On May 31, 2004, at 5:44 AM, Thomas Baker wrote:
Well, I finally found out why my G-4 wouldn't install OS-X. I worked at the
problem all day and on into the night until 4 AM, and I am bald now,
because my hair is scattered around the room in the little tufts I pulled
out from time to time while screaming in frustration. At one point the G-4
was all opened up with all its insides scattered about, and there were PCI
cards, memory chips, and disconnected cables everywhere. Then I started
putting things back in, piece by piece, buttoning the box back up and
restarting the computer and trying again to install X each time. And so the
long day wore on. I lost count of the number of startups and shutdowns.
Many hours into this fiasco, OS-X finally installed. Here's what the
problem turned out to be: OS-X didn't like one of the computer's three
512-meg memory chips. Although OS 9 has always been perfectly happy with it
(for two years), X wouldn't run if that chip was in there. Every time I put
it back into a slot, OS -X had another "kernel panic."
God forbid you listen to the FIRST suggestion everybody says and check your ram. I had a bad stick in my Lombard and had it figured out and OS X installed within 1 1/2 hours. I think it takes Winblows longer than that to install! LOL
At least, hopefully, it was a learning experience for you.
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