Hi, I am a new member to this list (wonderful list) with a G3 Lombard. I was about to post regarding upgrading my hard drive and Ram when I read this article on Mac Opinion (Is the Lombard a lemon?, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 10.15. "...one might deduce that either a design flaw or hardware defect is beginning to manifest widely in these machines as they age.") on the "Lombard" site related to this list. I have been seeing this memory cache failure notice when I start up the computer which he talks about in the article for a few days now and was planning to take it in to be checked along with maybe getting things upgraded. Nothing has happened yet but I know I'd be wise to make sure everything was backed up (I have an APS external hard drive that holds most of my files - the G3 mostly just has software by now with only 4 G HD.
According to the article it is very expensive to have repaired and so a new computer is in order. I did just buy the new 17 inch power book and am just getting into really using it but don't want to cart it around everywhere as I have done my G3 (Large more fragile and all that). I had hoped there was a bit of life left in the G3. So an I-book may be the answer. The question I have is has anyone else experienced this memory cache issue and if so what happened and what did you do about it? Any suggestions for me? Many thanks , Joanna Pinneo Photographer http://www.grrlstories.org http://www.auroraphotos.com/ Note: the article written in October 2002 begins this way, "For the past couple of weeks, Web forums have been thick of anecdotes about what appears to be an epidemic of cache memory failures in Lombard (G3 Series bronze keyboard) PowerBooks. " http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/02/10/15/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
