Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > >> Charles Lenington wrote: >> >>> Now of course there is the "on purpose power up drive , quicky pull >>> power and drop on floor/ The noise is fun. We had a bunch of under >>> 1 gig >>> hospital content drives to erase/destroy. >> My daughter's boyfriend tried to create a whole new category (or at >> least add himself to a list for one). As he was opening up his new >> MBP >> to add memory to it I noticed the sleep light was pulsing so I advised >> him he might want to shut the computer down first. > > I know someone who DID add memory to a running G4 tower. Amazingly it > all lived. It crashed immediately, but on a restart it all worked. >
Yeah you CAN do it but it's the computer equivalent of Russian Roulette. I think I did it once myself. I'm pretty sure it didn't break anything. -- 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 a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
