Another problem that has developed: I downloaded the Apple Hardware Test
from apple and burned the dmg to a cd. The computer refuses to start off of
it.
-Jonas

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Geoff Black <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Mac Blackouts are usually hardware related and often usb related. If
> the dead usb port is not shorting check to see if it is damaged.
> USB's die from usb female plugs being forced in reversed. It can be
> done..... you may want to desolder the outlet.
> Run the mac on a separate account with minimal add-ons - this should
> prove stable if not
>
> Double click on all hard discs - if they do not respond immediately
> check that "sleep hard discs" is off and check again... a drive may
> be on its way out.
> Then check ram - by softcheck if u have the software like tech tool,
> else remove most starting with minimum ram.
> Check by replacing external usb / fw cables.
>
> Cheers geoff b
>
> On 06 Jul 2009, at 3:00 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
>
> > My friends 1GHZ MDD isn't working. First safari randomly quits. So
> > I did all the updates and installed safari 4. So Safari seems to be
> > working and I'm downloading something and the crash thing comes up
> > and says "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power
> > button for several seconds or press the restart button." It has
> > plenty of ram to run Tiger. 1.38GB. One thing that I noticed is
> > that one of the built in USB ports completely doesn't work. Any ideas?
> >
> > -Jonas
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>

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