Re: Powermac MDD crashing
Mac Blackouts are usually hardware related and often usb related. If the dead usb port is not shorting check to see if it is damaged. USB's die from usb female plugs being forced in reversed. It can be done. you may want to desolder the outlet. Run the mac on a separate account with minimal add-ons - this should prove stable if not Double click on all hard discs - if they do not respond immediately check that sleep hard discs is off and check again... a drive may be on its way out. Then check ram - by softcheck if u have the software like tech tool, else remove most starting with minimum ram. Check by replacing external usb / fw cables. Cheers geoff b On 06 Jul 2009, at 3:00 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: My friends 1GHZ MDD isn't working. First safari randomly quits. So I did all the updates and installed safari 4. So Safari seems to be working and I'm downloading something and the crash thing comes up and says You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button. It has plenty of ram to run Tiger. 1.38GB. One thing that I noticed is that one of the built in USB ports completely doesn't work. Any ideas? -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Powermac MDD crashing
Are u sure the disk is bootable... did u rec. a disk image? Also how does the mac get 1.38gb ram -? I am beginning to think you might start by backing up and looking toward a new system. Heres what I would recommend. Boot with Tiger os disc and see if there are not any unrepairable errors. If so install a new system and archive the older one. When you repair permissions or the drive - the disk utility sometimes crashes or redlines the fact it is unrepairable. Also check the other drives while you are at it. What Does About this Mac report on the usb ports anything odd? seriously though... start thinking of a new os. Rgds G On Jul 6, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Another problem that has developed: I downloaded the Apple Hardware Test from apple and burned the dmg to a cd. The computer refuses to start off of it. -Jonas On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Geoff Black bla...@telkomsa.net wrote: Mac Blackouts are usually hardware related and often usb related. If the dead usb port is not shorting check to see if it is damaged. USB's die from usb female plugs being forced in reversed. It can be done. you may want to desolder the outlet. Run the mac on a separate account with minimal add-ons - this should prove stable if not Double click on all hard discs - if they do not respond immediately check that sleep hard discs is off and check again... a drive may be on its way out. Then check ram - by softcheck if u have the software like tech tool, else remove most starting with minimum ram. Check by replacing external usb / fw cables. Cheers geoff b On 06 Jul 2009, at 3:00 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: My friends 1GHZ MDD isn't working. First safari randomly quits. So I did all the updates and installed safari 4. So Safari seems to be working and I'm downloading something and the crash thing comes up and says You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button. It has plenty of ram to run Tiger. 1.38GB. One thing that I noticed is that one of the built in USB ports completely doesn't work. Any ideas? -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Powermac MDD crashing
It is a fresh instal of mac os 10.4. I am positive the cd is bootable i have tried in other computers. It has 1.38GB ram becasue: 512MB + 512MB + 256 + 128. Why would I want to get a new os? The system profiler doesn't see the broken usb port. There is a new mobo on ebay for $40. I am thinking of buying it. -Jonas On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Geoff Black bla...@telkomsa.net wrote: Are u sure the disk is bootable... did u rec. a disk image?Also how does the mac get 1.38gb ram -? I am beginning to think you might start by backing up and looking toward a new system. Heres what I would recommend. Boot with Tiger os disc and see if there are not any unrepairable errors. If so install a new system and archive the older one. When you repair permissions or the drive - the disk utility sometimes crashes or redlines the fact it is unrepairable. Also check the other drives while you are at it. What Does About this Mac report on the usb ports anything odd? seriously though... start thinking of a new os. Rgds G On Jul 6, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Another problem that has developed: I downloaded the Apple Hardware Test from apple and burned the dmg to a cd. The computer refuses to start off of it. -Jonas On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Geoff Black bla...@telkomsa.net wrote: Mac Blackouts are usually hardware related and often usb related. If the dead usb port is not shorting check to see if it is damaged. USB's die from usb female plugs being forced in reversed. It can be done. you may want to desolder the outlet. Run the mac on a separate account with minimal add-ons - this should prove stable if not Double click on all hard discs - if they do not respond immediately check that sleep hard discs is off and check again... a drive may be on its way out. Then check ram - by softcheck if u have the software like tech tool, else remove most starting with minimum ram. Check by replacing external usb / fw cables. Cheers geoff b On 06 Jul 2009, at 3:00 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: My friends 1GHZ MDD isn't working. First safari randomly quits. So I did all the updates and installed safari 4. So Safari seems to be working and I'm downloading something and the crash thing comes up and says You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button. It has plenty of ram to run Tiger. 1.38GB. One thing that I noticed is that one of the built in USB ports completely doesn't work. Any ideas? -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
