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The Gefen was advertised as working. Obviously it isn't. Why should I hold onto something that doesn't do the job as intended and poses a potential fire hazard?

Just turned on my B&W (it has a G4 PCI board). The ADC monitor lives. I guess leaving it unplugged for a few hours cured whatever ailed it. Let's see how long this lasts. I have one of those adapter cables (forgot the brand - probably Belkin) but it's ADC to DVI. It poses the same problem as...

Two weeks ago, I decided to take the plunge and purchase a NIB Gefen DVI-to-VGA adapter on eBay. It arrived today, and of course, I've got problems. Firstly, my ADC monitor remained blank, even after the IIfx completed its RAM test (and this was with the 8.24GC Card). Adjusting the Gefen's EDID...

Fixed my ATI extensions problem. Totally forgot I had this gem in my software library: So now I've got the correct extensions and drivers for my ATI card. Here's the control panel: All that's left is to figure out why the Zip drive doesn't work. None of the Iomega drivers that came...

My other Quantum HD has the same ATI extensions installed. The issue with my current Quantum HD is it will hang indefinitely if the ATI Resource Manager extension is enabled after startup. When this extension is removed, I can reach the login screen and desktop. Also, I've noticed that the ATI...

PSU is original. Cables were changed. RAM was upgraded to 1GB way back in the day. It's always started - unlike my IIfx which recently required a PSU swap - and the sound is very strong. Everything is clean. I think what I'll do is hookup the other Quantum 4GB drive I have to the B&W - it also...

And the thing is I can't explain why. This B&W always ran funny, even after I removed the original G3 logic board and replaced it with a 400MHz G4 board. At least everything was free, 10+ years ago.

Reformatting the USB key to HFS fixed the programs on the USB. I actually had to reformat the drive twice - for some reason OS 9.2.1 did not recognize Snow Leopard's Mac OS Extended formatting and asked if I wanted to initialize the drive. There's still a lingering problem even after all this...

The USB key was formatted in MS-DOS (FAT). Always has been. I've used it many times to transfer files from my various Macs and ThinkPads. Never had any significant problem with it until now. I guess I could reformat the drive into HFS and see what happens. I don't have a copy of ResEdit for OS...

I guess I'm talking to myself at this point, but for those still interested in this thread, OS 9.2.1 is now working perfectly fine on the B&W and so is my Apple ADC monitor. The freezing problem was caused by some ATI extensions the installer included in the "recommended" install package. Those...

Got OS 9.2.1 to install - of course with a caveat. I copied the install file to the HD and ran the update from there. Installation was a success - no errors of any kind. The problem now is after OS 9.2.1 completes loading, the system hangs indefinitely. Doesn't matter which monitor I use, so...

So I've hit a snag with the reinstallation process. My full OEM copy of Mac OS 9.1 worked perfectly - only thing I had to do was use the Drive Setup utility as the disc wouldn't recognize my Quantum 4GB drive without initialization. I currently have OS 9.1 running on my B&W and whatever...

The drive successfully formatted the second time around under Snow Leopard. I'm going to do the reinstallation tonight and hopefully it goes without a hitch.

The saga continues with this oddball Quantum 4GB drive. Not only can I not access certain software features in OS 9.2.2, the drive will also not complete a full erase process using Disk Utility under Snow Leopard. Take a look at this error message: What in the actual fuck? I think I'm going to...

No, besides I think it might be better to start fresh. I have all of the original software discs for my OS 9 programs, and various other extensions I downloaded from the web on USB over the years, so nothing will be lost. I'll just need to find the software upgrade for 9.2.2 since my OEM discs...

Picked up a boxed OEM copy of Norton Utilities 8.0 locally today. Tried running Disk Doctor - it worked for a bit, then the following error message appeared: I'm guessing there's some type of admin lock on the HD. Is there a way to remove this in OS 9.2.2 without wiping the drive? The OS is...

Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of Norton Disk Utilities that will run on OS 9 (Version 3.5 is slightly too old to run on 9.2.2). I do have Anti-Virus 8.0, and as expected, nothing was detected on the HD. I'll need to find either Version 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0, unless someone else has another...

Disk First Aid found nothing wrong with the drive. I'll try Norton, but I doubt it'll do anything.

How would Norton Disk Doctor remove an Access Privilege error?

After reviving my IIfx and ThinkPad 600E, it's now time to revive my B&W G3, which actually houses a 400MHz G4 board (w. PCI graphics). In the 10+ years that I've owned this computer, it's always had two problems - the Zip drive does nothing (it isn't even recognized by the system), and the...