At 9:39 PM -0400 11/1/2008, Isaac Smith wrote: >466 MHz G4 >1.5 GB RAM >80 GB HDD (startup) >20 GB HDD (two 10 GB partitions, both full, one with zero KB free) >Mac OS X 10.4.11, all updates installed. > >G4 DA that just won't stop Kernel Panicking.
>The RAM is new-to-me While the problem is most likely memory, because that's what you most recently did... that's assuming facts not in evidence. What does the panic log actually say? >I ran DiskWarrior and rebuilt the directory and repaired permissions. IF the machine is unstable because of what you think is a hardware/memory problem... STOP screwing around with the data on your hard drive (diskwarrier, etc)! If the machine panics in the middle moving data around, it will corrupt things! >I ran Rember, which just said "failed." That doesn't sound good to me. >The RAM is new-to-me. I talked to my mom (it's my parents' computer), >and she says the crashes started happening after my dad installed a >security update. I'm afraid that the RAM is the cause of the issue, >though, because I think it was installed at about the same time. Reseat the memory. Make sure you're grounded properly while do this, of course. If that doesn't improve things, then pull the memory and try one stick at a time. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
