On 17-11-2011 19:28, Jeffrey Engle, [email protected], wrote: > The other night, the machine just powered down all by itself ... looks like > PRAM battery? clock is doing the usual mishap...
Well in the last 2 weeks I had this with a QS'02 and a MDD. Had this never before. I was checking all: PS, PRAM-bat, connections etc., and all OK, when one of my grandsons (he is 9 yrs old and I'm 68 haha!) said: "Hey Opa (= dutch for granddad) your Macs are dustbunkers! I looked and he was right!! Being curious, I first restarted both Macs while watching what would happen. I used iStatPro in Dashboard to observe the tempartures of the HD's (I have 3 in both). And I saw following: After 96 minutes the SU-disk of the MDD came to 61 degrees C and the MDD shut down. After 128 minutes the SU-disk of the QS came to 64 degrees C and the QS shut down. Then I totally cleaned both an restarted them. Now they are both running already for 3 days + without any inclination to power down! Perhaps an idea for you also! Try it, because it will never hurt anything but will help possibly! Good Luck, Jo Hissel -- 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
