Hi all, my trusty PowerMac G5 DP 2.7 (Early 2005) isn't trusty anymore. :-(
Yesterday I was reading my e-mails (in Entourage 2008), and it suddenly froze. After powering it down and restarting, it won't boot and the power light does 3 blinks, pause, 3 blinks again, on and on. Apple info says it's "Incompatible memory (RAM) is installed". But the Ram is the same it was for the last 2 years. Besides, I tried a couple of Ram sticks I had around, and it does the same; so n o, I don't think it's really the memory. Anyway, lots of info on the Net about this event, and quite often it turns out i t's the logic board (or the memory slots) "gone bad", probably due to lead-free soldering gone broken somehow (Google "tin whiskers" for some scary stuff). Although most reports like that are about G5s older than mine. I've collected answers and suggestions and I'm going to try them, but I wanted t o ask here, in case some member had similar trouble and found a solution. The funniest advice is to blow your hair dryer onto the memory slots for some mi nutes :-D and it seems the best working, but it's usually just a temporary fix. I hope for some magic or voodoo now. :-) It would be a waste throwing this beautiful machine into the bin. TIA, Valter -- 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
