8
Feb

Quicksilver G4 Insomniac

Posted at 04:06:43 pm
I have a nice older Quicksilver G4 that I re-appropriated for my daughter to learn with. more »
20
Jan

MacBook battery issue

Posted at 08:56:12 pm
My MacBook randomly refused to charge the battery, along with going to sleep when I disconnected the power supply. I tried a few things, including resetting the PMU and calibrating the battery, with no change. Eventually, I simply removed the battery and… more »
7
Jan

Resetting the SMU on a G5 Power Mac

Posted at 01:53:50 pm
I had issues with a few 2005 G5 Power Macs over the last year. Occasionally, they would kernel panic or simply fail to load the kernel at boot. This caused the fans to run at high or full speed. After some diagnostic work and testing, it seems to come do… more »