On Mar 16, 2009, at 9:17 AM, John Musbach wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Bruce Johnson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Eventually everything but the SPOD and mouse pointer ceases to >> function, and all I can do is force a power off by holding the power >> switch down. >> >> This does not seem to be a heart-related issue, as the system isn't >> unusually warm at this point. >> >> Any ideas of what else it could be? > > 1) You should install the 10.5.6 update Yeah, probably...I should bring it into work to take advantage of the fast connection and update it. Still, I'd expect something causing a problem to throw errors into the log. > 2) If the problem still persists, this may be a indication that your > hard drive is failing and you should back up all your data ASAP I'll check it, but I haven't heard the hard drive thrashing when this happens, which is the usual sign of an impending drive failure. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
