Hi again, Couldn't reply to anyone yesterday, as this thing was going crazy with crashes and kernel panics galore. Yeesh! Last night it kept kicking me to a blue screen and freezing there. I did a Repair Permissions, which caused all kinds of mayhem after. (including the blue screen, and several crashes in a row, and another panic).
I wasn't able to install Applejack yesterday. I downloaded it and installed it, but then it wasn't there. I'll try again. Wasn't able to copy/paste anything from Console, it just blues out a line and I can't do anything with it. Is there some magic trick to be able to copy/paste the Console log? I pulled the new RAM this morning and put the old back in, which so far is an improvement, though I'm still seeing a lot of error logs in Console, but so far today, no crashes (fingers crossed). Tech Tool showed the same failures when I redid the scan. My next step is to do a clean install of Snow Leopard. Anyway, just wanted to thank you Dan and Fabian for the earlier replies and I wish I could have gotten the panic reports and some of these error reports on here for your perusal. Cat On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:27:56 AM UTC-4, druidygal wrote: > > Hey there, Mac wizards, > > I had my first ever kernel panic. I ran TechTool Deluxe after restarting > the machine, and 3 things came up as a Fail. > > My machine specs: > September 2006 iMac > 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo > Bus speed 667 MHz > 4 GB RAM > 160 G hard drive > running Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 > > I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard, and I just installed the 4 G's of RAM > this past weekend. I did not do a clean install of the SL, I just installed > it over my previous OS. (maybe that is the problem?) I'm wondering if I > need to wipe the HD and reinstall SL? Or go back to the previous OS? > The only other thing I've done recently is rip a bunch of my cd collection > onto the computer, but I can't imagine that would cause a kernel panic. > > The things that failed in the Tech Tool report are: > Format Check , which says that this test result most likely indicates an > actual hardware problem, and to try backing up, reformatting, and replacing > data and testing again. > Directory Scan, which says that media defects cause this test to fail, and > they recommend the above. > Volume Structure, which it says can be a minor issue or indicative of a > more serious problem. > > I printed out the kernel panic report, but can't find it on the computer > to copy/paste it here. Is there a segment of it that would be useful for me > to type here? Or, where do I look for it to try and copy/paste it? > > Man, I hope this machine isn't dying, I can't replace it right now. > > Any advice is most appreciated. > > Thank you, > Cat > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
