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Apr. 13th, 2003 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katallisonAgh. I think I'm coming down with a cold; achey, blitzed with fatigue, and raw-throated. This is not the best state in which to be doing massive computer fiddlings, but nonetheless such has been the main order of business at chez Kat this weekend. A tally of victories and defeats, on cutaway because oh god, this is boring unless you're me...
So, the blessed C. (a.k.a.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lapillus) came over yesterday, and we plunged into hours of fiddling. To the extent that anything has gotten accomplished this weekend, I owe it largely to her.
Victories:
1) I am now once again able to capture video onto my desktop PC. I'd figured my problems there were simply due to having forgotten the steps, but C. gave it a shot and got the dread Grey Screen of Nothing Happening. After considerable clicking through menus, hmmmmm'ing, downloading of new drivers, numerous restarts of system, more Grey Screen of N.H., and more clicking through menus, we *finally* located one little twiddly menu option on the lower part of some screen that *finally* made the thing work. Ah, Premiere, you *bitch*...
2) We got the iBook physically connected to the cable modem. This entailed going to CompUSA for a network hub and ethernet cable, and of course any trip to CompUSA also involves a certain amount of wandering around and ogling the shiny toys, so it all took a while, but I am now actually able to access the internet on the laptop, as long as I'm sitting at my desk with the cable plugged in.
Defeats, as of now:
1) I haven't been able to get file-sharing to work between laptop and desktop. This is doubtless due to the fuddleheadedness of impending cold, and lack of basic understanding of the concepts. Not a biggie so far, because I can FTP files back and forth, and will at some point take the time to read slowly and carefully through set-up/configuration guides, following the words with my fingertip and repeating them to myself in a mumble.
2) However, I am also not able to get the Airport wireless connection working, being stymied at the outset by the iBook's refusal to recognize that the Airport card is installed. (Yes, I opened it up and looked; yes, the card sure *looks* like it's in there; yes, I shoved it around to make sure it was seated properly.) It keeps giving me the "Required hardware was not found on this computer" message. Blast.
3) Even more infuriating is that the iBook battery problem continues, and that after consulting the discussion boards on the Apple support site, I find that this appears to be a fairly common issue with iBooks, one that is highly resistant to solution and which Apple has failed to provide any conclusive information regarding (based on a discouraging 98-comment thread here). It looks like it could be a defect in the battery, or possibly an OS X upgrade issue, or something. Apparently, though, simply replacing the battery doesn't help. A couple of people have posted long convoluted voodooish fixes, which I suppose I'll have to try at some point, because having no more than 40 minutes' worth of battery use renders a portable computer not so particularly portable.
And I may just go to bed at this point, despite the fact that it's 4:30 in the afternoon and I owe e-mail, comments, and comment replies to all manner of folks.
So, the blessed C. (a.k.a.
lapillus) came over yesterday, and we plunged into hours of fiddling. To the extent that anything has gotten accomplished this weekend, I owe it largely to her.Victories:
1) I am now once again able to capture video onto my desktop PC. I'd figured my problems there were simply due to having forgotten the steps, but C. gave it a shot and got the dread Grey Screen of Nothing Happening. After considerable clicking through menus, hmmmmm'ing, downloading of new drivers, numerous restarts of system, more Grey Screen of N.H., and more clicking through menus, we *finally* located one little twiddly menu option on the lower part of some screen that *finally* made the thing work. Ah, Premiere, you *bitch*...
2) We got the iBook physically connected to the cable modem. This entailed going to CompUSA for a network hub and ethernet cable, and of course any trip to CompUSA also involves a certain amount of wandering around and ogling the shiny toys, so it all took a while, but I am now actually able to access the internet on the laptop, as long as I'm sitting at my desk with the cable plugged in.
Defeats, as of now:
1) I haven't been able to get file-sharing to work between laptop and desktop. This is doubtless due to the fuddleheadedness of impending cold, and lack of basic understanding of the concepts. Not a biggie so far, because I can FTP files back and forth, and will at some point take the time to read slowly and carefully through set-up/configuration guides, following the words with my fingertip and repeating them to myself in a mumble.
2) However, I am also not able to get the Airport wireless connection working, being stymied at the outset by the iBook's refusal to recognize that the Airport card is installed. (Yes, I opened it up and looked; yes, the card sure *looks* like it's in there; yes, I shoved it around to make sure it was seated properly.) It keeps giving me the "Required hardware was not found on this computer" message. Blast.
3) Even more infuriating is that the iBook battery problem continues, and that after consulting the discussion boards on the Apple support site, I find that this appears to be a fairly common issue with iBooks, one that is highly resistant to solution and which Apple has failed to provide any conclusive information regarding (based on a discouraging 98-comment thread here). It looks like it could be a defect in the battery, or possibly an OS X upgrade issue, or something. Apparently, though, simply replacing the battery doesn't help. A couple of people have posted long convoluted voodooish fixes, which I suppose I'll have to try at some point, because having no more than 40 minutes' worth of battery use renders a portable computer not so particularly portable.
And I may just go to bed at this point, despite the fact that it's 4:30 in the afternoon and I owe e-mail, comments, and comment replies to all manner of folks.
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feel better...
Date: 2003-04-13 02:53 pm (UTC)kick back and let your brain settle
Date: 2003-04-13 04:10 pm (UTC)