On Mar 4, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
A few months a go I took the machine all apart and cleaned
EVERYTHING with
an air compressor. I will run applejack and reset the pram when I
get home.
Thanks for the suggestion!
For future reference, unless you're running the air through a filter
and a drier, this is a BAD IDEA. Air from compressors can contain oil
and a considerable amount of moisture.
As a rule, I only use canned air or filtered, dried air from a
compressor into electronics.
Also, even using clean dry air won't necessarily fix flaky
connections. Pull and reseat the RAM. and then run Applejack with
memtest, and do a long memory test. I agree with Bill, this sounds
suspiciously like flaky RAM.
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