
	Where results make sense

Topic: Sad Mac

Related Topics

Bomb (symbol)

IPod

Blue Screen of Death

In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	MadMacs : Mac Resources : Error Codes : Sad Mac
		If a Sad Macintosh appears after the disk starts spinning, the first digits of the error code are usually 'OF' and often indicate corrupted software.
		When you press the interrupt button on the side of your Macintosh when booting, you should get a sad Mac icon with '0F000D' and some bits cycling under the icon indicating it is performing a memory test.
		The Sad Mac error codes have been changed to incorporate additional power for testing and to support the 32-bit world.
	www.nd.edu /~madmacs/sad_mac.html (1350 words)

	'Happy Mac' Killed By Jaguar
		Happy Mac, the smiling icon that for 18 years greeted Apple computer users when they started up their machines, is dead.
		Macs used to display a Sad Mac, a non-smiling icon, to indicate that the machine was experiencing serious hardware issues.
		Happy Mac was jettisoned to appease the aesthetics of Steve Jobs who has wanted for a long time to dump the "smirking symbol," sources close to Apple programmers confirmed.
	www.wired.com /gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2002/08/54793 (507 words)

	AlterNet: Sad Mac
		I was at the AppleFest in southern California the year they announced the Mac – oh yes, kiddies, I was a 14-year-old Mac freak.
		The sad thing is that the media's lack of interest in what Apple has to say about itself is entirely a result of the company's recent public relations blunders.
		As various bloggers have pointed out, the Mac Mini is the ultimate "switch from Windows" setup: it comes without a monitor, keyboard, and other peripherals, so it's easy to take all the kickass thingies I was using with my Windows box, plug them into the Mini, and return to Mac-itude.
	www.alternet.org /columnists/story/21026 (1050 words)

	Apple .Mac
		Each Group is accessible to Mac and PC users, has its own customizable home page, its own email address, and a place to share files, event calendars, and discussions with each other.
		Because anyone with a.Mac membership can log in to their email from any computer with an Internet connection (Mac or PC), Paul has been able to use Traci’s email account in a pinch to communicate with her when his work email is out of commission.
		Scouring the UK and Europe for good eats and a classy peg to hang his chef’s hat, Jason used.Mac to keep in touch with friends, family, and business prospects — no matter where he happened to be from day to day.
	www.apple.com /dotmac (5762 words)

	Sad Mac Error Codes
		If the Sad Mac appears immediately when you turn on the computer, that usually suggests an issue with the logic board or memory.
		When you press the interrupt button on the side of your Macintosh when starting up, a sad Mac icon on the screen with '0F000D' and some bits cycling under the icon indicating it is performing a memory test.
		The "Sad Macintosh" error codes for Macintosh SE and Macintosh II computers were changed to incorporate additional power for testing and to support the 32-bit world.
	www.graphixmad.plus.com /mac_troubleshooter/sad_mac_errors.html (1504 words)

	Boing Boing: Mac tattoo roundup
		Doctorow's 27-pixel-square tattoo is based on the Sad Mac screen icon that is displayed when old all-in-one Macs have catastrophic hardware problems.
		The Sad Mac is a perversion of the happy, smiling Mac shown when a Mac boots up.
		The dead Mac stored all his e-mail from several years, all the fiction and nonfiction he'd ever written, a lot of painstakingly collected software, a bunch of BBS numbers and all the HyperCard stacks he'd authored.
	www.boingboing.net /2002/08/05/mac_tattoo_roundup.html (375 words)

