On Aug 18, 11:55 pm, goodapple <[email protected]> wrote: > I searched for a past thread for this - found nothing so - > > I bought an eMac 1gHz, 512 ram, super drive, wireless card, osX Tiger > retail install disk, original disks and 80 gig hd. (All this for $40 > so I didn't get hurt even if the computer itself tanks.) > > It had freezing at start up - now after removing the airport card, > installing different memory - I have installed 10.2.x (the last > revision). It will run fine and then without any discernible pattern - > kernel panic. > <snip> > So ===== any ideas from you all?
This is a very common problem with the eMac, there was a problem with a batch of capacitors used in the mainboard, originally this problem was restricted to the 1.25GHZ eMac, however as they age it appears to be affecting other models, if you are good at soldering then it is possible to replace them, (I did my eMac That had the same symptoms, but I am an electronics engineer. It is still going strong over a year later.) the capacitors you need are 1800uf 6.3V LOW ESR and it is advisable to replace all 8 of them as you DON'T want to do the job a second time 6 months later. A quick Google turned up some links with more info. http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2071244 http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/302533-replacing-emac-capacitors.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMac http://archive.macfixitforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/754025/site_id/1 And many many other links on the same subject (eMac Capacitor). Hope this helps. Ben. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
