Hey all, I purchased an 8500/180 off Ebay about a year ago. When I first turned it on, it locked up. It locks up intermittently with the occasional error 10 displayed.
This is what I've done so far to try and isolate the problem. I've changed out the PRAM Battery, changed out the memory, changed out the VRAM, reformatted the hard drive in HFS+ and loaded 9.0 It had 8.0 when I received it. I've rebuilt my desktop and zapped the 'ole PRAM a million times. When I e-mailed the person who sold it to me, I received short 2 and three word replies. They sound like they knew it had a problem. One of their e-mails asked if the hard drive was ok. It has an IBM ~4G scsi. Were these drives buggy for the Powermacs? I've even disabled all the extensions and turned them on one at a time (a long process). I thought I had it licked . . . but alas . . . last night it locked up again! Anyone have any suggestions? Could it be the hard drive or maybe the processor card? (which I have reseated a number of times) Regards, Steve in NC -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
