Jonas Ulrich wrote: > Clark - I shut it down then started it back up. Now the hard drive and > dvdrw work! Is this whole thing something that I should worry about i > mean we have figured out that it isn't the drives and that it is the > computer itself... I do run the computer constantly, but it had only > been running for like 4 days.
Sometimes when the computer freezes or has other problems the power management hardware gets in an "confused" state. The software can't always clear it. Power down clears it. I've done it hundreds of times on G3 iMacs. It doesn't happen often but when it does we just got use to yanking the power cord, doing a ten count then plugging it back in and starting up again. With 200+ computers even in frequent events happen often enough. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