	MacDirectory Interviews - "Ted Landau > Mac Expert"
		For most PC users, their computer is like a microwave oven: they are glad they have it and they use it to accomplish various tasks; but they would never think of going to a online forum to ask questions about it, or join a user group, or anything like that.
		Mac users, in contrast, more often think of their Mac like a sports car: sure it can get you to the grocery store, but that’s not the main reason you get a sports car instead of a Ford Escort.
		And David Pogue’s book [Mac OS X The Missing Manual], even though it is described as a general book suitable for beginners, has a lot of depth to it.
	www.macdirectory.com /newmd/mac/pages/NTRVU/TedLandau/index.html (1276 words)

	using A Classic Mac as A File Server (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Old Mac Portables are quite hard to find these days, and when you find them, often they don't work.
		Sad macs on the portable are often caused by a corrupted PRAM/Power Manager.
		Sad Macs can also be caused by faulty RAM or a fault Logic Board, the RAM card being the easiest component to replace.
	www.jagshouse.com /macportable.html (355 words)

	Amazon.com: Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters (4th Edition): Books: Ted Landau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sad Macs is well organized, with entire chapters devoted to startup crashes, printing problems, and issues specific to portable Macs.
		The two books I use the most when working with my Mac is "Sad Macs" and MacWorld's "Mac OS 8 Bible." If I had to pick between the two, I'd have to go with Landau's tome.
		If you read chapters one and two before your Mac has a problem you will be way ahead of most folks in knowing how to operate your computer and you'll be on your way to becoming a "power user." You will also likely prevent most of the problems that are likely to occur.
	www.amazon.com /Sad-Macs-Bombs-Other-Disasters/dp/020169963X (1518 words)

	Macworld: Day of sad mac
		Their ads might say that macs are "for everyone," but in reality, they really seem better for persons such as maclaw, whose bank accounts seem to be proportional to their lack of understanding and propensity for rudeness.
		For the moment though, we can only go on the info we have...and that info would suggest that no one is holding a gun to his head, and that he could have made the switch to Wintel at any point.
		The mac community is an added bonus to owning a mac, but really, some of you are a little nuts.
	www.macworld.com /forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=14691&an=0&page=568 (3909 words)

	Good Morning Silicon Valley: Excellent -- a computer that can display a Sad Mac and the BSOD simultaneously (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The author of the winning solution, which will apparently dual boot OS X and XP on all Intel-based iMacs, the MacBook Pro, and the Intel-based Mac mini, is to receive a cash reward of nearly $14,000 for his or her efforts, the fruits of which are available for download here and here.
		Mar 16, 2006 4:25:12 PM There is no 'Sad Mac' in OSX just a kernal panic screen with a power key logo that I have never even seen after 4 years of OSX.
		While we'd run Mac for all of our stuff--meaning 80% of our at home use such as photography, music (iTunes), the occasional Microsoft Office app and general web browsing--there is no denying we still need Windows ability because we need to interact with the world.
	blogs.siliconvalley.com /gmsv/2006/03/_looks_we_have_.html (784 words)

	Questions about the Macintosh Desktop
		If the Mac stops and does not continue before showing you the Desktop and your mouse pointer (which you should be able to move freely by moving the mouse) and is not asking you to enter something or press a button, the odds are that your Mac has "crashed" (computerese for "inexplicably stopped functioning properly").
		Regardless of how you restart your Mac (via the Restart option under the Special menu, the restart switch on the Mac casing, or the power switch on the back of the computer) you can bypass two different problems that may be causing incessant crashes.
		All Macs from the original 128K Macintosh to the lastest G3 contain a small amount of battery powered RAM to hold certain settings that properly move with the CPU rather than with the disk such as which disk to boot from.
	alcor.concordia.ca /~helpline/faq/desktop.html (5583 words)

	My Ipod is sad - Mac-Forums.com
		Ive had my iPod for about 2.5 years and it is a 4th gen (i think) 20gb (its color and has photo abilities but wasnt known as iPod Photo if that helps).
		I charged it overnight and it still gives me the sad face icon and then shuts off.
		Not always but a lot of the time a sad ipod means you have issues with your HDD..
	www.mac-forums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=62790 (521 words)

