On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Dan wrote: > At 9:21 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: >> On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dan wrote: >> >>> At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: >>>> 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 with out 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? >
What would be the most obvious problem with failed FW ports on any PPC? Would it necessarily be a logic board? Some times they are just intermittent. I have A G5 PM Dual 2.7 that the FW 400 ports don't work. Big bucks for that MOBO. I use the 800 port on that one for the iSight. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- 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
