>>>>> I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube >>>>> 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat >>>>> problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same 10.4.11 the >>>>> Cubes have 1.5 GB Ram and the TiBooks have 1 GB Ram. Otherwise AFAICT >>>>> all are the same, yet the TiBooks run along without any hitch but the >>>>> Cubes at least once a week have an issue' Anyone know maybe why? >>>> >>>> "an issue"? >>> >>> Just kinda unstable compared to the TiBooks. >> >> Check the system log. >> >>> Many times they'll have trouble with the FW ports, a real battle to get >>> them recognized, >> >> Firewire can be twitchy. You using known good cables etc? And when you >> have problems, what is being thrown into the system log? >> >>> also some times don't want to boot, in which case I reseat RAM and video >>> cards and up it'll come up. >> >> That's odd. Are the slots clean? Heat issues? >> >> - Dan. >> -- > > Yeah a good cleaning aways brings them back, so far. i should own stock in > DeoxIT. > Funny I just went to fire up the 450MHz Cube and got a blank display so time for the contact spray, hope it's all that's awry this time. ;-)
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