what goat said. this same basic problem happened to me a couple of times w/my 2006 macbook pro 17" also (early version of leopard, maybe 10.5.3 or so). solution is to SHUTDOWN your laptop instead of sleep/hibernate.

yea, so the macbook pro 17" unibody is just about ready and i eventually plan on buying it. to do so in any relatively soon fashion would require me to sell my current macbook pro 17". specs are as follows:

model # MA0922LL/A (intel core duo @ 2.16ghz)
originally purchased in march 2007 from a guy on ebay who had it since august 2006; i paid ~US$2100 (MSRP at the time ~US$2800)
17" matte philips lcd display (replacing the default samsung matte display that busted) @ 1680x1050
2gb ram
320gb 7200rpm wd scorpio black sata hdd (upgrade from default samsung 100gb 5400rpm)
everything else is hardware that comes default w/model MA0922LL/A

software is irrelevant ATM, but i gather i'd probably get more if i bundled certain apps. could default system to either tiger or leopard on request.

how much do y'all think i could get for it and what could i do to get more for it? i'm not gonna spend anymore money on it myself, having spent almost abt US$500 on upgrades/repair already. i'm shooting for abt US$2100, but if i could get upwards of US$2500 or more i'd be really happy.

+1 on the geforce 9800gt as a "budget" gfx card. for me, i went straight from a 4600 or something to it and haven't looked back.

k, so i spent a lot of time and DLed the sp3 iso from the ms website. this weekend i'll give it a shot and see if that fixes it. if not, i'll update the bios using the latest one for p5q pro i DLed from the asus website.

and yes, my e8400 wolfdale is 45nm, and yes, the p5q pro is listed as supporting it. the geforce drivers i used were initially the evga ones from the cd, then i DLed the "geforce power pack" from nvidia website and installed the v178.24 drivers from that. according to newegg, the ram (ocz platinum edition 2x2gb ddr2 1000) is listed as 2.1V; don't know what it's currently auto-set to, tho.

no, the sata drive is new and windows was a clean install. the extra ide hdd is purely storage and would normally stay but the mobo only has one ide port, and twisting the ribbon so both an hdd AND a 5.25" burner are connected is a PITA and physically impossible given the arrangement inside the case.

every bit of hardware except for the case fans and case was an upgrade. kept ide hdd connected until i can copy it to a partition on the sata; then the ide connection is going to a dvd burner.

temps run <= 60C, don't know yet how to properly configure speedfan (newest version) to increase the internal fans' speeds.

reinstalled most of my apps (somewhere btwn 20-30 out of maybe 40), everything hardware based has as updated drivers as i could remember to DL somewhere else & transfer via flash drive (a couple of things like logitech webcam or korg k49, both usb based, i just did a basic cd install, so i gotta DL updated drivers for those soon). i have a feeling this would probably be fixed w/an xp hotfix, but i'd rather have that run from a proper windows update if possible, else i have to manually DL in one shot the monster that is sp3 (and re-run uxtheme patcher as a result).

i'm holding off on any further reinstalls until i can get this thing online. suspiciously enough, pdanet works just fine on my alienware sentia laptop (which conveniently had a regular net connection to DL windows updates long before i installed pdanet).

recently upgraded my desktop. installed pdanet 4.12 on it cuz i don't have a proper internet connection at home, so i use my palm centro (which already has a data plan). whenever i try to go online more than a few minutes i get
BSODed. it's too quick for me to see the error proper, but it looks like a "DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL" error. the bluescreen happens more often w/firefox 2.0.0.17 than w/ie6 (it won't stay online long enough for me to do ANY updating). is it not getting enough power or something? any ideas? any help?

keep in mind i'd windows update if it stayed on long enough to be online, but it doesn't. most of the setups and whatnot were DLed from another comp and transferred via flash drive.

relevant(?) specs
hardware
asus p5q pro mb
intel c2d e8400 @ 3.0ghz (haven't yet attempted an overclock)
ocz 4gb ram (3gb readable cuz of 32bit xp)
evga 512mb ddr3 geforce 9800 gt
seasonic 550w psu
wd 750gb/7200rpm sata-2
palm centro running palm os 5.4.9 (after the 1.07 firmware update) and pdanet (for xp) or usbmodem (for mac, maybe ubuntu if i try it)
stock hotsync cable bundled w/sprint retail centro

software
windows xp pro sp2 (with no hotfixes or sp3 slipstreamed in ​  )
palm desktop 4 something (don't remember if it's the newest one or not)
pdanet 4.12
ie 6
firefox 2.0.0.17

please help!

(edit - added gfx card info cuz i forgot b4 :P )

i'm currently upgrading my desktop pc.

old specs

new specs

i have two parallel ata hdds, one 200gb partitioned into xp pro & ubuntu linux, one 120gb just for storage. when i try to start up ubuntu it hangs and when i try to start up xp it flashes a horizontal line for a split-second, then reboots. i can't copy the drive to a sata drive cuz acronis true image (bootable cd) only reads the 120gb ata and no sata that's attached. i'm not touching clonezilla cuz it doesn't boot properly for me at all - goes to the first screen, i choose an option, then it shows a bunch of lines of loading, then ends w/a prompt labeled " [ initramfs ] ". short of taking out the 120gb and the sata drive, plopping them into external enclosures, and doing the copy from one of my laptops, what can i do?

i just did a copy-paste of my spherical sig. reminds me i need to update it...

as for this anti-rhuan sentiment being expressed by y'all, that's not how i am. the fact that he took the time to port sphere to ppc mac so that i could bring it to intel mac makes him chill in my book, likely personality flaws aside.

hey, i'm alex and it seems i've been here before, as early as 2005  ​  anyways, i remembered this place had a sphere section, so i came back to see what was up. forgot my password and the email associated w/acct, so i created a new account to find my info again, and here i am.

sphere has been updated to version 1.5, has WORKING linux and mac versions, and ppl are even attempting multi-platform editors now. i do what i can to help w/mac version development, but sphere user rhuan really does most of the grunt work. i just do maintenance for both sphere sites mostly ( http://sphere.sf.net/ and http://www.spheredev.org/ ), but if needed i can whip up some pretty useful apps in sphere.