> From: "Green, Steven B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:45:37 -0500 > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Lockups on 8500 > > 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.
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