down T as it starts up) - it is then just a hard drive so connect your old ibook to your new macbook like you would a hard drive and copy the stuff you want over.

You might just have saved my day. HAH!

I had a G4 that did exactly the same thing. I'm sure it's planned obsolescence on Apple's part - nice.

I can't remember exactly how I did it but I was able to retrieve most of the data I think using DiskWarrior. It was a while ago but I think there is a scavenge mode that allows you to scan the corrupted disc and back up to a different hard drive.

...and this. I was freaking out at the idea of data loss.

Oh Tynan....if only I hadn't trashed the ibook carcas and taken it to the tip already. I am truly sorry I am in a mess all of my own making. Forgive me?

It is too late for forgiveness, ye shall burn in Dell.

I've missed Tynan. Lolo'clock.

lolo'racist.

iJazz

My money is on iJazz.

iJizz or iJizm or even iJism

Oh Tynan....if only I hadn't trashed the ibook carcas and taken it to the tip already. I am truly sorry I am in a mess all of my own making. Forgive me?

You should be able to access the hard drive if you use a caddy or some cables to connect it to your Mac.

I had a G4 that did exactly the same thing. I'm sure it's planned obsolescence on Apple's part - nice.

I can't remember exactly how I did it but I was able to retrieve most of the data I think using DiskWarrior. It was a while ago but I think there is a scavenge mode that allows you to scan the corrupted disc and back up to a different hard drive.

DiskWarrior is doing it DiskWarrior-ish magic just right - no problems there (you gotta love DiskWarrior) - but I can't get the actual machine to start up under it's own steam - I need to get it working as I have loads of software that only runs on a PPC chip (and not Intel) . . . . such classic stuff as the music for the current Dettol ads - when they want to revise the music for the next set of ads I am screwed.

:s

I might even have to buy an old (working) PPC/G5 from somewhere. (talk about shoving your money down the toilet).

:O

You might just have saved my day. HAH!

50p - cash.

You should be able to access the hard drive if you use a caddy or some cables to connect it to your Mac.

well thats what i thought too, but the files are in the diskvault, its only possible to see those files (and remove the diskvault) when booting up from it, but i can't do that cos its not set to run an Intel mac. I need another powerpc mac really, but i don't know anyone with one at the mo. I tried asking that guy in the guardian technology section, but he never replied. I'll just wait until i meet someone with an od mac i guess...

You should be able to access the hard drive if you use a caddy or some cables to connect it to your Mac.

Yeah, what he said.

++

i have a G4 in a storage unit.

Somewhere.

Near Guildford.

Mine too,totally fuckeroonied, exactly as above - with the fan thing too - I have done all

Went out and bought a mother fucking 8GB 27" iMac i7 - I currently 'run tings' - but it would be cool to get my G5 back to tax paying status as I have loads of stuff on there that is very useful . . . .

Any clues anyone ?

do you have any M-Audio drivers in it? the G5 i sold my mate starting doing what you describe once he put an M-Audio card in it.

it's a long-shot, as i know you're a professional..

@tynan, na. my boss went out and bought a recon. jobbie.

waiting to get the old one off them :)

chinny recon.

do you have any M-Audio drivers in it? the G5 i sold my mate starting doing what you describe once he put an M-Audio card in it.

it's a long-shot, as i know you're a professional..

"professional" ? - You obviously didn't hear the music for the recent Holland & Barrett Christmas TV campaign then ?

No M-Audio drivers or stuff like that . . . in fact no changes at all, it just 'went funny' one day.

: (

DiskWarrior is doing it DiskWarrior-ish magic just right - no problems there (you gotta love DiskWarrior) - but I can't get the actual machine to start up under it's own steam - I need to get it working as I have loads of software that only runs on a PPC chip (and not Intel) . . . . such classic stuff as the music for the current Dettol ads - when they want to revise the music for the next set of ads I am screwed.

:s

I might even have to buy an old (working) PPC/G5 from somewhere. (talk about shoving your money down the toilet).

:O

Aah - I see. Was in the same position - nothing I could do could get it back & I figured it would most likely only fail again so I just bought a new hard drive from these guys:

http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/

They do installation & recovery too if you need it - they did the install for me - highly recommended.

thanks i love you all.

any suggestions to the problem above though?

i may just go and buy it.

+1 awesome! just saw this.. i got a snazzy mouse and it wouldnt do any cool scrolling with tiger, tried downloading it but you have to put it on an external drive and fuck around. i want snow leopard

@tynan, na. my boss went out and bought a recon. jobbie.

waiting to get the old one off them :)

Damn! From what I can tell this has happened to quite a few PPC G5s - no one seems to have found a common solution . . . my little brother has just (Monday!) qualified as an Apple certified technician and I am going to get him to work his voodoo magic on it and see if he can raise it from the dead like Jesus did to all his . . . . er . . . himself.