On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:41:38PM -0700, Percy Zahl <Percy Zahl wrote: > My Powerbook G4 has crashed while nothing than a screensaver was running - I > got a "X mon" exception message, sorry but I do not wrote it down. > > There may be was some NFS traffic, I noticed the not responding > system, as I tried to unmount a NFS resource, I worked with before. > > I'm running Debian-Linux (Woody), Kernel 2.4.17 Ben > > The system was running well for several month before... > > I tried to restart with the three Buttons (Option+Ctrl+Power), as it always > has helped in some worse situations -- but nothing happenes :-( > > The only way to shut down was the reset button, which I never used before. > > Then the bad surprise: Switching on, the hard drive spins up, but that was > all: > -no startup chime > -the display stays dark > -only the caps lock and num lock leds are working > > The Power-Command-Option-P-R or -O-F has no effect too. > A CD boot does not work, because it does not load a CD while running > or powered on with Power-C. > > Switching off is only possible using the reset button again or holding > the Power Button for about 4sec. > > Any helping ideas, or how to find out if the mainboard/CPU is bad? > > (I've still the 1 year warranty until 3/2002)
Sounds pretty bad, like time to call Apple and enjoy their excellent warranty service (or, at least, it used to be). -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
