On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Po-en Tsai wrote:
> 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. > > > 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. Doubtful. According to Adam, it doesn't always happen. My take is that the extra power demand of the optical drive is more than the PAV can handle, and everything shuts down. I've not ever seen a hard drive do what you suggest. But I've seen power demands by peripherals cause an iffy power supply to shut down a complete system. Jim Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
