- 1. Firmware update
- (Hardware hints)
- The iBook Firmware Update 4.1.7 will only run on iBook computers running Mac OS 9.1 from a local drive. If you are using Mac OS X you must boot from a local Mac OS 9.1 writeable partition (not a CD, or ...
- 2. Clamshell LG TFT 800x600 - 1024x768 from iBook G4
- (Hardware hints)
- n6NEl3bBQ3g Here is a short video with a new 1024x768 screen. After a prolonged boot time the resolution switches from 800x600 to XGA, because of a firmware hack. You need a Clamshell iBook with a LG ...
- 3. Will my iBook run OS 8.6?
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- ... can install MacOS 8.6 - whether or not Firmware update 4.1.7f4 is already installed or not. You will find this ROM Revion also on several iMac, PowerMac G3 and G4 computers released until late autumn 1999. ...
- 4. iClam: XGA Clamshell on Ebay
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- The Ebay USA vendor odds-n-ends4you sells maxed out Clamshell iBooks with a 1024x768 display panel - starting bid around 500 US$, but only for buyers in the USA and Canada. Apparently he uses no OpenFirmware ...
- 5. DVD drives
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- ... ND-7550A Information without guarantee - The drives must be configured as master or cable select. Most of the drives have no physical jumper, this setting has to be done by firmware. You will ...
- 6. Beep Codes at startup
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- If you hear several beeps instead of the startup-chime - this is an error code: 1 one beep: There is no RAM installed 2 Two beeps: a EDO-RAM module installed The iBooks only works with SDRAM SO-DIMMS. ...
- 7. Airport alternative: Wireless Ethernet Bridge
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- If you don't own a original Airport Card or you don't want to block your single USB port with a WLAN Stick, there is still an alternative: A Wireless Ethernet Bridge, which is connected to the standard ...
- 8. 256 or 512MB RAM Expansion?
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- ... 512MB Modules will work with the iBook. You should check the following things before the installation of a new RAM module: 1. Firmware upgrade installed? Firmwareupgrade 4.17f is necessary for 256MB ...
- 9. 800x600 Display - End of the Story?
- (Hardware hints)
- ... output of the built-in display is mirrored. The only solution is to swap the display and us a Firmware hack. The built-in ATI Rage graphics with 4MB VRAM in the 300s and 366s of the first edition ...