On 1/30/2011 7:46 PM, Deaner Lawless Jr. wrote:
Hi All,
Setup:
PM G4 1.25gH, Model M8570, 80GB HD, 1 GB RAM, either a Nividia Geforce4 Ti or a
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro both have 128 MB of VRAM, OS 10.4.11, Geekbench result
771-785. Very clean cabinet in and out. No signs of damage in or out.
Symptom:
Will boot and operate properly. With or without activity will freeze with no
repeatability. If it goes to sleep it will wake up but not respond consistently.
What I have tried:
1) Different configurations (1-256, 2-256, 4-256, 1-512, 2-512, 4-512) of RAM
and manufactures. Ran Memtest on all and tested sat.
2) Both video cards.
3) Reformatted the internal HD. Wrote zeros to it in erase mode.
4) Fresh install of OS 10.4.6 upgraded to 10.4.11 using a downloaded copy of OS
10.4.11 Combo Updater. No other third party software other than Geekbench.
5) New PRAM battery. Voltage installed with power removed is 3.6Vdc. Reset PRAM.
6) Booted on a XHD with 10.4.11
7) Booted on a XHD with 10.3.4
8) Booted on the internal drive with OS 9.2.2
9) Booted on all of the above OSs with the internal HD and optical drive
disconnect.
10) Safe boot. (Wish it were like OS 9, and back, where you could select what
was being enabled and disabled)
11) Single user mode.
12) All PCI and external devices removed/disconnected. KB and mouse are
connected.
Findings:
1) Least stable on OS 10.4.11 booted on either an internal or external HD but
has never frozen in safe boot or single user mode.
2) Stable on OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.3.4.
3) No different effect with different RAM configurations.
4) No different effect with either video card installed.
5) One of the three fans audible sounds like it slows when I connect a bus powered
portable 2.5" FW drive. Fan pitch also goes down when running Geekbench. I
believe it is the main cabinet fan.
Ultimate I want to set this up with my main TV to stream children's videos, run
OS 9 (in classic) and OS 10.4.X preschool educational and game applications,
and play online applications such as found at the Disney site.
Any help, advice, or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
R/ Deaner
If 10.4 doesn't work well, it could be memory speeds. Do they all have
the same speed? Are they all Apple original?
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