On 26/11/2008, at 11:18 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Nov 25, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > >> >> G'day listers >> >> Further to the saga of the Sawtooth I donated to the neighbors kids >> >> I've managed to borrow a 21" monitor that fits the existing >> connector, >> just to check the graphics card, but now the sawtooth is kernel >> panicking after bootup. Sometimes it gets as far as the desktop >> before >> the kp. If it gets to the desktop, we get the spinning wheel and no >> mouseclick response. >> >> The boot screen and desktop are VERY large, and I suspect the kids >> have set the resolution to a quite low setting. Perhaps that's why >> the >> 17" monitor became defunct. >> > > No. Lower resolution would not affect a monitor. > >> Would this be the reason for the kp's, and is there any way of >> setting >> the resolution to a higher value before the kp. >> > > No. MOnitor settings would have nothign to do with the kp > > This sounds like hardware. > > Does it do this in safe mode? > > Mount it in FW target mode and see what the panic logs say. > G'day, and thanks Bruce. The sawtooth runs fine in safe mode, and I removed all the startup items and reset the resolution, but it still kp's when starting in normal mode. Also removed the processor and cleaned out a copious amount of firmly set dust under it. I tried repairing permissions but only got a spinning wheel for 30 minutes while reading the data base, so cancelled. Also, the Airport card has stopped working. Is this normal in safe mode? I think a system restore is in order on the weekend. Regards Santa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
