Ok now that i have the TiBook in front of me i am glad i got it. Its really a nicely designed machine and probably THE archetype for all "metallic" looking macbooks.

The fan noise is not so annoying when you dont run on high performance, on mine OSX 10.4 was installed with some system components last updated 2013.

there is a massively sized mechanical PATA hdd installed and i am thinking about buying a kingspec 64GB (128 is too expensive for me ), and then creating dual boot with OSX and OS9. it seems YANSEN is now the new brand that was previously KingSpec, does anybody know please if they work just as good or if there is models to avoid? YANSEN 2,5" 44pin PATA SSD, Aliexpress.

As i have read here on the forum, the M-audio 410 firewire should also run well when firmware is downgraded.

I know this is a ~24 year old computer but it feels so worthy and nice, its definetely better than my old Toshiba, Asus or Lenovo laptops. Even the keyboard mechanics just works nicely, it seems apple had these first and everybody (badly) copied them.

I don’t even wait for the chime. As soon as you press the power button, then hold down the four keys together and that’s… Command + Option (alt) +p+r (Not F+O or f+0, unless you’re shooting for an Open Firmware boot.)



And some wait for only two chimes, I go three… before release. Then you can quickly release the four keys and hold down the Option + Command keys together, immediately afterwards, to rebuild the desktop.

OR… only just the shift key afterwards, if you then want to boot with extensions off.

NO Control key used at all.
(Guess I'd better go look at a Windows keyboard maybe?).

Found bin-hexed files in a folder on a CD dated 12/17/2003 and they’re highly likely what I used to update to OS 9.1, 9.2.1, and 9.2.2 on a Lombard and the original B&W here. So while waiting for DieHard’s drag-n-drop, you might try these.

DH might be waiting on a Mac mini that I was to originally ship to him on Monday - but now it may not leave here until tomorrow… which means that he might get it on Saturday, or possibly next Monday.

In any case, warm up Stuffit Expander and party like it’s 2003.

Hope these work for you… and if not, there’s DieHard’s drag-n-drop
…also coming to you soon.

[A PM sent to you with links for these three files.]

         

And yes, I’d pull that SiL3112 card before any attempt to install.

you pay 0.8 cents per kwh? where are you? emirates? mongolia?

around here in europe it is more like 15-95 cents.

Iran: approx $0.002 per kWh
Syria: approx $0.003 per kWh
Cuba, Sudan, Ethiopia: around $0.006 per kWh
Libya: about $0.008 per kWh

Reset PRAM. Hold the keys for a few seconds after turning on the Mac before rebooting -- Control + CMD + F + O
Boot Mac OS without extensions -- Hold Shift.

If this does not help, you can try to boot from the CD, for example, the OS9 image prepared by the community is perfect for this.

Question (it's been a long time since I last did this): Do press Control + CMD + F + O before or after the opening chime? And, what about the shift key for extensions?

Thanks.

I will send you a link to the fresh drag install for the B&W on Saturday as soon as I can connect my external to an OS9 machine, I don't want to connect it to my modern macs.  The fresh drag will allow you to boot to any version on OS9 on an external FW drive, format the internal boot drive and drag the files, then just reboot to internal for a complete and un-modified 9.2.2 install.

so whats the other possibility of whats happening here.. is it that the seritek 1s2 is causing a problem? because thats the only piece thats not stock here.. because i was using a 160gb drive i had to bypass the built in IDE port that only recognizes 128gb i think + because ide controllers on B+W are said to be haunted... lol this is a 450 tho second gen not first gen so the ide port would sort of work realiably albeit at ata-66 speed and with size limitation...  i need to get to 9.2.2 from 9.0 tho somehow.. if the 9.1 update renders my machine unbootable.. and it makes u reboot eh! itried to say no dont reboot i wanted to keep installing the 9.2.1 update and the 9.2.2 updates before i rebooted but it makes u reboot

does anyone have a 9.1 update that works on the b+W g3 450 without making it not boot up after it reboots

i guess i should experiment with changing the macosrom file to see what makes a difference... so far ive just been nuking the partition

you pay 0.8 cents per kwh? where are you? emirates? mongolia?

around here in europe it is more like 15-95 cents.

Alright. I'll give these a try and see what happens. Thanks 

Reset PRAM. Hold the keys for a few seconds after turning on the Mac before rebooting -- Control + CMD + F + O
Boot Mac OS without extensions -- Hold Shift.

If this does not help, you can try to boot from the CD, for example, the OS9 image prepared by the community is perfect for this.