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WhatTheTech

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In Topic: [worklog] Darkmac Pro

15 April 2013 - 05:08 PM

View Postkmaamka, on 15 April 2013 - 07:03 AM, said:

Speaking of that sticker... How did you remove it? I think I may have to cut mine up or something in order to access the screws for that compartment (I'm 99% sure the wifi antenna is housed in there). I picked up an almost immaculate 2009 Mac Pro case on Craigslist that I've been itching to modify. I'm still in the napkin sketching phase right now, but I'll have a chunk of time at the end of May to get started.

And great build by the way, I've been following it for a while... I've even noticed your photos on Amazon. :D

The sticker on the bottom was just held on by adhesive - a blunt knife or spudger should do the trick nicely. You are correct, the wifi antenna is housed in there. I took everything out and put a switch for the lights there - it's an easy process to get it cleared out, and it's a nice little space! Congrats on your craigslist score!! I've really enjoyed modding the Mac Pro - it presents some different challenges than the G5 but I think you have more options with it.

Thanks for your kind words - I spend a LOT of time reviewing on Amazon so I'm only a little surprised you noticed my pics :D

In Topic: Is Macbook Pro full compatible with Linux and Windows?

12 April 2013 - 03:56 PM

I had issues installing Ubuntu on the Macbook 5,1 (aluminum macbook - basically the Macbook Pro).

Wireless drivers were a pain, trackpad was glitchy and various other minor issues. What flavor of linux do you usually use? It's not impossible, and there are many people enjoying linux installations on mac hardware, but it's not as simple as running the OS installer in many cases.

In Topic: Firewire 800 Drive Not Recognized...

11 April 2013 - 04:17 PM

Update - reset the PRAM and NVRAM, of course I wasn't expecting it to do much and it didn't. I was surprised at how easy WD was to deal with - they've definitely made some customer services changes recently. I told him about the issue and let him know the log error that was popping up - he didn't seem very surprised at all, in fact as soon as I mentioned the error he said he would RMA the drive. No "unplug the device", "use a different cable", just a straight up "I'll get you an RMA number right away".

I'm still going to try it out on another mac first, but we'll see if it's the drive or not.

In Topic: Firewire 800 Drive Not Recognized...

11 April 2013 - 03:42 PM

Update - the following is showing up in console repeatedly:

4/11/13 11:31:44.000 AM kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in: no valid selfIDs for more than 3 minutes after bus reset.

Good news is it would seem I'm not the only one with the issue, and that FW800 is problematic for many people. Some have had success resetting PRAM so I'm going to try that now and see if it gets me anywhere...

Edit - also found this before plugging in the drive this morning:

Apr 6 08:32:13 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 001e52fffe5b94d0; max speed s800.

Could be drive related...God I hope my FW800 port isn't messed up, I really would prefer an HDD on that than USB...

In Topic: Chrome Causing KP?

11 April 2013 - 02:55 PM

Hmmm...well it hasn't replicated so far - possibly a fluke/website related?

I'll update if it happens again.

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