At 1:36 PM -0700 3/31/2009, emelvy wrote: >Followup on this query. No one responded and I've had no success
You fell into the googlehole. I never received your original. >On Mar 23, 11:19 pm, emelvy <[email protected]> wrote: >> My 1 GHz eMac froze today and can't be restarted -- every time I >> restart, it shows a kernel panic almost immediately (no startup >> sounds). The top of the screen reads: >> <panic (ch 0): Unable to find driver for this platform: "PowerMac >> 4,4"> >> >> It sounds like a hardware problem. Three days ago I replaced the >> original 128 MB RAM card with a 512 MB card. The eMac worked well >> with this 512 MB card for those three days. I tried to fix the kernel >> panic by restoring the original 128-MB card, but it didn't help. Pull all the memory then try booting - see if you get a beep sound. The normal bong indicates it completed its self-test. Lack of noise indicates a total self-test failure, or its inability to even run it. Removing the memory should make the self-test do one beep, to indicate there is no memory. That will tell us how much life is there. It's possible that the Backup Battery has died, or perhaps the power supply or... >bought a new 24" iMac Core 2 Duo to replace it. Nice! >This eMac, including the two added 512 MB RAM cards, is available >through April 3 for shipping costs to anyone who would like to have it Please offer it on our lowendmac Swap list. Don't toss it so fast. It's a good machine... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
