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 > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
