On Nov 21, 2008, at 8:32 AM, insightinmind wrote:
> Having a slow startup problem, with a lengthy pause at a blue screen, > I tried to look at the Logs and get a kernal panic. > > Trying to Look at and/or Save the System Profiler Report, results in > a kp at the Saving Logs part. Try this: 1) boot in safe mode and see if you can look at the logs; hold down the shift keay as you boot. 2) Are there drives attached to the FW/USB card? Disconnect them and see of you repeat the KP. 3) Yank the FW/USB card and see if you can repeat the KP. Also, I'd run Memtest, bad memory is a chameleon, it likes to look like problems with other hardware bits. Long ago, incompatible RAM caused the internal SCSI chain on my PM7600 to stop working when I put in a G4 upgrade. Seriously. Pissed me off no end, too, I bought a new MoBo, which also didn't work and caused me to put the supposedly broken G4 upgrade on the shelf for a year, until I got some new 128Meg dimms that also didn't work, but worked just fine on their own. After laboriously testing all combinations of RAM I had, I discovered that some old 32 and 64 MB modules were incompatible with the new DIMMS. On a hunch, I put the G4 cpu back in...worked like a charm. Bad memory isn't just bad, it's evil. -- 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
