Try verifying the disc and repairing permissions. Then try using a can of compressed air to blow out the dimm slots and the processor slots.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
