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Mac OS 9 booting on: PowerBook G4 17" Aluminum 5,1 (Detailed Posts)
Aurora:
I also have one of those beauties and it runs Mac OS 9.2.2 really well!
As a word of advice, you have to first restore your hacked OS9 image to a USB pendrive and format the internal drive from there in order to be able to format drives that are larger than 128GB.
I don't get the USB message on my PowerBook but I have noticed that neither AirPort Extreme (it shouldn't work anyway) or Ethernet are working. Mac OS 9 detects that there's Ethernet connected but you can't access anything on the internet :/ (I'm sure the Ethernet port works as it functions fine on OS X 10.5).
Just wondering, have you found a way to only use external headphones while not having sound being blurted out from the internal speakers too? The best workaround I've found is to lower the volume of the speakers/earphones I use so that I can hear audio from my earphones but not the speakers.
IIO:
no ethernet would be bad news, since its required for some copy protection schemes and OSC.
MacOS Plus:
The "Unknown" USB device, if present, would most likely be Bluetooth, as this is the same error that appears on the G4 FW800 if the bluetooth module is present. Internally it is a USB device on a dedicated port. If the module is disconnected the error goes away.
I'd be interested in buying one of these laptops if the remaining compatibility issue can be sorted out regarding the audio (and the ethernet if that's true). Has anyone tried this machine with a Cardbus-to-PCI expander?
Aurora:
I'm ready to do any testing required if someone comes up with a fix for audio/ethernet.
I'll post a picture with what I get with an Ethernet cable attached. OS9 knows there's an Ethernet cable connected but it doesn't do more than that. If you have any suggestions regarding Ethernet, I'll be happy to try them out :)
(Quite mind-blowing how well it works on OS 9.2 and OS X 10.5.8 - on OS X 10.5.8 you could watch 360p YouTube with LWK without any frame drops)
I'm using the Well-tampered with version of 2013 of OS 9.2.2 btw.
EDIT: It also complains about missing software when going to sleep.
My Internet setup works just fine with OS 9.0.4 (or is it 9.1/9.2?) on my PowerMac G4 Sawtooth.
DieHard:
Performance/Hardware Test (Updates 08/11/2017)
1) OK... as stated by other members, strange Ethernet TCP/IP Issues (No Internet, No Intranet)
Confirmed, Ethernet will show "linked" when TCP/IP is set to DHCP or manual, but local network cannot ping and internet is unreachable
*** UPDATE: Ethernet WORKS!!!!... Go to "Chooser" Make "AppleTalk" Active then Inactive... this stump starts the TCP/IP and it then works 100%... Local Ping Works and Insternet Browsers are all OK
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2) Firewire 400/800 Test...
FW800 Port work 100% as a FW400 Port
FW400 Port is "Dead" and External HD does not show up at all
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3) QuickBench Test Results
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4) CineBench Graphics Acceleration Test Results
CINEBENCH 2003 v1
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Number of CPUs : 1
Rendering (Single CPU): 92 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): --- CB-CPU
Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 120 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 374 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 505 CB-GFX (Impressive)
OpenGL Speedup: 4.21
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5) USB Ports
Work Flawlessly with no issues
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6) Internal Speakers
No Sound unless 1/8" jack is plugged in then BOTH internal Speakers and Line out work simultaneously
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