Q: Is there an install wizard for iMacG5 (PowerPC)? Also can I upgrade OS?
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Jul 17, 2012 1:11 PMby Cattus Thraex,1. What periphereal, ‘a’ is ambiguous here. ‘The installation instructions for Mac are not very good’. Also ambiguous, how come ‘are not good’? Are they clear or not? Could you provide us with details? a web site? something, anything.
2. Leopard is the uppermost OS you may install on a PPC mac.
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Jul 18, 2012 8:21 AMby benrst,I am trying to solve a problem. The computer I refer to here will not log onto the internet, all i get is "server not found" error message. I believe this was due to the PlugIn virus. In any case, after bringing the computer to the Apple Store, I was told to reload the OS, but I don't have the disks as I am not the original owner of the computer. So I bought new disks. Unfortunately, from what you tell me I bought the wrong disks (Snow Leopard). At the Apple Store, it was determined that only the hardware I used to connect to the internet is affected. I used the internal modem. So I thought I would try an external modem. I have one, but it has an RS232 connection, so I bought an RS232 to USB adapter made by a company called FTDIChip. The instructions say to go into Terminal and see if the adapter appears (note: manual has wrong Terminal coding, s/b ls -l) Nothing appears in Terminal. Nothing appears in Network preferences either as far as recognizing the install of the adapter/external modem. The manual is on the install disk. I only saw one Mac driver on the install cd. The cd was also a small cd which I didn't want to insert into the Mac drive so I had to copy the folders onto a flash drive using a PC. Is there an install wizard on my Mac which I can use to try to install the adapter/modem so I can test it for possible internet access?
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Jul 18, 2012 11:41 AMby Cattus Thraex,1. You definitely bought the wrong OS. For a PPC machine, the maximum possible is Leopard (never Snow Leopard or newer). You need the retail version, not the version specific to a certain mac.
2. USB to eth adapters became useful beginning with MacBook Air, which had no eth, no modem and no other port than one and unique USB port, to which one can connect a USB hub though, best to be independelntly powered, so it can supply energy to more periphereals.
The driver for RS232 to USB adapter may need an intel machine, I do not know, check with the manufacturer. Why did you buy that, do you have problems with existing hardware components? A PPC iMac should have all the ports you need.
Apple has such an adaptor, it needs no driver for Leopard, but do not know whether it works with a PPC machine, as that generation did not need such an adaptor. With Leopard installed, perhaps it works without any additional driver. But, again, you do not need such an adaptor with that G5 iMac.
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Jul 18, 2012 4:56 PMby benrst,The internal modem worked for over a year. There was no problem and then it stopped working. It seems Apple is designed only to work with Apple products so it won't work with my third party adapter, but I still don't know if it can work because I can't find an install wizard and you haven't answered my question as to whether there exists an install wizard for Apple. I think there is an Apple brand external modem. I am perfectly willing to buy one, but I would like to know why my adapter won't work. I will attach separately here the manual for the adapter.
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Jul 19, 2012 8:46 AMby benrst,To clarify my message above the manual: the problem with the internal modem is not a hardware problem. It dials up, I just get "server not found" instead of logging onto the internet. To get around this problem, I want to test the adapter/modem that I have if I can find a way to get the computer to recognize the install. The software supposedly loaded, but there is nothing in Terminal or Network Preferences that shows the computer is recognizing the install. I am not even sure that all the software that is needed is loaded without an install wizard. Any suggestions?
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Jul 19, 2012 8:51 AMby Klaus1,You should be using a router, not a modem.
Internet Quick Assist:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1144?viewlocale=en_US
Troubleshooting internet settings:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714?viewlocale=en_US
Adding Open DNS codes to your Network Preferences, should give good results in terms of speed-up as well as added security, (including anti-phishing and redirects) (Full information about Open DNS is here: http://www.opendns.com/home/nobloat ) and further independent information can be read here:
and here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1146064/troubleshootdns.html?t=234
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu, and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' add the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
(You can also enter them if you click on Advanced and then DNS)
Sometimes reversing the order of the DNS numbers can be beneficial in cases where there is a long delay before web pages start to load, and then suddenly load at normal speed:
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Jul 19, 2012 11:31 AMby benrst,Thanks for the additional information. I had already posted my "server not found" problem on the Leopard section of this website. I really appreciated the answers I got, but in the end nothing worked. That's when I took the computer to the Apple store who confirmed that the internal modem would not log on but if I used another method, e.g. Airport, ethernet, it would work. So whatever the virus did, and I assume that is the cause, it only affected the log on method I was using.
I have some additional information about the adapter and I would appreciate some guidance. I know that a modem is a primitive way to work these days, but it worked for a year so I want to see if I can get it to work again by trying a different modem, hence the need for the RS232 to USB adapter. There is a troubleshooting section in the adapter manual. It says that if the adapter does not appear in the /dev directory or in System Preferences ("new port") then do the following. The trouble is, I have no idea what the following means. Can anyone translate for me? Thanks.
FTDIUSBSerial Driver does not support your deviceID (VID and PID). Disable the EEPROM so that the device reverts to its default deviceID, then replug.
