Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-23 Thread James Therrault
On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Dec 22, 10:33 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Len Gerstel wrote: My home Mac has been running rock solid for months with only rare software crashes. My system is a DA with the following: My experience with your configuration

Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Len Gerstel
My home Mac has been running rock solid for months with only rare software crashes. My system is a DA with the following: OWC Dual 1.2GHz processor 1GB (2 matching 512MB sticks) Radeon 9600 pro with the pin traces cut Firmtek SATA card with 1TB (boot volume) and 500GB 120GB Seagate on main ata All

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 22, 9:18 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: My home Mac has been running rock solid for months with only rare software crashes. My system is a DA with the following: OWC Dual 1.2GHz processor 1GB (2 matching 512MB sticks) Radeon 9600 pro with the pin traces cut Firmtek SATA

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Dan
At 6:48 PM -0800 12/22/2009, Len Gerstel wrote: OK, Just tried starting after pulling the pram and plug for 15 minutes. [etc] Ahm assumin it still bongs? Strip the machine - one DIMM, one HD, and just KVM. See if it will run on that much. Boot on an external then after it panics, put that

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 22, 10:01 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 6:48 PM -0800 12/22/2009, Len Gerstel wrote: OK, Just tried starting after pulling the pram and plug for 15 minutes. [etc] Ahm assumin it still bongs? Yep, still bongs. No echo bongs, just a single/ Strip the machine - one DIMM,

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Chance Reecher
Len, do you by any chance have the original CPU from that machine to swap back in? I know my MDD started acting almost exactly like that when my CPU was dying. Just a thought. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Clark Martin
Len Gerstel wrote: My home Mac has been running rock solid for months with only rare software crashes. My system is a DA with the following: OWC Dual 1.2GHz processor 1GB (2 matching 512MB sticks) Radeon 9600 pro with the pin traces cut Firmtek SATA card with 1TB (boot volume) and 500GB

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 22, 10:14 pm, Chance Reecher cnrtechh...@gmail.com wrote: Len, do you by any chance have the original CPU from that machine to swap back in? I know my MDD started acting almost exactly like that when my CPU was dying. Just a thought. Nope, but I may be hitting the swap list for one.

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

2009-12-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 22, 10:33 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Len Gerstel wrote: My home Mac has been running rock solid for months with only rare software crashes. My system is a DA with the following: snip That it hung with two different drives and in the boot select screen implies it's