Re: B&W G3 Stability issues

Glenn Schunemann Sat, 09 Aug 2003 11:22:02 -0700

It's my understanding that over clocking a chip can cause the machine to malfunction. In my opinion the best way to test it is to put the chip speed back to factory and see if the instability persists. Also, boot the Mac to a system CD and see if it locks up while running from CD. If so, you have a hardware problem somewhere. Add any new RAM lately? If so, remove it and check for stability. Could try a clean install of OS 9.2 and run it off that for a while. You could always switch back to your old OS install if that turns out not to be the issue.

On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 12:45 PM, Brian Stewart wrote:

G3 B&W 400 Rev 2. OverClocked to 450
512Meg Ram
7000 Radion PCI card
Adaptec PowerDomain 2930 SCSI Card
Factory 6 Gig IDE drive
I installed my Mac OS 9.2.2 System folder on a 1 Gig SCSI drive on the 2930 Card I installed Mac OS X 10.2.6 on the factor 6 Gig IDE drive (Plan on upgrading to an 80 Gig one day)

The system has a stablitiy issue. It locks up "DEAD" some times with a Kernel Panic message and other times its locked solid. I don't believe it is the OverClocked 400->450MHz issue (yeah yeah yeah I know O.C. == BAD STUFF). I believe it is the 2930U Adaptec Card (Factory installed). I thought it was when the computer went to sleep or when the screen saver kicked it. I disabled the sleep mode and the Screen Saver and It just happened again! I don't think I had this problem before I installed the 1 Gig SCSI drive and moved the Mac OS 9.2.2 partition.

I was running iTunes this last hang.

Suggestions? Anyone else suspect the 2930U Adaptec/Apple card of being a DUD?

Brian
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