On 30/06/2009, at 3:30 AM, Adam wrote: > With increasing frequency, the computer shuts down without warning. > The video goes, there is an audible "thunk," and the hard drive goes > silent. It's definitely not just the video that's out.
Im not completely sure, But could it be a harddrive problem? Seeing as later in the post, you say that using the optical drive brings the shutdown - the optical drive creates heat, and is directly below the harddrive. The harddrive may 'whine' quite loud when it is not running well, and then overheats, shutting down things without warning. After it (iMac) shuts down, the harddrive cools, and eventually can be used again after it is cold. Thanks, Po-en Tsai -- iMac G3 Indigo 350 MHz, running OSX 10.4, 10.3 and OS 9.2.2, 80gb HDD with 768MB ram. Quite speedy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