	Macintosh 128k with a Sad Mac... \| Applefritter
		He gave it to me because he was getting a Sad Mac, and didn't want to mess with it anymore, but didn't want to throw it away, either.
		A bum floppy disk in the drive can easily cause a sad Mac to appear, so the first order of biz should be to check for, and eject, if one is present.
		Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, MacOS, Classic, and Powerbook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands, product names, logos, images, multimedia elements, and technologies are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hearby acknowledged.
	www.applefritter.com /node/6819 (1267 words)

	Mac Poker \| Online Poker for Macs and Linux \| Texas Holdem Mac
		Mac Poker Online has teamed up in association with Full Tilt Poker and Bugsys Club to offer our readers exclusive poker bonuses.
		As you non-US players may have seen on Mac Poker Online, we're working closely with Pacific Poker to give away a first time Pacific Poker bonus that nobody else can offer, $25 free (on top of the normal 25% up to $100) plus entry into a $1000 freeroll.
		Pokerstars would probably be the best place to play online poker for Mac as a US poker player, mostly because of the sheer volume of players playing there every single day.
	www.macpokeronline.com (2985 words)

	Overview of the Mac System
		The first is the Macintosh ROM, which provides a programming interface to the Mac hardware and includes a large set of procedures for accessing the mouse, disks, display, etc. The second is the System software, which takes over from the BIOS once the bootable system disk is located.
		Mac users report that only a fraction of a percent of their problems are solved by PRAM reset.
		To the Mac operating system, the data fork and resource fork are like two completely different files, except they are represented as a single file to the user.
	is.rice.edu /~rickr/stud_doc/macos/macos_overview_part1.html (2703 words)

	PCs: The Sad-Eyed Mac Mini of the Lowlands - Gizmodo
		My Mac Mini's HD started the old "grind 'em til you find 'em" routine this morning, causing massive panic.
		I pride myself in maintaining my hardware the way a solider maintains his or her weapon—I know its power and its place in my life, and I know that failure is not an option.
		Sure, call me melodramatic, but everything on this stupid Mac Mini means something to me. It's hours spent installing and tweaking.
	www.gizmodo.com /gadgets/pcs/the-sadeyed-mac-mini-of-the-lowlands-122362.php (806 words)

	MacFixIt - Troubleshooting Solutions for the Macintosh
		The new release fixes several bugs but does not address an issue where installation of the component turns off the Mac OS X Firewall and turns on TCP access to ports 3703, 3704, 50900 and 50901 without notifying the user.
		This is the safest method from a stability standpoint, as the next method involves the dangerous practice of mixing and matching system components.
		Download the Mac OS X 10.4.9 combo updater appropriate to your system from Apple's download page.
	www.macfixit.com (2812 words)

	Macintosh Guide: TroubleShooting Flowchart
		If the "Sad Mac" is displayed, the numbers and letters underneath it are error codes.
		The "Sad Mac Error Codes" application on "Support" may be used to decipher the error code.
		The Macintosh displayed the "Happy Mac" because it had located the System files on the hard drive and began loading them, but if the system software is corrupt, the system my freeze or display the "Sad Mac" shortly after it begins loading the System files.
	web.whittier.edu /comp/macguide/flowchart.cfm (1832 words)

	Macintosh Crash Troubleshooting: Practical Mac Crash and Freeze Tips
		Power Macs are particularly susceptible to error 11 and sometimes it is caused by defective or incompatible memory.
		If you have a PCI Mac, it is important to press the keys as soon as possible after you press the power key so as to reset both the PRAM and the NVRAM.
		Mac OS Purge, Fixheap and Ramadillo are applications that reclaim unused heap space leftover by poorly written programs.
	www.datatek.net /MacFreeze&CrashTips (10825 words)

	Creating Passionate Users: A Mac-to-PC switcher movie
		Here, she explains her fateful decision to leave the Mac world behind and join the PC crowd.
		The movie is both funny and sad, more sad than funny, because there is just too much truth to it.
		Until I got a Mac I saw the Mac grass on the other side of the fence and believed that it was greener.
	headrush.typepad.com /creating_passionate_users/2005/01/a_mactopc_switc.html (1861 words)

	Mac OS help
		Mac OS 9 is the latest public release of the Apple operating system, which includes new and unique features not found in any other operating system.
		If the "happy Macintosh" and the "Welcome to Macintosh" screens appear before the "sad Macintosh", the problem is probably in the system software.
		When the "sad Macintosh" face appears immediately at power up, it usually means a hardware problem.
	www.computerhope.com /macos.htm (230 words)

	The Vinage Mac Sig of NYC
		The Sad Mac Codes for the Mac 128/512/512Ke/Plus, are as follows:
		The Sad Mac Codes for the Mac SE/SE30, are as follows: 0000001 0000000 Check & Reseat ROM SIMM on SE30 Logic Board.
		Other codes are as follows: Back to Sad Mac Codes Table os Contents.
	members.tripod.com /elfen_magix/sadcodes.html (433 words)

	So there I was... (A personal experience with the Mac face) - The Geek Culture Forums
		It looked like a normal reboot at first, but then, the X-eyed mac face was staring at me, sad and lonely.
		You can get a sad mac (harmless) by holding the programmers button (the indented one beside the reset button) at Startup.
		One of my friends had a 7100 with a dying hard drive, He had pretty much given up hope on it and was hoping to just get some of the data off of it (it wouldn't boot).
	www.geekculture.com /ultimatebb/Forum1/HTML/000402.html (899 words)

	MacSamurai Consulting
		Or maybe you're happy to stick with an older Mac OS, maybe System 7.x or 8.x or 9.x, but you are having trouble with some of your "legacy" applications and hardware and you just want to get or keep your current setup running smoothly for a while longer.
		We can put a proposal together for you, based on your specific wants and needs, help you migrate your data to a new system, and spell out the costs for you at every step of the process, so you know what you are paying for.
		We'll even troubleshoot your Mac beforehand to help speed up the repair process once it gets there, and when it's ready, we'll pick it up, return it to you and set it all back up as it was before it left.
	www.macsamurai.com (576 words)

	Sad Mac - Ambrosia Software, Inc. web board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		If you see the Mac OS logo, the one when the extensions load in the foreground, and then the sad mac appears, your problem is with the system folder.
		If you get the sad mac error right when you turn it on, your main circuit board (logic board) or RAM chips aren't seated right, or your SCSI chain is messed up.
		DB is also correct in noting that if this Sad Mac shows up after your HD spins up or you begin to boot, you have a software problem.
	www.ambrosiasw.com /webboard/Forum64/HTML/000216.html (738 words)

	Macintosh
		I have a copy of this book, and have found it to be indispensible, particularly for Mac users who ´push the envelope´ with their machines.
		If your Mac is crashing repeatedly, turn the power switch off (or pull the plug, if your don´t have a power switch) and wait a few minutes.
		When you transfer a file from one machine to another, such as taking an assignment from your Mac at home to the one at school, it´s important that you have the same fonts available to the file on both machines.
	macintosh.lifetips.com (2123 words)

	E-Maculation - Mac Emulation
		It is the program which tests the computer, displays a happy or sad Mac icon.
		Because different Macs are equipped with very disparate hardware, the ROMs provide a common interface to whatever hardware is in your particular Mac.
		There is also an internal Mac version system which is not often used with regards to emulation.
	www.emaculation.com /roms.php (413 words)

	MacVillage.net Mac PR: Bleu Rose Ltd. announces Black & Bleu(tm) v7.0 - Mac OS X Native Version
		The Mac OS X native version of Black & Bleu(tm) that has been waiting in our lab for over a year can now be released.
		Mac OS X has finally reached what we consider to be a stable platform for daily use.
		In addition, over 500 Sad Mac error codes and all 30 PostScript error codes are included.
	www.macvillage.net /macpr/pressreleases/104126360492922.shtml (917 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)